Music Theatre Research Guide   Tags: music, music_theatre  

This Research Guide contains links to online resources and information about print materials located in Belk Library.

If you have any questions, IM me via the chat box on this page or email me at "lbisko at elon dot edu".

This guide is a gateway to books, DVDs, CDs, articles, music scores and web resources related to music theatre.

Start your research by using encyclopedias and other reference materials, such as the ones listed below. Also check the other tabs in this guide for more ideas.

The encyclopedia of the musical theatre

Call Number: REF. 782.1403 G159en2 v.1-3

Blumenfeld's dictionary of musical theater : opera, operetta, musical comedy

Call Number: REF. 782.1403 B626bL

American musical theatre : a chronicle

Call Number: REF. 782.14 B644am2

Broadway : its history, people, and places : an encyclopedia

Call Number: REF. 792.097471 B623br

A chronology of American musical theater

Call Number: REF. 782.1409 N811ch v.1-3

A 2nd copy is on the 3rd floor of the library with call number 782.1409 N811ch v.1-3.

Show tunes : the songs, shows, and careers of Broadway's major composers

Call Number: REF. 782.810922 Su81sh4

American Song: the Complete Musical Theatre Companion - Ken Bloom.

Call Number: REF. 782.81 B623am v.1-2

Broadway plays and musicals : descriptions and essential facts of more than 14,000 shows through 2007

Call Number: REF. 792.097471 H622br

Oxford Handbook of the American Musical

Call Number: REF. 782.14 Ox2

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance

Call Number: REF. 792.03 Ox2ke v.1-1

This encyclopedia is available online and in print.

The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: theatre, film, and television

Call Number: 782.1409 H622ox

This book is available online and in print.

Broadway, the American Musical part 1-2 - PBS.

Call Number: 782.1409 B78ka v.1

Episode 1: Give my regards to broadway (1893-1927) & Episode 2: Syncopated city (1919-1933).
This video is available online and on DVD.

Broadway, the American Musical part 3-4 - PBS.

Call Number: 782.1409 B78ka v.2

Episode 3: I got plenty of nuttin' (1929-1942) & Episode 4: Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (1943-1960).
This video is available online and on DVD.

Broadway, the American Musical part 5-6 - PBS.

Call Number: 782.1409 B78ka v.3

Episode 5: Tradition (1957-1979) & Episode 6: Putting it together (1980-Present).
This video is available online and on DVD.