Research: Music

Reference  |  Books  |  Magazines and newspapers  |  Web sites

Reference (print)

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music – 10 vols. – R 780.42 E563, 2006
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre – 3 vols. – R 782.81 G2118 e, 2001
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History – 6 vols. – 784.54 G8166
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians – 29 vols. – R 780.3 N5327, 2001
Oxford History of Western Music – 6 vols. – R 780.9 T1964 o

Reference (online)

Grove Music Online – Full-text versions of the New Grove Dictionaries of Music.

Oxford Reference Online – Includes five online music sources.

Naxos Music Library – Provider of streaming access to the entire Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues of recordings. Works are searchable by composer, artist, period, year of composition, instrument or genre, and descriptive information about the works, artists and composers is included in the database.

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Books

The following books are non-reference sources that deal broadly with the subject of music:

Concise History of Western Music – floor 3 – 780.09 H2453 c
Folk Music : A Regional Exploration – floor 3 – 781.773 C6783 f
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music – folio/floor 3 – 780.9 G2333
The History of Jazz – floor 3 – 782.4509 G4954 h
Music in a New Found Land – floor 3 – 781.773 M5254 m, 1987
Music Since 1900 – folio/floor 3 – 780.904 S634 m, 2001
Women and Music: A History – floor 3 – 780.82 W8723, 2001

To find other relevant books, do a subject search using specific SUBJECT headings such as:

Music -- 20th Century -- History and Criticism (use the 15th through 19th centuries as well)
Music -- History and Criticism
Music -- United States
Musical Instruments
Musicians

You can also put in names of specific composers and performers (last name first) when conducting an AUTHOR or SUBJECT search. Pay attention as well to other headings given to books you find on your topic. Be sure to browse the shelf area where you find books on your subject.

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Magazines and Newspapers

Academic Search Premier – More than 4500 full-text magazines and scholarly journals.

JSTOR – Includes full text of scholarly music journals.

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Web Sites

These web sites are reliable, relevant sources for researching Music.  The Music Library website has additional information.

All Music Guide – Directory of composers, performers, albums and musical styles.

Classical Music Navigator – Provides biographical information on composers, a list of important works, an alphabetically-arranged "Index of Forms and Styles," and a glossary of musical terms.

Classical Net – Features more than 3000 CD/DVD/book reviews, as well as 6000 files and more than 4000 links to other classical music web sites.

Essentials of Music Online Glossary – Glossary of musical terms.

Music Hall – Provides links to music education sites, organized by topic, instrument, style and geographical area, for teachers and students.

Music Research Guide – Provides web sites useful for music research by anyone from new students to professional music educators, composers, and performers.

Worldwide Music Internet Resources – A comprehensive directory of music information on the internet, organized by topic.


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