Contains records in over 100 languages; entries include original-language titles, title translations in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English, as well as author, journal, and in-depth subject indexes. Approximately 30,000 new entries are added annually.
Multi-disciplinary database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 other publications.
Covers the Arts, Humanities, Language (including Linguistics), Poetry, Music, Classical works, History, Oriental Studies, Philosophy, Archaeology, Architecture, Religion, Television, Theater, and Radio with abstracting and indexing for more than 1,700 journals.
IMSLP has created a music library to provide music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access, with several other projects in planning. IMSLP is also entirely collaborative, and all contributions are greatly welcome.
**PLEASE check the info tab to see important copyright info
Make sure to check the copyright status of the work you are downloading since users are responsible for copyright violations. You can check the 3-character code associated with each score. The first code is for Canada, the second is for the US, and the third is for Europe. Make sure that the second character in the 3 character code is a V (e.g. V/V/28 or V/V/V) indicating that the piece of music is under public domain in the US and you do not violate US copyright by downloading it. If the code has a number in the second character like V/25/V that indicates that the music is still under copyright until 2025 and by downloading it you will violate US copyright.
The most comprehensive documentation available for music manuscripts and printed music for the time between 1600 and 1800. Continues to grow through monthly updates and averages around 30,000 new records annually.
From the website: "The RIdIM database is designed to facilitate discovery of music iconography images by registered researchers, and the description of such images by registered cataloguers. The database is web-based and platform independent, and access will be free of charge to scholars affiliated with academic institutions, galleries, museums, etc., as well as independent researchers."
A digital archive of approximately 44,000 records and 58,400 digitized images, all available freely online, documenting folk music culture in England during the early 20th century.
Worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. If you find an item in WorldCat, check in the library catalog to see if Morris Library or an I-Share library own a copy. If not, try Interlibrary Loan.
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Streaming video of classical music performances and masterclasses captured on video—approximately 1,500 performances in all. Contains performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral works by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers from around the world.
Five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon.
Broad coverage of a wide range of musical categories spanning many eras, including composers, librettists, singers, orchestras, important ballets and operas, and musical instruments and their history.
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), as well as all subsequent updates and emendations, for a total of 50,000 articles and 28,000 biographies. Also includes The Oxford Companion to Music (2002) and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised (2006).
Up-to-date information about theatre and performance from ancient Greece to the latest developments in London, Paris, New York, and around the globe. In addition to performances in playhouses, covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions.
Full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd Edition (2001), as well as all subsequent updates and emendations, for a total of 50,000 articles and 28,000 biographies. Also includes The Oxford Companion to Music (2002) and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Second Edition, Revised (2006).
Full texts of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992), and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2002), as well as numerous subsequent updates and emendations.
Offers an unmatched account of the evolution of Western classical music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin.
A digital archive of approximately 44,000 records and 58,400 digitized images, all available freely online, documenting folk music culture in England during the early 20th century.
Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of Jewish music, the RSA has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings. The RSA holds over 100,000 recordings of various types.
Collections of recordings, films, sheet music, and photographs from the Library of Congress. Includes historical African American music recordings, folk music, Aaron Copeland, Emile Berliner, and Leonard Bernstein collections.
From the Association for Cultural Equity Online Archive, 7,000+ streaming audio recordings organized into 30 collections of folk, blues, jazz, and more.
Digitized recordings of Mexican and Mexican American music, from over 130,000 individual recordings on cassettes and 78 rpm, 45 rpm, and 33 1/3 rpm long-playing (lp) records.
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