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| Access | Most Relevant |
Classical Music Library (Classical International, Inc.)
close to 25,000 streaming classical music recordings; program notes and biographical information ;
Click here
for system requirements. | |
Dictionary of North American Hymnology
comprehensive master bibliography and index of hymn collections
published in the United States and Canada from 1640-1978 ; see 2nd Floor Reference Desk for assistance | |
Grove Music Online (Macmillan)
all aspects of music; as of March 2008 relaunched as part of Oxford Music Online; includes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Opera | |
JSTOR
multi-disciplinary scholarly journal archive ; may not include most recent 3-5 years | |
| Musical America
historical reference resource for articles on some of your favorite artists and musicians;
listings section of the site is comprised of the over 14,000 contacts and addresses | |
Oxford Music Online
all aspects of music ; includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music, the Oxford Companion to Music, and Grove Music Online | |
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Performing Arts (OUP)
search Oxford reference resources in performing arts | |
| RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO)
citations on international music ; 1967-present | |
Sacred Piano Literature: A Comprehensive Survey for the Church Musician
nearly 5,000 entries organized by hymn tune name or first line and labeled
according to six levels of difficulty ; publisher contact information included | |
Sibelius Instruments
interactive encyclopedia of instruments, bands, orchestras and
ensembles ; with full details of instrument characteristics, how to write for them, and
hundreds of high-quality recordings ; visit the Reference Desk for assistance
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| Access | Relevant |
| Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Thomson Gale)
current and retrospective international biographical indexing ; persons living and deceased | |
| Dissertation Abstracts (OCLC/FirstSearch)
1861-present ; dissertations are not widely available | |
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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| Multi-Disciplinary Resources
multi-disciplinary databases covering all academic subjects | |
| Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (Wilson)
comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest
periodicals published in the United States and Canada; 1982-present | |
| Reader's Guide Retrospective (Wilson)
comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals
published in the U.S. ; reflects the history of 20th century America; 1890-1982; index continues in print
in the Reference Dept.; 1982-present | |
| Access | Reference Books |
| Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Ref ML 100 .G16 1998 | |
| German Poetry in Song
Ref ML 128 .S3 S66 1995 | |
| Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Ref ML 102 .P66 G84 1995 | |
| Hymntune Index and Related Hymn Materials
Ref ML 3186 .W2 1998 | |
| Index to Poetry in Music
Ref ML 128 .S3 B73 2003x | |
| International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
Ref ML 872 .W355 1989x | |
The Oxford Companion to Music
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The Oxford Dictionary of Music
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| Oxford History of Western Music
Ref ML 160 .T18 2005 | |
| Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias
Ref ML 54.6 .W65 1966 | |
| Access | Selected Web Sites |
| All-Music Guide | |
| American Memory from the Library of Congress Sheet Music Collections Go to website and choose Performing Arts, Music | |
| The Aria Database | |
| Bringing Sheet Music to Life: Optical Music Recognition | |
| CAIRSS for Music | |
| The Classical Music Navigator | |
| Digital Resources - Music and Performing Arts | |
| Digital Library Sheet Music Project (UCLA Music Library) over 120 digitized songs | |
| Fair Use and Copyright (Simmons College) | |
| The Golden Pages: Links for Musicians on the WWW | |
| Internet Broadway Database | |
| The Lied and Art Song Texts Page | |
| Musicals101.com | |
| Opera Glass. A detailed and comprehensive resource about opera from Stanford University | |
| Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians
titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers ;
arranged alphabetically | |
| Public Domain Music | |
| Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) | |
| Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip (Library of Congress) | |
| 21st Century Music. This journal is edited by Mark Alburger and contains concert reviews, recording reviews, and interviews. | |
| University of Tennessee Song Index | |
| The Virtual Instrument Museum | |
| Werner Icking Music Archive. Web archive of public domain sheet music, primarily classical. | |
| Worldwide Internet Music Resources | |
| WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists (American Musicological Society) | |
| Access | Resources by Location |
| 1st floor Multimedia |
Compact Discs |
| 1st floor Scores |
Companions to Hymns |
| Lower Level Annex |
LP Recordings |
| 3rd floor | Music Books (Circulating) Song Lyrics Collections pre-1800: ML 54.7 Song Lyrics Collections 1800 - : ML 54.6 |
| 2nd floor | Music Reference Books and Indices |
| 1st floor North |
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