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Music 135: Race in 20th Century Music
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Go-To Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Reference resources provide basic background information on a topic, but should not be the only resource you use! These resources include both biographical and topical entries.
- Oxford Music OnlineFull-text music reference work.
- African American Music ReferenceFull-text reference resource on African American music, covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other genres. Includes biographies, chronologies, lyrics, sheet music, liner notes, images, and discographies.
- The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicCovers popular music from 1900 to the present, including folk, blues, world music, rock, heavy metal, techno, reggae, and hip hop.