Universal Bibliography/Music

Type classification: this is a bibliography resource.

See s:Category:Music and w:Category:Music books

This part of the Universal Bibliography is a bibliography of music.

Bibliography

• Bibliography of Music Literature

• Green (ed). Foundations in Music Bibliography. 1993. [1]
• Krummel. The Literature of Music Bibliography: An Account of the Writings on the History of Music Printing & Publishing. 2nd Ed: 1992. [2]
• Bibliography of Music Bibliographies. 1967. [3]
• Bayne. A Guide to Library Research in Music. 2008. [4]
• A Selected Bibliography of Music Librarianship [5]
• Bradley. American Music Librarianship: A Research and Information Guide. [6]
• Music Reference and Research Materials. 3rd Ed: 1974: [7]
• Agruss. Guide to Reference Books on Music. 1948. [8]
• Haggerty. A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books: An Annotated Bibliography. 1995. [9]
• Coover. A Bibliography of Music Dictionaries. 1952: [10]. Music Lexicography. 2nd Ed: 1958. Including a Study of Lacunae in Music Lexicography and a Bibliography of Music Dictionaries. 3rd Ed: 1971: [11].
• A Bibliography of Books on Music and Collections of Music. 1948. [12]
• Deakin. Musical Bibliography: A Catalogue of the Musical Works. 1892. [13] (England 15th to 18th century)
• Matthew. The Literature of Music. 1896. [14]. Reviews: [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]. Author: [24].
• Hoek. Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Music, 1940-2000. 2007. [25]
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. [26]
• Elliker. The Periodical Literature of Music: Trends from 1952 to 1987. 1996. [27]
• Forkel. Allgemeine Litteratur der Musik. 1792. [28] Review: [29]

History and bibliography

• Matthew. A Handbook of Musical History and Bibliography. 1898. [30] Review: [31]
• Boyden. The History and Literature of Music: 1750 to the Present. 1959. [32]
• Brown. An Introduction to the History and Literature of Music in Western Culture. 2nd Ed: 2011. [33]

Chronology, annuals, year books, years

• Eisler. World Chronology of Music History.
• Lowe. A Chronological Cyclopædia of Musicians and Musical Events. 1896.
• Tokyo Ongaku Gakko. Kinsei Hogaku Nempyo. [Chronology of Japanese Music in Recent Ages.] Rokugatsu-Kan. Volume 1. 1912. Volume 2. 1914. Volume 3. 1927. [34]
• Cossar. This Day in Music. 2005. 2010.
• Glassman. The Year in Music. Columbia House.
• Hermann Klein. Musical Notes. Annual Critical Record of Important Musical Events.
• Bennett. The Musical Year.
• Hinrichsen's Musical Year Book
• The Musical Year Book of the United States
  • The Boston Musical Year Book
• Billboard. Overview. 1982: [35].
• Billboard. The Year in Music. 1994: [36]. 2003: [37].
  • The Year in Music and Video. 1985: [38]. 1986: [39].
• Jackson. 1965: The Most Revolutionary Year in Music.
• Porter. A Musical Season: 1972-1973.
  • Music of Three Seasons: 1974-1977
  • Music of Three More Seasons 1977-1980
  • Musical Events: A Chronicle, 1980-1983.
• 【大人のMusic Calendar】. Nippon Broadcasting System.

Encyclopedias

See also w:List of encyclopedias by branch of knowledge/Music and w:Bibliography of encyclopedias#Music and dance

• Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century [40]
• Moore. Complete Encyclopædia of Music. 1852. [41]

Dictionaries

• Apel. "Dictionaries of music". Harvard Dictionary of Music. 1969. pp 232 to 234.

United Kingdom:

• Billboard. Spotlight on the United Kingdom. 1978: [42]. 1979: [43].

Australia:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Australia/New Zealand. 1982: [44]. 1985: [45]. 1986: [46].
  • Live Talent of Australia: [47]

New Zealand:

• Harvey. A Bibliography of Writings about New Zealand Music Published to the End of 1983. 1985. [48]
• The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1966-2006: Singles, Albums, DVDs, Compilations. 2007. [49]
• Billboard. New Zealand. 2002: [50]

Canada:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Canada. 1981: [51].

Scandanavia:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Scandanavia. 1981: [52].

France:

• Billboard. Spotlight on France. 1971: [53]. 1972: [54]. 1982: [55]. 1986: [56]

Germany:

• Billboard. Spotlight on West Germany. 1971: [57]. 1985: [58].
  • Spotlight on West Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 1986: [59]

Italy:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Italy. 1981: [60]. 1985: [61]. 1986: [62]. 1994: [63].

Spain:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Spain. 1971: [64]

Brazil:

• Billboard. Spotlight on Brazil. 1996: [65].

United States

• Krummel. Bibliographical Handbook of American Music. 1987. [66]
• Krummel. Resources of American Music History: A Directory of Source Materials from Colonial Times to World War II. 1981. [67]

Soviet

• Aschmann. Current Soviet Music Bibliography. 1976. [68]

Decline of pop music:

• Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse. Smithsonian. 27 July 2012.
• New study discovers pop music has suffered “significant decline” in one area. Far Out. 5 July 2024.
• There is something very, very wrong with today’s music. It just may not be very good. Global News. 24 July 2022.
• Has pop music lost its fun?. BBC. 12 January 2018.
• It’s official: modern music is bad. The Spectator. 13 February 2024.

Conferences:

• International Music Industry Conference. 1971: [69]

Laserdisc/Karaoke/CES

• Billboard. Karaoke. 1992:

[70]

• • CES and Karaoke. 1994. [71]
  • Laserdisc. 1995. [72]
  • Laserdisc/Karaoke. 1996: [73]

Oldies

• "Oldies stations find their place in radio market". Star-News. 13 March 1988. pp 1D & 6D: "Oldies".
• Billboard. 15 April 1972. p 47.

Nostalgia

See also Universal Bibliography/Nostalgia

• "A Perspective on the Future of Nostalgia". Billboard. 4 May 1974. pp N-1 to N-54 and two more pages.
• Carr. Nostalgia, Song and the Quest for Home: Production, Text, Reception. 2025. [74]

Charts

• Carroll, " Did Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World Charts Tell the Same Story? Perception and Reality, 1960-1979"(2022) 9 Rock Music Studies 199

Magazines

See also w:Category:Music magazines

• The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music. 2017. [75] [76]

• Billboard. Spotlight on Japan. 1970: 19 December 1970 [77]. 1971: 11 December 1971 [78]. 1973: 17 February 1973 [79]. 1977: 30 April 1977 [80]. 1979: [81]. 1982:[82]. 1985: [83]. 1986:[84]. 1993: 12 June 1993 [85]. 1995: 5 August 1995 [86]. 1996: 31 August 1996 [87]. 1997: 30 August 1997 [88]. 1998: 26 September 1998 [89]. 2000: 9 September 2000 [90]. 2002: 7 September 2002 [91]. 2003: 5 July 2003 [92].
  • "Music in Japan: Industry Views 1981 With Quiet Optimism". Billboard. 30 May 1981. pp J-1 to J-18.
  • "Japan: Where Technology Greets Tradition". (An International Market Profile). Billboard. 21 May 1983. pp J-1 to J-13. Follows p 34.
  • "Billboard Spotlight on Japan: VCRs and CDs Will Be Pacemakers". Billboard. 26 May 1984. pp J-1 to J-11. Follows p 38.
  • "Japan". ("International Spotlight"/"A Billboard Spotlight"). Billboard. 25 May 1991. pp J-1 to J-26. Follows p 50. Called "Japan '91" on front page.
• The Best Ten (ザ・ベストテン). [Television programme]. Episodes.
• Music Station. [Television programme]. Episodes: episode 1 etc.
• Wade. Music in Japan: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture. 2005. [93]
• Malm. Japanese Music & Musical Instruments. 1959. [94]
• Pigott. The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan. 1893 [95]. 1909. [96]

Bibliography

• Tsuge. Japanese Music: An Annotated Bibliography. 1986. [97]
• Tōru Mitsui. Popyurā Ongaku Kankei Tosho Mokuroku: Ryūkōka, Jazu, Rokku, J-poppu no Hyakunen. (Japanese: ポピュラー音楽関係図書目録: 流行歌、ジャズ、ロック、Jポップの百年). Nichigai Associates. 2009. [98]. Catalogues: [99] [100]
• 音楽に関する文献を探すには（主題書誌）. NDL.

History

• Eta Harich-Schneider. A History of Japanese Music. 1973. [101]
• Koh-ichi Hattori. 123 Years of Japanese Music: The Culture of Japan Through a Look at Its Music. 2004. [102]
• Shinpan Nihon Ryūkōkashi. (Japanese: 新版日本流行歌史). Shakaishisosha. 1994. Review: [103]. Catalogue: [104]
  • 新版日本流行歌史: 1960-1994. [105] [106].
  • 新版日本流行歌史: 1938-1959
  • 1867-1937

Modern, contemporary, today

• Johnson. Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era. 2024. [107]
• Matsue. Focus: Music in Contemporary Japan. 2016. [108]
• Music of Japan Today. [109]

Popular music

• Mitsui (ed). Made in Japan: Studies in Popular Music. 2014. [110]
• Stevens. Japanese Popular Music: Culture, Authenticity and Power. 2008. [111]
• Mitsui. Popular Music in Japan: Transformation Inspired by the West. 2020. [112]
• Nagahara. Tokyo Boogie-Woogie: Japan’s Pop Era and Its Discontents. 2017. [113]
• Patterson. Music and Words: Producing Popular Songs in Modern Japan, 1887–1952. 2019. [114]
• James Stanlaw. "Using English identity markers in Japanese Popular Music". English in East and South Asia. Chapter 14. [115]
• "Japanese Popular Music in Singapore". Asian Music. vol 34. No 1: Fall/Winter 2002/2003. p 1. [116]

From folk to J-pop

• Issei Tomizawa. Ano subarashii kyoku o mō ichido: fōku kara J-poppu made. (Japanese: あの素晴しい曲をもう一度: フォークからJポップまで). Shinchosha. 2010. [117]. Catalogue: [118]. Commentary on book: [119]. Review of the CD: [120].

J-pop

• Bourdaghs. Sayonara Amerika, Sayonara Nippon: A Geopolitical Prehistory of J-pop. 2012. [121]
• "The Rise of J-Pop in Asia and Its Impact" (2004) Japan Spotlight. vol 23. p 24. [122]
• Terence Lancashire. "J-pop's elusive J: Is Japanese popular music Japanese?" (2008) Perfect Beat. vol 9. No 1. p 38. [123]
• Tetsu Misaki. J-poppu no Nihongo: kashiron. (Japanese: Jポップの日本語: 歌詞論). 彩流社 (Sairyusha). 2002. [124] [125]
• Hiromichi Ugaya. Jpoppu Towa Nanika: Kyodaikasuru Ongaku Sangyō. (Japanese: Jポップとは何か: 巨大化する音楽産業). 2005. [126] catalogue [127] [128]

Magazines

For Japanese music magazines, see w:ja:日本の音楽雑誌.

• Music Periodicals in Japan — A Comprehensive List (1988) 35 Fontes Artis Musicae 116 [129] [130]
  • Kishimoto, "Additional Corrections and Alphabetical Title Index" (1989) 36 Fontes Artis Musicae 38 [131] [132]
• Special Bibliography: A Bibliography of Japanese Magazines and Music (1959) 3 Ethnomusicology 76 [133]
• A Historical Survey of Music Periodicals in Japan: 1881—1920 (1989) 36 Fontes Artis Musicae 44 [134]

• Oricon (オリコン)
• Billboard Japan (ビルボード・ジャパン)
  • Music Labo (ミュージック・ラボ) (1970 to 1994)
• Rolling Stone Japan
• 新譜ジャーナル (Shinpu Journal). Catalogue: [135]. Began 1968 [136], later called シンプジャーナル
  • シンプジャーナル

• Myūjikku mansurī [ミュージック・マンスリー]  [137]

• カセットライフ. (Cassette Life). Shinko Music Entertainment
• CDJournal
• Rockin'on Japan. (ロッキング・オン・ジャパン). (1986 onwards)
• Rooftop (1976 onwards)

Websites

• Natalie (ナタリー)
• Barks
• OKMusic

Charts

For Japanese music charts, see w:ja:日本の音楽チャート

Chart book

• Oricon Chart Book (Japanese: オリコンチャート・ブック)
  • 1987 to 1998 Oricon Chart Book. All Albums. [138]

Number ones

• Oricon No.1 Hits 500. Clubhouse (Japanese: クラブハウス). 1994. 1998.
  • vol 1 (1968~1985). ISBN 9784906496129.
  • vol 2 (1986~1994). ISBN 9784906496136.

Traditional, Hogaku

• Malm. Traditional Japanese Music and Musical Instruments. [139]
• Miyuki Yoshikami. Japan's Musical Tradition: Hogaku from Prehistory to the Present. 2020. [140]
• Hughes. Traditional Folk Song in Modern Japan: Sources, Sentiment and Society. 2008. [141]

Koto:

• Tokyo Academy of Music. Collection of Japanese Koto Music. 1888. [142][143]