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Research Guide:  Music
 
Finding Background Info  [help]
     Tip:  use these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources
  Oxford Music Online -- Grove Music Online is now part of this collection!
 

**new**  Oxford Western Music -- Richard Taruskin’s unmatched narrative account of the evolution of Western classical music.

  Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians   Ref ML 105 .B16 2000  v.1-6
  Dictionary of American Classical Composers   Ref ML 106 .U3 B87 2005
  The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians   Ref ML 100 .N48 2000 v.1-29
Oxford Reference Online Database - Advanced Search for Performing Arts -- search just the online reference encycldopedias, dictionaries and handbooks covering all aspects of the performing arts!
    ... more reference books listed here ...
Finding Articles [help]
Academic Search Premier -- scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most academic areas of study, including music!
  JSTOR -- full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
  Project Muse -- full text access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
... more databases listed here ...
Finding Books [help]
  Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title!
Finding Scores
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To locate all of the scores available at Buhl Library, try searching HENRY for the term Scores as a Subject, or simply click here for our largest series of scores, Dover Miniature Scores, which are great for analysis.

 Tip:  If you want to limit your search by composer, use our Advanced Search option in HENRY and couple the subject Scores with the composer's name as an Author.

If you don't find the score you need in HENRY, try:  International Music Database Project (IMDBP)/ Petrucci Music Library -- Referring to themselves as "the free public domain sheet music library," IMDBP offers access to sheet music that no longer has any copyright restrictions.  Most of the music available was published prior to 1923.



 

If HENRY and IMDBP don't have the score you need, try searching WorldCat.org, the world's largest network of library content.  Search for music scores and sound recordings.

Items located through WorldCat can then be made available to you through Interlibrary Loan. Forms are available online or at the RefDesk.
Listen to Music
  Naxos Music Library  -- streamed recordings of primarily classical music. Also includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, folk, and traditional music
  Naxos Music Library Jazz   -- streamed recordings of classic jazz, blues and R&B from some (but not all) of the most important record labels of the 1950s, 60s, and beyond
Web Resources
  Virtual Instrument Museum (Wesleyan University Music Dept)
  Music Gateways
  Composers
  Orchestras
  ... more web resources ...

Videos:
Music -- includes documentaries on composers and music styles

Opera --
includes operas and documentaries about opera

Musicals --
Locate stage and big screen classics!
 

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How Do I ...?

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Find the Full-Text of an Article

Evaluate a World Wide Web Source

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Updated:  08/25/10
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