Reference materials like encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and handbooks are a great way to learn terminology, important people, places or events, and related concepts when exploring a new topic.
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Grove Music Online is an online encyclopedia offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship. Through GMO, researchers can gain clear overviews of topics from a scholarly perspective and access extensive bibliographies leading to additional scholarship.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians since 1990
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SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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