The reference books listed here are a representative sample of material available on the open shelves of the Rare Books & Music Reading Room. A further collection of reference books on this subject is available in the Humanities Reading Room - floor 2.
| The Garland encyclopedia of world music (New York, 1998-2002). 10 vols. | |
| Bohlman, Philip V. | Central European folk music: an annotated bibliography of sources in German (New York, London, 1996). |
| Fleischmann, Aloys (ed.) | Sources of Irish traditional music c.1600-1855: an annotated catalogue of prints and manuscripts, 1583-1855 (New York, London, 1998). 2 vols. |
| Kunst, Jaap | Ethnomusicology (3rd ed., The Hague, 1960). |
| Lieberman, Fredric | Chinese music: an annotated bibliography (2nd ed., New York, 1979). |
| Miller, Terry E. | Folk music in America: a reference guide (New York, London, 1986). |
| Nettl, Bruno | Reference materials in ethnomusicology (2nd ed., rev., Detroit, 1973). |
| Porter, James | The traditional music of Britain and Ireland (New York, London, 1989). |
| Tsuge, Gen'ichi | Japanese music: an annotated bibliography (New York, London, 1986). |
Guide to music reference books
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