Research Guide: Music
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Finding Background Info [help]
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use
these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources |
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Oxford
Music Online
-- Grove Music
Online is now part of this
collection!
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**new**
Oxford
Western Music -- Richard Taruskin’s unmatched narrative account of the evolution of Western classical music. |
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Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Ref ML 105 .B16 2000 v.1-6 |
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Dictionary of American
Classical Composers Ref ML 106 .U3 B87 2005 |
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The New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Ref ML 100 .N48 2000 v.1-29 |
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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! |
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... more reference books listed here ... |
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Finding Articles [help]
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Academic Search Premier --
scholarly collection provides journal coverage for most
academic areas of study, including music! |
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JSTOR
-- full text
access to scholarly journals in a variety
of disciplines |
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Project Muse --
full text access
to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences |
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... more databases listed here ... |
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Finding Books [help]
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Library Catalog -- search by subject,
keyword, author or title! |
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Finding Scores |
Step 1:
Step 2:
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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.
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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. |
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Listen to Music |
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Naxos Music Library -- streamed recordings of primarily classical music. Also
includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, folk, and traditional music |
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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 |
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Web Resources |
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Virtual Instrument Museum
(Wesleyan University Music Dept) |
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Music Gateways |
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Composers |
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Orchestras |
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... more web resources ... |
