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.
| G.F. HANDEL | Burrows, Donald & Ronish, Martha J. | A catalogue of Handel's musical autographs (Oxford, 1993). |
| G.F. HANDEL | Hurley, David Ross | Handel's muse: patterns of creation in his oratorios and musical dramas, 1743- 1751 (Oxford, 2000). |
| G.F. HANDEL | Parker-Hale, Mary Ann | G F Handel: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| G.F. HANDEL | Smith, William C. | Handel: a descriptive catalogue of the early editions (2nd ed., Oxford, 1970). |
| G.F. HANDEL | Baselt, Bernd | Händel-Handbuch: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis von Bernd Baselt (Leipzig, 1978- ). |
| G.F. HANDEL | Bell, A. Craig | Handel: chronological thematic catalogue (2nd impression, Darley, 1973). |
| J. HAYDN | Wyn Jones, D. (ed.) | Haydn (Oxford, 2002). |
| J. HAYDN | Grave, F. K. & Grave, M. G. | Franz Joseph Haydn: a guide to research (New York, 1990). |
| J. HAYDN | Stock, Karl F; Heilinger, R. & Stock, M. | Haydn-Bibliographien (Graz, 1991). |
| J. HAYDN | Bryant, S. C. & Chapman, G. W. | A melodic index to Haydn's instrumental music: a thematic locator for Anthony van Hoboken's Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, vols I & III (New York, 1982). |
| J. HAYDN | Hoboken, Anthony van | Joseph Haydn: thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (Mainz, 1957, 1971, 1978). 3 vols. |
| M. HAYDN | Sherman, Charles H. & Thomas, T. Donley | Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806): a chronological thematic catalogue of his works (Stuyvesant, N.Y., 1993). |
| A. HODDINOTT | Craggs, Stewart R. | Alun Hoddinott: a bio-bibliography (Westport, London, 1993). |
| E.T.A. HOFFMANN | Allroggen, Gerhard | ETA Hoffmanns Kompositionen: ein chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis seiner musikalischen Werke mit einer Einführung (Regensburg, 1970). |
| G. HOLST | Holst, Imogen | A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst's music (London, 1974). |
| J.N. HUMMEL | Zimmerschied, Dieter | Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Hofheim, 1971). |
| J. IRELAND | Richards, Fiona | The music of John Ireland (Aldershot, 2000). |
| J. IRELAND | Craggs, Stewart R. | John Ireland: a catalogue, discography, and bibliography (Oxford, 1993). |
| H. ISAAC | Picker, Martin | Henricus Isaac: a guide to research (New York, London, 1991). |
| C. IVES | Sinclair, James B. | A descriptive catalogue of the music of Charles Ives (New Haven, 1999). |
| C. IVES | Sherwood, Gayle | Charles Ives: a guide to research (New York, 2002). |
| L. JANACEK | Simeone, Nigel | The first editions of Leos Janácek: a bibliographic guide with reproductions of titlepages (Tutzing, 1991). |
| L. JANACEK | Simeone, Nigel; Tyrrell, John; & Nemcová, Alena | Janácek's works: a catalogue of the music and writings of Leos Janácek (Oxford, 1997). |
| S. JOPLIN | Ping-Robbins, Nancy R. | Scott Joplin: a guide to research (New York, London, 1998). |
| JOSQUIN DES PRES | Charles, Sydney R. | Josquin des Prez: a guide to research (New York, London, 1983). |
| Z. KODÁLY | Houlahan, Micheál & Tacka, Philip | Zoltán Kodály: a guide to research (New York, London, 1998). |
| E. KRENEK | Bowles, Garrett H. | Ernst Krenek: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1989). |
| J. LANGLAIS | Thomerson, Kathleen | Jean Langlais: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1988). |
| O. LASSUS | Erb, James | Orlando di Lasso: a guide to research (New York, London, 1990). |
| H. LAWES | Spink, Ian | Henry Lawes: Cavalier songwriter (Oxford, 2000). |
| F. LEHAR | Rourke, Sean | Franz Lehar: Thematischer index (London, 1985). |
| F. LISZT | Auman, Elizabeth H. & White, Raymond A. | The music manuscripts, first editions, and correspondence of Franz Liszt ... in the ... Library of Congress (Washington, 1991). |
| F. LISZT | Eckhardt, Mária P. | Liszt's music in the National Szechényi Library (Budapest, 1986). |
| F. LISZT | Saffle, Michael | Franz Liszt: a guide to research (New York, London, 1991). |
| F. LISZT | Thematisches Verzeichniss der Werke, Bearbeitungen und Transcriptionen von Franz Liszt (Neue vervollständigte Ausgabe, reprinted, London, 1965). | |
| J.-B. LULLY | Gustafson, Bruce | A thematic locator for the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully (New York, 1989). |
| J.-B. LULLY | Schneider, Herbert | Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Werke von Jean-Bapiste Lully (Tutzing, 1981). |
