Reference and background information about music
Books with background info about music and musicians
- Baker's Biographical Dictionary of MusiciansCall number: REF ML105 .B16.
This resource is located in the reference collection, on the bottom floor of Drake Memorial Library. - New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansCall number: REF ML100 .N48 2001
This resource is located in the reference collection, on the bottom floor of Drake Memorial Library.
- The Garland encyclopedia of world musicCall Number: ML100 .G16 1998This book is located upstairs in Drake Memorial Library. You can check it out of the library.
Some online resources
The library provides you with access to music eBooks and other online encyclopedias and dictionaries where you can find general music reference information.
If you need help with any of these resources—or others—let your librarians know! Get Help
- OnMusic DictionaryDefinitions, audio pronounciation, and occasional music/video examples (OnMusic is the successor to the Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary)
Sample Music Programs
You can view scanned copies of all of the New York Philharmonic orchestra's concerts online.
- Program: New York Philharmonic concert, April 2016View the scanned program from this concert.
- Program: New York Philharmonic concert, September 2016View the scanned program from this concert.
- New York Philharmonic: Search the performance historySearch the entire history of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to see scanned copies of concert programs.
Find Journal Articles using Databases
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- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides access to back issues of core scholarly journals in music and other disciplines.
- Academic Search CompleteA source for articles from magazines and scholarly journals.
- Project MuseA source for journal articles.
- New York Times Historical ArchiveArticles, interviews, reviews of performances of some composers.
- America: History & LifeExcellent resource for finding articles about events and news from throughout American history.
Listen to Streaming Music
- NaxosNaxos has over a million tracks of streaming audio, consisting mostly of Western art music, but also some jazz, world music, and popular music. The site includes short biographies and discographies of many composers as well as analyses of works.
Citing Your Sources
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineAccess to the basic reference styles, but not to the entire manual.
- OWL at Purdue: Chicago Manual of Style NB Sample PaperYou can use this sample paper as a guide for creating your footnotes and your bibliography.
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