The New Grove Dictionary of American Music . H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie, eds. 4 vols. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Barry Kernfeld, ed. 2 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1988. Ref ML102.J3 N48 1988
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Stanley Sadie, ed. 3 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Ref ML102.I5 N48 1984
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Stanley Sadie, ed. 4 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992. Ref ML102.O6 N5 1992
This work is also included in the New Grove Dictionary of Music Online.
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Bruno Nettl, Ruth Stone, et al. 10 vols. New York: Garland and Routledge, 1998. Ref ML100.G16 1998
Each volume of this work is devoted to a different region of the world and contains signed articles on different aspects of the music of that region. A compact disc accompanies each volume illustrating the music.
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Kurt Gänzl. 2 vols. New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1994. Ref ML102.M88 G3 1994
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin Larkin. 8 vols. New York: Muze UK, 1998. Ref ML102.P66 G84 1998
Diccionario de la música: Española e Hispanoamericana.. Emilio Casares Rodicio, ed. [Madrid]: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, 1999-. ML101.S7 D53 1999 This is a comprehensive encyclopedia of musicians and music from Spain and Latin American countries.