| Caecilia | Hammerstein, Reinhold |
| Caecilianismus | Kirsch, Winfried |
| Caen | Lesure, Francois |
| Calixtinus | Kusch, Claudia |
| Calvinistische Musik | Luth, Jan R.
Marti, Andreas |
| Cambrai | Wright, Craig |
| Cambridge | Schriftleitung |
| Camerata | Palisca, Claude V. |
| Canario | Sutton, Julia |
| Cante hondo | Katz, Israel J. |
| Canti carnascialeschi | Gallico, Claudio |
| Canticum | McKinnon, James |
| Cantiga, Cantigas de Santa María | Gómez, Maricarmen |
| Cantilena | Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen |
| Cantio | Cerny, Jaromír |
| Cantus coronatus | Frobenius, Wolf |
| Cantus firmus | Bloxam, M. Jennifer |
| Canzone (vokal) | Kiefer, Reinhard |
| Canzone (instrumental) | Brinzing, Armin
Pozzi, Paola |
| Canzonetta | Deford, Ruth |
| Cappella Sistina | Janz, Bernhard |
| Capriccio | Schaal, Susanne |
| Carmen | Brinzing, Armin |
| Carmina Burana | Vollmann, Benedikt K. |
| Carmina Cantabrigiensia | Bernt, Günter |
| Carol | Catherwood, Paulette
Rainbow, Bernarr |
| Casale Monferrato | Crawford, David |
| Catch | Young, Percy M. |
| Cathedral Music | Harper, John |
| Celesta | Meer, John Henry van der |
| Celle | Müller, Harald |
| Celler Claviertabulaturen | Dirksen, Pieter |
| Cembalo, Klaviziterium (Spieltechnik und Lit.) | Trinkewitz, Jürgen |
| Cembalo, Spinett, Virginal (Akustik) | Gätjen, Bram |
| Cembalo, Spinett, Virginal | Meer, John Henry van der |
| Cent | Fricke, Jobst |
| Cento | Schier, Volker |
| Chaconne | Troschke, Michael von |
| Chalumeau | Lawson, Colin |
| Chanson (bis 1420) | Günther, Ursula |
| Chanson (1420-1520) | Perkins, Leeman L. |
| Chanson (1520 – 1600) | Bernstein, Lawrence F. |
| Chanson (ab 17. Jh.) | Schneider, Herbert |
| Chanson de geste | Räkel, Hans-Herbert |
| Chantilly | Günther, Ursula |
| Chapel Royal | Bowers, Roger |
| Charakterstück | Appel, Bernhard |
| Charivari | Geck, Martin |
| Charleston | Saffle, Michael |
| Chartres | Wright, Craig |
| Chiavette | Hirschmann, Wolfgang |
| Chicago | Krummel, Donald
Deaville, James |
| Chigi-Kodex | Winkler, Heinz-Jürgen |
| Chile | Claro Valdés, Samuel |
| China (Vorzeit bis 1911) | Gimm, Martin |
| China (ab 1911) | Liu, Jingshu |
| Chor und Chormusik | Brusniak, Friedhelm |
| Choral | Möller, Hartmut |
| Choralbearbeitung | Wollny, Peter |
| Choralbearbeitung | Forchert, Arno Innig, Rudolf |
| Choralreform | Hiley, David |
| Choralreform | Huglo, Michel |
| Chorbuch | Just, Martin |
| Cibell | Price, Curtis |
| Cincinnati | Pogue, Samuel |
| Cister | Ivanoff, Vladimir |
| Cividale del Friuli | Cavallini, Ivano |
| Clavichord | Meer, John Henry van der |
| Cleveland | Alexander, J. Heywood |
| Cluster | Grünzweig, Werner |
| Coburg | Potyra, Rudolf |
| Coda | Seidel, Wilhelm |
| Collage | Fricke, Stefan |
| Collegium musicum | Platen, Emil |
| Comédie-ballet | Schneider, Herbert |
| Commedia dell'arte | Krömer, Wolfram |
| Communio | McKinnon, James |
| Computermusik | Supper, Martin |
| Conductus | Traub, Andreas |
| Consort | Field, Christopher D. S. |
| Convivium musicum | Platen, Emil |
| Chansonnier Cordiforme, | Kottick, Edward l. |
| Country Dance, Contredanse | Dahms, Sibylle |
| Couplet | Schneider, Herbert |
| Courante | Glück, Marliese |
| Credo | Schlager, Karlheinz |
| Cremona | Fornari, Giacomo |
| Cuzco | Stevenson, Robert |
| Cymbala | Sachs, Klaus-Jürgen |