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Oxford Music Online

Encylopedia entries on all aspects of music

Contains the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition, 2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, (2nd edition, 2002).

Some example entries:

Gender

International Encyclopedia of Women Composers by Aaron I. Cohen
ISBN: 9780961748500

Publication Date: 1987
The Norton-Grove Dictionary of Woman Composers by Julie Anne Sadie & Rhian Samuel
ISBN: 9780393034875

Publication Date: 1995

This definitive source provides detailed biographies of more than 1,000 creators of Western classical music. In signed articles, the Dictionary chronicles the lives and works of women composers from all corners of the world
Women in World History: a Biographical Encyclopedia by Anne Commire & Deborah Klezmer
ISBN: 078763736X

Publication Date: 1999

Covers women of historical interest worldwide, from around 3100 BCE to the modern age, from every walk of life. 16 volumes.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History by Bonnie G. Smith
ISBN: 9780195337860

Publication Date: 2008
Women Icons of Popular Music by Carrie Havranek
ISBN: 9780313340833

Publication Date: 2008

ABC-CLIO eBooks Reference Collection
Includes many popular music encyclopedias, including Hip Hop, Rap, Rock and Roll, Blues, etc.

Over 600 ebook versions of encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies and other reference tools. Includes many sources on Popular Culture, American & World History, and volumes from the "Daily Life" cultural history encyclopedias.

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