Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians*

Offers biographical information on musicians and composers.  Entries contain composer's works and bibliographies.

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990*

Contains biographical information on groups as well as individuals artists.  Style covered include rock, rhythem and blues, rap, country, electronica, jazz, vocal and corssover classical.

Dictionary of Opera Characters*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, search this ebook's 2,500+ entries for information on operatic characters and notable performances.

Encyclopedia of Popular Music*

Part of Oxford Music Online, search over 27,000 entries on jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, biographies, record labels, venues, and world music. Coverage ranges from 1900 to the present. 

Glossary of German Publishing Terms

Contains short definitions for several German publishing terms. 

Grove Book of Opera Singers*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, search this ebook for information on over 1,500 singers from the birth of opera to the present day.

Grove Book of Operas*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, search this ebook for synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas.

Grove Music Online*

Part of Oxford Music Online, use this database to connect to scholarly biographical information, composer work lists, and bibliographies. 

Naxos Glossary of Musical Terms

Compiled by Naxos, this glossary contains short definitions to several most commonly used musical terms.

Naxos Pronunciation Guide

Use this site for streamed pronuniciations of your favorite artist or composer's name.

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music offers definitions to over 14,000 musical terms.

Oxford Dictionary of Music*

Part of Oxford Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music contains over 12,500 entries covering everything from musical subjects to entries on specific composers, performers, and conductors. 

The Oxford Companion to Music*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, the Oxford Companion to Music contains 7,400 entries covering everything from musical terms to topics on politics, religion, psychology, and computers. 

Timelines:  Music*

Part of Oxford Reference Online, this tool provides a brief musical timeline from 1900-2000.  You may also use this tool to access general historical timelines for music history papers.

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary

This music dictionary provides brief definitions and streamed pronunciations of words.

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