Research Guides: Music: Books

Tips for Finding Books

1. General call ranges for books on music:

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATIONS:

M, ML, MT

2. Search for books across all of CUNY & request them via CLICS.

3. combine keywords with composer, e.g.:

cantatas johann sebastian bach

4. Make use of the NYPL Library for The Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. You can search the catalog at: http://catalog.nypl.org/

5. Check our electronic book collections:

http://www.lehman.edu/library/find-ebooks.php

CUNY+ Catalog Tutorial

Finding Books in Library Catalog

Selected Reference Books

Contemporary composers by Brian Morton and Pamela Collins
Call Number: ML 105 .C75 1992
Publication Date: 1992
Garland Handbook of African Music by Ruth M. Stone
Call Number: ML 350 .G54 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Garland Handbook of Latin American Music by Dale A Olsen
Call Number: ML 199 .G36 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Musical terms: a practical compendium in four languages by David L. Boccagna
Call Number: ML 108 .B55 1999
Publication Date: 1999
Music analysis: an annotated guide to the literature by Diamond Harold J.
Call Number: ML 128 .A7 D5 1991
Publication Date: 1991
New Grove dictionary of music and musicians by Stanley Sadie
Call Number: ML 100 .N48 2001
Publication Date: 2001

Using WorldCat & ILL

You can locate books at most academic and public libraries around the world through WorldCat.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: Double check the library's catalog to make sure the item you want is not available in CUNY. Then make your request using our automated interlibrary loan service: ILLIAD