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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor)
Call Number: REF ML 100 .N48

20 volumes. The premier reference book set on composers and musical topics. Contact library@surry.edu to receive a PDF about your composer.
A History of Western Music by J. Peter Burkholder
Call Number: ML 160 .G872 2014

Combining current scholarship with cutting-edge pedagogy, the Ninth Edition of A History of Western Music is the text that students and professors have trusted for generations.
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of an Era by Karl Geiringer
Call Number: ML 410 .B1 G43

A biographical sketch combined with a detailed analysis of each of his major types of composition, including vocal music, organ music, keyboard music, and instrumental music.
Experiencing Mozart by David Schroeder
Call Number: ML 410 .M9 S377 2013

Examining both the context in which the music appeared and its form, this book provides the environments in which key musical works were written and performed.