Online Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Etc.
General Music Resources
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
- Provides fulltext articles covering virtually all aspects of music history and world music
- Ten volume encyclopedia of world music, with over 700 contributors.
- Each volume contains articles written by expert contributors in the field.
Oxford Online (which includes Grove Music Online)
- Provides fulltext articles covering virtually all aspects of music and related topics.
- Contains over 3000 links to related sites such as sound and illustrations.
- Updated regularly.
- Music Online
- Cross-search hundreds of thousands of audio tracks, scores, reference works, and thousands of hours of video.
- More info on Music Online
- Covers primarily classical music terms.
- Includes illustrations of musical symbols.
- Readers can add comments.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Contains over 10,000 entries covering musical terms, works, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras.
- Published in 1996.
The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music
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Contains brief entries covering musical terms, composers, scholars and musical works.
- Some entries contain illustrations.
- Published in 2004.
- Contains brief articles on musical terms and longer articles on musical forms and styles.
- Contains 7,400 entries.
- Published in 2002.
Jazz
- Jazz Music Library will be the largest and most comprehensive collection of jazz available online — with thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres.
- More info on Jazz Music Library
Jazz Music Library (part of Music Online)
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- Contains articles on famous jazz singers and musicians, as well as a long article on jazz with references.
- Published in 2000.
The Guide to Classic Recorded Jazz
- Contains articles on famous jazz singers, musicians and groups, as well as jazz history.
- Published in 1995.
- Provides fulltext articles covering virtually all aspects of music and related topics.
- Contains over 3000 links to related sites, such as sound and illustrations.
- Updated regularly.
Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song
- Contains articles on famous jazz singers and musicians, as well as a history of popular music from 1880-1950.
- Also contains information on vaudeville, early music publishing and ragtime.
- Published in 2003.
Opera
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
- Contains entries on famous opera conductors, composers, singers and characters.
- Entries about operas contain brief summaries and links to related entries.
- Published in 1996.
- Provides fulltext articles covering virtually all aspects of music and related topics.
- Contains over 3000 links to related sites such as sound and illustrations.
- Updated regularly.
- Contains brief descriptions of over 2,500 operatic characters, including vocal part and notable performers.
- Contains plot summaries for over 250 operas and operettas.
- Published in 1999.
