Commonly-Used Tools Available on the Internet
- Imslp.org (a large repository of public-domain scores)
- Mitchell Library Music Databases Online (link: http://library.msstate.edu/DatabasePortal/subject.asp?id=18)
- Mitchell Library Music Research Guide (link: http://guides.library.msstate.edu/content.php?pid=373666&sid=3060562)
- Naxos Music Library (link: https://login.proxy.library.msstate.edu/login?url=http://msu.naxosmusicl...)
- Oxford Music Online, including Grove Music Online (http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/)
Guides to Research
- Gottlieb, Jane. Music Library and Research Skills. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2009.
- Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing About Music. Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Sampsel, Laurie J. Music Research: A Handbook. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Wingell, Richard J. and Silvia Herzog. Introduction to Research in Music. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2001.
Guides to Writing
- Bellman, Jonathan. A Short Guide to Writing About Music. 2nd Edition. New York: Longman, 2006.
- Herbert, Trevor. Music in Words: A Guide to Researching and Writing About Music. Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Holoman, D. Kern. Writing About Music: A Style Sheet. 2nd Edition. University of California Press, 2008.
- Irvine, Demar and Mark A Radice. Irvine’s Writing About Music. 3rd Edition. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1999.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Edition. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Wingell, Richard J. Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide. 4th Edition. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2008.
Recommended Music History Volumes (Apart from Your Textbooks)
General/Overall
- Taruskin, Richard. The Oxford History of Western Music. 5 Vols. Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Weiss, Piero and Richard Taruskin, eds. Music in the Western World: A History in Documents. Belmont, CA: Thomson Schirmer, 2008.
Antiquity
- Landels, John G. Music in Ancient Greece and Rome. New York: Routledge, 1999.
- West, M.L. Ancient Greek Music. Oxford University Press, 1994.
Medieval
- Hoppin, Richard H. Medieval Music. New York: New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1978.
- Lord, Suzanne. Music in the Middle Ages: A Reference Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.
- Yudkin, Jeremy. Music in Medieval Europe. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1989.
Renaissance
- Atlas, Allan W. Renaissance Music: Music in Western Europe 1400-1600. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1998.
- Brown, Howard Mayer and Louise K. Stein. Music in the Renaissance. 2nd Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1998.
- Reese, Gustave. Music in the Renaissance. Revised Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1959.
Baroque
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Schulenberg, David. Music of the Baroque. 3rd edition. Oxford University Press, 2013.
Classical
- Rice, John A. Music in the Eighteenth Century. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 2012.
- Rosen, Charles. The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven. Expanded Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1998.
Romantic
- Plantinga, Leon. Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth-Century Europe. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1985.
- Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Nineteenth Century (The Oxford History of Western Music Vol. 3). Oxford University Press, 2009.
Twentieth Century and Beyond
- Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Early Twentieth Century (The Oxford History of Western Music Vol. 4). Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Taruskin, Richard. Music in the Late Twentieth Century (The Oxford History of Western Music Vol. 5). Oxford University Press, 2010.
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