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Main Database Page Alphabetical List of Databases
Music
(Databases, Recordings, eReference, Websites)
(Click here for Arts & Humanities) |
Best General Databases for Music
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| Academic OneFile |
Includes scholarly journals and popular magazines, providing wide coverage of musical topics from all time periods. |
| Academic Search Premier |
Wide-ranging coverage of the scholarly journal literature across most musical fields and topics. |
| General Reference Center |
With its emphasis on general interest magazines, GRC provides excellent coverage of the current music and popular culture scenes. |
| SIRS Renaissance |
Good coverage of the more popular literature relating to music and the performing arts. |
Music Online Database
Music Online Database
The eight component databases of Music Online are listed below and can be searched separately: |
A collection of eight separate databases that can be cross-searched. Four of the databases allow you to listen to tracks from thousands of record albums; three of the databases provide high-quality reference sources; the last database lets you view classical music scores. |
Listen to Recordings |
From the Music Online Database |
(included in Music Online Database)
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Listen to thousands of tracks from recordings of classical music; browse by composer, artist, instrument, genre, time period, etc. |
Jazz Music Library
(included in Music Online Database) |
Listen to thousands of tracks from premier jazz recordings. |
American Song
(included in Music Online Database) |
Listen to the music of America's past; songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, pioneers, cowboys, etc. |
Contemporary World Music
(included in Music Online Database) |
Listen to recordings of contemporary music from around the world, including reggae, world fusion, Arab swing and jazz, fado, klezmer, gagaku, and more. |
Reference Sources |
From the Music Online Database |
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Thousands of pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music. Includes the famous Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. |
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Comprehensive resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Excellent coverage of Latin American and non-Western music. |
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Nearly 50,000 pages of reference material covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs,, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, etc. |
Scores |
From the Music Online Database |
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Contains nearly 400,000 pages of the most important classical scores and manuscripts, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 15,000 scores. |
eReference Sources
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Thousands of pages of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music. Includes the famous Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. |
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A classic reference work, with entries on all the styles and forms in Western and non-Western music, including classical, pop, jazz, pop, etc.; also good articles on musical instruments. |
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Another classic reference work providing articles on musical forms and styles, with coverage of virtually every musical subject; all varieties of musical forms are covered, including classical, jazz, popular, and dance. |
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This huge set brings together biographical information about composers, performers, instrument makers, etc., from the days of praise chants to the popular music of today. |
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Electronic version of our 5-volume set featuring essays on 20th-century composers and performers from all fields: classical, pop, rock, gospel, country, and more. |
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Comprehensive resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Excellent coverage of Latin American and non-Western music. |
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Synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas. |
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Nearly 50,000 pages of reference material covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs,, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, etc. |
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Profiles, for specific time periods from around the world, the milestones and movements in music and the arts. |
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Ideas, people, events, and products that symbolize America; topics include music, as well as sports, television, movies, art, fashion, advertising, health, etc. |
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Cross-search a variety of Oxford companions & dictionaries in the music, dance, and theater fields. |
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Cross-search a variety of standard music encyclopedias and dictionaries. |
Some Music Websites
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The first two links here will provide good background information on genres & composers. The third will direct you to websites devoted to individual composers. |
| Non-Classical Music |
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These are links to special sections of the valuable allmusic.com website. |
| Lyrics |
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Using these links should enable you to find the lyrics to just about any song. |
| Web Directories |
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These inks will allow you to focus your searches in Google and Yahoo! |
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