discography

 
Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɒgrəfi/

noun (plural discographies)

  • a descriptive catalogue of musical recordings, particularly those of a particular performer or composer: the factual reliability is commendable—he clearly had a good discography to hand
  • all of a performer’s or composer’s recordings considered as a body of work: his discography is overwhelmingly classical
  • [mass noun] the study of musical recordings and compilation of descriptive catalogues: jazz fans direct their intellectual energy to discography

Derivatives

discographer

noun

Origin:

1930s: from disc + -graphy, on the pattern of biography