LITERATURE OF THE HUMANITIES

PERFORMING ARTS

I. General

Performing Arts Research: A Guide to Information Sources. Marion K. Whalon. Detroit: Gale, 1976. 280 p.


American and English Popular Entertainment: A Guide to Information Sources. Don B. Wilmeth. Detroit: Gale, 1980. 465 p.


The Performing Arts: A Guide to the Reference Literature. Linda Keir Simons. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1994. 230 p. 


The Literary Adviser: Selected Reference Sources in Literature, Speech, Language, Theater, and Film. Thomas P. Slavens. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx, 1985. 196 p.


Index to Characters in the Performing Arts. Harold S. Sharp and Marjorie Z. Sharp, comps. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow, 1966-1973. 4 v. in 6.


Performing Arts Biography Master Index: A Consolidated Index to over 270,000 Biographical Sketches of Persons Living and Dead. 2nd ed. Barbara McNeil and Miranda C. Herbert, eds. Detroit, Gale, 1982. 701 p.


The Lively Arts Information Directory: A Guide to the Fields of Music, Dance, Theater, Film, Radio, and Television in the United States and Canada.... Steven R. Wasserman and Jacqueline Wasserman O'Brien, eds. Detroit: Gale, 1985. 1040 p.


Performing Arts Libraries and Museums of the World/ Bibliotheques et musees des arts du sepectacle dans le monde. 4 th ed. Andre Veinstein and Alfred S. Goulding. Paris: Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, 1992. 740 p.

II. Music

Information on Music: A Handbook of Reference Sources in European Languages. Guy A. Marco and Sharon Paugh Ferris. Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1975-1984. 3 v.


Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography. 5th ed. Vincent H. Duckles and Ida Reed, eds. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997. 812 p.


International Music Journals. Linda M. Fidler and Richard S. James, eds. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. 544 p.


Musical Periodical Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Indexes and Bibliographies. Joan M. Meggett. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow, 1978. 116 p.


Popular Music: A Reference Guide. Roman Iwaschkin. New York: Garland, 1986-1993. 2 v.


*The Music Index.1949- . Warren, Mich. : Harmonie Park Press. Monthly. Annual Cumulation.


Opera Plot Index. William E. Studwell and David A. Hamilton. New York : Garland, 1990. 466 p.


*RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. 1967- . New York: International Repertory of Music Literature. Quarterly. Music Literature International. New York : International RILM Center, 1967- . Annual.


A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings. 3rd ed. Elizabeth Davis, et al., eds. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997. 665 p.


The Book of World-Famous Music, Classical, Popular and Folk. 4th ed., rev. and enl. James M. Fuld. New York: Dover, 1995. 718 p.


Dictionary of Musical Themes. Rev. ed. Harold A. Barlow and Sam Morganstern. New York: Crown, 1975. Repr., London: Faber, 1983. 642 p.


Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes, Including Cantatas, Oratorios, Lieder, and Art Songs. Rev. ed. Harold A. Barlow and Sam Morganstern. New York: Crown, 1976. 547 p.


The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 11th ed. Oscar Thompson, ed. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1985. 2609 p.


The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Stanley Sadie, ed. London: Macmillan; Washington, D. C.: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980. Repr. with minor corrections, 1994. 20 v.


International Dictionary of Opera. C. Steven LaRue, ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993. 2 v.


The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Stanley Sadie, ed. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. Repr. with corr. 1991. 3 v.


The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 2nd ed. Colin Larkin, comp. and ed. Chester, Conn. : New England Publishing Associates, 1995. 6v.


The New Oxford Companion to Music. Denis Arnold, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983. Repr. with corrections, 1994. 2 v.


A History of Western Music. 5th ed. Donald Jay Grout and Claude V. Palisca. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. 862 p.


New Oxford History of Music. London: Oxford University Press, 1954-90. 10 v. 2nd ed., 1990- .


Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. 8th ed. Nicolas Slonimsky. New York : Schirmer Books/Macmillan, 1992. 2115 p.


Bibliography of Discographies. New York : R. R. Bowker, 1977- .

III. Dance

A Bibliography of Dancing: A List of Books and Articles on the Dance and Related Subjects. Paul David Magriel. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1936. Repr., New York: Blom, 1966. 229 p. Supplement. 1936-1940. 1941.


International Encyclopedia of Dance. Selma Jeanne Cohen, et al., eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 6v.


The Dance Encyclopedia. Rev. and enl. ed. Anatole Chujoy and Phyllis Winifred Manchester, comps. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. 992 p.


Theatre in the East : A Survey of Asian Dance and Drama. Faubion Bowers. New York : Nelson, 1956. Repr., New York : Books for Libraries, 1980. 374 p.


Complete Stories of the Great Ballets. Rev. and enl. ed. George Balanchine. New York: Doubleday, 1977. 838 p.


The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet. 2nd ed. upd. Horst Koegler, New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 458 p.


International Dictionary of Ballet. Martha Bremser, ed. Detroit : St. James Press, 1993. 2 v.


Biographical Dictionary of Dance. Barbara Naomi Cohen-Stratyner. New York: Schirmer Books/Nacmillan, 1982. 970 p.


Dance History: An Introduction. 2nd ed., rev. and upd. Janet Adshead-Lansdale and June Layson. New York: Routledge Kegan Paul, 1994. 289p.

IV. Theater and Drama

A Guide to Reference and Bibliography for Theatre Research. 2nd ed. rev. and exp. Claudia Jean Bailey. Columbus, Ohio: Publications Committee, Ohio State University, 1983. 149 p.


International Bibliography of Theatre. 1985- . New York: Theatre Research Data Center, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; distr., New York: Publishing Certer for Cultural Resources, 1985- . Annual


Play Index. 1949/52- . New York: H. W. Wilson.


Drama Criticism : Criticism of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Dramatic Works from All the World's Literature. 1991- . Lawrence J. Trudeau. Detroit : Gale Research.


The Crown Guide to the World's Great Plays: From Ancient Greece to Modern Times. Rev., updated ed. Joseph T. Shipley. New York: Crown, 1984. 866 p.


McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work. 2nd ed. Stanley Hockman, ed.-in-chief. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984. 5 v.


The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. New ed. Martin Banham, ed. Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1995. 1233 p.


History of the Theatre. 8th ed. Oscar G. Brockett. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1998. 720 p.


The History of World Theatre. Margot Berthold and Felicia H. Londre. New York: Continuum, 1972-1991. 2v.

The Great Stage Stars: Distinguished Theatrical Careers of the Past and Present. Sheridan Morley. New York: Facts on File, 1986. 425 p.

V. Film, Radio, Television, and Video

Film: A Reference Guide. Robert A. Armour. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. 251 p.


Film, Television, and Video Periodicals : A Comprehensive List. Katharine Loughney. New York : Garland, 1991. 431 p. 


Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings. 4th ed. Gerald Mast and Marshall Cohen, comps. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 797 p.


*The International Film Index, 1895-1990. Alan Goble, ed. New Providence, N. J. : K. G. Saur. 1991. 2v.


The Film Index: A Bibliography. Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration of the City of New York.
v.1, New York: H. W. Wilson, 1941. Repr., Kraus, 1988.
v.2, New York: Kraus International, 1985.
v.3, New York, Kraus International , 1985.


Film Review Index. Patricia King Hanson and Stephen L. Hanson, eds. Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1986-1987. 2 v.


The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Gene Brown and Harry M. Geduld, eds. New York: Times Books, 1984. 13 v.


A Biographical Dictionary of Film. 3rd ed. rev. David Thomson. New York : Morrow, 1994. 834 p.



International Motion Picture Almanac. 1929- . New York: Quigley. Annual.


Radio and Television: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography. William E. McCavitt, comp. Metuchen, N. J.: Scarecrow, 1978. 229 p. 
Supplement. One: 1977-1981, 1982, 155 p. 
Supplement. Two: 1982-1986, 1987.


Television & Cable Fact Book. 1982- . Washington, D. C.: Television Digest. Annual.


The Video Register and Teleconferencing Resources Directory. Latest ed. White Plains, N. Y.: Knowledge Industry Publications.


Bowker's Complete Video Directory. 1990- . New Providence, N. J. : R. R. Bowker. Irregular.

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