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Guide to Research in MUSIC LOCATING BOOKS - access to catalog Library of Congress Number: Tier 3 Music M1-5000, Vocal music M1495-500, Literature on music ML1-3930, History and criticism ML159-3775, Instruction MT1-960, Singing MT820-915, Musical theater MT955-6 LOCATING ARTICLES and RECORDINGS Classical Music Library Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Reference includes biographies, images, history, MIDI files, and a glossary. Users can create play lists and make them available to other users. International Index to Music Periodicals IIMP provides indexing, abstracts and selected full-text coverage. It covers all aspects of music in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, and Jazz Education Journal to Rock and Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone. Naxos Music Library *System requirements: MS Windows 98 / 2000 / XP with MS IE 6.0 / Mozilla 1.7.1 / Firefox 1 / Netscape 7.1 / or Opera 7.53 and Media Player 9/10. MS IE settings should be Privacy: medium, cookies allowed; pop-up blocker off; sound setting = no sound. Naxos provides audio access to the major genres and categories of music. It includes a glossary, pronunciation guide, opera libretti, and more. You can also print the world's largest catalog of classical and jazz sheet music for a fee. Project Muse Project MUSE provides full-text access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers including PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art. REFERENCE SOURCES Grove Music Online An indispensable tool for music research, Grove Music Online combines updated access to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2002). Key features include full-text articles, lists of the musician's works, bibliographies, and over 3000 links to related sites including sound archives and illustrations. The illustrations and musical examples include over 500 sound examples. INTERNET RESOURCES - MUSIC All Music Guide http://www.allmusic.com/ This music discovery and reference site covers all genres and styles of music, ranging from the most commercially popular to the most obscure. It features detailed information about albums and artists, reviews by professional freelance music contributors, and downloadable 30 second sound samples. Historic American Sheet Music http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/ Duke University holds a significant collection of 19th and 20th century American sheet music. The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of the collection, published in the U.S. between 1850 and 1920. Poetry and Song http://www.hu.mtu.edu/poemandsong/ This site lets you explore how professionals approach the craft of songwriting. Bill Payne of Little Feat discusses how he transformed his poems into songs. You can also find resources on songwriting and combine your own lyrics with music samples that are provided. MUSIC METASITES American Music Center http://www.amc.net/ Founded by Aaron Copland, AMC has been a national service and information center for new American music for over 60 years. Programs include New Music Box, a monthly web magazine about new music; New Music Jukebox, an online library and listening room; and career-support publications, e.g. Opportunity Update . You can link to selected web sites and search for musical scores through The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Classical Net http://www.classical.net/ This site now features more than 4800 CD/SACD/DVD/Book reviews, as well as 6600 files and over 5500 links to other classical music web sites. Search for books and scores or detailed information about composers. DW3 Classical Music Resources http://www.lib.duke.edu/dw3/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=177 Duke University's comprehensive portal is carefully organized and provides access to an impressive number of sites and resources. There are links to downloadable music files, electronic journals, composer homepages, research centers, radio stations, databases and more. Jazzcorner.com http://www.jazzcorner.com/ Jazzcorner is a portal for web sites for more than 180 active jazz musicians and organizations. It also features Speakeasy, a jazz bulletin board, and Jazz Perspectives, 3-4 minute interviews with renowned jazz artists. WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists http://www.ams-net.org/musicology_www.php This comprehensive portal from the American Musicological Society and the Univ. of Penn. links to hundreds of sites dealings with all types of music. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Scholarly Societies Projects http://www.scholarly-societies.org/music_soc.html This site provides links to a large number of scholarly music societies from around the world. MVILLE MUSIC DEPARTMENT http://faculty.mville.edu/comberiatic/handbook/musicpage.html |
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