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Research Databases
(Consult this list for interdisciplinary databases)
Calvin Choral Music Database (CCMD)
The Calvin Choral Music Database (CCMD) contains nearly 4,000 records that describe choral scores. The core of this database is Calvin's own choral music library.
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Choral Public Domain Library
This is a free sheet music website for choral musicians. There are a myriad of contributors and editors, and the content follows a wiki model. Content includes original texts with sources and translations; cross indexing of choral music by musical genre, period, and number and voicing of choral parts; composer information; description and performance considerations (in some cases); and lastly, contents of collections of choral music.
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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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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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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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Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide - ML128 .C48 S53 2002
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Contemporary Musicians - ML197 .C752
Multi-volume work (50+) which contains biographical information on more than 36,600 musicians covering all genres of modern music.
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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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Green Book of Songs by Subject: the Thematic Guide to Popular Music - ML156.4 .P6 G73 2002
A 2-volume work which covers all genres of music worldwide.
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Grey House Performing Arts Directory - PN1561 .G74
A comprehensive resource covering the Performing Arts. Provides current information for over 8,500 dance companies, orchestras, opera companies, choral groups, theater companies, performing arts series, performing arts facilities, and artist management groups.
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Grove Dictionary of Opera - ML102 .O6 N5 1997
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Guide to Piano Music by Women Composers - ML102.P5 D44 2002
An annotated catalogue of the available piano music in print composed by 144 women born before the 20th century.
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MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide - ML156.4.W63 M87 2000
Covers more than 1000 artists and reviews 20,000+ CDs from over 85 countries.
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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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Pianists' Dictionary - ML102 .P5 H46 2004
Covers composers, works of music, performers and teachers, literature about the piano, performance and interpretive markings, and much more.
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Piano: An Encyclopedia - ML102 .P5 E53 2003
A guide to all aspects of the piano as an instrument, including articles on the structure, history, science, innovations, and builders of pianos.
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Word by Word Translations of Songs and Arias - ML54.6 .C7 W7
The translations in these two volumes are arranged alphabetically by composer, with German and French composers in volume 1 and Italian composers in volume 2.
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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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DRAM: Database of Recorded American Music
A joint project of New York University and New World Records. Nonsubscribers can search the catalog and read liner notes, many of which include bibliographies and discographies.
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Internet Archive: Audio: Live Music Archive
Provides a space for people who record and listen to live concerts to up/download files, as long as the musicians agree.
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Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Accessible from the LIbrary of Congress web site, this encyclopedia, which will be updated regularly, was developed by the Library's Music Division. It serves as a centralized guide to the collections and resources at the Library of Congress that pertain to music, theater, and dance.
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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
Early Music History
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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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