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• Classical scores library

  
  
  "... database of classical scores, representing the major composers output, spanning all genres and time periods from the Western classical canon." "... indexed to enable users to search on musically relevant fields, such as composer, work/opus number, key, genre, instrument, time period; as well as score-specific fields, such as score type, duration, editor, arranger, publisher."--About.

• Naxos music library

  
  
  "Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues of over 75,000 tracks, including Classical music, Historical recordings, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Whilst listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database"--FAQ page.

• New Grove dictionary of musical instruments

  
  
  Call Number:  REF GEN ML 102 .I5N48 1984
  The New Grove dictionary of musical instruments / edited by Stanley Sadie.--London : Macmillan Press ; New York : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1984. More inclusive than Musical instruments : a comprehensive dictionary but less comprehensive. This work is intended for both the musician and the non-musician.

(All Resources: 3 databases )

Other Instruments and instrumental music Resources

Formats: Audio recordings (CDs, records, etc.)

Subjects: Music

Research tools: Dictionaries · Encyclopedias

Genres: Hymns · Opera