Library

Music Resources

Online Databases (to identify articles by subject)
WebFeat Multi-Database Search

Print Indexes (to identify articles by subject)

Electronic Journals

Internet Resources

Tradition and Culture Theory
Applied Music Ensembles
General Resources Printable Handout
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

Print Indexes

Humanities Index: 1974-Present
A cumulative subject and author index to humanities topics, including archaelogy, classical studies, performing arts, and language and literature. Also includes a separate book review section, with entry under author of the book reviewed. Updated quarterly.


Electronic Journals

Open Access Music Journals
Access from the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Journals available through USF subscription services.


Tradition and Culture

Library of Congress American Memory Collection
Primary resources in the performing arts from the Library of Congress collection.

Essentials of Music from Sony Classical and W.W. Norton
Basic information about classical music from overviews of six main periods in music history to composer biographies and a 200-word classical music dictionary.

 


Theory

Society for Music Theory
Includes information links to resources and a discussion area.

CAIRSS for Music
"CAIRSS is a bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine." No full text available.

Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
Includes dozens of tutorials on music theory.


Applied Music

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
"The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960."

Western Michigan Universiy - Music Dept. Aural Comprehension Guide
A resource to guide in the development of aural compehension through listening and performance.

Historic American Sheet Music
From the libraries at Duke University, this is a collection of digital images of sheet music composed in America between 1850 and 1920.


Ensembles

ChoralNet
The official website of the International Federation of Choral Music.  Click on Resources and Links for additional web resources.

Chorus America
Chorus America provides information, publications, conferences, consulting, training programs, surveys, networking, and awards to support choruses in North America.

Choral Public Domain Library
Free choral sheet music.


General Resources

Music Education Resource Base
Indexes 32 music and music education journals form 1956 to present.  Citations only, no full-text.

Music History
A guide to Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present, complete with RealAudio sound clips.

Musicology and Music History Resources
From the Music Library at Indiana University, a list of 42 international Internet resources.

Last Updated: March 7, 2008