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The Music Collections of the University of Notre Dame Libraries are a small, highly-selective group of materials concerned primarily with the documentation of the sacred and art traditions of western religious, popular, and concert music from the beginning of notated music until the present. Jazz and classic popular music are represented in the collections, but are not areas of emphasis. Contemporary popular genre (rap, hip-hop, country and western music, etc.) and folk genre as well as music from non-western traditions are not included to any significant extent. The collections include printed (scores and parts) and recorded (audio and video) music as well and both serial and book publications about music.

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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 76 databases | 68 e-journals )

• African American music reference

  
  
  Provides access to "... text reference, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music." Covers "... blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression."--About the database.

• Classical music library

  
  
  Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users. IMPORTANT: Internet Explorer is required to use Classical Music Library.

• Classical music reference library

  
  

  Coverage:

  Began in Sept. 2007.
  The Classical music reference library brings together more than 30,000 pages of reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music. Included are the reference titles Baker's dictionary of music, Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker's student encyclopedia of music and Women composers: music through the ages. Provides coverage of all classical genres, from the Medieval period to the 21st century.

• 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.

• Dictionaries and Encyclopediae of Music - Selected Resources

  
  
  Selected resources for dictionaries and encyclopediae of Music.

• Garland encyclopedia of world music online

  
  

  Coverage:

  Began in 2006.
  The Garland encyclopedia of world music online is a comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Each volume contains an overview of a geographic region, a survey of its musical heritage, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instruments, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Contains the full text of the 10 volume print encyclopedia (originally published in 1997), which is searchable all together for the first time.

• Grove music online (see Oxford music online)

  
  

• How to find music in ALEPH

  
  
  A guide to using ALEPH, the online library catalog, to locate music (as opposed to books about music).

• Humanities international index (EBSCO)

  
  

  Coverage:

  As far back as 1929 to the present
  "...provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals ... includes deep backfiles for some of the most important journals in the area of humanities. ... includes all data from American Humanities Index plus bibliographic records from a multitude of international journals, books and reference works." -- EBSCOhost database description

• Indexes, Abstracts, Guides to Literature about Music

  
  
  Selected important resources for finding works about music: includes both online and in print resources

• Indexes, Abstracts, Guides to Music

  
  
  Selected important resources for finding music (as opposed to works about music): includes both online and printed items.

• IPA source

  
  
  Provides access to a growing collection of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and solo art songs. Search by composer, poet, or title; browse by opera aria or Latin text.

• Jerome Kern Project

  
  
  A Listing of the complete Works of the composer sorted by categories--i.e., Stage Shows, Films, Songs, Sings used in Stage Shows by Other Composers, Instrumental Works--and listings of lyricists and librettits who worked by Kern

• Music 540 (The Bibliography of Music)

  
  
  Preliminary syllabus for The Bibliography of Music class, spring semester 2005.

• Music index online

  
  

  Coverage:

  1979-
  Provides citations to music periodical literature, compiled from over 600 international music periodicals offering historiographic, ethnographic, and musicological data.

• Music Manuscripts

  
  
  A description of some of the facsimiles of music manuscripts in the Library and how to find more.

• 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.

• Opera in video

  
  
  "... will contain 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. ...browse by composer, genre, performer, ensemble, time period, and role. ... searchable narration and transcripts; embeddable links..."--About. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.

• Oxford companion to music (see Oxford music online)

  
  

• Oxford dictionary of music (see Oxford music online)

  
  

• Oxford music online

  
  
  Provides a single gateway to access cross-searchable, full-text Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, Oxford Companion to Music, and Oxford Dictionary of Music.

• Recent Acquisitions in Music

  
  
  Music acquisitions cataloged in the last 30 days.

• RILM abstracts of musical literature

  
  

  Coverage:

  1969-
  Over 200,000 citations on international music corresponding to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, produced by the Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale. Usage info: Licensed for 5 simultaneous users.

• Smithsonian global sound for libraries

  
  
  "Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions. The collection provides educators, students, and interested listeners with an unprecedented variety of online resources that support the creation, continuity, and preservation of diverse musical forms."

• Theatre in video

  
  
  Contains performances of the world's leading plays and film documentaries on the subject of theater in streaming video. Some plays presented in multiple productions exemplifying various interpretations of the text, and technical and cultural differences among the presentations. Stage work of directors and actors are cross-searchable and available for side-by-side comparison. Interviews with directors, designers, writers, and actors, along with excerpts of live performances, provide illustration of the development of texts and the productions. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.

• Thematic catalogs in music

  
  
  A listing of thematic catalogs used in library cataloging and accepted as standards by the music community.

Other Music Resources

Organizations: Archives · Associations, societies and institutes · Libraries

Places: Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Canada · Chile · Cuba · Dominican Republic · Haiti · Hispanic Caribbean · International · Latin America · Mexico · Panama · Paraguay · Peru · Portugal · Puerto Rico · Southern Cone · Uruguay

Composers, Performers and Performance Groups: Arensky, Anton Stepanivich, 1861-1906 · Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 1714-1788 · Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 · Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 · Bridge, Frank, 1879-1941 · Buxtehude, Dietrich, 1637-1707 · Kern, Jerome, 1888-1945

Formats: Audio recordings (CDs, records, etc.) · Dissertations and theses · Electronic books and texts · Electronic journals · Multimedia · Printed books · Video recordings (DVDs, films, etc.)

Research tools: Authority lists · Bibliographies · Biographies · Catalogs · Dictionaries · Directories · Encyclopedias · Guides and finding aids · Handbooks and manuals · Indexes and abstracts · Reviews (book, film, etc.)

E-Journal Collections: Blackwell Synergy · Cambridge University Press · Duke University Press · Indiana University Press · JSTOR · MIT Press · OUP (Oxford Univ. Press) · Periodicals Archive Online (formerly: PCI Full Text) · Project Muse · Routledge · Taylor & Francis · Univ. of California Press

Genres: Chants · Drama · Hymns · Instruments and instrumental music · Opera