Music

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8,000 journals with many available in full-text.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale Cengage Learning) is a general database with indexing for journal, magazine and newspaper articles, with many of the articles available full-text.

*Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a resource that utilizes many different sources to provide information on both sides of controversial topics.

Subject Databases

*Biography in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a full-text database of biographical information on people throughout history.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

*EMusic in Print (emusicquest) gives information on music that is in print.

*Fine Arts and Music Collection (Gale Cengage Learning) offers more than 100 full-text journals and magazines, providing resources in drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.

*Classical Music Library is a streaming recorded music database for listening and study.

*International Index to Music Periodicals (ProQuest) covers music in journals, from more than 20, countries with some full-text articles provided.

Musicians and Composers of the 20^th Century The online equivalent to the 5 volume print set. It contains biographical and critical essays on those who made an impact on music, from 1901 to 2000, and includes photos, illustrations and graphs.

Naxos--A comprehensive music website complete with composer biographies and online listening; SFASU students and faculty can create their own playlists. 

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO) provides abstracts to over 500 scholarly journals, as well as books, dissertations, bibliographies, conference proceedings, etc. in the field of music.

Song Index Provides access to citations for about 50,000 songs in more than 1,400 published song anthologies.

Encyclopedias

*Oxford Music Online is the new gateway into music research, and the access point for new and forthcoming Oxford music reference subscriptions and products. Also, comprises the full-text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed; The New Grove Dictionary of Opera; and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed.

eBooks

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*Ebrary is an electronic collection of full-text, searchable academic books customized for Steen Library.  Users can add and remove books from a personalized bookshelf after creating an individual account.

Online Books: Music

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Websites

AfriClassical.com
Meet 52 composers, conductors and instrumental performers of African descent and listen to samples of their music.

American Musicological Society
Website for the Society which was founded in 1934, to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship.

Classic Cat
An index to over 6,000 free classical music performances that can be freely downloaded.

Classical Composers Database
One of the oldest web sites about classical music which includes: compositions, composer biographies, web links, sheet music, recordings, books, news items and events.

Classical Net
Composer biographical information can be found here. Utilize the Composer tab for links to chronological lists of composers, as well as a link to the Master Composer Index for links to biographical information for composers.

Classical Net Home Page
Features "reviews of more than 1,500 CDs, as well as 5,300 files and over 2,600 links to other classical music web sites."

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online
Includes all the records previously published in the earlier printed editions; it also indexes dissertations in progress, and includes completed dissertations reported since mid-1995, when the printed publications ceased.

Elizabethan Music
Contains information on musicians and composers from this era, as well as the different types of musical instruments used.

Essentials of Music
The site for basic information about classical music, that was created in cooperation with W.W. Norton & Company, and is designed to introduce you to the best music of every period.

Flute World
This "site provides access to over 12,000 products including instruments, sheet music, recorded music, and accessories."

General Music Resources

The Library of Congress: Performing Arts Reading Room
Music world wide web resources provided through the Library of Congress.

Martindale's "The Reference Desk." Calculators On-line Center. (Music)
Music calculators, including many Tutorials.

National Jukebox
Straight from the Library of Congress (LOC) is this collection of more than 10,000 historical sound recordings from the Victor Talking Machine Company, made between 1901 and 1925, with additional content to be increased regularly. These are available free of charge.

NAXOS
This site, touted as “The World's Leading Classical Music Label,” allows searching of the site to read the biographies of composers and artists, and then listen to their music online.

Resources of Scholarly Societies - Music
A directory of music scholarly societies, with each society site providing links to its own resources and links to other recommended related sites.

Washington University in St. Louis - Gaylord Music Library
Homepage of the Gaylord Music Library, includes a comprehensive guide to music links on the web.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Produced by Indiana University School of Music Library, this site offers links to musicians, composers, genres, and more.

Yahoo-Entertainment: Music: Genres: Classical
Yahoo has provided links divided by category.

INDEX

California Library Systems Cooperative Song Index
Index to more than 180,000 song titles (mostly popular) in about 2,000 collections.

Song Index
Provides access to citations for about 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 published song anthologies.

LYRICS

An archive of Texts to Lieder and other Classical Art Songs.

DICTIONARY

Classical Musicians Dictionary
A site providing composers biographies, librettos of some 100 operas, catalogues of about 300 classical composers and text of some 5,000 classical songs.

OPERA SITE

Metropolitan Opera
Includes information about the MET's history, the season's schedule, Stories of the Operas, and more.

Opera Glass
An extensive "opera information server."

SHEET MUSIC

Historic American Sheet Music
More than 3000 pieces of printable American sheet music, 1850-1920.

The Lester S Levy Collection of Sheet Music
More than 29,000 pieces of music, focusing on popular American music, spanning the period 1780 to 1960. Images of the music pages are retrievable if the music is in the public domain (published before about 1925).

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1820-1860: 1870-1885
More than 47,000 printable pieces of sheet music owned by Library of Congress.

Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

African-American Sheet Music, 1850-1920

MUSIC EDUCATORS’ Sites

K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.

CD RECORDINGS: Retailers

H & B Recordings Direct Home Page
Search for CDs by composer, genre, artist, title, label, country, and sub-styles.

PROFESSIONAL Sites

Classic Web
Gateway to music information, allows you to search by type of instrument or by organization.

Music Network USA
Gateway to music industry resources.

Music Related Classified Ads
Use this source to find or list "services, jobs, buy/sell musical instruments, gigs, clubs, bands, booking agents, record producers, music teachers, stores, etc.."

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Note: The databases marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of any search using the Articles & More choice from the library home page.