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CATALOG |
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By composer - last name, first name |
By particular instrument |
By time period |
By general category |
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Bach |
Flute |
Music - 17th century |
Composition (Music) |
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Beethoven |
Guitar |
Music - 18th century |
Music - Performance |
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Brahms |
Piano |
Music - 19th century |
Music - Theory |
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Mozart |
Violin |
Music - 20th century |
Music - History and Criticism |
Use the
table below to browse the call number ranges for
books on your topic in the Circulating Collection.
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CALL
NUMBER |
TOPIC |
| M |
Music (i.e., notated and recorded music) |
| ML |
Literature on Music:
history, instruments, genres, biographies |
| MT |
Musical Instruction and Study: theory, analysis, performance techniques |
For a fuller outline of
call numbers in class M
click here.
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The Harvard Dictionary of Music
/ REF ML100.A64 2003
The fourth edition of this classic work is
intended for scholars and laymen alike.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and
Musicians
/ REF ML100.N48 2001
This second edition contains 29 volumes and is considered to be
the standard in the music field for coverage of music history,
music genres, and individuals associated with music. Individual
compositions are addressed under the composer name only.
The Encyclopedia of Musical
Theatre
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REF ML102.M88 G3 2001
This three-volume set is primarily English and American in
scope. It provides biographical as well as show information.
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
/ REF ML102.O6 N5 1992
The four volumes of this set provide extensive detailed coverage
of opera personalities (composers, singers, directors, and
conductors) as well as individual operas.
Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
/ REF ML105.B16 2001
This set provides extensive coverage of classical musicians in
its six volumes. The latest edition does provide some coverage
of musicians in pop, rock and jazz.
The New Oxford History of Music
/ REF ML160.N44
In ten volumes, this set primarily addresses Western music from
ancient times to 1960. Limited coverage is provided for
selected non-Western musical traditions.
Contemporary Musicians
/ REF ML385.C615
This title provides information on the personalities in today’s
music industry. Broad coverage is given to a variety of music
styles from country to rap and everything in between. Each
entry provides a discography as well as a bibliography. The set
contains 50+ volumes and continues to grow.
American Musical Traditions
/ REF ML3551.A53 2002
The five volumes of this set provide a well-illustrated and
indexed ethnomusicological treatment of a broadly defined
“American” music. It includes coverage of African American,
Latin American, Asian American, and Native American music.
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DIRECTORIES AND
GENERAL REFERENCE |
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Librarian's
Index to the Internet -- Music |
A directory of
music-related web sites geared for the general
public. |
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Websites of Interest to Musicologists |
A directory of
music-related web sites geared for students of
musicology prepared by the American Musicological
Society. |
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William and Gayle Cook Music Library (Indiana
University) |
A directory of
music-related web sites prepared by the Indiana
University Music Library. |
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Irving S. Gilmore Music Library (Yale University) |
A directory of
music-related web sites prepared by the Yale
University Music Library. |
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Music Library Home Pages |
A directory of
music library home pages. Libraries from the
southeast are listed first. |
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MusicalOnline |
A directory of
arts-related sites and information. Also
includes an online concert hall (The Web Concert
Hall) and an on-line magazine. |
| All Music Guide |
A commercial web
site providing reviews and information about
classical and popular music albums now or recently
for sale, as well as basic artist information.
Free registration is required to access more
content. |
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All About Jazz |
A commercial web
site providing reviews and information about jazz
albums now or recently for sale, as well as artist
information. |
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A Guide to
Music Copyright |
A website with
FAQs, guidelines, resources, and texts of the
relevant law; intended to educate students,
educators, performers, and librarians about
copyright law and the provisions of "fair use" as it
applies to music. |
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Music in the Public
Domain |
A reference site
to help identify songs and music in the public
domain: lists of public domain music, royalty free
music recordings you can license, and public domain
sheet music reprints. |
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ONLINE
COLLECTIONS |
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Digital Mozart
Edition |
A complete digitized edition of
the collected works of W. A. Mozart is available
here online, reproduction from the critically edited
Neue Mozart Ausgabe. |
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Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music |
This is a digital archive from the collection of the
Library of Congress which contains over 47,000
pieces of sheet music registered for copyright
during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular
songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music,
solo instrumental music, method books and
instructional materials, and music for band and
orchestra. Audio recordings of selected works are
also available. |
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Southern Mosaic: A 1939 Recording Trip of the South |
The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States
Recording Trip is a multiformat ethnographic field
collection that includes nearly 700 sound
recordings, as well as field notes, dust jackets,
and other manuscripts documenting a three-month,
6,502-mile trip through the southern United States.
Beginning in Port Aransas, Texas, on March 31, 1939,
and ending at the Library of Congress on June 14,
1939, John Avery Lomax and his wife Ruby recorded
approximately 25 hours of folk music from more than
300 performers. Photographic prints from the Lomaxes'
other Southern states expeditions illustrate the
collection. |
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Popular American Music Collection (UCLA) |
This is a digital archive of sheet music from the
UCLA Popular American Music Archive. The history of
popular music in the United States from 1790 to the
present is covered, with particular strength in the
areas of theater, motion pictures, and radio and
television. |
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Lester
S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music |
This is a digital archive of sheet music from the
Lester S. Levy Collection at Johns Hopkins
University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music
and focuses on popular American music spanning the
period 1780 to 1960. All music in the collection
that was both published before 1923 and now in the
public domain can be accessed online. |
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Choral Public Domain Library |
A wiki collection including over 7500 sheet music
scores in the public domain, as well as texts,
translations, and midi files. |
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Smithsonian Global Sound Project |
A database of recorded folk music from around the
world, taken from the Folkways archive and other
collections. Tracks can be purchased to download;
free samples are also available. |
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Virtual Instrument Museum |
Contains still images, as well as audio and video
clips, of over one hundred folk instruments from
around the world. |
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Medieval and Renaissance Instruments |
Pictures, audio clips, and resources for further
study regarding 32 medieval and renaissance
instruments. |
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OPERA, LIEDER,
AND MUSICAL THEATRE |
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The Lied
and Art Songs Text Page |
An archive of 18,048 texts used in Lieder and other
classical art songs as well as in many choral works
and other types of classical vocal pieces. Several
thousand translations to English, French, German,
Spanish and other languages are also offered. |
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Aria
Database |
A database of arias: including composer and opera
information, tessitura, texts with translations, and
lists of published recordings and scores. |
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Musicals 101 |
Resource on the history of musical theatre:
including reference resources, reviews and essays. |
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Opera America |
Contains news, schedules and basic informational
resources. |
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MUSIC THEORY
AND EDUCATION |
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Jazz Improvisation Primer |
An online textbook including bibliography and
discography. |
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Musictheory.net |
An online
textbook of interactive tutorials. |
MUSIC ASSOCIATIONS
American
Musicological Society
National Association for
Music Education
American Society
of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
Society for American
Music
Music Library
Association
Select the MUSIC &
PERFORMING ARTS link under the
GALILEO subject tab --ARTS & HUMANITIES to
see a complete listing of databases available.
Off campus access requires the
GALILEO password.
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Suggested GALILEO Databases for
Music Research |
| Academic Search
Complete (at EBSCOhost) |
Comprehensive coverage of full-text articles and
citations from popular magazines and academic
journals covering all subjects. |
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Classical Music Library |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
Provides 30,000+ audio tracks representing a wide
selection of classical genres and composers. Also
includes a music dictionary and biographical
information on composers. Accessed from the GALILEO
homepage but available on campus
only. |
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Facts on File |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Answers
questions about events, people, issues, facts, and
figures of the last 60+ years. It also delivers
maps, photographs, historic documents, and special
overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since
1940. Off campus access requires
a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
JSTOR
JSTOR
Remote (off campus) |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Multi-disciplinary full-text database providing
scholarly journal articles extending back to the
19th century. Off campus access requires a
user ID and password.
JSTOR Remote Instructions |
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Music Index |
Provided by Clayton State University Library.
(Coverage from 1979 – Present) Provides citations
to articles, including book and recording reviews,
from over 690 journals in classical and popular
music. Currently accessed from the library’s
website only and only available on campus. |
| Research Library
(at ProQuest) |
Full-text
articles (from 1991 - ) and citations (from 1986 - )
from popular magazines and academic journals
covering all subjects. |
| SKS WebSelect |
Directory of web
resources on most subjects, plus topics and featured
web sites of special interest. |
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Wilson Humanities Full-Text |
Full-text
articles (from
1995 – ) and citations
(from 1984 –
) to scholarly articles in all
humanities areas including music. |
| Wilson OmniFile:
Full Text Mega Edition |
Full-text
articles and citations on most topics. |
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