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.
| E. CARTER | Schiff, David | The music of Elliott Carter (London, 1998). |
| E. CARTER | Link, John F. | Elliott Carter: a guide to research (New York, 2000). |
| C. CHAMINADE | Citron, Marcia J. | Cécile Chaminade: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1988). |
| M.-A. CHARPENTIER | Hitchcock, H. Wiley | Les oeuvres de Marc-Antoine Charpentier: catalogue raisonné (Paris, 1982). |
| F. CHOPIN | Platzman, George W. | A catalogue of early printed editions of the works of Frédéric Chopin in the University of Chicago Library (Chicago, 1997). |
| F. CHOPIN | Brown, Maurice J. E. | Chopin: an index of his works in chronological order (London, 1960). |
| F. CHOPIN | Kobylanska, Krystyna | Frédéric Chopin: Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (München, 1979). |
| F. CHOPIN | Smialek, William | Frédéric Chopin: a guide to research (New York, 2000). |
| M. CLEMENTI | Tyson, Alan | Thematic catalogue of the works of Muzio Clementi (Tutzing, 1967). |
| A. COPLAND | Pollack, Howard | Aaron Copland: the life and work of an uncommon man (London, 2000). |
| A. COPLAND | Robertson, Marta | Aaron Copland: a guide to research (New York, 2001). |
| J. COPRARIO | Charteris, Richard | John Coprario: a thematic catalogue of his music (New York, 1977). |
| A. CORELLI | Allsop, Peter | Arcangelo Corelli: new Orpheus of our times (Oxford, 1999). |
| F. COUPERIN | Cauchie, Maurice | Thematic index of the works of François Couperin (Monaco, 1949). |
| C. DEBUSSY | Briscoe, James R. | Claude Debussy: a guide to research (New York, London, 1990). |
| C. DEBUSSY | Lesure, François | Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Claude Debussy (Genève, 1977). |
| F. DELIUS | Threlfall, Robert | A catalogue of the compositions of Frederick Delius (London, 1977) -- Supplementary catalogue (London, 1986). 2 vols. |
| F. DELIUS | Lowe, Rachel | A descriptive catalogue with checklists of the letters and related documents in the Delius Collection of the Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Australia (London, 1980). |
| F. DELIUS | Smith, B. (ed.) | Frederick Delius and Peter Warlock: a friendship revealed (Oxford, 2000). |
| F. DELIUS | Lowe, Rachel | Frederick Delius 1862-1934: a reprint of the catalogue of the Music Archive of the Delius Trust (1974) with minor corrections (London, 1986). |
| G. DONIZETTI | Cassaro, James P. | Gaetano Donizetti: a guide to research (New York, 2000). |
| A. DVORÁK | Cervinková, Blanka | Antonín Dvorák: bibliograficky katalog. Zpracoval kolektiv autoru: Blanka Cervinková... [et al.] (Praha, 1991). |
| A. DVORÁK | Burghauser, Jarmil | Antonín Dvorák: thematický katalog (2nd ed., Praha, 1996). |
| E. ELGAR | Anderson, Robert | Elgar in manuscript (London, 1990). |
| E. ELGAR | Kent, Christopher | Edward Elgar: a guide to research (New York, London, 1993). |
| G. ENESCU | Firca, Clemensa-Liliana | Catalogul tematic al creatiei lui George Enescu (Bucuresti, 1985). |
| M. DE FALLA | Harper, Nancy Lee | Manuel de Falla: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1998). |
| H. FERGUSON | Ferguson, Howard and Hurd, Michael (eds.) | Letters of Gerald Finzi and Howard Ferguson (Woodbridge, 2001). |
| A. FERRABOSCO | Charteris, Richard | Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder (1543-1588): a thematic catalogue of his music with a biographical calendar (New York, 1984). [Thematic catalogue series no.11] |
| G. FINZI | Ferguson, Howard and Hurd, Michael (eds.) | Letters of Gerald Finzi and Howard Ferguson (Woodbridge, 2001). |
| G. FINZI | Dressler, John C. | Gerald Finzi: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1997). |
| S.C. FOSTER | Elliker, Calvin | Stephen Collins Foster: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| C. FRANCK | Fauquet, Joël-Marie | Ce´sar Franck (Paris, 1999). |
| G. FRESCOBALDI | Hammond, Frederick | Girolamo Frescobaldi: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| W.S. GILBERT | Ainger, Michael | Gilbert and Sullivan: a dual biography (Oxford, 2002). |
| C.W. GLUCK | Howard, Patricia | Christoph Willibald Gluck: a guide to research (New York, London, 1987). |
| P. GRAINGER | Bird, John | Percy Grainger (Oxford, 1999). |
| E. GRIEG | Fog, Dan | Grieg-Katalog: Verzeichnis der im Druck erschienenen Kompositionen von Edvard Grieg (Kobenhavn, 1980). |
