LibGuides: Resources by Subject: Music

Music Databases

Drama Online This link opens in a new window Access the library's subscriptions to Aurora Metro Books, Critical Studies and Performance Practice, L.A. Theatre Works, and TCG Books .
Grove Music Online (through Oxford Music Online) This link opens in a new window
Provides over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history and cultures of music around the globe. (Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.)
Hit Songs Deconstructed This link opens in a new window Offers powerful analytical tools for today's music industry professional. It is the only online resource for analytics and in-depth analysis of hit songs at the compositional level.
IPA Source This link opens in a new window
The web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. Now with over 5340 texts including 902 aria texts.
Music Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window Covers every aspect of classical and popular music. In addition to full-text journals, it includes reviews of performances as well as reviews of sound recordings and videos.
Music Reference Collection (cancelled effective October 1, 2024) This link opens in a new window
Perfect for music scholars and faculty, the Music Reference Collection delivers some of the most acclaimed music text content from the world’s best publishers. This database includes access to Music Online: African American Music Reference, Music Online: Classical Music Reference Library, and Music Online: The Garland Encyclopedia of Music.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window The world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 111,800 CDs with more than 1,641,400 tracks of both standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.
Opera in Video This link opens in a new window
Contains 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.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
A unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive bibliography of writings about music featuring citations, abstracts and indexes that covers nearly one and a half million publications from the early 19th century to the present on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and related subjects, enhanced with the full text of over 260 periodicals. New titles are being added annually.

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Subjects: Cinematic Arts, Entertainment Industry, Music, Theatre

Resources by Subject: Music

Music Databases

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