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General Music Subject Guide
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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of only full-text articles from interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals. Journals are included on the basis of number of subscribers the journal has, citation analysis, recommendations from
experts in the field, and the length of time that the journal has been
published. Coverage for each title begins with the first publication, with most titles ending coverage between three and five years ago.
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Oxford Music Online
The gateway to Oxford's premiere music publications, including the fundamental New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (2001), The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), The Oxford Dictionary of Music (2006), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2001).
In this database, you can find articles on music history, instruments, composers, institutions, performers, and genres.
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RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is an index to multilingual publications on music theory, instruments, voice, folk, jazz (and more) and is international in scope. RILM covers publications back to 1967. The acronym stands for "Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale."
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WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Worldcat is a catalog of materials found in hundreds of libraries throughout the world. There are currently over 62 million records in 400 languages extending back to as early as 1,000 B.C. WorldCat is updated daily.
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Reference Materials
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians - ML105 .B16 2001
One of the highlights of this set (6 volumes) are the three ndexes: genre index, nationality index, and women composers and musicians index.
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Cayvan Recorded Media
The Cayvan Recorded Media oversees the Hekman Library's audio and audiovisual collections, provides a reserve for all types of recorded media, and houses the Cayvan Choral Music Collection.
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Contemporary Composers - ML390 .C68 1992
Includes entries for 500 composers from around the world. Entries include biographical information, a list of works, and critical analysis.
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From Convent to Concert Hall : a Guide to Women Composers - ML82 .F76 2003
Women composers, beginning with medieval times and going through the 20th century.
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Great Composers and Their Works - ML160 .S48 2000
A 2-volume work which is organized chronologically, beginning with the baroque period and ending with modernism. Each chapter begins with a short biographical essay on the composer along with a timeline.
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Harvard Dictionary of Music - ML100 .A64 2003
4th edition of this fundamental work. Coverage of non-Western and popular music and instruments of all cultures has been enlarged.
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Music Reference and Research Materials - ML113 .D83 1997
An annotated bibliography of highly selective music sources for all libraries.
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Music Since 1900 - ML197 .S634 2001
A chronology of musical events from January 1, 1900, to the end of the century, including significant musical documents highlighting interesting themes, a dictionary of terms, and much more.
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New Grove Dictionary of American Music - ML101.U6 N48 1986
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New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - ML100 .N48 2000
An expanded second edition of the most comprehensive music encyclopedia in English.
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New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments - ML102 .I5 N48 1984
Multi-volume work (3 vols.) which offers encyclopedic coverage of musical instruments from around the world.
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Oxford Dictionary of Music - ML100 .K35 1994
Over 11,000 entries define and identify all facets of music from titles of individual works to performers.
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Oxford History of Western Music - ML160 .T18 2005
Indepth survey of the history of music from 750 A.D. through the end of the Millennium in 6 volumes. Ties the history and analysis of music to social, political, economic, and cultural developments in Europe and North America, primarily.
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Web Sources
Andante
"Offers news about music, performance reviews, reference resources, event calendars, Webcasts, recordings, and link directories."
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DW3: Classical Music Resources
A comprehensive collection of classical music links, including over 2,000 well-organized links to noncommercial sites on composers and national and regional musical traditions; includes its own search engine.
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Intute: Arts and Humanities
A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface.
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Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
All the terms in the glossary have sound files so pronunciations can be heard via a QuickTime plug-in. This is useful for the many foreign words found in music.
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Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Comprehensive list of research databases compiled by librarians at the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music.
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Periodicals
ejournal locator (SFX)
The Hekman Library ejournal locator provides title and subject access to all the electronic journals subscribed to by the Hekman Library.
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