LIB-Reference sources
Sources subscribed to by SOAS
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Includes audio examples.
Available on-campus only.
Oxford Music Online (including Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians)
Comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of music. Available from any computer in SOAS; also available off-campus for SOAS staff and students using SOAS id and password.
Reference works from Oxford Reference Online.
These are all available from any computer in SOAS, and are available off-campus for SOAS staff and students using SOAS id and password.
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
- The Oxford Companion to Music
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
- Who's Who in Opera
Freely available sources
An online encyclopaedia of African music and world music.
Cecilia
An online guide to music collections in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and Ireland, administered IAML (UK & Irl).
Dictionary of African composers
An alphabetical list of African composers. Provides biographical information about the composers in question and includes details of works and musical styles and influences. Edited members of staff of the Music Department of the University of Pretoria.
Large and useful directory of the Web, constructed and maintained by a vast global community of volunteer editors.
Short descriptions of terms, covering musical instruments, forms and terminology.
Directory of Japanese traditional music performers. Provides audio examples and video clips.
Instrument Encyclopedia
A very useful encyclopedia with illustrated articles on musical instruments of the world, arranged by instrument type, by Sachs-Hornbostel classification headings and by country of origin.
International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections
This Directory is jointly provided by Comité International des Musées et Collections d'Instruments de Musique (CIMCIM) and the American Musical Instrument Society.
Searchable glossary of musical terms, which are also arranged by subject.
Collection of national anthems for countries throughout the world arranged alphabetically. Includes travel information, news, and details of flights and accommodation for each country.
Sibelius Academy: Musical Instruments
Index to selected resources related to a wide variety of musical instruments.
SIBMAS: International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
Directory of international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, and pantomime).
Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
A useful glossary compiled by the staff at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Lyrics to National Anthems of Countries Words (with English translations) to the national anthems of the world.
