Music Resources at NMSU LibraryMusic Reference Sources in NMSU Library's Collection
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY is an annotated listing of some important reference sources in the NMSU Library's collection. All reference materials are located in Zuhl Library, except where noted.
Ref ML100.N5 1984 Oriented towards the general reader and designed to meet basic information needs. Some articles are signed and contain bibliographies.
Ref ML105.B16 1992 Biographical information on composers, performers, et al., from all historical periods and all parts of the world.
Ref ML128.I65 B3 1975 Contains some 10,000 themes of instrumental music.
Ref ML128.V7 B3 1976 Contains themes from operas, oratorios, cantatas, art songs, and miscellaneous vocal works.
Ref ML128.P24 B37 1989 Contains information about any aspect of writing an article in the field of music. Includes detailed information about more than 430 current periodicals.
Ref ML102.P4 E5 1995 Dictionary of percussion instruments and terms giving entries on each instrument and aspects of design, manufacture, country of origin and significance.
Ref ML128.H35 B39 1993 Bibliography of international scope giving essential information on some 5,000 compositions written for harsichord and 172 compositions written for clavichord in the 20th century.
Ref ML12.B53 Address and telephone directory for recording companies, publishers, artisits and other people and personalities associated with Latin popular music.
Ref ML18.B54 Address and telephone directory for recording companies, publishers, artists and other people and personalities associated with country music.
Ref ML100.I57 1985 Most entries are short and quite specific, but survey articles and articles on major composers extend several pages. Good source for musical societies and organizations.
Ref ML1711.B67 1992 Chronological treatment of the musical from its origins through the 1989/90 season providing history, criticism and theatrical lore.
Ref ML128.O4 B58 1992 Listing of operas by American composers.
Ref GV1585.I57 1993 Comprehensive review consisting of more than 750 entries dealing with the history and performance of ballet.
Ref ML113.B85 1987 Annotated list of 559 reference sources arranged by type with suject and author/title indexes.
Ref ML113.B86 More than 1,400 items. Includes bibliographies for specific works.
Ref ML156.9.C551 1994 Buyer's guide to classical CDs giving listings by composer. Short articles on each composer and his/her works.
Ref ML105.B9 Indexes over 8,000 names from approximately 177 biographical sources.
Ref ML105.C7 1987 Biographical and musical details for 3,700 women composers.
Ref ML128.S295 C7 1994 Comprehensive listing of all known published and unpublished biographical material on classical singers.
Ref ML12.O63 1992 Profiles of 139 opera companies worldwide including historical information, productions, artists' appearances, the seasons and some information about directors.
Ref ML113.C68 1993 General guide to music reference sources listing close to 3,000 titles.
Ref ML1200.S9 1987 A collection of brief profiles of 122 orchestras from 40 countries excluding the United States.
Ref ML128.C48 D45 1993 Annotated listing of some 3,000 original choral works written by American composers from 1920 to the present.
Ref ML113.D5 An index ti criticsm of specific compositions in books and periodicals. Arranged by musical form with author and title index.
Ref ML128.O45 D7 1986 Bibliography list over 3,450 works by more than 1,000 composers. Includes locations of published or manuscript scores, OCLC number, and quotations from reviews.
Ref ML111.D78 1982 A useful undergraduate guide.
Ref ML113.D83 1988 The most comprehensive guide available to the literature of music. Lists more than 3,200 items published before 1987.
Ref ML128.B45 F6 1983 An annotated guide to research materials and archives related to African-American music, focusing on blues, ragtime, jazz, spirituals, concert music, and fusion music from Africa and the Americas.
Ref ML1731.8.L7 G36 1986 Provides an exhaustive coverage of the British musical theatre from 1865 to 1984.
Ref ML102.M88 G3 1994 Includes nearly 3,000 articles on people and productions associated with the musical theatre over the past 150 years.
Ref ML134.5.S52 G6 1991 Lists over 20,000 compositions, published and unpublished, of music inspired by or written for Shakespeare's works.
Ref ML128.W4 G6 1992 Index to 191 collection so wedding music covering several thousand titles. Includes hundreds of modern love songs.
Ref ML113.G77
Ref ML128.C48 G7 1994 List of some 89 large choral-orchestral works containing some English texts. Includes information about composers, sources, insturmentation, etc.
Ref ML1711.G735 1994 Combination history, guide, factbook and some photographs of the most memorable productions presented both on and off Broadway from 1866 to the present.
Ref ML399.G74 1994 Alphabetically arranged biographies of guitarists representing all musical styles including rock, country, blues, classical, folk, flamenco, etc.
Ref ML3790.M84 1991 Information on a musician's legal rights and supplies access to affordable legal information.
Ref ML128.S3 H4 Indexes over 500 collections of popular songs, folk songs, hymns, etc.
Ref ML128.O2 H55 1992 A bibliography of more than 10,000 individual works for oboe from 1650 to 1800.
Ref ML128.M8 H44 1984
Ref ML113.H52 1980 The standard and indespensable source for locating individual pieces of music.
Ref ML128.P3 H53 1993 Alphabetical listing by composer of works for piano and orchestra. Many entries contain biographical data and stylistic comments.
Ref ML102.M88 H6 1993 Includes articles on over 300 important Broadway musicals and important people associated with the musical theatre.
Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986 A more thorough treatment of American music than is to be found in The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians .
Ref ML105.H6 1993 Index to biographies of women musicians.
Ref ML128.R6 Includes thousands of entries for the literature of rock music in three volumes; vol. 1 covers years 1954-1978, vol. 2 covers 1979-1983, and vol. 3 covers 1984-1990.
Ref ML102.O6 V45 1993 Contains articles on more than 1,500 operas and 800 composers.
Ref ML128.B45 H68 1992 A listing of all works including keyboard by Black composers.
Ref ML128.B45 H7 1991 A listing of all works including bowed string and plectral instrumental compositions by Black composers.
Ref ML106.G7 W4 Over 8,000 entries containing biographical information of people associated with the classical and light classical music fields.
Ref ML102.R6 J37 1991 Handbook of nearly 2,000 entries giving facts about groups, their history and record output.
Ref ML106.C36 E52 1992 Comprehensive encyclopedia of music and musical activities in Canada.
Ref ML100>K35 1994 Updated and enlarged version of the 1985 edition with more than a thousand new entries ranging from one line to four pages in length.
Ref ML102.J3 N48 1988b Adapts or expands articles on jazz from The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians and The new Grove dictionary of American music.
Ref M2065.N48 1992 Standard work representing the entire repertory of carols in the English-speaking world.
Ref MT95.K52 1987 Source for background, commentary and plots of almost all opera in the standard repertoire.
Ref ML128.O5 K67 1992 Lists over 900 American composers represented by over 7,000 works for orchestra produced within the last 100 years.
Ref ML120.U5 K78 1987 Bibliography of sources for American music.
Ref ML120.U5 R47 Bibliography of sources for American music history.
Ref ML102.P66 G84 1992 Comprehensive encyclopedia on popular music. Includes biographical entries for singers, musicians and other artists as well as histories of musical groups.
Ref ML102.O6 I6 1993 Provides biographical and critical information on nearly 200 opera composers, over 300 performers and conductors, and more than 30 librettists.
Ref ML82.L46 Biographical information on women in the music field. Gives list of works for composers.
Ref ML12.L48 1994 Compendium of more than 3,000 addresses for musicians in all fields, mamagement, productions, fan clubs, record companies, music societies and festivals.
Ref ML156.9.L5 1994 Recommended CDs for what is considered the 300 essential works of the classical repertoire.
Branson Ref Z881.A1 C328 Consists of reproductions of Library of Congress printed catalog cards, giving complete bibliographic information for scores, books, recordings, etc.
Ref MT67.L43 1993 Insider's guide to crafting commercial songs, getting them heard, published and recorded.
Ref ML128.M7 L5 Compilation of film and television productions and the composers of their scores covering the years 1972 through 1979.
Ref ML128.M7 L5 1991 Supplement to Limbacker's earlier work Keeping score covering the period from 1980 through 1988.
Ref ML3790.L57 Name, address and telephone directory of people associated with the music business in the United States.
Ref ML102.S67 E5 1993 Covers the entire history of recorded sound with emphasis on the industry in the United States before World War II.
Ref ML128.M8 M4 1,226 entries for doctoral disserations in music at United States universities from 1890 through 1973.
Ref ML128.P24 M43 Annotated listing of 335 periodical indexes and bibliographies.
Ref MT35,M56 1991 Step-by-step guide in preparing any kind of music manuscript.
Ref ML118.M974 Monthly. The primary index for music journals indexing about 350 periodicals.
Ref ML118.M834 Quarterly. Selectively indexes material from over 200 periodicals.
REF ML160.N44 Ten volume historical study of music by period from the ancient world to 1960.
Ref ML 118.N57 1993 Index to over 1,000 interviews cited for twentieth-century composers.
Ref ML128.H3 P35 1995 Bibliography of music for harp and harp ensembles.
Ref ML102.K5 E53 1994 Volume 1 deals with the piano, emphasizing its historical evolution and the people who influenced its development.
Ref ML400.P295 1991 Gives brief biographies of more than 100 Hollywood personalities who had careers as vocal artists.
Ref ML102.P66 F2 1993 An overview of popular song from the 1890s to present day. Section 1 contains a series of articles on various topics; section 2, a catalog of all songs mentioned in the articles.
Ref ML102.M88 P37 1993 List over 1,200 musical shows from the 1870s to the 1990s in which African Americans were involved either as creators or subjects.
Ref ML120.U5 S5 Annotated guide to American popular songs from the 1970s to the present day.
Ref ML102.C5 P77 1991 Defines terms and genres and gives information about the composers of church music in the Western-European tradition.
Ref ML128.O5 R2 1993 Lists contents of over 200 collections and sets of orchestral excerpts and parts published between 1900 and 1991.
Ref ML100.N485 1986 Standard one-volume music reference source with excellent historical articles and bibliographies.
Ref ML128.C4 R3 1993 Lists chamber music works from three to twenty instruments by composer. Includes such information as year of composition or publication, key, duration, instrumentation, and publisher.
Ref ML128.B23 R44 1991 Listing of all known published music for concert and military band. Includes short biographical information on composers.
Ref ML118.R1a Quarterly. Computer-indexed abstracts of all significant literature in music that has appeared since January 1, 1967.
Ref ML102.C7 R5 1993 Includes entries for more than 200 performing artists in the field of country music.
Ref ML3531.R67 1994 Anaylsis of various aspects of rap music.
Ref ML100.N48 1980 Standard comprehensive music encylopedia. All aspects of music are covered with more than half the entries on composers, giving biographical data, musical analysis and lists of works.
Ref ML102.I5 N48 1984 Adapts or expands articles on musical instruments from The new Grove dictionary and adds entries for many other instruments. Hundreds of photographs and drawings.
Ref ML102.O6 N5 1992 Developed from The new Grove dictionary with much added material making it one of the most comprehensive dictionaries on opera.
Ref ML156.4.S3 S34 1993 Discography of saxophone music.
Ref ML128.C4 S37 1993 List over 1,000 compositions for chamber ensambles.
Ref ML128.B45 S6 A guide to books and articles about African-American music and musicians in the United States from colonial times to 1979.
Ref ML197.S634 1994 A chronology of important musical events of the 20th century. Contains reporductions of contemporary documents, letters and speaches plus a useful dictionary of terms.
Ref MT67.S657 Supplies information on who to publish commercial songs.
Ref ML3521.S58 1994 Studies the development of the blues from its roots in Africa to modern times. Includes biographical sketches of over 300 artists.
Ref ML105.S67 1982 Includes information on more that 1,500 musicians of African descent from Sebastian Rodriquez (c1642-c1726) to those born up to and including the year 1945.
Ref ML108.S88 1995 Dictionary of musical terms from British sources of the sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries covering all aspects of music during this time period.
Ref ML128.C48 T5 1992 Provides bio-bibliographical and stylistic information about composers and their works. Gives a brief history of music in Latin America.
Ref ML12.U8 1988 Describes about 750 institutions for advanced instruction in music around the world.
Ref ML128.S3 V5 1993 List of 146 American composers of art songs and their songs.
Ref ML100.V55 Comprehensive overview of 20th century music.
Ref ML106.U3 W4 1985 9,038 entries for living composers, performers, educators, and others. Brief, factual information.
Ref ML3470.W67 1994 Guide to folk and popular music from around the world.
Ref ML156.4.J3 A45 1994 Compedium of record reviews for jazz CDs from Dixieland to New York avant-garde.
Ref ML13.Z54 1995 State-by-state guide to opera houses and companies active in the United States through 1993.
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