Research Guides: Romantic Music: Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias of Terms Related to Romantic Music

The following music dictionaries and encyclopedias provide entries on the history, development, and repertoire of the Romantic style in music. 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.

Oxford Companion to Music (online)
This classic reference work includes articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles, with specialist coverage of virtually every musical subject

The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music by Don Michael Randel (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML105 .H38 1996
Publication Date: 1996
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera by Stanley Sadie (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML102.O6 N5 1992b
Publication Date: 2002

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