Music/Dance Library - Finding popular songs
These reference books are shelved in the Music and Dance Library reading room. Scroll down for a list of online sources of information.
ML120 .U5 S5
POPULAR MUSIC : AN ANNOTATED INDEX OF AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS
ML120 .U5 J23 1994
WHO WROTE THAT SONG?
ML128 .P63 L57 1996
LISSAUER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA : 1888 TO THE PRESENT
ML128 .S3 E9
AMERICAN POPULAR SONGS FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TO THE PRESENT
ML128 .S3 F47 1995
SONG FINDER : A TITLE INDEX TO 32,000 POPULAR SONGS IN COLLECTIONS, 1854-1992
ML128 .S3 H4
POPULAR SONG INDEX (AND SUPPLEMENTS)
ML128 .S3 L34 1989
THE GREAT SONG THESAURUS
ML120 .U5 B93 I5
THE INDEX OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC; THOUSANDS OF TITLES CROSS-REFERENCED TO THESE ANTHOLOGIES: BLUE BOOK OF TIN PAN ALLEY. BLUE BOOK BROADWAY MUSICALS. BLUE BOOK HOLLYWOOD MUSICALS. THE MELODIES LINGER ON
ML120 .U5 F9 A7
AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC, 1875-1950
ML128 .S3 L4
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THEATRE MUSIC; 4000 SONGS FROM BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD: 1900-1960
ML128 .S3 L42 1984
SONGS OF THE THEATER
ML128 .M78 S79 2002
EARLY BROADWAY SHEET MUSIC : 1843-1918
ML102 .M68 H57 1999
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL FILM SONG ENCYCLOPEDIA
ML102 .M88 H59 1995
THE AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE SONG ENCYCLOPEDIA
ML102 .P66 W64
SONGS FROM HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL COMEDIES, 1927 TO THE PRESENT
ML120 .U5 S5 1920-79
POPULAR MUSIC, 1920-1979 : A REVISED CUMULATION
ML128 .M7 B46 1993
MOVIE SONG CATALOG : PERFORMERS AND SUPPORTING CREW FOR THE SONGS SUNG IN 1460 MUSICAL AND NONMUSICAL FILMS, 1928-1988
ML128 .M78 E84 2004
THE MUSICAL : A RESEARCH AND INFORMATION GUIDE
ML128 .M78 K72 1988
CATALOG OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL : MUSICALS OF IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN, COLE PORTER, RICHARD RODGERS & LORENZ HART
ML128 .M78 S78 1996
BROADWAY SHEET MUSIC : A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF PUBLISHED MUSIC FROM BROADWAY AND OTHER STAGE SHOWS, 1918-1993
See also these sources of information:
California Sheet Music - Ca. 2,000 pieces, 1852-1900 - University of California, Berkeley
Duke University Digital Scriptorium - American Sheet Music - ca. 3000 pieces, 1850-1920
Inventions of Note Sheet Music Collection - Old and new technologies as revealed through cover art and song texts, 1890-1920, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection - Popular American music, 1780-1960 - includes cover and score images - Johns Hopkins University
Music for the Nation - American Sheet Music 1870-1885 - Online image collection of ca. 20,000 songs at the Library of Congress
Templeton Music Collection - Rags, blues, show tunes, 1890s-1930s - Mississippi State University
ASCAP - Author, publisher and copyright info - American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
BMI - Author, publisher, and copyright info from Broadcast Music, Inc.
Popular Song Database - Collections at the University of Washington
Songbooks and Sheet Music Databases - Center for Popular Music, Middle Tennessee State University
Song Index - University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Updated 19 August 2009
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