Provides information about the people, companies, events, musical styles and much more related to a wide range of popular music styles such as jazz, blues, country, folk, rock, rap, and musical theatre. Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and indexes. The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . Randel, Don Michael, ed. Information about composers, performers, instrument makers, and others involved in music.
Entries give a brief synopsis of their careers.
Primary emphasis is on classical music, but jazz, rock, blues, and other musical types are also included. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Sadie, Stanley, ed. Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980. Comprehensive encyclopedic dictionary with entries of varying length on such topics as music terminology, instruments, types of music, performers, composers, scholars, and others who have contributed to musical history.