Research Guides
Resources
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BabelScoresContemporary scores, free during COVID-19.
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Chamber Music SocietyThe Chamber Music Society offers live-streaming of select events plus recordings of past events.
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Classical Music CommunicationsWorldwide live-streamed concert database.
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Kanopy MusicPerformances and documentaries.
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Live GigsVirtual performances by coronavirus-affected musicians.
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Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan Opera offers free past performances on their website every evening.
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Music Theory Examples by WomenA database of excerpts and complete musical compositions by women composers. The music is categorized by theoretical concept for use in music education.
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Open Music LibraryThis is an index of digital resources for the study of music with links to OA and subscription content. Users need to create an account in order to view content.
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Philharmonie de ParisVideos of past concerts by various ensembles, including the Orchestre de Paris, La Chambre Philharmonique de Paris, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and others.
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SmartMusicWeb-based suite of music education tools that support efficient practice, helping musicians to develop and grow. Subscription required, free through June 30, 2020.
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Symphony SpotThe League of American Orchestras has created this one-stop hub of orchestra livestreams, videos, and digital learning events from more than 100 members and friends of the League. The hub features various experiences, from performances of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s Bedtime with Bach video series to the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s BSO Homeschool initiative featuring lesson plans, instrument demonstrations, and virtual lessons.
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Teaching Music HistoryPedagogy study group of the American Musicological Society including lesson plans and course design kits.
Databases
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African American Music Reference
Brings together 50,000 pages of text, biographies, chronologies, sheet music, images, lyrics, liner notes, and discographies which chronicle the diverse history and culture of the African American experience through music. -
Classical Music in Video
Video of classical music performances and masterclasses. Contains all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances, chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances. Coverage of musical time periods spans Medieval to the 21st century, with recordings from the 1950s to the present. -
Classical Music Reference Library
Covers the history of Western classical music. Includes Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music.
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Classical Scores Library
Contains classical musical scores from the Renaissance to the 21st century.
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The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Includes more than 9,000 pages of material as well as complete indexing for genre, subject, instrument, place, person, ensemble, and cultural group. Includes some audio links. -
IPA Source: IPA Transcriptions and Literal Translations of Songs and Arias
Collection of opera aria and art song text transcriptions and literal translations. -
JSTOR
Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Also includes selected monographs. Limited recent content. -
Naxos Music Library
Audio for over 35,000 CDs from the genres of classical, jazz, world, folk, new age, pop rock, and Chinese music. -
Opera in Video
Contains video of about 300 important opera performances. The collection presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, & performance classes. -
Oxford Music Online
Provides access to 4 music reference sources: Grove Music Online, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, and The Oxford Companion to Music. -
RILM Abstracts of Musical Literature
Contains scholarly writings on music including articles, books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, Festschriften, films and videos, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, and reviews.
