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Academic OneFile Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled Some full text available

1980 - current. Interdisciplinary index covering over 10,000 scholarly and popular journals and magazines. Most references include full-text or links to full-text. Contains all of Expanded Academic Index ASAP. Coverage of scientific journals is limited.  Shortcuts:  go/onefile (on campus),  http://go.middlebury.edu/onefile (off-campus).

Andante Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Everything classical.

Billboard Online Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

News and info about the popular music scene.

BMS Online (Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

provides bibliographic data from 1986 to the present. It includes monographs and articles from journals, Festschriften, congress proceedings, yearbooks, anthologies, critical reports and interdisciplinary writings as well as reviews.

Canadian Music Periodical Index Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

CMPI  is an index of articles from Canadian Periodicals. Texts of articles are not available through this site but can be obtained by interlibrary loan.

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Directory of Open Access Journals Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 3303 journals in the directory. Currently 1076 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 175523 articles are included in the DOAJ service.

Google Scholar Unrestricted Resource WebBridge enabled

Searches for many types of primarily scholarly sources including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other organizations. Some documents will be available for free while others require a subscription or a one-time access fee.

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Historical Abstracts Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled Some full text available

Major index to over 2,000 international journals, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except United States and Canada. Covers topics from 1450 (i.e. the Renaissance) to the present. Indexes publications published from 1955 to current.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only

From 1996 to current.  Selective coverage and citations only for articles 1874-1995.

JSTOR Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled Some full text available Resource contains images

Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus).

Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled Some full text available Resource contains images

Full-text archive of over 700 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted. Shortcuts: go/jstor (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/jstor (off-campus).

Keyboard Magazine Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images

News and information for jazz keyboardists.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available

Academic Universe provides access to the full text of national and international newspapers, magazines, wire services, and more. It also includes business, financial, and legal information, including laws, regulations, cases, and EU law. The non-English language news link includes news in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Go shortcut = go/lexis (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/lexis (off-campus)

Music Index Unrestricted Resource

Detroit: Information Coordinators; Warren Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 1949- . Index Ref ML118.M84 This is the most comprehensive index for materials about music. It primarily includes citations for periodical articles, articles in conference proceedings, Festschriften, etc. as well as citations for books.

Music Theory Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available

A journal of criticism, commentary, research and scholarship.

Periodicals Index Online (PIO) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled

A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years, from their first issues to 1995 with some to 2000.  Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available. Formerly PCI.

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A database of millions of article citations published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years, from their first issues to 1995 with some to 2000.  Includes journals in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and other Western languages--with links to full text, when available. Formerly PCI.

Project Muse Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled Some full text available

Offers full-text of over 100 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the 1990s to present. This is a subscription resource; for off-campus access, enter your Middlebury username and password when prompted.  Shortcuts: go/muse (on campus), http://go.middlebury.edu/muse (off-campus).

Répertoire international de la presse musicale Unrestricted Resource

Indexes to selected 19th century music periodicals. Oversize ML128.P24 R4

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Repertoire international de litterature musicale (RILM) Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only

Index and abstracts for music journals and magazines, 1969 - current.

RoJaRo Index Unrestricted Resource

An individually maintained index to find references to articles, discographies, live-/record reviews etc related to a specific artist/group.

Social Sciences Citation Index Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled

Indexes core scholarly social science journals worldwide. Search by cited authors or works, or search by words in the bibliographic citations. Go shortcut = go/wos

  • 1985 to current
  • 1972 to present: access through Classroom Instruction Program
  • 1966-1991: available in print in Armstrong Library Reference H50 S6.

Note: access through Web of Science

The History of Music Unrestricted Resource

by Ernst C. Krohn. Index to selected music periodicals from the late 19th century to 1952. Ref ML113.K77 1958

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Books: other Catalogs

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Jazz Improvisation Primer Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Online textbook by jazz musician Marc Sabatella, with information on all topics related to jazz improvisation.

WorldCat Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled

Use this union catalog of over 40 million books, documents, reports, and media from libraries worldwide to identify books to request via InterLibrary Loan. If we don't own the book and you want to borrow it from another library, click on the ILL icon from the record.

Multiple E-Reference Collections

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Sibelius Academy: Music Resources Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Collection of links to journals and websites maintained by the Sibelius Academy in Finland.

Web Sites

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Aria Database Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains audio

A diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias. Designed for singers and non-singers alike, the Database includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.

Beatles Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Website for the Fab Four.

Center for Black Music Research (Columbia College, Chicago) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

The Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago was founded in 1983 and is the only organization of its kind. The CBMR documents and preserves information and materials related to the black music experience throughout the world

Classical Music Navigator Unrestricted Resource

This service consists most basically of five compilations of material: (1) a master, alphabetically-arranged, "Composers" list (containing basic data, major works, and influences) of 444 individuals; (2) a "Basic Library" list of works culled from this master list (and re-arranged by musical genre); (3) a "Geographical Roster" in which the names of the 444 composers are listed under the names of the countries with which they were (/are) associated; (4) an alphabetically-arranged "Index of Forms and Styles" listing the names of composers associated with each subject entry; and (5) a "Glossary," which defines terms used here. Each of these lists is scrollable and accessible from the same window; to switch entirely from one list to another to begin a different kind of browsing one need only click on one of the light blue links provided on the top frame.

Classical Net Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only

Classical Net features more than 7500 files including more than 5200 CD, SACD, DVD and Book reviews and over 5500 links to other classical music web sites.

Essentials of Music Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

A site developed and sponsored by Sony and W.W. Norton. Search in eras, on composers, or the glossary. Many illustrations adn audio excerpts.

European Free Imporvisation Pages Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Begun in January 1995, EFIP was intended to be a comprehensive information resource for all aspects of the type of music known as European free improvisation. From January 2007 it is being updated approximately every two months

Informine Visual and Performing Arts Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Scholarly internet resource collections.

Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Official source for Broadway theatre information, with records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

Librarian Internet Index Music Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video

well organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, liibrarian-selected sites.

Lied and Song Texts Page Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Welcome! The Lied and Art Song Texts Page is an archive of texts used in 69,383 Lieder and other classical art songs (Kunstlieder, mélodies, canzoni, романсы, canciones, liederen, canções, sånger, laulua, písně, piosenki, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. The collection currently indexes 41,811 texts and includes 8,648 translations to English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages.

Metropolitan Opera Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Includes historical information about the Metropolitan Opera in NYC, photos and summaries of the plots of major operas

Now What a Time Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943.  From the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Oddmusic Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Oddmusic is home to unique, odd, ethnic, experimental and unusual musical instruments and resources

One more once Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

A centennial celebration of the life and music of Count Basie (Rutgers University Site)

Operabase Unrestricted Resource

Information on Performances, Artists, Managers, Companies and Rentals related to contemporary opera.

Richard's Really Useful Web Links Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Collection of music related webpages, created and maintained by Richard Schwegel of North Park University.

Sixteenth Century Ballads Unrestricted Resource

A collection of "interesting" ballads from before 1600, containing sheet music and lyrics, both in their original form, and in a form intelligible to a modern listener.

Virtual Instrument Museum Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Online Museum of Musical Instruments host by Wesleyan University, Middletown CT.

William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Goldent Age of Jazz Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images

Section of the American Memory Stie, Library of Congress.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources Unrestricted Resource

Maintained and updated by Indiana University.

Audio Files

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African American Song Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Resource contains audio

16,000 tracks of great historical recordings from the Library of Congresss historical collection, includes jazz, blues, gospel, ragtime, narratives and other genres.

Classical Music Library Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Resource contains audio

Streamed library of classical music allows you to listen online, anytime!

Judica Sound Archive Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

 The Judaica Sound Archives is a major center for the collection, preservation and digitization of Judaica audio recordings. The JSA is located in the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus of Florida Atlantic University.

Musica Plural Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

 

A project sponsored byPetroBras (the national petroleum company of Brazil) which presents new works by 15 young Brazilian composers.

Public Domain Music Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Royalty- free sheet music - available for purchase. Downloads of public domain recordings.

Smithsonian Global Sound Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Resource contains audio

Audio collection of  the world's musical and aural traditions--including spoken words and natural and human-made sounds--from recordings of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and other labels.

Bibliographies

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Bach Bibliography Unrestricted Resource

For the community of Bach scholars.

Early American Secular Music and its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index Unrestricted Resource

This is a series of indexes derived from a data base of musical information compiled from primary sources covering the 250 years of the initial exploration and settlement of the United States. It consists of over 75,000 entries that are sorted by text (titles, first lines, recitatives, chorus and burden), by music incipits (represented in scale degrees, stressed notes and interval sequences), with additional indexes of names and theater works. Now in electronic format, the data can be fully searched, not only for initial strings, but also for internal words and melody sections.

Folk Song Index Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

An index to folk song anthologies - a collaboration between Oberlin College Libraries and Sing Out!

MLA Obituary Index Unrestricted Resource

This is an on-line version of an index of obituary citations published annually by the Music Library Association (MLA) in its quarterly journal, Notes.

Music in print Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available

This online resource lists citations for printed music. Searching in divided according to instrumentation.

Popular Music Unrestricted Resource

An Annotated Guide to American Popular Songs, Including Introductory Essay, Lyricists and Composers Index, Important Performances Index, Chronological Index, and List of Publishers. Bruce Pollock, ed. and others. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1960- . Ref ML120.U5 S5 This is a listing of popular American sheet music from 1900 to the present. Songs are listed by title and the composers, lyricists, and publication information is given for each.

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Popular Song Index Unrestricted Resource

Patricia Pate Havlice. 4 v. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1975-1989. Ref ML128.S3 H4
This is not a bibliography but an index to the contents of song books published beginning in 1940. The index contains a bibliography of all of the books indexed; entries for the titles, first lines, and the first lines of the chorus; and an index to the names of composers and lyricists. Supplements are issued at irregular intervals to bring the work up to date.

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Song Index Unrestricted Resource

Minnie Earl Sears and Phyllis Crawford, eds. 2 v. in 1. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1926-1934. Ref ML128.S3 H4
The Sears index also indexes songbooks and covers publications before 1934.

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Universal handbook of musical literature Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

The Universal handbook of musical literature. Practical and complete guide to all musical publications ([190-?]) by Franz Pazdirek.

UT Song Index Unrestricted Resource

This database provides access to about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 published song anthologies owned by the George F. DeVine Music Library at the University of Tennessee, located in Knoxville. Use this citation index to determine which anthologies contain the song(s) you need.

Biographical Information

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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.B16 2001

Baker's is widely regarded as the most authoritative source of biographical information for musicians. Selective lists of works are included for most composers and discographies for popular and jazz musicians. The last volume contains a special index of women composers and musicians, a genre index, and an index by nationality.

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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Classical Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.S612 1997

This work is similar to the above publication except that it covers only twentieth-century musicians in greater depth and detail.

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Baroque Music Homepage Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Portraitsof major composers, and exxays of the aspects of Baroque.

Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.S7

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Contemporary Composers Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.C75 1992

This book contains listings for 1,000 composers who were alive at the time of publication.

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Großes Sängerlexikon Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.K83 1987

This is the most comprehensive listing of biographies of singers, primarily in the classical field, from all time periods and countries

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Hector Berlioz Website Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

A website devoted to the music, life and works of this composer.

International Encyclopedia of Women Composers Unrestricted Resource

Aaron I. Cohen. 2nd. ed., rev. and enl. 2 vols. New York: Books and Music, 1987. Ref ML105.C7 1987

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International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML105.I5 1996/97 and Ref. ML105.I58 1996/97

While Baker's includes musicians from all time periods, this work emphasizes biographies of musicians who are currently active throughout the world. Vol. 1. In the Classical and Light Classical Fields. Vol. 2. Popular Music

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Open directory project: Music Unrestricted Resource

Collection of links to scholarly journals and other academic websites related to aspects of music.

Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Era Music: Composers Unrestricted Resource

Links to biographical information

Schwann Online Unrestricted Resource

Search for recordings made between 1997 and 2001.

The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Unrestricted Resource

Colin Larkin, ed. 6 vols. Enfield, England: Guinness Publishing; New York: Stockton Press, 1995. Ref ML102.P66 G84 1995 Virtually all of the entries are for popular music performers or groups and most include a discography There are also a few entries for popular musical topics

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Who's who in American Music: Classical Unrestricted Resource

Jaques Cattell Press, ed. 2nd. ed. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1985. Ref ML106.U3 W6 1985

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Women in Music: An Encyclopedic Biobibliography Unrestricted Resource

Don L. Hixon and Don A. Hennessee. 2nd. ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993. 2 vols. Ref. ML105.H6 1993 This work "serves as an index to the biographies of women musicians of all periods and countries, as found in a representative selection of significant music dictionaries and encyclopedias. . . . , and other sources not confined to musicians." (p. iv)

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Chronologies

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Renaissance and Baroque Music Chronology Unrestricted Resource

Chronology of early music history

Dictionaries

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Unrestricted Resource

Colin Larkin. 8 vols. New York: Muze UK, 1998. Ref ML102.P66 G84 1998

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Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre Unrestricted Resource

Kurt Gänzl. 2 vols. New York, NY: Schirmer Books, 1994. Ref ML102.M88 G3 1994

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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Bruno Nettl, Ruth Stone, et al. 10 vols. New York: Garland and Routledge, 1998.
Ref ML100.G16 1998
Each volume of this work is devoted to a different region of the world and contains signed articles on different aspects of the music of that region. A compact disc accompanies each volume illustrating the music.

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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

This is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Music Dictionary Online Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

maintained by Dolmetsch Online_A musical family with a particular interest in early music.
A concise term dictionary, principally including terms relating to musical instruments (Western and other) and their performance vocabulary.

New Grove Dictionary of American Music Unrestricted Resource

H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie, eds. 4 vols. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986

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New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Unrestricted Resource

Barry Kernfeld, ed. 2 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1988.
Ref ML102.J3 N48 1988

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New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Unrestricted Resource

Stanley Sadie, ed. 3 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984.
Ref ML102.I5 N48 1984

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New Grove Dictionary of Opera Unrestricted Resource

Stanley Sadie, ed. 4 vols. London: Macmillan Press; New York, NY: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992.
Ref ML102.O6 N5 1992
This work is also included in the New Grove Dictionary of Music Online.

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Discographies

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All Music Guide Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Ann Arbor, Mich.: All Media Guide. A comprehensive guide to recordings of all genres of music. Short biographical information about artists, groups and composers is followed by extensive discographies

Jazz Discography Unrestricted Resource

Tom Lord. West Vancouver, B.C.: Lord Music Reference; Redwood, N.Y.: Cadence Jazz Books, 1992-
 Ref ML156.4.J3 L6 1992
This discography includes jazz recordings beginning in 1898 through the present. It is arranged alphabetically by lead performer with each recording listed under the name in chronological order. All of the titles of the pieces and names of the perfomers are listed along with the label name and number. Indexes to the names of performers and to the titles of pieces on albums provide access to this information

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MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide Unrestricted Resource

 Adam McGovern, ed.Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 2000. Ref ML156.4.W63 M87 2000
This recording selection guide covers world music musicians of all types and genres.
 

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Penguin Guide to Compact Discs Unrestricted Resource

Ivan March, Edward Greenfield and Robert Layton. Completely rev. and updated. London; New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Ref ML156.9.P45 1999 and Ref ML156.9.P452 2000/01
Of the thousands of recordings available, the Penguin Guides cite the most noteworthy. This guide is restricted to classical music recordings and is arranged alphabetically by composer. Each recording is rated on a scale from 1-5 and brief evaluations of the performances are given by the authors

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Penguin guide to Jazz on Compact Disc Unrestricted Resource

Richard Cook and Brian Morton. 4th ed., completely rev. and updated. London; New York: Penguin Books, 1998. Ref ML156.4.J3 C67 1998 
 
The same as for the work listed above except for jazz recordings.

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Schwann Catalogs Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available

Woodland, Calif.: Schwann Publications. Ref. ML156.2.S The Schwann catalogs list recordings in every format that are currently available commercially. Schwann Opus lists classical music recordings alphabetically by composer, and Schwann Spectrum contains listings for popular music and jazz. The Schwann Artist Issue indexes classical music recordings by the names of performers

Dissertations

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Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music Unrestricted Resource

 maintained by Geoffrey Chew. Information on 186 from as far back as 1973, includes author's e-mail addresses

Dissertation Abstracts Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only WebBridge enabled

Dissertation Abstracts Online is a subject, title, and author guide to American doctoral dissertations and masters theses from 1861 to the present, Canadian, British and European dissertations from 1988 to the present. Abstracts are included for entries after 1980

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Unrestricted Resource

Cecil Adkins and Alis Dickinson, eds. 7th North American ed.; 2nd international ed. Philadelphia: American Musicological Society, International Musicological Society, 1984. Ref. ML128.M8 A4 1984; 2nd series, 1st cumulative ed. Ref. ML128.M8 A4 1990; 2nd series, 2nd cumulative ed., February 1984-April 1995 Ref. ML128.M8 A4 1996 This is a comprehensive listing of dissertations in music. The work includes completed dissertations and dissertations in progress. Dissertations completed in countries outside of North America prior to 1972 are not listed here This source is more comprehensive than Dissertation Abstracts because of its international coverage and because it includes dissertations from institutions which do not register their dissertations with University Microfilms International.

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Doctorial Dissertations in Musicology -- Online Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

Thomas J. Mathiesen and Nicholas M. Butler, eds. Philadelphia: American Musicological Society, 1995-. Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online is intended eventually to include all dissertations recorded in all the printed editions of Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, as well as all new records. The pages showing new records will be updated once each month throughout the academic year.

Music Theory Online Dissertation Index Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

(Society for Music Theory) a component of Music Theory Online, provides peer-reviewed articles in msuic theory.

Encyclopedias

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Diccionario Akal / Grove de la música Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Translation of: Grove dictionary of music

Diccionario de la música española e hispanoamericana Unrestricted Resource

This is the leading comprehensive music encyclopedia in Spanish.

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Dictionnaire de la musique Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML100 .D48 1986 and ML100 .S393 1976

This is the most recent French music encyclopedia. The articles are shorter than other foreign language encyclopedias and generally does not include bibliographic information. It is also divided into terminological and biographical sequences.

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Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart [MGG] Unrestricted Resource

 Ref ML100 .M92 1994

MGG is a comprehensive encyclopedia of music in German and contains extensive scholarly articles with selective bibliographies on the whole range of musical topics. The 2nd ed. is still being issued; the 1st ed. was begun in 1949.

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Dizionario enciclopedico universale della musica e dei musicisti Unrestricted Resource

Ref ML100 .D63 1983 and ML105 .D65 1985

This is the leading comprehensive music encyclopedia in Italian. It is divided into two parts: a dictionary of terms and a biographical dictionary.

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Encyclopedia of Music in Canada Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Describes the full breadth and depth of Canada’s musical culture, including the historical and current aspects of popular, folk, religious, concert and other forms of music.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

This is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, combined with entries by more than 700 expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.

Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1st edition Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

A digitized version of the 1st edition of the Grove Dictionary.

Musicals101.com Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Cyber Encyclopedia of Musicals, Theatre, and Film

Musipedia Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images Resource contains audio

The open music encyclopedia for finding tunes.

Oxford Music Online Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only

The new gateway into music research and the access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference
subscriptions and products.

Note: Includes Grove's Music Online

Handbooks and Guides

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General Bibliography for Music Research
Call Number: Music Lib Ref ML113.M53 1996
Unrestricted Resource

by Keith Mixter.3rd ed. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 1996. xxii, 200 p. (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, 75). This book lists general reference materials that are of use to those doing research in music. Many of the items cited here can be found in the Main Library.

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Information on Music: A Handbook of Reference Sources in European Languages
Call Number: Music Lib Ref ML113.M33
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by Guy A. Marco, et al.    Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1984. 3 v. 
This work supplements Duckles as a bibliography of music reference materials. It is far more detailed and specialized and includes citations to articles as well as books. It also covers popular and folk music more extensively. Vol. 1: Basic and Universal Sources; vol. 2: The Americas; vol. 3: Europe.

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Music Reference and Research Materials: An Annotated Bibliography Unrestricted Resource

by Vincent H. Duckles and Michael Keller.

4th ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1988. 714 p. Ref ML113.D83 1988 This work, commonly known as Duckles, is a classic in the field of music bibliography. It contains citations to virtually all of the scholarly reference sources in music.

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Music: A Guide to the Reference Literature Unrestricted Resource

by William S. Brockman.Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1987. 254 p. (Reference Sources in the Humanities Series). Ref ML113.B85 1987
A bibliogrpahy patterned on Duckles but less comprehensive in scope and focussing on English language material. It is intended more for the practicing musician or student of music rather than graduate students and scholars.

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Sourcebook for Research in Music.
Call Number: Music Library Ref ML113.C68 1993
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by Phillip D. Crabtree and Donald H. Foster.Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993. xiii, 236 p. 
This selected annotated bibliography serves as an introduction to research in virtually all fields of music. Essays for each discipline in music preceed an essential bibliography for that field.

 

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Musical Terms

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Dictionary of Musical Terms
Call Number: Music Library REf ML108.B165
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Th. Baker. 22nd ed. New York: G. Schirmer, 1923.
This is a listing of over 9,000 musical terms with short definitions.

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Dictionary of Terms in Music: English-German, German- English
Call Number: Music Library REf ML108.W73 1992
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Horst Leuchtmann. 4th rev. and enl. ed. München; New York: K.G. Saur, 1992.

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Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory: An Illustrated Dictionary
Call Number: Music Library Ref ML108.T46 1989
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Michael C. Thomsett. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1989.
This dictionary is intended for the layman or beginning musician. The definitions are clear and simple to understand.

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New Harvard Dictionary of Music
Call Number: Music Library Ref ML100.N485 1986
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Don Michael Randel, ed. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1986. Ref ML100.N485 1986
This work is the standard source for definitions of musical terms. The entries are thorough and authoritative and many include brief bibliographies.

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Selected Musical Terms of Non-Western Cultures: A Notebook-Glossary
Call Number: Music Library Ref ML108.K37 1990
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Walter Kaufmann. Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 1990. (Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, no. 65)
 

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Terminorum Musicae Index Septem Linguis Redactus: Polyglottes Woerterbuch der musikalischen Terminologie
Call Number: Music Library Ref ML108.T4
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Horst Leuchtmann, and others, ed. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1978.
Musical terms in seven languages (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, and Spanish) are translated and cross listed. Translations of each term appear in all seven languages under the German musical term, while musical terms in the other languages refer to the German term where the complete listing is to be found. There is also a separate section for Russian terms because they appear in the Cyrillic alphabet.

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Virginia Tech Multimedia Music glossary Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains audio

Created by Virginia Tech Music Department/New Media Center. A multimedia dictionary of music with sound files and musical examples.

Organizations

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Vermont Composers Consortium Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Organization of Vermont Composers

Comprehensive Reference

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NetHymnal Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

The #1 Hymn site on the web, featuring over 10,000 Christ­ian hymns, Author Bios, Composer Biographies, Hymn Histories and Gos­pel songs from ma­ny de­nom­in­a­tions. You’ll find lyr­ics, scores, MI­DI files, pic­tures, his­to­ry, & more. 

Texts on Music in English Unrestricted Resource Some full text available

The database will eventually comprise all relevant manuscript and printed matherials written in English from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century.

Thesaurus musicarum latinarum Middlebury Students, Faculty and Staff only Some full text available

from Indiana University) (TML) is an evolving database of the entire corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Women in Music (University of Washington) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

Links to sites covering a variety of sources: reference, organizations, composers, jazz, blues, pop, research, performers and media.

Archives

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Archive of Popular American Music (UCLA) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Covers the history of popular music in the United States from 1790 to the present, with a particular strength in the 20th century.

Archives of African American Music and Culture (Indiana University) Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains video Resource contains audio

Established in 1991, the Archives of African American Music and Culture (AAAMC) is a repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era.  Our collections highlight popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop.  The AAAMC also houses extensive materials related to the documentation of black radio.

Arnold Schoenberg Center Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Making the Schönberg estate accessible and available for scholarly study and research by scholars, composers, musicians, and the general public;
Encouraging public understanding of music theory, particularly the style and methods of Arnold Schönberg

Bach Digital Unrestricted Resource Resource contains images

A library of  digitatized Bach Manuscripts from Staatsbibliothed zu Berlin and Bach Archiv Leipzig.

Center for the history of music theory and literature Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Sponsored by Indiana University.

Flanders Ballad Collection Unrestricted Resource

 The Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection at Middlebury College houses an archive of New England folk song and folklife materials. Begun in 1930 by Helen Hartness Flanders of Springfield, Vermont, it was given to Middlebury College in 1941.

Hoagy Carmichael Collection Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images Resource contains audio

This multimedia web site is part of an 18-month project to catalog, digitize, and preserve every item in Indiana University's extensive collections pertaining to the life and career of master songwriter Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael.

Mahler Archives Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

Online database created abd maintained by The Chicago Mahlerites and Colorado MahlerFest.

Red Hot Jazz Archives Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

A history of jazz before 1930.

William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz Unrestricted Resource Some full text available Resource contains images

The Hogan Jazz Archive, a department within Tulane University's Special Collections Division is a renowned resource for New Orleans Jazz research. Our collection includes oral histories, recorded music, photographs and film, and sheet music and orchestrations. We also maintain files of manuscripts, clippings, and bibliographic references.