The 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. MACHAUT | Earp, Laurence | Guillaume de Machaut: a guide to research (New York, London, 1995). |
| G. & A. MAHLER | Filler, Susan M. | Gustav and Alma Mahler: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| G. MAHLER | La Grange, Henry Louis de | Gustav Mahler (Oxford, 1999). |
| G. MAHLER | Namenwirth, Simon Michael | Gustav Mahler: a critical bibliography (Wiesbaden, 1987). 3 vols. |
| B. & A. MARCELLO | Selfridge-Field, Eleanor | The music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: a thematic catalogue (Oxford, 1990). |
| B. MARTINU | Cervinková, Blanka | Bohuslav Martinu: bibliograficky katalog (Praha, 1990). |
| P. MASCAGNI | Flury, Roger | Pietro Mascagni: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 2001). |
| W. MATHIAS | Craggs, Stewart R. | William Mathias: a bio-bibliography (Westport, London, 1995). |
| P. MAXWELL DAVIES | Craggs, Stewart R. | Peter Maxwell Davies: a source book (Aldershot, 2002). |
| P. MAXWELL DAVIES | Bayliss, Colin | The music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: an annotated catalogue (Highgate, 1991). |
| P. MAXWELL DAVIES | Smith, Carolyn J. | Peter Maxwell Davies: a bio-bibliography (Westport, London, 1995). |
| F. MENDELSSOHN | Todd, R. Larry | Mendelssohn: a life in music (Oxford, 2003). |
| F. MENDELSSOHN | Cooper, John Michael | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: a guide to research, with an introduction to research concerning Fanny Hensel (New York, 2001). |
| D. MILHAUD | Milhaud, Madeleine | Catalogue des oeuvres de Darius Milhaud (Genève, 1982). |
| C. MONTEVERDI | Adams, K.G. & Kiel, D. | Claudio Monteverdi: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| C. MONTEVERDI | Stattkus, Manfred H. | Claudio Monteverdi: Verzeichnis der erhaltenen Werke. Kleine Ausgabe (Bergkamen, 1985). |
| I. MOSCHELES | Moscheles, Ignaz | Thematisches Verzeichniss im Druck erschienener Compositionen von Ignaz Moscheles (London, 1966). |
| W.A. MOZART | Köchel, Ludwig von | Chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis sämtlicher Tonwerke Wolfgang Amadé Mozarts (Sechste Auflage, Wiesbaden, 1964). |
| W.A. MOZART | Haberkamp, Gertraut | Die Erstdrucke der Werke von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tutzing, 1986). 2 vols. |
| W.A. MOZART | Hastings, Baird | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| C. NIELSEN | Miller, Mina F. | Carl Nielsen: a guide to research (New York, London, 1987). |
| C. NIELSEN | Møllerhøj, Klaus & Bjørnum, Birgit | Carl Nielsens Samling: katalog over komponistens musikhåndskrifter i Det kongelige Bibliotek (København, 1992). |
| J. OCKEGHEM & J. OBRECHT | Picker, Martin | Johannes Ockeghem and Jacob Obrecht: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| N. PAGANINI | Moretti, M.R. & Sorrento, A. | Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini (Genova, 1982). |
| G. PAISIELLO | Robinson, Michael Finlay | Giovanni Paisiello: a thematic catalogue of his works... with the assistance of Ulrike Hofmann (Stuyvesant, NY., 1991-4). 2 vols. |
| G. P. da PALESTRINA | Marvin, Clara | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: a guide to research (New York, 2002). |
| G.B. PERGOLESI | Paymer, M. E. & Williams, H.W. | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| I. PLEYEL | Benton, Rita | Ignace Pleyel: a thematic catalogue of his compositions (New York, 1977). |
| A. PONCHIELLI | Sirch, Licia | Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Amilcare Ponchielli (Cremona, 1989). |
| F. POULENC | Keck, George R. | Francis Poulenc: a bio-bibliography (Westport, 1990). |
| F. POULENC | Schmidt, Carl B. | The music of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963): a catalogue (Oxford, 1995). |
| S. PROKOFIEV | Glinka Museum | Avtografy S.S. Prokof'eva v fondakh Gosudarstvennogo tsentralnogo muzeiia muzykal'noi kul'tury im M.I. Glinki. Ed. F.A. Krasinska & M.K. Starodubtseva (Moskva, 1977). |
| G. PUCCINI | Girardi, Michele | Puccini: his international art (Chicago, 2000). |
| G. PUCCINI | Fairtile, Linda B. | Giacomo Puccini: a guide to research (New York, London, 1999). |
| G. PUCCINI | Hopkinson, Cecil | A bibliography of the works of Giacomo Puccini 1858-1924 (New York, 1968). |
| H. PURCELL | Burden, M. (ed.) | Henry Purcell's operas: the complete texts (Oxford, 2000). |
| H. PURCELL | Shay, Robert Stuart & Thompson, Robert | Purcell manuscripts: the principal musical sources (Cambridge, 2000). |
| H. PURCELL | Zimmerman, Franklin B. | Henry Purcell: a guide to research (New York, London, 1989). |
| H. PURCELL | Zimmerman, Franklin B. | Henry Purcell, 1659-1695: an analytical catalogue of his music (London, 1963). |
