Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial ed. by 
Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century classical musicians / Nicolas Slonimsky ; edited by Laura Kuhn ; associate editor, Dennis McIntire.
Encyclopedia of popular music / Colin Larkin, editor.
Also available as eBook.Colin Larkin provides information on a range of popular music genre from 1900s onwards; including rock, pop, jazz, folk, blues, heavy metal, techno, R&B, reggae, and hip-hop. This biographical encyclopedia contains a name index, an index of song titles, and bibliographies by artist and subject.
Harvard biographical dictionary of music / edited by Don Michael Randel.
Also available as eBook
Historical Anthology of Music by Women by 
Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century by Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Musicians by 
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians by 
Biographical dictionary of Black musicians and music educators by 
Biographical Dictionary of Old English Music by 
Biographical encyclopedia of jazz by 
Rock who's who : a biographical dictionary and critical discography including rhythm-and-blues, soul, rockabilly, folk, country, easy listening, punk, and new wave by 
Women & music : a history by 
Women in music : an anthology of source readings from the Middle Ages to the present by 
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