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.P. TELEMANN | Menke, Werner | Thematisches Verzeichnis der Vokalwerke von Georg Philipp Telemann (Frankfurt am Main, 1982-). |
| G.P. TELEMANN | Ruhnke, Martin | Georg Philipp Telemann: thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke (TWV) (Kassel, London, 1984-). |
| V. THOMSON | Meckna, Michael | Virgil Thomson: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1986). |
| C. TOURNEMIRE | Fauquet, Joël-Marie | Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Charles Tournemire (Genève, 1979). |
| J. VANHAL | Bryan, Paul | Johann Wanhal, Viennese symphonist: his life and his musical environment. [Thematic catalogue.] (Stuyvesant, 1997). |
| R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Butterworth, Neil | Ralph Vaughan Williams: a guide to research (New York, 1990). |
| R. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Kennedy, Michael | A catalogue of the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2nd ed., Oxford, 1996). |
| G. VERDI | Harwood, Gregory | Giuseppe Verdi: a guide to research (New York, London, 1998). |
| G. VERDI | Hopkinson, Cecil | A bibliography of the works of Giuseppe Verdi 1813-1901 (New York, 1973, 1978). 2 vols. |
| T.L. DE VICTORIA | Cramer, Eugene Casjen | Tomás Luis de Victoria: a guide to research (New York, London, 1998). |
| H. VILLA-LOBOS | Appleby, David P. | Heitor Villa-Lobos: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1988). |
| G.B. VIOTTI | White, Chappell | Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824): a thematic catalogue of his works (New York, 1985). |
| A. VIVALDI | Ryom, Peter | Répertoire des oeuvres d' Antonio Vivaldi (Copenhague, 1986- ). |
| A. VIVALDI | Talbot, Michael | Antonio Vivaldi: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| R. WAGNER | Klein, Horst F. G. | Erst- und Frühdrucke der Textbücher von Richard Wagner: Bibliographie (Tutzing, 1979). |
| R. WAGNER | Klein, Horst F. G. | Erstdrucke der musikalischen Werke von Richard Wagner: Bibliographie (Tutzing, 1983). |
| R. WAGNER | Deathridge, John; Geck, Martin & Voss, Egon | Wagner Werk-Verzeichnis (WWV): Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werk Richard Wagners und ihren Quellen (Mainz, 1986). |
| W. WALTON | Craggs, Stewart R. | William Walton: a catalogue (Oxford, 1990). |
| W. WALTON | Smith, Carolyn J. | William Walton: a bio-bibliography (New York, London, 1988). |
| P. WARLOCK | Smith, B. (ed.) | Frederick Delius and Peter Warlock: a friendship revealed (Oxford, 2000). |
| C.M. VON WEBER | Henderson D. G. & Henderson, A. H. | Carl Maria von Weber; a guide to research (New York, London, 1990). |
| C.M. VON WEBER | Jähns, Friedrich Wilhelm | Carl Maria von Weber in seinen Werken: chronologische-thematisches Verzeichniss seiner sämmtlichen Compositionen (Berlin, 1871). |
| A. WEBERN | Simms, Bryan R. (ed.) | Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern: a companion to the second Viennese school (Westport, 1999). |
| S. WESLEY | Kassler, Michael | Samuel Wesley (1766-1837): a source book (Aldershot, 2001). |
| H. WOLF | Ossenkop, David | Hugo Wolf: a guide to research (New York, London, 1988). |
| J.D. ZELENKA | Stockigt, Janice B. | Jan Dismas Zelenka: a Bohemian musician at the Court of Dresden (Oxford, 2000). |
| J.D. ZELENKA | Horn, Wolfgang & Kohlhasse, Thomas | Zelenka-Dokumentation: Quellen und Materialien (Wiesbaden, 1989). 2 vols. |
| J.D. ZELENKA | Reich, Wolfgang | Jan Dismas Zelenka: thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (ZWV) (Dresden, 1985). 2 vols. |
| A. ZEMLINKSY | Beaumont, Antony | Zemlinsky (London, 2000). |
