Research Guides: Romantic Music History: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Books

Dictionnaire des editieurs de musique française by Devries, Anik and Francois Lesure
Call Number: ML112.D45
Information about French music publishers from earliest times through 1914. Includes biographies, addresses, lists of catalogs, facsimiles, and bibliographies.
Biographie universelle des musicians et bibliographie generale de la music by Fetis, Francois J.
Call Number: ML105.F421
Fetis was a model for biographical research in music. A reference work of historical interest; generally superseded by the new Grove or MGG.
A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by eminent writers, English and foreign by Grove, George
Call Number: ML100 .G881
The earliest edition of 'Grove,' published in the final year of the 19th century.