GERM 22: Intermediate German II - Hellebrandt  

This German-language encyclopedia is the most highly respected reference work in the field of music. International in scope, with long, scholarly articles, it is divided into two sections: Personenteil (17 volumes) contains articles on people, and Sachteil (9 volumes) contains articles on musical topics, instruments, countries, cities, etc.

This online database contains the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the major English-language encyclopedia of music, as well as other musical reference works from Oxford University Press.

This award-winning encyclopedia is the first devoted to the music of all the world's people from an ethnomusicological perspective. Volume 8: Europe includes individual articles on the folk music of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A separate audio-CD includes recordings that illustrate some of the music discussed in the articles.