The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

Sadie, Stanley

• 978-0-19-522186-2
• Oxford University Press -- 2004

The Orchestra. A Very Short Introduction

Holoman, D. Kern

• 978-0-19-976028-2
• Oxford University Press -- 2012

The Oxford History of Western Music. 5-volume set

Taruskin, Richard

• 978-0-19-538630-1
• Oxford University Press -- 2009

The Penguin Companion to Classical Music

Griffiths, Paul

• 978-0-141-00924-7
• Penguin Books -- 2004

The Penguin Guide to 1000 Finest Classical Recordings. The Must-Have CDs and DVDs

• 978-0-141-39975-1
• Penguin Books -- 2012

The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010

Greenfield, Edward; Layton, Robert; March, Ivan

• 978-0-1410-4162-9
• Penguin Books -- 2009

The Pianist's Dictionary

Hinson, Maurice

• 978-0-253-21682-3
• Indiana University Press -- 2004

The Piano in Chamber Ensemble. An Annotated Guide

Hinson, Maurice; Roberts, Wesley

• 978-0-253-34696-4
• Indiana University Press -- 2006

The Symphonic Repertoire. Volume 2. The First Golden Age of the Viennese Symphony: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert

Brown, A. Peter

• 978-0-253-33487-9
• Indiana University Press -- 2002

The Symphonic Repertoire. Volume 3. Part A. The European Symphony from ca. 1800 to ca. 1930: Germany and the Nordic Countries

Brown, A. Peter

• 978-0-253-34801-2
• Indiana University Press -- 2007