The composer catalogues, biographies and bibliographies listed here are a representative sample of material available on the open shelves of the Rare Books & Music Reading Room.
| K.F. ABEL | Knape, Walter | Bibliographisch-thematisches Verzeichnis der Kompositionen von Karl Friedrich Abel, 1723-1787 (Cuxhaven, [1971]). |
| A. ADAM | Studwell, William E. | Adolphe Adam and Léo Delibes: a guide to research (New York, London, 1987). |
| I. ALBENIZ | Clark, Walter Aaron | Isaac Albéniz: a guide to research (New York, 1998). |
| M. ARNOLD | Craggs, Stewart R. | Malcolm Arnold: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1998). |
| D.F.E. AUBER | Schneider, Herbert | Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Daniel François Esprit Auber (AWV) (Hildesheim, 1994). |
| C.P.E. BACH | Powers, Doris Bosworth | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: a guide to research (New York, 2002). |
| C.P.E. BACH | Clark, Stephen L. (trans. & ed.) | The letters of C.P.E. Bach (Oxford, 1997). |
| C.P.E. BACH | Helm, E. Eugene | Thematic catalogue of the works of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (New Haven, London, 1989). |
| C.P.E. BACH | Wotquenne, Alfred | Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Wiesbaden, 1964). |
| J.C. BACH | Warburton, Ernest | Thematic catalogue [of J. C. Bach] (New York, 1999). |
| J.S. BACH | Wolff, Christoph | Johann Sebastian Bach: the learned musician (Oxford, 2000). |
| J.S. BACH | Dürr, Alfred & Kobayashi, Yoshitake (ed.) | Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis [Kleine Ausgabe (BMV 2a).], herausgegeben von Alfred Dürr und Yoshitake Kobayashi; unter Mitarbeit von Kirsten Beisswenger (Wiesbaden, 1998). |
| J.S. BACH | Wolff, Christoph | Bach-Bibliographie. Nachdruck der Verzeichnisse des Schrifttums über Johann Sebastian Bach (Bach-Jahrbuch 1905-1984). Mit einem Supplement und Register (Kassel, 1985). |
| J.S. BACH | Schmieder, Wolfgang | Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach (2., überarbeitete und erweiterte Ausgabe, Wiesbaden, 1990). |
| J.S. BACH | David, Hans T. and Mendel, Arthur (eds.) | The new Bach reader: a life of Johann Sebastian Bach in letters and documents, New ed. (New York, 1998). |
| J.S. BACH | Schulze, Hans-Joachim & Wolff, Christian | Bach Compendium: analytisch-bibliographisches Repertorium der Werke Johann Sebastian Bachs (Leipzig, 1985-). |
| M.W. BALFE | Tyldesley, W. R. | Michael William Balfe: his life and his English operas (Aldershot , 2003). |
| S. BARBER | Wentzel, Wayne C. | Samuel Barber: a guide to research (New York, 2001). |
| B. BARTÓK | Antokoletz, Elliott | Béla Bartók: a guide to research (2nd ed., New York, London, 1997). |
| B. BARTÓK | Bartók, Béla | A complete catalogue of his published works (London, 1970). |
| B. BARTÓK | Dille, Denis | Thematisches Verzeichnis der Jugendwerke Béla Bartóks 1890-1904 (2. Aufl., Kassel, 1976). |
| A. BAX | Parlett, Graham | A catalogue of the works of Sir Arnold Bax (Oxford, 1999). |
| L. VAN BEETHOVEN | Cooper, Barry | Beethoven (Oxford, 2000). |
| L. VAN BEETHOVEN | Cooper, Barry (ed.) | The Beethoven compendium: a guide to Beethoven's life and music (London, 1991). |
| L. VAN BEETHOVEN | Tyson, Alan Walker | The authentic English editions of Beethoven (London, 1963). |
| L. VAN BEETHOVEN | Kinsky, Georg | Das Werk Beethovens. Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner sämtlichen vollendeten Kompositionen (München, 1955). |
| V. BELLINI | Willier, Stephen Ace | Vincenzo Bellini: a guide to research (New York, 2002). |
| R.R. BENNETT | Craggs, Stewart R. | Richard Rodney Bennett: a bio-bibliography (New York, 1990). |
| W.S. BENNETT | Williamson, Rosemary | William Sterndale Bennett: a descriptive thematic catalogue (Oxford, 1996). |
| A. BERG | Simms, Bryan R. (ed.) | Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern: a companion to the second Viennese school (Westport, 1999). |
| A. BERG | Simms, Bryan R. | Alban Berg: a guide to research (New York, London, 1996). |
| L. BERKELEY | Craggs, Stewart R. | Lennox Berkeley: a source book (Aldershot, 2000). |
| H. BERLIOZ | Cairns, David | Berlioz. Vol. 1, The making of an artist 1803-1832. Vol. 2, Servitude and greatness 1832-1869. 2nd ed. (London, 1999). |
| H. BERLIOZ | Hopkinson, Cecil | A bibliography of the musical and literary works of Hector Berlioz 1803-1869... (2nd ed., edited by Richard Macnutt, Tunbridge Wells, 1980). |
| H. BERLIOZ | Langford, Jeffrey & Graves, Jane Denker | Hector Berlioz: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| H. BERLIOZ | Holoman, D. Kern | Catalogue of the works of Hector Berlioz. [Hector Berlioz: new edition of the complete works, vol. 25] (Kassel, 1987). |
| L. BERNSTEIN | Laird, Paul R. | Leonard Bernstein: a guide to research (New York, 2002). |
| H. BIRTWISTLE | Adlington, Robert | The music of Harrison Birtwistle (Cambridge, 2000). |
| A. BLISS | Craggs, Stewart R. | Arthur Bliss: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1988). |
| A. BLISS | Foreman, Lewis | Arthur Bliss: catalogue of the complete works (Sevenoaks, 1980). |
| A. BLISS | Easterbrook, Giles & Bliss, Trudy | Arthur Bliss: supplement to the catalogue of the complete works (Sevenoaks, 1982). |
| E. BLOCH | Kushner, David Z. | Ernest Bloch: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| L. BOCCHERINI | Gérard, Yves | Thematic, bibliographical and critical catalogue of the works of Luigi Boccherini (London, 1969). |
| J. BRAHMS | Musgrave, Michael | A Brahms reader (New Haven, 2000). |
| J. BRAHMS | Hofmann, Kurt | Die Erstdrucke der Werke von Johannes Brahms: Bibliographie (Tutzing, 1975). |
| J. BRAHMS | Quigley, Thomas | Johannes Brahms: an annotated bibliography of the literature through 1982 (Metuchen, London, 1990). |
| J. BRAHMS | McCorkle, Margit L. | Johannes Brahms: thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (München, 1984). |
| F. BRIDGE | Little, Karen R. | Frank Bridge: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1991). |
| F. BRIDGE | Hindmarsh, Paul | Frank Bridge: a thematic catalogue, 1900-1941 (London, 1983). |
| B. BRITTEN | Hodgson, Peter J. | Benjamin Britten: a guide to research (New York, London, 1996). |
| B. BRITTEN | Banks, Paul | Benjamin Britten: a catalogue of the published works (Aldeburgh, 1999). |
| A. BRUCKNER | Grasberger, Renate | Werkverzeichnis Anton Bruckner (Tutzing, 1977). |
| F. BUSONI | Roberge, Marc-André | Ferruccio Busoni: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1991). |
| D. BUXTEHUDE | Karstädt, Georg | Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke von Dietrich Buxtehude (2., erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage, Wiesbaden, 1985). |
| W. BYRD | Harley, John | William Byrd: gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Aldershot, 1997). |
| W. BYRD | Turbet, Richard | William Byrd: a guide to research (New York, London, 1987). |
