Research Guides: Clarinet: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias of Terms Related to the Clarinet

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

The Oxford Companion to Music by Alison Latham
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML100 .O94 2002
Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopédie De La Musique Pour Instruments à Vent by Gérald Gorgerat
Call Number: ML102.I5 G6
Publication Date: 1955
Musical Instruments of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Diagram Group Staff
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.I5 M88 1997
Publication Date: 1997
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.
The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors by William Waterhouse
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML404 .W32 1993
Publication Date: 1993
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor); John Tyrrell (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML100 .N48 2001
Publication Date: 2003
The 29-volume New Grove Dictionary is the standard starting point for music research. Entries are written by scholars and include extensive bibliographies, composers' works lists, and numerous images and musical examples. Content is also available online through Oxford Music Online.

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