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MU 311 History of Music I

History of Music I

Where to look for biographical information

Biographical information about composers and musicians can be found in encyclopedias and dictionaries. Here are some resources.

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Nicolas Slonimsky (Editor); Laura Diane Kuhn (Editor)
Call Number: Gale eBooks

ISBN: 0028655257

Publication Date: 2001

This 6-volume set of Bakers covers all musical genres, with entries written by a distinguished group of area specialists as well as the original articles of Nicolas Slonimsky. More than 15, 000 biographies span the medieval ages to the present.
Companion to Baroque Music by Julie A. Sadie (Editor)
Call Number: ML193 .C56 1991

ISBN: 0028722752

Publication Date: 1991
Lives of the Great Composers by Harold C. Schonberg
Call Number: ML390 .S393 1997

ISBN: 9780393038576

Publication Date: 1997

An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: ML100 .G8863 2001 v. 1 to v. 29

ISBN: 1561592390

Publication Date: 2001

Since its initial publication in 1980, the Dictionary has been widely acclaimed as an indispensable resource and a classic reference.

Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition
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Subjects: Music

Tags: Baroque, Music history, renaissance