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Oxford Dictionary of Music
Contains entries on all aspects of music: performers, composers, genres, musical periods, etc. Entries on composers include a complete list of their works and accompanying bibliographies.
All Music Guide
A comprehensive guide to artists and their best works. Includes timelines, essays, reviews, and a music dictionary. Genres include rock, country, jazz, blues, world, folk, rap, reggae, gospel, new age, and many sub-genres.

Ethnomusicology, Folk Music and World Music
This gateway site includes sections devoted to organizations, periodicals, recordings, and geographical regions.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music - Bruno Nettl and Ruth M. Stone
ISBN/ISSN: 0824060350
Divided by geographic area, this encyclopedia contains bibliographies, discographies, and indexes, as well as a compact disc with musical excerpts.
The encyclopedia of popular music - Larkin, Colin.
ISBN/ISSN: 0195313739
Contains information on musical groups and individual performers, with a rated list of their recordings. A list of ‘fanzines’ and a song title index are included.
New Directions in Music
History, philosophy, composers, and works of the avant-garde since the late 1940s. Includes bibliographies, interviews, and analyses of specific works.