Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

The Music Library now has the 5th edition of the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music by Michael Kennedy and Joyce Kennedy (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007; call no. MUR ML100.K35 2007). Look for it in the Music Library reference collection!

New Reference Books

The Music Library received three new reference books for its collection on Friday, April 11.

They are:

• Benitez, Vincent P. Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2008. Call no.: MUR ML134.M54 B46 2008.
• Ford, Robert. A Blues Bibliography, 2d ed. New York: Routledge, 2007. Call no.: MUR ML128.B49 F67 2007.
• Everett, William A., and Paul R. Laird. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts, ed. Jon Woronoff, no. 22. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2008. Call no. MUR ML102.M88 E94 2008.

New book on African American Music

Last week's book delivery contained a title that is noteworthy, principally because of the work of the important artists it examines. Those who are interested in African American music, jazz, blues, or women's studies may wish to consult this book:

• Bratcher, Melanie E. Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone: Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory. New York: Routledge, 2007. Call no.: MUX ML3479 .B73 2007.

Oxford Music Online

You may have noticed that the link to Grove Music Online is missing from the Music Subject Page of the University Libraries' Web site (http://www.ulib.niu.edu/information/subject.cfm?subject=Music). Grove Music Online has been replaced by a new Oxford University Press portal called Oxford Music Online. Our subscription to Oxford Music Online contains Grove Music Online, plus searchable text from The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. It will soon be available on the Music Subject Page under "Core Databases." Until then, you can navigate to it by going to the list of all library databases in alphabetical order: http://www.ulib.niu.edu/information/alphadb.cfm.