Grove Music Online
Includes the following titles, also located in print in the Reference Collection:
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 29 vols.
Print Location: Ref ML 100 .N48 2001
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Print Location: Ref ML 102 .J3 N48 2002
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. 4 vols.
Print Location: Ref ML 102 .O6 N5 1992
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Location: Ref ML 102 P66 G84 1998
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Location: Ref ML 100 G16 1988
v. 1. Africa -- v. 2. South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean -- v. 3. The United States and Canada -- v. 4. Southeast Asia -- v. 5. South Asia, the Indian subcontinent -- v. 6. The Middle East -- v. 7. East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea -- v. 8. Europe -- v. 9. Australia and the Pacific Islands -- v. 10. The World's music : general perspectives and reference tools.
New Grove Dictionary of American Music Location: Ref ML 101 J6 N48 1986
Music Index Citations to articles, book reviews, record reviews, first performances and obituaries from more than 640 international music periodicals. Topics cover every aspect of the classical and popular world of music. Produced by Harmonie Park Press.
1976- (Some backfile data from 1962-1975 is also included.)
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature About 200,000 citations on international music. Produced by the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale.
1967-
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Music Library The Music Library holds sound recordings and musical scores and has a variety of playback equipment for local listening of recordings from the collections.
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Naxos is an online library of music recordings from the complete catalogues of Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo. The collection consists of over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Produced by Naxos Music Library.
American Memory Project From the Library of Congress, this online resources contains sound recordings in the following areas of interest:
African-American Music, Southern U.S. ~ Recordings ~ 1938-1943
Berliner, Emile ~ Early Recording Industry ~ Multiformat ~ 1870-1956
Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry
Civil War Era ~ Band Music ~ Multiformat
Band Music from the Civil War Era
Coolidge Era ~ Multiformat ~ 1924-1929
Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
Edison Companies ~ Film and Sound Recordings
Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies
Folk Culture and Natural Environment, West Virginia ~ Multiformat ~ 1992-1999
Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia
Folk Culture, Florida ~ Multiformat ~ 1937-1942
Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942
Folk Fiddle Music, Southern Appalachian ~ Henry Reed ~ Multiformat ~ 1966-1967
Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection
Folk Music, California ~ Sidney Robertson Cowell ~ Multiformat ~ 1930s
California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell
Folk Music, Dust Bowl ~ Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin ~ Multiformat ~ 1940-1941
Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941
Folk Music, Ohio and Erie Canal ~ Captain Pearl R. Nye ~ Songs ~ 1937-1944
Captain Pearl R. Nye: Life on the Ohio and Erie Canal
Folk Music, Southern U.S. ~ John Lomax and Ruby Lomax ~ Multiformat ~ 1939
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
Hispanic Music, Rio Grande ~ Juan Bautista Rael ~ Multiformat ~ 1940s
Hispano Music & Culture from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection
Occupational Folklore, Paterson, N.J. ~ Multimedia ~ 1994
Working in Paterson: Occupational Heritage in an Urban Setting
Omaha Indian Music
Pearl Harbor and Public Reactions ~ Audio Interviews ~ 1941-1942
After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Presidential Inaugurations ~ Multiformat ~ 1789-2001
"I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996
Ranching Culture, Nevada ~ Multiformat ~ 1945-1982
Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982
Roosevelt, Theodore ~ Films ~ 1898-1919
September 11, 2001, Documentary Project
Voices from the Days of Slavery: Former Slaves Tell Their Stories
Variety Stage ~ Multiformat ~ 1870-1920
The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920
World War I and 1920 Election ~ Recordings
American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election
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