Music

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

Music periodicals database

This database provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries. The majority of the records ...

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Digital Collections

  • Naxos music library - "Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It in...
  • Naxos video library - A performing arts video library with over 2700 operas, ballets, documentaries, live concerts, and mu...
  • medici.tv - The medici.tv online classical music platform provides access to a large catalog of over 3500 musica...
  • Pro Sound Effects online library - Pro Sound Effects (PSE) was founded in 2004 by Douglas Price and is based in New York City. The com...
  • Historic American sheet music - Digital images of 3042 pieces of sheet music published in the United States between 1850 and 1920 se...

Reference Resources

  • Grove music online - An integrated music resource on the web, this database comprises the full text of The New Grove Dict...
  • Oxford companion to music - Resource to articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extend...
  • Oxford dictionary of music - Containing 5,000 entries on composers, most of which include up-to-date worklists, The Oxford Dictio...
  • Oxford history of western music - "The Oxford History of Western Music online offers an unmatched account of the evolution of Western ...

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