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Music
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Articles
Discipline Specific
International Index to Music Periodicals
http://0-iimpft.chadwyck.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
1874- .
Covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Current content from more than 300 scholarly and popular music periodicals from over 20 countries. Indexes feature music articles and obituaries appearing in New York Times and Washington Post. Records from 1996 forward contain abstracts.
RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
http://0-www.csa.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=hoya&access=hoya202&db=rilm-set-c&adv=1
1969- .
Draws from periodical articles, books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, films and videos, and conference proceedings. Corresponds to the printed RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.
Location: RILM Abstracts: Lau Periodical Stacks v. 11 (1977), 14 (1980)
Background Information
Biographical Sources
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Biographical sketches are for most notable performers, composers, and patrons of music. Includes non-European musicians. Entries for composers include list of works composed and sometimes a brief bibliography. See also Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 (Ref. Biog. ML 102 .P66 B35 2004).
Location: Ref. Biog. ML 105 .B16 2001
General Reference Resources
http://0-www.oxfordmusiconline.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of music worldwide, from ancient music to the popular music of today. Formerly known as Grove Music Online.
Location: Ref. ML100 .N48
Books & Library Catalogs
Bibliographies
Music Reference and Research Materials: an Annotated Bibliography
This source surveys the research literature in music. It details dictionaries, encyclopedias, histories of music, music chronologies and catalogs of musical library collections. This volume does not cover biographical sources for musicians.
Location: Ref. ML 113 .D83 1997
Library Catalogs
http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/
Check for books on your topic in GEORGE, the Georgetown Library's catalog. Search by keyword, author/artist/composer, title, or subject heading. After finding a book of relevant interest, click on "Find Similar Items" to search by the subject headings listed in the book's catalog record.
To find music CDs or other recordings, limit your search results to material type "music & audio" or to location "Gelardin Center." Music CD's are kept in the Gelardin Center.
To find sheet music or scores, search by author in GEORGE. Lauinger Library is more likely to have books containing musical pieces rather than individual sheet music.
Multimedia Materials
Music & Audio
http://0-clmu.alexanderstreet.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu
Classical Music Library is a fully searchable database of classical recordings. It includes tens of thousands of licensed recordings that users can listen to online. The audio selections are cross-referenced to a database of supplementary reference information. The database includes licensed multiple versions of some works to enable comparative listening.
http://0-georgetown2.classical.com.library.lausys.georgetown.edu/
Electronic collection of music, songs, and aural traditions produced with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. It includes a variety of styles including folk, blues, bluegrass, old time country, American Indian, international, jazz, classical, Broadway, children's, and spoken words and sounds.


