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The New Harvard Dictionary of Music . Don Michael Randel, ed. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986. Ref ML100.N485 1986 This work is the standard source for definitions of musical terms. The entries are thorough and authoritative and many include brief bibliographies.

A Dictionary of Musical Terms. Th. Baker. 22nd ed. New York: G. Schirmer, 1923. Ref ML108.B165 This is a listing of over 9,000 musical terms with short definitions.

Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory: An Illustrated Dictionary. Michael C. Thomsett. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1989. Ref ML108.T46 1989 This dictionary is intended for the layman or beginning musician. The definitions are clear and simple to understand.

Dictionary of Terms in Music: English-German, German- English. Horst Leuchtmann. 4th rev. and enl. ed. München; New York: K.G. Saur, 1992. Ref ML108.W73 1992

Terminorum Musicae Index Septem Linguis Redactus: Polyglottes Woerterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie. Horst Leuchtmann, and others, ed. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978. Ref ML108.T4 Musical terms in seven languages (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, and Spanish) are translated and cross listed. Translations of each term appear in all seven languages under the German musical term, while musical terms in the other languages refer to the German term where the complete listing is to be found. There is also a separate section for Russian terms because they appear in the Cyrillic alphabet.

Selected Musical Terms of Non-Western Cultures: A Notebook-Glossary. Walter Kaufmann. Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 1990. (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, no. 65) Ref ML108.K37 1990

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