Dictionaries
Steven G. Estrella presents Dr. Estrella's incredibly abridged dictionary of composers, a collection of biographical information about musical composers. The brief biographical sketches include information about the works of the composers, as well as links to books, CDs, and sheet music by the composers. The dictionary may be searched by date or name. Timelines and essays are included
Contains 937 French musical terms translated into English and English into French
Alphabetic list of musical terms including musical instruments, musical forms, notation, and music history
UW restrictedIncludes the full text with ongoing updates of The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians, 2nd ed., The new Grove dictionary of opera, and The new Grove dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed
Biographical dictionary of Israel composers. Some entries include lists of compositions. Also provides photographs of some of the biographees
Short list of about 70 terms many which are found on the music itself, such as adagio, dolce, slur, etc
Beginning with more than 140 artifacts in the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan, this resource features musical instruments from around the world. Includes pictures of the instruments, sounds and text about the instruments with bibliographical references
Contains an alphabetical list of over 4,000 entries for performers of popular music with some additional entries for songwriters, producers, and record labels. Also includes histories for some of the main popular genres including ragtime, jazz, blues, country and rock
UW restricted UW restrictedOxford Music Online is the access-point for current and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. With OMO patrons can cross-search Grove and Oxford reference content in one location
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