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Music
DATABASES
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries & Handbooks
- A to Z of American women in the performing arts Reference Room PN2286.8.S66 2002
- Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians Reference ML105 .B16 1992
- Dictionary of composers and their music: a listener's companion Reference Room ML113.G4 1986
- Dictionary of western church music Reference Room ML102.C5.P77 1991
- Encyclopedia of folk, country, & western music Reference Room ML102.J3.S78 1983
- Encyclopedia of popular music Reference Room ML102.J3.S8
- Facts behind the songs: a handbook of American popular music from the nineties to the '90s Reference Room ML102.P66.F2 1993
- Garland encyclopedia of world music Reference Room ML100.G16 1998
- Handbook of 20th century opera Reference Room ML1705.T26.T9 1976
- Handbook of music terms Reference Room ML108.G844.H3
- Harvard dictionary of music Reference Room ML100.A64 2003
- Jazz: the essential companion Reference Room ML102.J3 C32 1988
- Larousse encyclopedia of music Reference Room ML160.L34 1981
- New Grove dictionary of American music Reference Room ML101.U6 N48 1986
- New Grove dictionary of jazz Reference Room ML102.J3.N48 2002
- New Grove dictionary of music and musicians Reference Room ML100.G885 2000
- New Grove dictionary of musical instruments Reference Room ML102.I5.N48 1984
- New Grove dictionary of opera Reference Room ML102.O6.N5 1992
- Oxford companion to music Reference Room ML100.S37 2002
- Rap whoz who: the world of rap music Reference Room ML400.S77 1996
- Women and music in America since 1900: an encyclopedia Reference Room ML82.W625 2002
Additional Print Sources
- American musical theatre: a chronicle Reference Room ML1711.B67 2001
- Jazz (Documentary Video) Circulation Desk ML3508.J378 2000
- Music since 1900 Reference Room ML197.S634 2001
- The Green book of songs by subject Reference Room ML156.4.P6.G73 2002
Unless indicated otherwise, all of the above print resources are located at the O'Toole Library, Jersey City Campus.
Selected Internet Resources
- Aaron Copland Collection: Ca. 1900-1990 Music manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and essays on his life and music.
- ACE The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
- All But Forgotten Oldies Search and find music clips or sheet music for over 4000 songs from 1960 to 1975. The search will take you to CD tracks at Amazon and other sites, so you purchase that long-lost song as well.
- Amazon.com Search popular music or classical music to access short audio clips.
- Aria Database - Information translations and MIDIs of famous opera arias for singers and music lovers Search by arias, operas, composers, or roles and retrieve synopsis, settings, vocal range, translations, and links to sound files and recordings.
- Blue Highway All about the Blues.
- BMI.com Repertoire Song title registration information.
- Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads 30,000 printed broadside ballads from the 16th to the 20th century. A wonderful resource not only for music but for the study of history and society as well.
- CARNEGIE HALL Links to the Rose Museum, concert schedules and calandar of events.
- CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia "Developed in cooperation with the University of Michigan School of Information and University of Michigan School of Music, this project is an initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach project at SI." Source: ChoiceReviews.online
- Choral Public Domain Library Over 5,000 choral scores, most with both PDF scores and music in MIDI, MP3, NoteWorthy Composer, Finale, or Sibelius Scorch formats. Over 200 volunteers have contributed scores and audio to the site, which is especially strong in 16th century music (there are over 2,300 Renaissance pieces)Baroque, Romantic, and Modern.
- Country Music Hall of Fame Located in Nashville, Tennessee.
- DW3 Classical Music Resources : Index Compiled by Duke University. Includes links to the following: composer homepages, chronologies and necrologies, national and regionally oriented pages, organizations and centers for scholarly research.
- Essentials of Music Provided by the publishers W.W. Norton and Sony Classical, this site has brief entries on over 70 composers, some with audio examples, outlines of musical eras, and a glossary of ove 200 terms, illustrated with images and musical examples.
- Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music From the University of Washington Music Library.
- Film Composers Around the World International list.
- Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Photos, descriptive texts and audio, from Musica Antiqua, an ensemble of musicians from Iowa State.
- Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 Presents 3,042 pieces of sheet music drawn from the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University, which holds an important, representative, and comprehensive collection of nineteenth and early twentieth century American sheet music.
- HNH - Naxos Classicals Brief biographies of composers along with extensive streaming audio selections, makes this a very good site for classical music students.
- INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections " INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information."
- Internet Resources for Music Scholars - The Loeb Music Library Web Site Provided by Harvard University.
- Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection - Home Page Part of the Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of Johns Hopkins University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960.
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - New York City Links to ticket information, concert schedules and event calandar.
- Ludwig Van Beethoven Works list, articles on Beethoven by musicians, background. information on his works, and contemporary critical commentaries.
- Maine Music Box Cover images, scores, and sound files from over 22,641 titles from the Bagaduce Music Library and the Bangor Public Library. The "Vocal, Popular Sheet Music Collection consists of over 16,500 pieces of popular American music representing the many vocal styles from the late nineteenth through the twentieth century;Parlor Salon Collection consists of 3, 569 scores organized in three unique collections: Vocal Parlor/Salon, Piano Parlor/Salon and Violin Parlor/Salon; Maine Collection consists of over 2,200 pieces ranging from 1845-1997 and includes keyboard, choral, vocal and instrumental music; Haywood Jones Collection (Bangor Public Library) consists of 28 original manuscript scores of primarily marches and school songs, composed by Haywood Jones for local high school bands in Bangor and New England."
- Metropolitan Opera Links to the season schedule, opera broadcasts and Met history.
- Mudcat Discussion Forum Dedicated to blues and folk music.
- Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music 1870-1885 Part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Series, a collection of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright. Page images are available for each piece and some audio files are included.
- Music Resources on the World Wide Web Compiled by Yale University.
- Musicals101.com Everything you might want to know about musicals and Cabaret: histories, chronologies, sample scripts, photos, cast album reviews and more.
- New York City Opera Links to the season schedule, lectures, panel discussions and school programs.
- New York Public Library Music Division Resources from the New York Public Library.
- Operabase Performances, reviews, timelines, and links to the world of opera.
- Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923 A searchable database of some 16,000 items (books, manuscripts, clippings, sheet music, costume designs, posters, moving images, sound clips, and photographs) from the The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Public Domain Music For those who seek royalty-free music. Copyright information is also included.
- Red Hot Jazz Archive Early jazz, from 1895-1935. Features discographies, essays, short historic films such as Duke Ellington's Symphony in Black with Billie Holliday, and best of all, streaming audio clips.
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Located in Cleveland, Ohio.
- RockCritics.Com Criticism, interviews, links to critics' home pages, links to Rock 'zines: if it is Lester Bangs, critics on critics, or Creem covers, you will find something here.
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound A division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Sacred Music Links provided by the University of Washington.
- San Francisco Symphony Kid's Site For children and adults who want to learn the basics of music.
- SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions " lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime)."
- VoS - Voice of the Shuttle Gateway to 25 broad subjects in the humanities including anthropolgy, architecture, art, dance, legal studies, music and photography. Developed by Alan Liu (University of California, Santa Barbara).
- Worldwide Internet Music Resources Compiled by librarians at the Indiana University Music Library.
- WU Libraries: Gaylord Music Library Compiled by Washington University, this site provides citations to obituary notices for contemporary composers, musicians, and others in the world of music.
Page maintained by Ilona MAcNamara
Last updated 14 January 2008
email imacnamara@spc.edu
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