Music

More than 15,000 biographies span the medieval ages to the 21st century in the 6-volume set, available for reference use on the TFDL 3rd floor. The online database version combines the biographical dictionary with Baker's Dictionary of Music and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music.

Since its initial publication in 1980, Grove has been widely acclaimed as an indispensable resource and a classic reference. The printed second edition is available on the third floor and Grove Music Online has expanded even further, with regular updates and revisions and access to additional titles including The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The Grove Dictionary of American Music.

This encyclopaedia is the biggest reference work of its kind in the field of music. The first edition was published in seventeen volumes between 1949 and 1986, the second edition was published from 1994 to 2008 as a co-production between Bärenreiter and J. B. Metzler. This includes a Subject Encyclopaedia consisting of nine volumes and a Biographical Encyclopaedia consisting of seventeen volumes, each accompanied by an index volume. A Supplement Volume completed the MGG in 2008. Over 3,000 authors from 55 countries have written articles on 1,500 subjects and 18,000 people.

For the sixth edition of this classic dictionary, the text has been thoroughly revised and updated. With over 10,000 entries, the Oxford Dictionary of Music (previously the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music) offers broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras,including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history. Over 250 new entries have been added to this edition to expand coverage of popular music, ethnomusicology, modern and contemporary composers, music analysis, and recording technology. The dictionary now also includes two useful appendices, one listing French, German, and Italian musical terms with their English translations, and an abbreviations list for letters commonly used in musical scores and musical writing. Available as an e-book.