Research Guides: Brass Instruments: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias of Terms Related to Brass Instruments

The following music dictionaries and encyclopedias provide entries on brass history, performance, and repertoire, as well as biographical entries about brass players. Entries may include images, musical examples, and bibliographies of scholarly sources for further reading.

Oxford Music Online
Provides access to Grove Music Online, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and Oxford Companion to Music. The authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe.

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Ruth M. Stone (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML100 .G16 1998
Publication Date: 1997
The largest comprehensive encyclopedia of world music, spanning 10 volumes, each focused on a different continent or region.
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd ed. by Laurence Libin (Editor-In-Chief); Anne Beetem Acker; Carolyn Bryant; J. Richard Haefer; James B. Kopp; Jeremy Montagu
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.I5 N48 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Newly revised and expanded into 5 volumes, features in-depth scholarly entries on musical instruments from all over the world, with images. Some of the new content is not yet available in Oxford Music Online.
Brass instruments : dictionary in 3 languages, English-French-German by Emilie Mende
Call Number: ML102.B7M46 1983
Publication Date: 1983
Hornisten-Lexikon (Dictionary for hornists) by Hans Pizka
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML955.P59 1986
Publication Date: 1986

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