Composers

• ASCAP Biographical Dictionary.
  4th ed. New York: Bowker, c1980.
  REFERENCE 780.922 Am3b 1980
  
  
• Baker, Theodore.
  Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
  8th ed. rev. New York: Schirmer Books: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992.
  REFERENCE 780.3 B17b 1992
  
  
• Morton, Brian and Pamela Collins. ed.
  Contemporary Composers
  Chicago: St. James, 1992.
  REFERENCE 780.922 C76m
  
• Abravanel, Claude.
  Claude Debussy: a bibliography.
  Detroit studies in music bibliography. 29.
  Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1974.
  REFERENCE 781.97 D35a
  
  

Periodical Locations and Abbreviations

Periodicals are located on the first floor of the MTSU Library Building, and are shelved in alphabetical order by title. Check for exact holding information in Voyager.

Older magazines and newspapers are often preserved on microfilm reels (MFM) or microfiche cards (MFE). Back issues not on microtext are sent to the bindery. One bound group may contain several issues. These bound volumes have the location code "Periodicals." Recent, unbound issues will have the location code "Current Periodicals."

If you see the note "BINDERY" on the Voyager catalog record for the journal issue you need, check with the periodicals help desk. They may be able to tell you when the issue will come back. The periodicals desk staff can also help direct you to the correct stack area, as well as direct you to the microtext division.

Periodicals Listing

The following is a list of current journals and magazines that have "music" as a Library of Congress Subject Heading. The journal title is followed by the year and first issue number that MTSU Library received. Remember that there are historical collections of music journals held by the library. This list is only as current as the last update, so check Voyager for the most recent holdings information.

• American Music | vol.2 (1983) -
• The American Music Teacher | vol.1 (1951) -
• American Musicological Society Newsletter | vol.25 (1995) -
  filed as AMS Newsletter
• The American Organist | v.22 (1988) -
• American Record Guide | v.34 (1967) -
• American String Teacher | v.39 (1989) -
• Billboard | v.107 (1995) -
• Brass Bulletin | no. 45 (1984) -
• The Choral Journal | v.25 (1984) -
• Clavier | v.9 (1970) -
• Down Beat | v.7 (1937) -
• Early Music History | v.3 (1975) -
• Hymn | v.40 (1989) -
• Journal of Research in Music education | v.1 (1953) -
• Melody Maker | v.53 (1978) -
• Music & Letters | v. ( ) -
• Music and Recordings | v.51 (1970) -
• Music Educators Journal | v.16 (1929) -
• Notes [Music Library Association]
• Perspectives of New Music | v.1 (1962) -
• Teaching Music | v.1 (1993) -
• Tennessee Musician | v.2 (1949) -

• Encyclopedia of Associations
  REFERENCE 061 G13e
  

  Each entry includes membership information, mailing address, and additional factual information. Look under "music" in the "Name and Keyword Index" (Part 3) to determine the appropriate entry number.
  

Guides

If music is your major, or if you intend to do graduate level research in music (theory, musicology, etc), it is important to have access to a good guide to research. Your music instructor may recommend something, or you may wish to read one on the following annotated list:

Research Guides

• Wingell, Richard J.
  Writing about Music: An Introductory Guide.
  Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990.
  MAIN COLLECTION 780.72 W72w
  
  This first entry is actually a writing guide, although it does contain some advice for conducting research. This title is included because it is important for students to learn the styles of scholarly writing with their field of interest. This guide helps students to write specialized papers, such as seminar presentations and program notes.
  
  
• Crabtree, Phillip D. and Donald H. Foster.
  Sourcebook for Research in Music.
  Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, c1993.
  REFERENCE 780.016 C84s
  
  This a very readable and useful introduction to music research. The work is not as comprehensive as Duckels', but it is well-suited for the target audience of students new to graduate-level research. Undergraduate students will appreciate the glossary of bibliographic and research terms. The work also includes a glossary of German and French terms.
  
  
• Duckels, Vincent H. and Michael A. Keller.
  Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed.
  New York: Schirmer Books ; London: Collier Macmillan, 1988.
  REFERENCE 780.01 D85m 1997
  
  For many music instructors, this book is the definitive bibliography. This work manages to be comprehensive and scholary, while remaining accessible for the casual reader.
  
  
• Pruett, James W. and Thomas P. Slavens.
  Research Guide to Musicology.
  Sources of Information in the Humanities. 4. Chicago: American Library Association, 1985.
  
  

  This guide is targeted to librarians and library school students who will need to assist researchers, but do not have a background in music. The tone of the writing is scholarly and a bit dry. This may discourage browsers and students who are just beginning their study of music. However, the book can help the reader to better understand historiography and musicology.