The reference books listed here are a representative sample of material available on the open shelves of the Rare Books & Music Reading Room.
| Bourne, Joyce | Who's who in opera : a guide to opera characters (Oxford, 1999). |
| Forbes, Fred R. | Dance: an annotated bibliography 1965-1982 (New York, London, 1986). |
| Ganzl, Kurt | The British musical theatre (Basingstoke, 1986). 2 vols. |
| Hartnoll, Phyllis | The Oxford companion of the theatre (3rd ed., London, 1975). |
| Highfill, Philip H., Burnim, Kalman A., Langhans, Edward A. | A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, musicians, dancers, managers & other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800 (Carbondale, 1973-93). 16 vols. |
| Kobbé, Gustave | Kobbé's complete opera book (9th ed., London, 1976). |
| Lamb, Andrew | 150 years of popular musical theatre (New Haven, 2001). |
| Lancelot, Francine | La Belle Dance: catalogue raisonné (Paris, 1996). |
| Lubbock, Mark | The complete book of light opera (London, 1962). |
| Marco, Guy A. | Opera: a research and information guide, 2nd ed. (New York, London, 2001). |
| Peterson, Bernard L. | Profiles of African American stage performers and theatre people, 1816-1960 (Westport, Conn., 2001). |
| Pirrotta, N. & Povoledo, E. | Music and theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi (Cambridge, 1982). |
| Riemann, Hugo | Opern-Handbuch: Repertorium der dramatisch-musikalischen Litteratur (Leipzig, 1887). |
| Robinson, Doris | Music and dance periodicals: an international directory and guidebook (Vorheesville, N.Y., 1989). |
| Rosenthal, H. & Warrack, J. | Concise Oxford dictionary of opera (2nd ed., Oxford, 1980). |
| Sadie, Stanley (ed.) | The new Grove dictionary of opera (London, 1992). 4 vols. |
| Sartori, Claudio | I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800: catalogo analitico (Cuneo, 1990-94). 7 vols. |
| Sonneck, Oscar | Catalogue of opera librettos printed before 1800 (Washington, 1914). 2 vols. |
| Wilson, G. B. L. | A dictionary of ballet (3rd ed., London, 1974). |
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