Some General References for the Physics of Musics Include:

• "The Physics of Musical Instruments," N H Fletcher and T D Rossing (Springer)
• "Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics, 2nd Ed." A H Benade (Dover).
• "Physics and Music: The Science of Musical Sound," H. E. White and D. H. White (Dover).
• "Music, Physics and Engineering, 2nd Ed.," H. F. Olson (Dover).
• "Science and Music," Sir James Jeans (Dover).
• "Principles of Musical Acoustics," William M. Hartmann (Springer 2013).
• "On the sensation of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music," H. Helmholtz, translated by A. J. Ellis (Dover, NY, 1954).
• "The Physics of Sound, 2nd Ed.," R. E. Berg and D. G. Stork (Prentice Hall).
• "How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony," R. W. Duffin (W. W. Norton & Co., NY, 2007).
• "The Science of Sound, 3rd Ed.," T. D. Rossing, F. R. Moore, and P. A. Wheeler (Addison Wesley 2002).
• "Music, Sound and Sensation: A Modern Exposition," F. Winckel (Dover 1967).
• "The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and body," Steven Mithen, (Harvard U. Press, 2006).
• "The Music of The Spheres," Jamie James, (Copernicus/Springer).
• "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments," (Konemann).
• "Mechanics of Musical Instruments," A. Hirschberg, J. Kergomard, and G. Weinreich (Springer-Verlag, 1995).

This is not intended to be a complete list, just one to get started.