Information Sources in Music

The title of this book, one of the series Guides to Information Sources is self‐explanatory. What we have is 27 chapters by authorities in each of the subjects dealt with and, considering the vast amount of information there is about music, I have to say the sheer amount of detail is impressive. The book deals with sources for ethnic and popular music, but the emphasis is mainly on Western art music.

To give a flavour of the very wide range of topics covered I will select a few. The editor’s own general introduction is required reading, and he has also...