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Music: Reference

A guide to music resources.

Music Databases

Music Index Online This link opens in a new window Indexes and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 475 periodicals, as well as book reviews, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 230 periodicals. Digitized content from 1970 to present.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window Offers streaming access to more than 65,000 CDs of standard and rare repertoire. Includes the complete catalogues or selected titles from over 350 classical, jazz and world music labels. The library is constantly growing. Classic pop and rock music as well as Chinese orchestral music are also represented.
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Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Recent Researches in Music Online This link opens in a new window

Suggested Reference eBooks

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 by Stephen Wasserstein (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2004-07-01
Choral-Orchestral Repertoire: A Conductor's Guide
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2019
Contemporary Music
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2010-09-28
Contemporary Musicians
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2014-10-10
Music by Max Steiner : the epic life of Hollywood's most influential composer
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
The musician's mind : teaching, learning, and performance in the age of brain science
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
The Oxford Handbook of Film Music Studies by David Neumeyer
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
The Stephen Sondheim Encyclopedia
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2021

Suggested Print Books

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Call Number: Ref. ML105 .B16 1991
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .G16 1998 vol 1-10
ISBN: 0824060350
Publication Date: 1997-08-01
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie (Editor)
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .N48 2001 vol. 1-10
The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education by S. Alex Ruthmann (Editor); Roger Mantie
Call Number: Ref. MT1 .O97 2017
Undergraduate Research in Music by Gregory Young; Jenny Olin Shanahan
Call Number: Ref. ML3797 .Y68 2018
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Call Number: Ref. ML100 .K35 2006
Publication Date: 2006-08-04

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