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Electronic database of approximately 50,000 digital music tracks by African Americans. Incorporated into American Song. In order to play sound files, Mac and Windows computers need Macromedia Flash Player. In addition, Windows computer users need Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Searchable database of online music recordings that will contain 50,000 tracks from America's past. Incorporates African American Music (previously a separate database). The database will include songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.
This Web of Knowledge database contains citations to 1,100 arts and humanities journals. Search by subject, author, and journal title. Cited Reference Search finds articles that cite an author or article specified by the searcher.
Covers: 1975 - present
Full-text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians 2nd edition. Contains: biographies of composers, performers, and writers; articles on styles, terms, and genres of music; information about regions, countries, and cities; articles on instruments and their performance practice; articles on popular music and jazz; information on musical concepts and notation.
The Repertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) is an index and guide to music manuscripts produced 1600 -1850. Also contains the Bibliographic Citations Database, referring to thematic catalogs and other secondary sources cited in RISM Series A/II.
Mainly 1600-1850
Online streaming music from Naxos, Marco Polo and Dacapo collections including Classical, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Includes liner notes and other textual information, and options to create playlists.
Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent. The database will contain important genres such as reggae, worldbeat, neo-traditional, world fusion, Balkanic jazz, African film, Bollywood, Arab swing and jazz, and other genres such as traditional music - Indian classical, fado, flamenco, klezmer, zydeco, gospel, gagaku, and more. In order to play sound files, Mac and Windows computers need Macromedia Flash Player. In addition, Windows computer users need Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Read the full encyclopedia entries for the following resources: Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford History of Western Music (Taruskin), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Grove Music Online, and The Oxford Companion to Music.
Over 80,000 music scores and 1500 recordings (as of 2010) for public domain as well as some copyrighted material, available for downloading.
Comprehensive music research of all the world's peoples. Contains the full text of the 10 volume print encyclopedia. Each volume covers a geographic region, a survey of its musical heritage, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include photographs of musicians, musical instruments, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Also includes drawings, maps, and musical examples.
Originally published in 1997.
Contains 400,000 pages of classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works. Includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
Citations for U.S. dissertations and masters' theses. Abstracts are included for all entries published since 1980. Full-text for many University of California dissertations isFSee available in pdf format.
Covers: 1861 - present
Digital recordings of over 35,000 tracks of world music and sound recordings from the archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. To play, Mac and Windows computers need Macromedia Flash Player. In addition, Windows users need Microsoft Windows Media Player.
Database of classical music recordings, with digital audio selections cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information.(Mac and Windows computers need Macromedia Flash Player. In addition, Windows users need Microsoft Windows Media Player.)
Online audio database of nearly 2,300 albums from fifteen independent record labels, including New World, Albany, CRI, Deep Listening, BMOP/sound, Frog Peak, Lovely, and Mode. Genres covered range from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond.
Unified site for four online audio streaming products from Alexander Street Press: Classical Music Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, American Song, and Contemporary World Music and an online score collection: Classical Scores Library. Each of the resources can be accessed separately as well.
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