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Reference:  Biography

Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians

REF ML105 .B16 1984

Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians

REF ML105 .S612 1997

The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz

REF ML102 .J3 F39 1999

The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music

REF ML105 .H38 1996

The Rock Who’s Who

REF ML102 .R6 H5 1996

Reference:  General

All Music Guide to Electronica

REF ML102 .U53 A55 2001

Career Opportunities in the Music Industry

REF ML3795 .F497 2000

Chambers Dictionary of Music REF ML100 .C436 2006

Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music

REF ML102 .F66 S7 1984

New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments

REF ML102 .I5 .N48 1984

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

REF ML100 .N48 2001

New Grove Dictionary of Jazz

REF ML102 .J3 N48 1988

Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc (lost?)

REF ML156.4 .J3 C67 1998

Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock and Roll

REF ML102 .R6 R64 2001

MusicHound World: the Essential Album Guide

REF ML156.4 .W63 M87 2000

 Circulating Books:

 

This is reggae music: the story of Jamaica’s music

ML3532.B73 2001

History of Jazz

ML3506.S36 1986

A History of Music

ML160.F49

Mozart and His Operas ML410.M9 C253 2006

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Careers for music lovers & other tuneful types

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Digital audio processing

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The musician’s guide to reading & writing music

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 Periodicals:


 Websites:


ClassicalLink (portal web site) (reviews)

http://www.classicallink.com

Classical Music Archives

http://www.classicalarchives.com

Gramophone (Classical music magazine) (reviews)

http://www.gramophone.co.uk

Rootsworld (World Music)

http://www.rootsworld.com/rw

Music Theory Online

http://mto.societymusictheory.org/

Down Beat Magazine (Jazz) (reviews)

http://www.downbeat.com

Jazz Improvisation Page

http://hum.lss.wisc.edu/jazz

Jazz Review

http://www.jazzreview.com

PlayJazz.com (books, CDs, videos, DVDs, and software for jazz instrumentalists)

http://www.playjazz.com

What is Jazz?

http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/Kennedy/Taylor/

Ambient, Electronic and Experimental Music Reviews

http://www.spiderbytes.com/ambientrance

BluesNet (searchable database of blues-related articles and books)

http://bluesnet.hub.org/

Jammin’ Reggae Archives

http://niceup.com

Musicweb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music

http://www.musicweb.uk.net/encyclopaedia

Rolling Stone Magazine

http://www.rollingstone.com

Spin Magazine

http://www.spin.com/magazine

Harmony Central (Musical gear/software news and reviews)

http://www.harmony-central.com/

The MIDI Farm (searchable MIDI file database)

http://www.midifarm.com/

MIDI World

http://www.midiworld.com

MP3.com

http://www.mp3.com

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