How To Find a Song at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: Reference books

• Bloom, Ken.
  American song : the complete companion to Tin Pan Alley song.
  New York : Schirmer Books, 2001.
  Call number: JMF 01-1529
   

• Bloom, Ken.
  American song : the complete musical theatre companion.
  2nd edition. New York : Schirmer Books ; London : Prentice Hall International, 1996.
  Call number: JNF 96-97
   

• Bloom, Ken.
  Hollywood song : the complete film & musical companion.
  New York : Facts on File, 1995.
  Call number: JNF 96-23
   

• Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925- 
  British cinema sheet music : a comprehensive listing of film music published in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, 1916 through 1994.
  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1997
  Call number: JME 97-678
   

• Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925- 
  Broadway sheet music : a comprehensive listing of published music from Broadway and other stage shows, 1918-1993.
  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1996.
  Call number: JNE 96-85
   

• Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-
  Cinema sheet music : a comprehensive listing of published film music from Squaw man (1914) to Batman (1989).
  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1991.
  Cal number: JME 92-27

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• Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925- 
  Early Broadway sheet music : a comprehensive listing of published music from Broadway and other stage shows, 1843-1918.
  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2002. 
  Call number: JME 02-254

Subject Guides

Green, Jeff.
The green book of songs by subject : the thematic guide to popular music. 4^th edition, updated and expanded.
Nashville, Tenn. : Professional Desk Reference, 1995.
Call number: JME 95-153

Stecheson, Anthony and Anne Stecheson.
The Stecheson classified song directory.
Hollywood, Calif. : Music Industry Press, 1961.
Call number: *R-Music 08-441  

Chronological Guides

Mattfeld, Julius.
Variety music cavalcade, 1620-1969 : a chronology of vocal and instrumental music popular in the United States : 3rd edition with an introduction by Abel Green.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1971]
Call number:  *R-Music 72-649 
 

Tyler, Don.
Hit songs, 1900-1955 : American popular music of the pre-rock era. 
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2007
Call number:  JMF 07-1591

Whitburn, Joel.
Joel Whitburn presents A century of pop music : year-by-year top 40 rankings of the songs & artists that shaped a century : compiled from America's popular music charts, surveys, and record listings 1900-1939, and Billboard's pop singles charts, 1940-1999.
Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research, 1999.
Call number: *L 01-4247