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Encyclopedia of Popular Music
- Updated web access of Colin Larkin's 10-volume The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition, covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music.
- Updated online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Includes illustrations and bio-bibliographical information.
Oxford Reference Online - Performing Arts
- A selection of performing arts dictionaries, companions and other reference works published by Oxford University Press, including The Oxford Dictionary of Dance, The Grove Book of Operas, A Dictionary of Opera Characters, The Grove Book of Opera Singers, and The Oxford Companion to the American Musical.
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