Research Guides: HMU385: Introduction to Sound Studies: Encyclopaedias and other Reference Works

Encyclopaedias and other Reference Works

Oxford Music Online
Hundreds of articles allow you research music on every continent. In addition to articles and recordings, this source also contains musical illustrations, photographs, drawings, song texts, score examples, and charts and maps of world regions.
Oxford Bibliographies Online
Expert subject introductions and key scholarly source lists for the study of writers and their works (16th-21st century), literary themes, forms, genres, groups, and historical events. Strongest coverage of British, Irish, and American literatures.
Oxford History of Western Music
Electronic access to this 5-volume set includes: v. 2. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- v. 3. The nineteenth century -- v. 4. The early twentieth century -- v. 5. The late twentieth century.
The author (Richard Taruskin) is provocative and outspoken, and challenges traditional interpretations of the music.

Proquest Dissertations & Theses Global
Doctoral dissertations provide insight into some of the most recent areas of scholarly research and can be a great place to look for more materials on more recent topics or interpretations.