LibGuides: Writing 101: Experiments in Writing About Music: Finding Books

Selected books

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Oxford Bibliographies: Music This link opens in a new window
Consult peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies, including entries on Sound Art, Sound Studies, Sound Ethnography, Film Sound, Music in the Digital World, and Music Criticism.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Search encyclopedia entries on all aspects of music, including entries for music critics, and topics related to sound studies and musical criticism, with entries on Sound Sculpture, Sound Studies, Criticism, as well as a listing of Sound Archives.
Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music This link opens in a new window
Search for encyclopedic entries on topics related to world music

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World
Call Number: Music Library Reference ML102.P66 C66 2003
ISBN: 9780826463227

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