Voici une liste des principaux ouvrages de référence qui ont servi à compiler les renseignements contenus dans la base de données du site Le Gramophone virtuel ainsi que les nombreux articles présentés dans les sections Historique et Biographies de ce site Web.
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ASCAP biographical dictionary. 4th ed. New York : R. R. Bowker, 1980. xii, 589 p. AMICUS 2889881
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Baker, Theodore ; Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. 8th ed. New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1992. xxxiii, 2115 p. AMICUS 10770548
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Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. Revised by Nicolas Slonimsky. Centennial edition. New York : Schirmer Books, c2001. 6 v. AMICUS 24468294
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Brown, James Duff ; Stratton Stephen S. British musical biography : a dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies. New York : Da Capo Press, 1971. ii, 462 p. Reprint of the 1897 ed. AMICUS 1647192
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Claghorn, Charles E. Biographical dictionary of American music. West Nyack, N.Y. : Parker Pub. Co., [1973]. 491 p. AMICUS 1250303
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Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers. 2nd ed. rev. and enl. New York : Books & Music USA, c1987. 2 v. (1151 p.) AMICUS 8596406
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Compositeurs canadiens contemporains. Édition française dirigée par Louise Laplante ; traduction de Véronique Robert. Montréal : Presses de l'Université du Québec, 1977. xxviii, 382 p. AMICUS 254315
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The encyclopedia of popular music. Edited by Colin Larkin. 3rd ed. London : Muze UK : Macmillan [distributeur], 1998. 8 v. (6653 p.) AMICUS 19085711
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Encyclopédie de la musique au Canada. Sous la direction d'Helmut Kallmann et al. 2e éd. rev. et augm. [Saint-Laurent, Qué.] : Fides, 1993. 3 vol. AMICUS 13213211
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Kinkle, Roger D. The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House Publishers, [1974]. 4 v. (xl, 2644 p.) AMICUS 1162942
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The new Grove dictionary of American music. Edited by H.W. Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie. London : Macmillan, c1986. 4 v. AMICUS 20819820
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The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. Edited by Stanley Sadie; executive editor, John Tyrrell. 2nd ed. New York : Grove's Dictionaries, 2001. 29 v. AMICUS 24199706
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The new Grove dictionary of opera. Edited by Stanley Sadie. London : Macmillan Press, c1992. 4 v. AMICUS 13914276
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Rehrig, William H. The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music. Edited by Paul E. Bierley. Westerville, Ohio : Integrity Press, c1991. 2 v. AMICUS 11099401
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Vernillat, France ; Charpentreau, Jacques. Dictionnaire de la chanson française. Paris : Larousse, 1968. 256 p. AMICUS 11977539
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Barr, Steven C. The almost complete 78-rpm record dating guide: II. Huntington Beach, Calif. : Yesterday Once Again, 1992. xviii, 177 p. AMICUS 12749116
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Boston Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the music collection. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1972- . AMICUS 1304213
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Central music library. Song catalogue. Vol. III. [London] : 1966. 4 v. AMICUS 280958
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Brunnings, Florence E. Folk song index : a comprehensive guide to the Florence E. Brunnings collection. New York : Garland Pub., 1981. AMICUS 11558013
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The catalogue of printed music in the British Library to 1980. Edited by Laureen Baillie. London ; New York : K.G. Saur, 1981 - 1987 . 62 vol. v. 1-38, 41-51, 54-55, 57-62. AMICUS 2618268
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Diehl, Katharine Smith. Hymns and tunes : an index. New York : Scarecrow Press, 1966. lv., 1185 p. AMICUS 1615077
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Havlice, Patricia Pate. Popular song index. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1975. 933 p. AMICUS 961102
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Kelly, Alan, comp. His master's voice : the French catalogue : a complete numerical catalogue of French gramophone recordings made from 1898 to 1929 in France and elsewhere by The Gramophone Company Ltd. = La voix de son maître. New York : Greenwood Press, 1990. xxxvi, 679 p. Discographies ; 0192-334x no. 37. AMICUS 9852142
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Kelly, Alan, comp. His master's voice : the German catalogue : a complete numerical catalogue of German gramophone recordings made from 1898 to 1929 in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere by The Gramophone Company Ltd. = Die Stimme seines Herrn. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994. lix, [iv], 1325 p. Discographies 0192-334x no. 55. AMICUS 13273190
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Kelly, Alan, comp. His master's voice the Italian catalogue, a complete numerical catalogue of Italian gramophone recordings made from 1898 to 1929 in Italy and elsewhere by The Gramophone Company Ltd.= La voce del padrone : New York : Greenwood Press, 1988. xxxix, 462 p. Discographies ; 0192-334x no. 30. AMICUS 23245464
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Lax, Roger ; Smith, Frederick. The great song thesaurus. 2nd ed., updated and expanded. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. 774 p. AMICUS 8384394
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Lowe, Leslie. Directory of popular music, 1900-1965. Droitwich : Peterson Publishing, 1975. 1034 p. AMICUS 499761
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Popular music, 1900-1919 : an annotated guide to American popular songs…. Edited by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, c1988. xxx, 656 p. AMICUS 8192329
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Popular music, 1920-1979 : a revised cumulation. Edited by Nat Shapiro and Bruce Pollock. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research, 1985. 3 v. AMICUS 5430679
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Sherman, Michael W. The collector's guide to Victor records. In collaboration with William R. Moran and Kurt R. Nauck III. 1st ed. Dallas : Monarch Record Enterprises, 1992. 176 p. AMICUS 12329785
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Sutton, Allan. A guide to pseudonyms on American records, 1892-1942. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993. xvii, 148 p. AMICUS 12901167
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Charosh, Paul. Berliner Gram-o-phone records : American issues, 1892-1900. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1995. Discographies 0192-334x no. 60, xxxii, 290 p. AMICUS 14257777
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Fagan, Ted ; Moran, William R. The encyclopedic discography of Victor recordings : Matrix series 1 through 4999 : the Victor Talking Machine Company, 24 April 1903 to 7 January 1908. New York : Greenwood Press, 1986. liv, 648 p. AMICUS 6623515
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Fagan, Ted ; Moran, William R. The encyclopedic discography of Victor recordings : Pre-matrix series : the Consolidated Talking Machine Company, Eldridge Johnson, and the Victor Talking Machine Company, 12 January 1900 to 23 April 1903. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983. lxix, 393 p. AMICUS 3285172
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Bordman, Gerald M. American musical theatre : a chronicle. New York : Oxford University Press, 1978. viii, 749 p. AMICUS 11981124
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Gänzl, Kurt. British musical theatre. Vol. 1 (1865-1914). New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. 2 v. AMICUS 6026630
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Hoffmann, Frank, et al. Billy Murray : the phonograph industry's first great recording artist. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997. x, 544 p. AMICUS 14865920
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Labbé, Gabriel. Les pionniers du disque folklorique québécois, 1920-1950. Montréal : L'Aurore, c1977. 216 p. AMICUS 246972
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Moogk, Edward B. En remontant les années : l'histoire et l'héritage de l'enregistrement sonore au Canada, des débuts à 1930. Ottawa : Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1975. xii, 447 p. AMICUS 79943. Publié aussi en anglais sous le titre de Roll back the years : history of Canadian recorded sound and its legacy : genesis to 1930
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American popular songs : from the Revolutionary War to the present. Édité par David Ewen. New York : Random House, 1966. xiii, 507 p.
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Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada. CAPAC presents 3000 all-time song hits 1892-1963. Toronto : Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada, [1964?]. 101 p.
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Gramophone records of the First World War : an HMV catalogue, 1914-1918. L'introduction par Brian Rust. Newton Abbott ; Vancouver : David and Charles, [1975]. 480 p.
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The great song thesaurus. Édité par Roger Lax et Frederick Smith. Deuxième édition actualisée et élargie. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. 774 p.
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« Guerres, rébellions et soulèvements ». Encyclopédie de la musique au Canada. Sous la direction de Helmut Kallmann et al. 2e éd. rev. et augm. [Saint-Laurent, Qué.] : Fides, 1993. 3 vol.
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Kinkle, Roger D. The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950. New Rochelle, New York : Arlington House, [1974]. 4 vol. (xl, 2644 p.)
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Lissauer, Robert. Lissauer's encyclopedia of popular music in America : 1888 to the present. Vol. 2. New York : Facts on File, c1996
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Martland, Peter. Since records began : EMI, the first 100 years. Portland, Oregon : Amadeus Press, 1997. 359 p.
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Mattfeld, Julius. Variety music cavalcade, 1620-1969 : a chronology of vocal and instrumental music popular in the United States. Avec l'introduction par Abel Green. 3e éd. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, [1971]. xx, 766 p.
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Moogk, Edward B. En remontant les années : l'histoire et l'héritage de l'enregistrement sonore au Canada, des débuts à 1930. Ottawa : Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1975. xii, 447 p. Publié aussi en anglais sous le titre de Roll back the years : history of Canadian recorded sound and its legacy : genesis to 1930
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Shepherd, John. Tin Pan Alley. London : Routledge et Kegan Paul, 1982. vi, 154 p.