Research Guides: Music: Getting Started

Welcome to the Music research guide! Use this guide as a starting point for your research in this subject area.

Highlighted Resources

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Covers the music of the world's peoples and includes an overview of each region of the world, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions, and themes, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Also includes over 300 audio recordings.
Oxford Music Online
Music research on the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe. Provides online access to Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and Encyclopedia of Popular Music

IPA Source
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias, Latin texts, composers and poets. The goal of IPA Source is to promote comprehension and accurate pronunciation of foreign language texts in order for the singer to imbue each syllable with the appropriate emotional content.

Encylopedia of Popular Music
This encyclopedia's 30,000 entries cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music. The expanded Fourth Edition includes thousands of new entries on trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals.

Cambridge Companions Online
Cambridge Companions are a series of authoritative introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics, and periods.
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