MUSIC BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDE INTRODUCTION The material included in this highly selective bibliography of music reference tools represents a small number of titles in comparison to the wealth of resources available. The selection was made with the intention of including the most authoritative, up-to-date, English-language (if possible), reference tools in each of several representative categories of music reference works required by users of the UCSB Music Collection. All listed titles may be found in the Music Reference Area of the Arts Library and call numbers have been included in each citation. A basic familiarity with these tools and a knowledge of the availability of the type of tool they represent will make using this collection easier and more efficient. I. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE A. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF LITERATURE ABOUT MUSIC AND/OR MUSIC SCORES Bibliographies of literature about music 1. BOOKS in print. 11 v. (Ref Z 1215 P81) An annual bibliographic listing of all currently available books published or exclusively distributed in the United States. The list appears three ways: by author, by title, and by subject. Information includes publisher and price. Books in print is not primarily a music tool, but it includes books of and about music and is therefore useful to people in the music field. The most current set of Books in print is kept in the Art Reference Area, first floor; the next to most recent edition is kept in the Music Reference Area for quick access. Music score publishers are not included. A small collection of general reference books such as language dictionaries and encyclopedias is kept at the beginning of the reference collection in both the Music and Art Reference Areas. 2a. ESLINGER, Gary S. Sacred choral music in print. 1985. 2 v. (Ref ML 128 V7 E78 1985) 2b. DAUGHERTY, F. Mark. Secular choral music in print. 1987. 2 v. (Ref ML 128 V7 D3 1987) 2c. NARDONE, Thomas. Classical vocal music in print. 1976. (Ref ML 128 V7 N335) + 1985 SUPPLEMENT 2d. FRANKEL, Walter. Organ music in print. 1984. (Ref ML 128 O7 F7 1984) 2e. FARISH, Margaret. Orchestral music in print. 1979. (Ref ML 128 O5 F33) + 1983 SUPPLEMENT 2f. FARISH, Margaret. String music in print. 1973. (Ref ML 128 S7 F3 1973) + 1984 SUPPLEMENT 2g. MUSIC in print annual supplement. 1979-86. (Ref ML 118 M83) This series represents a landmark attempt to produce a counterpart for printed music to Books in print. The combined problems of incomplete information in music publishers' catalogs and the construction of uniform titles for music has defied earlier attempts. These volumes are extremely useful in tracking down published music in the covered categories. Most useful, too, are the appendices of music publishers' addresses and affiliations found in the back of each volume. These affiliations are constantly changing. 3. DUCKLES, Vincent H. and Michael A. Keller Music reference and research materials: an annotated bibliography. 4th ed. 1988. (Ref ML 113 D83 1988) An invaluable selective and annotated bibliography of published reference works and research tools concerned with music. It is organized by category, such as "dictionaries and encyclopedias", "histories and chronologies", "bibliographies of music literature", etc., and includes an index of authors, editors, and reviewers; an index of subjects; and an index of titles. UCSB call numbers have been pencilled into the margins next to titles we own, but only in copy 1 in the Music Reference Area. 4. MARCO, Guy. Information on music: a handbook of reference sources in European languages. 1975- projected to be in eight volumes (Ref ML 113 M23) v.1 - Basic and universal sources. 1975. v.2 - The Americas. 1977. v.3 - Europe. 1984. v.4 - Africa, Asia, Oceania. In prep. v.5 - Sources for specific topics. In prep. v.6-7 Sources for individual musicians. In prep. v.8 - Guide to musical editions. In prep. Volume 1 is organized in similar fashion to #3 above, but attempts to include only those reference tools of general or geographically universal coverage not exclusively devoted to music. Volume 2 covers reference materials for North and South American music and musicians. This volume is organized geographically. Subject and author/title indexes are included in both volumes. Volume 3 covers reference materials for European music and musicians. It, too, is arranged geographically with subject and author/title indexes. Volume 3 also contains revisions to v.1 and v.2 plus an update of v.2. ----------------------------------------------------------- I. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE B. INDEXES TO PERIODICAL LITERATURE AND COLLECTIONS OF MUSIC ARTICLES AND ESSAYS 5. MUSIC Index. 1949- monthly (Ref ML 118 M8) A periodical index for music comparable to the Reader's guide to periodical literature. Indexes all major music periodicals and many minor ones as well. Monthly issues are cumulated into annual volumes, but cumulations normally appear far behind schedule. As of February, 1990, for example, the last available annual cumulation was 1985-86, and the last monthly issue on the shelf was March, 1989. Access to the most current issues of music periodicals is difficult and time-consuming to obtain. The only way is to examine periodicals on a title by title basis. For access to music periodical literature published before 1949, check the Reader's Guide (Ref AI 3 R4 v.1-16) in the Arts Library first floor Art Reference Area. These volumes cover the years 1900 through 1949. Examination of specific titles not indexed in Reader's Guide is also necessary. 6. INTERNATIONAL Repertory of Music Literature RILM abstracts of music literature. 1967- quarterly (Ref ML 1 I83) Indexes and prints abstracts of "all significant literature on music that has appeared since 1 January 1967" including books, articles, essays, reviews, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, etc. As of January 1990, coverage extends from 1967 through 1983 and one index volume covering 1967-1971 has been published. Access to this tool is also available on- line through the system known as DIALOG. DIALOG is a commercial system and access to it is on a pay for each search basis. Check with a Music Reference Librarian for further information. 7. GERBOTH, Walter An index to musical Festschriften and similar publications. 1969. (Ref ML 128 M8 G4) Festschriften may be difficult to find in the card catalog and the card catalog does not provide access to their contents. This work lists and indexes musical Festschriften - compilations of articles, often of a highly scholarly nature, published to honor an outstanding musical individual upon some special occasion. These articles may not be included in the periodical indexes or the indexes to musical sets and series. Unless you are told, or you find in Gerboth's Index that there is an article by Egon Wellesz called "An ancestor of Papageno" which appears in Festschrift Otto Erich Deutsch zum 80. Geburtstag, you will probably remain ignorant of it even though your research is on Mozart's opera, Zauberfloete. An attempt is currently being made to provide an index to musical Festschriften owned by UCSB and not included in Gerboth's 1969 publication. Ask a Music Reference Librarian for more information. Festschriften are indexed in RILM (#6 in this guide) but remember that RILM covers only 1969 through 1983 as of January, 1990. ----------------------------------------------------------- I. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE C. LIBRARY CATALOGS AND UNION LISTS 8a. NEW YORK. Public Library. Reference Department. Dictionary catalog of the music collection. 1964. 33 v. (Ref ML 136 N5 N5) 8b. NEW YORK. Public Library. Reference Department. Dictionary catalog of the music collection. Cumulative supplement, 1964-1971. 1973. 10 v. (Ref ML 136 N5 N5) 8c. NEW YORK. Public Library. Music Division. Bibliographic guide to music. 1975- annual supplement (Ref ML 136 N5 N5732) This catalog and its supplements reproduce the catalog cards for music books and scores of one of the largest music research libraries in the United States. It is most useful in identifying publication information for material not owned by UCSB. Once you know who published an item and when, you can more easily find out if the item is currently available for purchase or on inter-library loan, even though the New York Public Library itself does not loan material. It is also possible to scan a particular subject heading and learn of items which might otherwise not be discovered. 9. BRITISH Library. The catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980. 1981-87. 62 v. (Ref ML 136 L8 B73) This set is the British Library's counterpart to the New York Public Library catalog listed in entry #8 above. A particularly useful feature of this set is the inclusion of numerous types of cross references, such as editor, title and first line cross references, making it easier to locate needed material. Detailed explanations of these cross references and how the entries are set up are printed in each volume. This collection, formerly known as the British Museum collection, is one of the richest collections of early printed music in the world. 10. EASTMAN School of music, Rochester, N.Y. Sibley Musical Library. Sibley Music Library catalog of sound recordings. 1977. 14 v. (Ref ML 156.2 E157) This catalog reproduces the catalog cards for phonorecords as they appear in the Sibley Music Library, which is part of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York. The unusual and most useful feature of this catalog is that entries have been included for each selection on each recording. Every song or aria is listed separately by composer and by distinctive title. The UCSB card catalog frequently does not provide entries for each selection on an album. Therefore, if you are looking for a recording of a short piece of music and cannot find it in the phonorecord card catalog, try looking in the Sibley catalog. If you find a listing, note the record album title, record company number, performers, etc. and re-check our card catalog. 11. PHILADELPHIA. Free Library. Edwin A. Fleisher Music Collection. The Edwin A. Fleisher collection of orchestral music in the Free Library of Philadelphia: a cumulative catalog, 1929- 1977. 1979. (Ref ML 136 P4 F48) 12. LOS ANGELES. Public Library. The catalog of orchestral scores and parts in the Los Angeles Public Library. 1972. (Ref ML 136 L85 C3) Both of these catalogs list orchestral scores and parts available for loan to particular categories of borrowers and under specified conditions. The rules governing use of these materials are outlined in the prefaces to each of these volumes. 13. MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Northern California Chapter. A Union list of music periodicals in the libraries of Northern California. 6th ed. 1979. (Ref ML 128 P24 M96 1979) This tool identifies where in Northern California libraries specific journal titles are held. If you need an issue of a music journal which UCSB does not own, this volume can help you locate a copy for quick inter-library loan access. This printed tool is superceded by the CALLSUnion lists; database which is accessible through the MMELVYL on-line catalog. See a Music Reference Librarian for more information on this database and other aspects of using MELVYL. ----------------------------------------------------------- I. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE D. DISCOGRAPHIES 14a. BIBLIOGRAPHY of discographies. 1977- (Ref ML 156.2 B49) v.1 - Classical music, 1925-1975. 1977. v.2 - Jazz. 1981. v.3 - Popular music. 1983. v.4 - Ethnic and folk music. In prep. v.5 - General discographies of music, as well as label lists, speech, and animal sounds. In prep. The compilers of this series have been publishing this work in progress since 1974 in the Journal of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ML 1 A84). It will continue to appear annually in that journal under the title: "Bibliography of discographies - annual cumulation"Bibliography of discographies - annual cumulation; until all five volumes are published. At that point, the publisher is scheduled to issuee a supplement to the series bringing it up to date. This is the most authoritative and current bibliography of discographies. 14b. GRAY, Michael H. Classical music discographies, 1976-1988: a bibliography. 1989. Ref ML 128 D56 G7 1989) This volume is the first cumulative supplement to v.1 of the above-cited Bibliography of discographies (# 14). This new work adds entries for discographies included in dissertations and theses, and discographies appearing in program notes on sound recordings. Because it is issued by a different publisher and is therefore not part of the Bibliography of discographies set, it is shelved separately from this set to which it is nonetheless closely related. 15a. OPUS: America's guide to classical music on CD, Cassette, and LP... v. 1- Spring, 1990- quarterly. (Ref ML 156.2 O68) 15b. SPECTRUM: Your guide to today's music. quarterly. (Ref ML 156.2 S72) 15c. INMUSIC: new release news about CD, Tape, LP and CD-Video recordings listed in the categories of Rock/Pop, Jazz, Musicals/Movies, Classical, and others. monthly. (Ref ML 156.2 I57) 16. GRAMOPHONE classical catalogue. v. 1- April 1923- (Ref ML 156.2 G73) (Library has issues from 1971- only) 17. BIELEFELDER Katalog. v. 1- Oct. 1953- 3 nos. per year (Ref ML 156 B5) (Library has issues from 1970- only) Opus, Spectrum, and inMusic have superceded the Schwann publications which provided discographic information about all types of recordings currently available through record dealers in the United States since the early 1950's. These three new publications provide access to classical, pop/rock, jazz, international, musical/movie, spoken word, children's, and religious recordings in all currently available formats. They, too, limit their coverage to recordings currently available through record dealers in the United States. The Gramophone catalogue, published quarterly, lists LP's and cassettes issued and available in England; the Bielefelder Katalog lists LP's, CD's, and cassettes issued and available in West Germany. Many of these recordings are imported into the United States and made available through U.S. dealers. ----------------------------------------------------------- I. GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE H. INDEXES TO MUSIC IN COLLECTIONS 36. HEYER, Anna Harriet Historical sets, collected editions, and monuments of music: a guide to their contents. 3d ed. 1980. 2 v. (Ref ML 113 H52 1980) Indexes selected significant musical anthologies and works devoted to a single composer, many of which provide no index of their own, nor are the contents separately listed in the card catalog. Very useful in determining in which musical sets the works of a particular composer may be found. To cite but a few of numerous series in which works by Orland de Lassus may be found: His Saemtliche Werke (complete works); Hortus musicus; Chor-Archiv; Das Chorwerk; Die Motette; Mueller-Blattau's Musica Reservata; and Corpus of early music in facsimile; among others. An invaluable aid to music research. 37. CHARLES, Sydney Robinson A HANDBOOK of music and music literature in sets and series. 1972. (Ref ML 113 C45) The purpose of this volume is to clarify the content and organization of a select group of monuments of music, complete works sets, music monograph series, and selected periodicals. This tool should be use in conjunction with Anna Harriet Heyer's work cited above. ----------------------------------------------------------- II. DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS 38. The NEW GROVE dictionary of music and musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie. 1980. 20 v. (Ref ML 100 N48) One copy located in the Music Reference Area, a second copy located behind the Music Service Desk. The most comprehensive, scholarly, and up-to-date dictionary and encyclopedia of music in the English language. Includes extensive biographical articles of major and minor composers with brief bibliographies of books and articles, plus, in many cases, complete works lists. Also contains articles on performers; music scholars of particular note; librettists and lyricists; major authors whose literary works were used as the basis for musical compositions; theatre producers; patrons; and people influential in the music business world. Musical terminology is fully covered; comprehensive entries on musical genres and forms are included; as are entries for western and non-western musical instruments. There are separate entries for many organizations, such as orchestras, choirs, societies, etc. Non-western and folk music receive extensive coverage, usually under the entry for the individual country, and the last volume of this set contains an "Index of terms used in articles on non-western music, folk music and kindred topics" which is very useful. 39. BAKER, Theodore Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. 7th ed. 1984. (Ref ML 105 B3 1984) Extensive general biographical dictionary of musicians - primarily composers and performers - noted for its accuracy and coverage. Also includes entries for famous teachers, musicologists, writers on music, publishers, critics, and musical instrument makers. 40. INTERNATIONAL who's who in music and musicians' directory. 11th ed. 1988. (Ref ML 106 G7 W4 1988) Contains biographical entries for living performers, composers, and others associated with the field of music. Most entries are based on questionnaires filled out by the biographees themselves and often include current address data. Appendices list names and addresses of major orchestras, music organizations, competitions and awards, music libraries, and conservatories of music. 41. NEW HARVARD dictionary of music, edited by Don Michael Randel. 1986. (Ref ML 100 N485 1986) The best English-language dictionary of musical terminology. In addition to entries one expects to find in such a dictionary, articles appear under names of countries which briefly describe the history of musical activity in that country; under "dictionaries and encyclopedias"; "editions, historical"; "periodicals"; "radio and television broadcasting"; "tests of musical capacity and ability"; "text and music," etc. which broaden the dictionary's usefulness considerably. 42. TERMINORUM musicae index septem linguis redactus - polyglot dictionary of musical terms. 1978. (Ref ML 108 T4) English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian and Russian musical terms are listed in one sequence. Definitions are minimal, but this is an excellent source for quick translation of musical terms in any of these languages into English. If further definition of an English term is needed, see New Harvard dictionary... (# 41). 43. The NEW GROVE dictionary of American music, edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. 1986. 4 v. (Ref ML 101 U6 N48 1986) This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date encyclopedia of American music. Written by a team of specialists, it includes extensive articles and bibliographies on subjects of special significance in American life, such as jazz, popular music of all kinds, the music of many of the religious denominations active in the United States, and the music of American Indian tribes. 44. The NEW GROVE dictionary of jazz, edited by Barry Kernfeld. 1st ed. 1988. 2 v. (Ref ML 102 J3 N48 1988) Includes articles and bibliographies on jazz musicians, groups, styles, terminology, theory, musical instruments, record labels, festivals, venues, films, institutions, and individuals who are not performers. 45. The NEW GROVE dictionary of musical instruments, edited by Stanley Sadie. 1984. 3 v. (Ref ML 102 I5 N48 1984) Includes articles and bibliographies on the instruments of classical Western music and their makers; on modern Western instruments (many of them electronic) and their makers; on performing practice; and on non-Western and folk or traditional instruments. ----------------------------------------------------------- III. DIRECTORIES 46. MUSICAL AMERICA: annual directory issue. 1989. (Ref ML 13 A1 M5 1989) Issued annually, this directory provides current information in two sections: an extensive directory for the United States and Canada; and a briefer international directory. Listings include information on performing organizations; festivals; music schools; contests, foundations, and awards; publishers of music; artist's managers; newspapers (music critics); etc. 47. DIRECTORY of music faculties in colleges and universities, United States and Canada. 1967/68- Issued approx. every 2 years; latest issue 1988/90. (Ref ML 13 D57) This directory of institutions contains 3 useful indexes: 1) of areas of teaching interest; 2) of individual faculty members; and 3) of graduate degrees. An alphabetical list of the institutions completes this useful tool for locating college and university music faculty. 48. USCHER, Nancy The Schirmer guide to schools of music and conservatories throughout the world. 1988. (Ref ML 12 U8 1988) This guide presents the histories, curricula, special programs, tuition, admission requirements, and other pertinent pieces of information about more than 750 music institutions throughout the world. It includes an index of institutions, an index of program areas or subjects, and an index of instruments taught. 49. INTERNATIONAL Association of Music Libraries. Commission of Research Libraries. DIRECTORY of music research libraries. 1967- (Ref ML 111 I49) v.1 - Canada and the United States. 2d rev. ed. 1983. v.2 - Thirteen European countries. 1970. v.3 - Spain, France, Italy, Portugal. 1972. v.4 - Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand. 1979. v.5 - Eight European countries. In preparation. v.6 - South American, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. In preparation. Gives name of the institution, address, phone number, description of holdings, lending privileges, hours, etc. Particularly useful for information which can help locate manuscript or other needed material and provide sufficient information so that inter-library loan requests can be hastened. Also very useful to anyone wanting to do music research while traveling. Provides some information on local public holidays, copyright restrictions, etc. ----------------------------------------------------------- IV. HOW-TO MANUALS 50. CHICAGO. University Press A manual of style. 13th ed. 1982. (Ref Z 253 C4) 51. IRVINE, Demar Writing about music: a style book for reports and theses. 2d ed. 1968. (Ref ML 3797 I7 1968) 52. GATWOOD, Dwight D. Techniques for including musical examples in theses and dissertations. 1970. (Ref MT 10 G29) These three books can all be very helpful in preparing acceptable written papers, theses, or dissertations. The first is a standard work on the format of written papers in general, including bibliographic citations, footnotes, title page format, etc. The Irvine book can be used to solve pecu liar-to-music problems which the general Manual of Style fails to address. Gatwood's book is intended specifically to suggest the various means by which music examples can be reproduced in papers. 53. DRUESEDOW, John E. Library research guide to music: illustrated search strategy and sources. 1982. (Ref ML 111 D78 1982) Written primarily for the undergraduate music student preparing to write on the subject of music. Chapter headings include: "Choosing your topic;" "Making effective use of the card catalog"; "Thematic indexes and related materials"; "Building critical skills and evaluating your materials"; and, "Analyzing music". 54. HEUSSENSTAMM, George The Norton manual of music notation. 1987. (Ref MT 35 H48 1987) This manual presents the principles of music notation as clearly and simply as possible; demonstrates how to produce music manuscript which is correct, legible, and swiftly written; and introduces the full range of writing tools from the pencil to the music copyist's pen. 55. STONE, Kurt Music notation in the twentieth century. 1980. (Ref MT 35 S87) This book contains all notational devices endorsed or recommended at the International Conference on New Musical Notation which was held at the University of Ghent in 1974, along with a comprehensive, integrated presentation of traditional notation. ----------------------------------------------------------- V. SPECIALIZED TOOLS 56. HODGSON, Julian Music titles in translation. 1976. (Ref ML 111 H7) This book lists titles of musical compositions in their original or English-language translation followed by the translation or original as the case may be. If you are looking for "Come, gentle sleep" by Franz Schubert, this book refers you to the correct German title - "Du bist die Ruh'." The card catalog may not have the cross reference you need to find this information, even though the library has the material you seek. 57. BERKOWITZ, Freda Pastor Popular titles and subtitles of musical compositions. 2d ed. 1975. (Ref ML 113 B4 1975) This handy reference tool lists popular nicknames of musical compositions followed by more specific identification. The "Trout Quintet" is identified as Schubert's "Piano Quintet, op. 114, in A major, D. 667"; "The Clock" is identified as Haydn's "Symphony, no. 101, in D major". The catalog may or may not have the necessary cross references to enable you to find such material by the popular title. 58. FULD, James J. The book of world-famous music: classical, popular and folk. 2d ed. 1971. (Ref ML 113 F8 1971) This is a compilation of historical information about a selection of "well-known" melodies - tunes commonly whistled or hummed. The history of "Happy birthday," or "Waltzing Matilda," or "When the saints go marching in," or "Take me out to the ballgame" can be traced through this book. It is very useful for determining the composer and exact form of title of a well-known song so that song indexes may be more easily used. 59. GILDER, Eric The dictionary of composers and their music. 1985. (Ref ML 113 G4 1985) Part 1 of this book is an alphabetical list of 426 composers with their music listed chronologically. Part 2 is a chronological survey, enabling the reader to turn to any year from 1300 to 1984 and see exactly what music was written, which composers were born and which ones died. Part 3 is a timeline, enabling the reader to see at a glance which composers were contemporaries. 60. PHILLIPS, Lois Lieder, line by line and word for word. 1979. 2 v. (Ref ML 54.6 P55 L5 1980) 61. MILLER, Philip The ring of words; an anthology of song texts. 1963. (Ref ML 54.6 M5 R5) These two sources both provide English translations of song texts. The Phillips book gives literal word for word, as well as line by line translations of famous German Lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Wagner, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler, and Strauss. Miller's book provides readable, yet as nearly literal as possible, English translations of song texts originally in German, French, Italian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and includes historical notes about the poets represented. 62. WORD-BY-WORD translations of songs and arias, by Berton Coffin, Werner Singer {and} Pierre Delattre. 1966-72. 2 v. (Ref ML 54.6 W65) These volumes are collections of word-by-word interpretative translations of songs and arias - v.1 = German and French; v.2 = Italian. Other translations known to the authors at the time this work was published were viewed by the authors as having been created to be "singable" and, therefore, "rhythmed and rhymed". They believed that "such artistic problems eliminate the synchronization of meanings with the text". .