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Music Databases
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Classical Music Library - Audio database containing tens of thousands of tracks of classical music from Medieval to contemporary. The database also provides links to associated reference resources such as Grove Music Online. UH access only.
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DRAM - The Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) is a scholarly resource of over 7,500 recordings by American composers and artists, from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th-century classical to early rock, music theater, contemporary. The fully searchable database includes the complete catalog of New World Records and substantial repertoire from CRI , Albany Records, Innova Recordings, etc., as well as the liner notes and essays from these labels. Download Download QuickTime to listen. UH access only.
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Naxos Music Library - Audio database of more than 5,500 CDs in the Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo catalogs. These include classical music, jazz, blues, world music, and Chinese music. FOR MAC USERS: Naxos requires that you have installed the latest version of Windows Media Player for Macintosh. In order to download and install it, you will first need the latest version of Stuffit Expander as well which may not be already installed on your computer. First, download and install the current version of Stuffit Expander here: Stuffit Expander . Next, download and install the latest version of Windows Media Player for Mac here: Windows Media Player . Then you should be able to listen online.
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Diamond, Harold J. Music Analyses: An Annotated Guide to the Literature. NY: Schirmer Books, 1991. |
[REF ML128 A6 D53] |
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Heyer, Anna Harriet. Historical Sets, Collected Editions and Monuments of Music. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Chicago: American Lib. Assoc., 1980. |
[REF ML113 H61 1980] |
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Hill, George R. and Norris L. Stephens. Collected Editions, Historical Series & Sets & Monuments of Music: A Bibliography. Berkeley, CA: Fallen Leaf Press, 1997 |
[PERMRES ML 113 H55 1997] |
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Hoek, D.J. Analyses of Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Music, 1940-2000. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press and Music Library Association, 2007. |
[REF ML113 H64 A51] |
RISM - The International Inventory of Musical Sources represents a world-wide effort to identify and describe sources of music (manuscripts and early printed editions) and writings about music from the earliest times through ca. 1825. Only series A/II: "Music Manuscripts after 1600" is available online. RISM Series A, B, and C are available in the Allen Library. UH access only.
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Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) - Indexing and abstracts for over 8,000 journals in all subject areas, with full text of articles from nearly 4,600. Includes some popular magazines as well as scholarly journals. Coverage from 1965-present. UH access only.
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CAIRSS for Music - CAIRSS (Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System) is a bibliographic database containing more than 16,000 citations from over 1,350 journals in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine.
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Canadian Music Periodical Index - CMPI is an index to Canadian music periodical literature which provides bibliographic sources for information on all aspects of musical activity in Canada. Updated monthly, the database currently includes more than 25,000 entries indexed from 475 Canadian music periodicals.
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Music Index Online - Index to more than 640 international music periodicals. Comprehensive coverage of a broad range of subjects including personalities; music history; forms and types of music; musical instruments; reviews of books, recordings, and performances; first performances; and obituaries. UH access only.
Printed volumes: 1949-1998, [Ref] ML113 M9
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RILM Abstracts - RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) includes abstracts and citations from books, journals, newsletters, conference proceedings, catalogs, dissertations, and reports of governments and international bodies from 1967 to the present. Beyond music, RILM also accesses related disciplines such as dance, archeology, religion and linguistics. The Allen Library holds printed volumes from 1967-1994. UH access only.
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RIPM - RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1800-1950) provides access to contemporary writings about composers, performers, etc. There are over 380,000 citations, including 190,000 reviews and 8,000 biographical entries. UH access only.
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Grove Music Online - Comprises the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: 2nd ed., ed. Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001; REF ML100 G8 2001), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., ed. Barry Kernfield (London, 2002; REF ML102 J3 N48 2001)
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Music Necrology List - Current information about deaths reported in the music press since 1991, including the Obituary Index from annual issues of the Music Library Association's journal Notes. Maintained by the Gaylord Music Library, Washington University at St. Louis.
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Musical America - Source of business information for the performing arts. Includes searchable directories for performers, artist managers, companies, festivals, competitions, schedules, etc. UH access only.
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REF ML128 - Printed subject indexes in the library, arranged by topic.
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WorldCat - Available through FirstSearch, the holdings of over 9,000 libraries world-wide. University of Hartford registered library borrowers may place requests through WorldCat for items not held by University Libraries. UH access only.
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