Harvard Dictionary of Music

The Harvard Dictionary of Music is a standard music reference book published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

A new editor, Don Michael Randel, took over for the third edition in 1986.

For the fourth edition (2003, also edited by Randel), the book reverted to the earlier title (with the article added), The Harvard Dictionary of Music.

Unlike some other standard music reference books, The Harvard Dictionary of Music includes no biographical entries.

Biographical information may be found in a companion volume, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music, published in 1996, which contains approximately 5500 entries.