Cover -- Contents -- Common Bibliographical Terms -- German Bibliographical Terms -- French Bibliographical Terms -- Library of Congress Music Classification -- Music -- Instrumental Music -- Vocal Music -- Literature on Music -- Musical Instruction and Study -- Some Nonmusical General Classifications Relating to Research in Music -- Dewey Decimal Classification: Music -- Dewey Decimal Classification 21: Music -- Dewey Decimal Classification 19: Music -- Chapter Two / Basic Bibliographical Tools for Research in Music -- Music Literature Sources -- Current Writings about Music -- Periodicals -- Periodical Articles -- Bibliographic Databases -- Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- Festschriften -- Monographs in Series -- Congress Reports -- Dissertations -- Guides to Historical Periods -- Guides to National Music -- Biographies of Musicians -- Bio-Bibliographies in Music -- Routledge Music Bibliographies -- Other Bibliographies of Music Literature Sources -- Directories and Catalogs of Institutions -- Libraries -- Library and Union Catalogs -- American -- European -- International -- Private Music Collections -- Musical Instrument Collections -- Schools of Music -- International Music Guides -- Music Sources -- Primary Sources of Early Music: Manuscripts and Prints -- General -- American -- Editions of Music -- Thematic Catalogs -- Catalogs of Librettos -- Discographies -- Bibliographies of Discographies -- Guides to Currently Available Recordings -- Specialized Discographies -- Classical, Opera, and Choral -- Gregorian Chant and Early Music -- American Music -- Conductors -- Women Composers -- Ethnomusicology and World Music -- Jazz, Blues, and Popular Music -- Selected General Bibliographies -- Chapter Three / Area Bibliographies and Other Reference Sources -- Musicology -- The History of Musicology -- Comprehensive Overviews.

Selected Discussions of the Discipline in Chronological Order -- Selected Gender and Sexuality Studies in Chronological Order -- Discussions of Musicology in the United States in Chronological Order -- Music Historiography -- Miscellaneous Sources -- Ethnomusicology -- General Sources -- Classic Presentations of the Field -- Works about Ethnomusicology as a Field of Research -- Surveys of World Music -- Instruments -- Selected Monographs and Studies -- Examplars of Ethnomusicological Method -- General Works about Individual Cultures or Cultural Areas -- Collections -- Afghanistan -- Africa -- Bali and Java -- China and Tibet -- India -- Iran, Iraq, and Syria -- Japan -- Latin America -- North America -- Thailand -- Turkey -- Vietnam -- Performance Practice -- Bibliographies and Other Reference Guides -- Performance Practice -- General Treatments -- Studies Specific to an Era -- Examples of More specialized Discussions -- Discussions of the Performance Practice Movement -- Guides for Performers -- Studies of Historical Interest -- Editions of Selected Primary Sources -- Anthologies -- Bibliographies of the Literature -- Music Theory -- The History of Theory -- General Issues of Style and Analysis -- Twentieth-Century Theories of Tonal Music -- Theories of Tonality and Tonal Music -- Schenkerian Analysis -- Twentieth-Century Theories of Nontonal Music -- Atonality, Serialism, and Set Theory -- Modality and Octatonicism -- Microtonality -- Musical Time: Theories of Rhythm and Meter -- Theories of Musical Timbre -- Aesthetics and Semiotics of Music -- Texts of Theoretical Treatises -- Bibliographies and Guides to the Literature -- Music Education -- The History of Music Education -- Research Methodology -- General Reference Sources -- Research Overviews -- Bibliographies, Directories, and Indexes -- Music Therapy -- Introductions to the Discipline.

Various Guides and Discussions of History, Theory, and Practice -- Bibliographies and Other Guides to Research -- Bibliographies and Research Guides in Other Selected Areas -- African-American Music -- American Music -- Dance -- Jazz, Blues, etc. -- Women in Music -- Miscellaneous Sources -- Chapter Four / Dictionaries and Encyclopedias of Music -- General Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- Of Historical Interest -- Biographical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- International -- North American -- English -- Of Historical Interest -- Dictionaries of Terms -- Individual Subject Areas -- Of Historical Interest -- Specialized Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Guides -- Musical Instruments and Makers -- General -- Of Historical Interest -- Strings -- Winds -- Percussion -- Keyboard -- Dramatic Music -- Sacred Music -- Jazz and Popular Music -- Dance -- Musical Themes and Compositional Devices -- Miscellaneous Sources -- The New Harvard Dictionary of Music: Articles of General Interest -- Research in Music -- Music History, Style Periods, and Trends -- Countries, Cities, and Musical Centers -- General Music Theory -- Musical Forms and Genres -- Performance and Performance Practice -- The Music Profession -- Chapter Five / Sources Treating the History of Music -- Historical Surveys of Western Music -- Miscellaneous Sources -- Of Historical Interest -- Histories in Series -- Of Historical Interest -- Studies in English of Individual Historical Periods -- Classical Antiquity -- Medieval, Renaissance -- Baroque, Classic, Romantic -- Twentieth Century -- Miscellaneous Sources -- Histories of American Music -- English-Language Sources on Musical Genres and Forms -- Vocal -- Solo Song -- Cantata -- Dramatic Music -- Surveys and General Studies -- Studies by Country -- United States of America -- Czech Republic -- England -- France -- Germany and Austria -- Italy.

Libretto Studies -- Secular Part Song -- Sacred Music -- Oratorio, Passioin, and Requiem -- Surveys of Choral Music -- Instrumental -- Symphonic Music -- Chamber Music -- Keyboard Music -- Sonata -- Fugue -- Electronic and Computer Music -- German Multivolume Series on Genres -- Miscellaneous Sources -- Chronologies and Outlines -- General and Comprehensive -- Twentieth Century -- American -- Opera -- Biographies of Composers in English -- Series of Composers' Biographies in English -- Collections of Excerpts from Primary Sources on Music -- Histories of Musical Instruments -- Pictorial Sources on Music History -- General -- Instruments and Ensembles -- Specific Subjects -- Chapter Six / Current Research Journals in Music -- Musicology -- Bibliography -- Historical Musicology -- Limited to a Country and/or Period -- Limited to a Single Composer -- Iconography -- Performance Practice -- Ethnomusicology / Regional Studies -- Music Theory and New Music -- Performing Instrument, Medium, or Genre -- Music Education -- Other Journals -- Chapter Seven / Editions of Music -- Sources in English on Music Notation and Editing -- General Sources -- Editing Early Music -- New Notation -- Historical Sets of Monuments of Music -- Limited to an Era -- Limited to a Region -- Limited to an Era and a Region -- Limited to a Medium or Genre -- Instrumental Ensemble -- Keyboard -- Lute, Guitar -- Vocal -- Limited to a Medium or Genre and to a Region and/or Era -- Without Specific Limitations -- Composers' Complete Works and Catalogs -- Other Thematic Catalogs -- Anthologies of Music -- General -- Limited to an Era -- Limited to a Medium or Genre -- Limited to a Medium or Genre and to a Region -- Comprehensive Multivolume Set -- Chapter Eight / Miscellaneous Sources -- Manuals of Style and Other Aids to Research, Writing, and Publication -- General Aids to Research.

Computer Aids to Music Research -- General Manuals of Style and Other Guides to English -- Guides to Writing about Music -- Guides to the Publication Process -- Miscellaneous -- The Music Industry -- General Sources -- Careers in Music -- Performing Arts, Competitions, and Festivals -- Musical Instrument Makers -- Music Publishing and Copyright -- Music Recording, Production, and Digital Technology -- Grant Support for the Arts -- Arts Management -- Periodicals and Periodical Database.