Pathfinder for Exploring Music:

BOOKS:

780 WAD
Wade-Matthews, Max. Music : an illustrated encyclopedia of musical instruments and the great composers. London : Lorenz Books, c2006.

780.9 ALB
Alberti, Luciano. Music of the Western world. New York : Crown Publishers, 1974.

780.9 LEV
Levy, Kenneth, 1927-. Music, a listener's introduction. New York : Harper & Row, c1983.

780.9031 ONG
Ongaro, Giulio Maria. Music of the Renaissance. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2003. Examines music in Renaissance Europe, chronicling the lives of Renaissance musicians, describing different genres of music, examining the link between Renaissance music and dance, and examining music publishing during the period.

REF 780.3 BAK
Baker's student encyclopedia of music. 3 volumes. New York : Schirmer Books, 1999. Easy to use reference guide to all things musical.

REF 780.9 BUR
Burkholder, J. Peter (James Peter). A history of western music. 7th ed. New York : Norton, c2006. A survey of Western music, organized chronologically from ancient Greece and Rome through the twentieth century, with discussion of the defining characteristics of each period, and information about some of history's most significant composers.

REF 909.07 DIC
Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Volumne 8. New York : Scribner,