Databases
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Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities
A guide of the faculties and programs in music in the United States and Canada. Who teaches what/where. Also complete listings of degrees and where they are offered.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
“Containing 27,000 entries and over 6,000 new entries, the online edition of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music includes 50% more material than the Third Edition. Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals.”
Harvard Dictionary of Music
The primary English-language dictionary for musical terms. Also available in paper in the Reference Books section of the Music Library: ML100 .R3 1986.
Music Index Online
With RILM Abstracts and the International Index to Music Periodicals, one of the three main databases for articles on music. MI Online begins in 1979 and includes over 700 journal titles.
Musica International
A choral music repertoire database with more than 200,000 titles.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(2nd edition) The most authoritative encyclopedia for music in the English language; also available in paper format in the Music Library Ref. ML100 .N48 2000 vols. 1–29.
Oxford Companion to Music
“Completely revised and updated in 2002 by a distinguished team of contributors, the Companion features more than 1,000 new entries than the previous edition. Embracing the world of music in all its variety — including jazz, popular music, and dance — the Companion offers a concentrated focus on the Western classic tradition, from the Middle Ages to the present day.”
Oxford Dictionary of Music
“An indispensable guide for all music lovers and performers, both amateur and professional, The Oxford Dictionary of Music brings together an unrivalled collection of entries — 12,500 in all — covering musical subjects of all kinds.”
PsycINFO
Especially useful for topics involving Music Therapy; includes full indexing of the Journal of Music Therapy.
Recent Researches in Music Online
Electronic (.pdf) scores from the large online series. Includes titles from American, Baroque, Classical, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Oral Tradition series.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Citations and abstracts of scholarly books, journal articles, dissertations, and essays in collections.
WorldCat
Citations of books, printed music, recordings, videos; ILL of books and printed music.
Free on the web
Berklee College of Music
Play along tracks and lead sheets from Hal Crook of the Berklee College of Music.
Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL)
Over 36,000 free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information.
The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa
Free download of .pdf scores and parts for Sousa marches.
Concerto/Aria Competition Resources
Some sources to find parts and rental information for Concerto/Aria pieces.
Corelia Project
A new resource with links for women composers, with both scores and audio files. Their mission is to “elevate the voices of women and all marginalised genders in classical music through the performance and promotion of their works.”
Digital Mozart Edition
Scores, libretti, and other documents related to the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by the Stiftung Mozarteum in Salzburg.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar searches the web and links back to some of the resources (not all) available to App State students and users.
Hymnary.org: A Comprehensive Index of Hymns and Hymnals
A free online project by Calvin College. Over one million hymn tunes and texts.
IMSLP
The largest site for public domain music, note that some of this music has been supplanted by more recent and better-researched editions.
The Matt Johnson Music Collection
“My catalog of works has a strong pedagogical value as a ‘bridge’ between the classical and jazz/popular musical worlds. I’ve merged my pianistic skills (BM-Piano Performance) and compositional interests (MM-Composition/Jazz Studies) into a career focused on promoting my original works through traditional concerts, written scores and current recording avenues.”
Mike Barone Free Charts
Jazz charts for big bands, as well as parts for 5 trumpets and 4 trombones.
Music Index Online
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources
A primary-source database containing RISM Series A/II: Music manuscripts after 1600. Over 700,000 references to works of some 25,000 composers.
SongHelix
An online tool that enables users to search through the vast repertoire of art songs by poet, date, thematic links, or keywords to find just the right piece.
Women Composers Collection
A collection of mostly 19th- and early 20th-century musical scores by women composers held at the University of Michigan Music Library.