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A very comprehensive Reference Collection is available in print in the Music Library.
The following is a select list of online resources for quick convenience.

Music Dictionaries, Encylopedia, Directories, Musical Terms

  • Analysis Index -from the University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville.
    "The Analysis Index provides access to program notes and descriptions or analyses of musical compositions in books owned by the UTK Music Library."
  • ANDaNTE Directories : features a number of web directories, including : Composers, Education, Ensembles, Festivals, Music Industry, New Music Links, Opera, Performers.
  • Anthems and Flags of the Nations of the World
  • Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music (Oxford Reference Online) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (Oxford Reference Online) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Glossaries of Music Terms - Chicago Public Library. Includes : General, Styles, World Music, Musical Instruments, Audio & Recording.
  • Encyclopedia of Music in Canada / 2nd. ed. (1992), electronic version.
  • Glossary of musical terms from naxos.com. Includes A-Z Glossary, Composers Works Index, Opera Synopses and Libretti, etc.
  • Grove Music Online (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Iincludes New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians / 2nd ed., New Grove Dictionary of Opera and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
  • International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections
  • Essentials of Music Includes overviews of musical periods, brief biographies of some composers, and a glossary of definitions with musical examples.
  • MusicSack.com A handy index to books and articles that have information about people involved in music. Includes information about groups and bands, musicians in churches and cathedrals, pianists in concers, theatres and performances.
  • MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music, edited by Donald Clarke.
  • Online Music Theory Reference - includes Reading Music, Intervals, Chords, Scales, tutorials and exercises by José Rodríguez Alvira.
  • Oxford Companion to Music (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Oxford Dictionary of Dance (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Oxford Reference Online : Performing Arts (restricted - University of Melbourne only) - includes:
    The Oxford Dictionary of Dance ; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ; The Oxford Companion to Music ;
    The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera ; Who's Who in Opera ; The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre.
  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians©, Copyright WOI Radio, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (Second Edition, 2002). Pronouncing the titles of classical music and the names of composers and performers.
  • Useful Links, from Polley Music Library, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary - Multimedia dictionary with musical examples and sound files.
  • Who's Who in Opera (Oxford Reference Online) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    "Containing over 2,500 operatic characters, this guide gives plot synopses for over 250 operas and operettas, and details full information on each operatic role, including its creator and notable performers. Well-known personalities contribute articles on favourite roles, for example, Placido Domingo writes on the character of Otello and Janet Baker on Mary Stuart. Other contributors include Andrew Porter, Sena Jurinac, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Miller, Sir Charles MacKerras, and Marie McLaughlin revealing much about the creative process behind some of the most famous performances in opera history. "

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Biographical Resources

General

Australia

  • Australian Dictionary of Biography - online edition.
    Browse by name, occupation, author of entry. Also 'Advanced Search' tab in top L.H. corner - allows fulltext search, date ranges searching, cultural heritage, religious influence, occupations list, occupation years and place of occupation - Vic, NSW, etc. Further 'search tips' at bottom of this page.
  • Composer Biographies - from the Australian Music Centre.
  • 22 Australian Composers by John Jenkins. Online verion of the 1988 NMA Publication.
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Bibliographies - Online

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Opera

  • Grove Music Online includes New Grove Dictionary of Opera and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Aria Database, maintained by Glaubitz.
    Includes over 1000 operatic arias, translations and texts of many arias and a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.
  • From Don to Giovanni: Opera Database, UCLA Music Library.
    "Searchable database containing the titles of 31,769 operas, the names of 8,478 composers and 9,901 librettists, and the year and location of the first performances (1946 cities in 78 countries)."
  • OperaGlass : an Opera Information Server on the internet.
    Includes "libretti (texts), source text, performance histories, synopses, discographies, composers, librettists, companies", etc. Maintained at Stanford University.
  • The Wagner Library, edited and designed by Patrick Swinkels.
    Includes many of Wagner's prose writings, correspondence and libretti online. Also reviews and essays.

Music Therapy Reference

  • CAIRSS for Music - Index on the internet at: http://imr.utsa.edu/CAIRSS.html
    An online bibliographic database of music research literature from the primary journals in music therapy, plus selections from many other journals. CAIRSS attempts to unify citations to the music therapy literature in one database. Useful also for topics in Music Education, Music Psychology, etc. A CAIRSS Thesaurus, plus a guide is available.
  • Music Therapy Online Information & Resources, Temple University (website)
    Includes "Music Therapy Archives & Links" to GIM bibliography and discography. Also Online Resources includes an index of the archives of Helen Bonny and Mary Priestley as well as links to other websites.
  • Music Therapy World - Bibliography Database - World Federation of Music Therapy (website).
    Select the Structured Review Databases icon in the banner. Includes a Music Therapy World Journal Index of a selection of major music therapy journals. An index and fulltext access to the Australian Journal of Music Therapy 1990-2002, and Music Therapy Today 2001-. A bibliography link to search for relevant references compiled from a variety of sources including music therapy journal indices. Other options on the website include a dissertations link to a full-text archive of selected theses, a full-text archive of collected papers, videos, conference reports, etc. To help with foreign language materials, you may wish to use a translation service such as: http://www.freetranslation.com/
  • MuSICA : Music & Science Information Computer Archive
    A website of the fulltext to MuSICA Research Notes. MRN was published in nineteen issues from Spring 1994 through Summer 2001 and was a newsletter of analysis and commentary on the broad field of research on music and behavior, including evolution, brain mechanisms, child development, perception, learning, memory, performance, health and related topics. The author of all material is Dr. Norman M. Weinberger. Includes a subject index to full-text articles.
  • MedTerms Medical Dictionary, a free e-encyclopedic dictionary designed for use by anyone concerned with health issues.
    This site contains over 9,000 entries covering standard medical terms as well as pertinent scientific terms, abbreviations, syndromes, eponyms, and medical history related to medicine and the biomedical sciences. At the top you'll see a hyperlinked alphabet that you can use to browse the dictionary. Off to the left there's a search box.

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Music Journals and Newspapers

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Indexes to Music Literature

  • JSTOR (EZP) Index with Full Text. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Index and fulltext to 32 Music titles plus 100+ core research journals in many subject areas. Coverage starts in the 1800s or the beginning year of publication and includes all but the most recent years (as required by the publisher). Additional titles are being added regularly. A guide is available.
  • Music Index Online 1976- Index with selective fulltext via JSTOR (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A Subject-Author index to more than 775 international music periodical titles. A guide and Online tutorial available.
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, 1967- (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Indexes all forms of scholarly works including articles, books, book chapters, conference proceedings, theses, concert, sound recording, book reviews, etc. Title translations and abstracts in English. A guide is available.
  • RIPM Online (Répertoire International de la Presse Musicales )(restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A retrospective index to 19th Century international music periodicals. Expanded coverage to 1900-1950 will be progressivly included in 2003. A guide is available.
  • CAIRSS for Music - Index on the internet at: http://imr.utsa.edu/CAIRSS.html
    An online bibliographic database of music research literature from the primary journals in music therapy, plus selections from many other journals. CAIRSS attempts to unify citations to the music therapy literature in one database. Useful also for topics in Music Education, Music Psychology, etc. A CAIRSS Thesaurus, plus a guide is available.
  • Canadian Music Periodical Index (National Library of Canada)
    An index of articles from Canadian music periodicals from the late-19th century to the present day. A complete list of the periodical titles that have been included is available on this website. Texts of articles are not available from this site, but can be obtained through interlibrary loan at your local library.
  • Texts on Music in English (TME): from the Medieval and Early Modern Eras
    "Designed to extend the Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum and to continue the endeavor of capturing all texts on music theory and aesthetics in electronic form. Texts on Music in English focuses on major treatises written in English, allowing them to be downloaded and browsed. The database will eventually comprise all relevant manuscript and printed materials written in English from the Middle Ages through the seventeenth century."
  • Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum from Centre for the History of Music Theory and Literature.
    A searchable database of the entire corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
  • Traités français sur la musique.
    "Designed to extend the Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum... Traités français sur la musique focuses on major treatises written in French, allowing them to be downloaded and browsed. Searching capacity will be added in the future. The database will eventually comprise all relevant manuscript and printed materials written in French from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century."

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Additional Indexes of complementary use for Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Musicology, Music Therapy, Music Iconography, etc.

  • Anthropological Index Online, 1957- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Covers articles and essays in anthropology and archaeology, and is recognized as one of the most important tools in the field. This file indexes articles of two or more pages in length, from works published in English or another European language.
  • AEI : Australian Education Index, 1978- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts documents from printed and electronic sources at all levels of education and related fields. Produced by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). Source documents include journal articles, monographs, research reports, theses, conference papers, legislation, parliamentary debates, newspaper articles, tests and web. Articles and reports by Australian authors or about Australian education published in overseas sources are also included.
  • APAIS : Australian Public Affairs Information Service, 1978- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Indexes and abstracts current articles on Australian arts and culture as well as political, economic, legal, social topics. Over 250 Australasian periodicals are indexed and selected overseas journals are scanned for Australian subject material. Source materials include a wide range of periodicals and newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books. Note : APAIS does not index articles under half a page in length.
    Earlier issues, from 1945, available in print at UniM Bail REF 015.94 APAI
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975- (Web of Science) - Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Australian Public Affairs - Fulltext, 1995- Index with Full Text (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Based on the index APAIS : Australian Public Affairs Information Service (above), approximately 30 percent is available in fulltext.
  • British Humanities Index, 1962- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    BHI indexes over 320 internationally respected humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK. Updated monthly.
  • Current Contents Connect, 1998- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A multi-disciplinary database which indexes the contents of over 3,800 international journals. A number of music periodical titles are indexed.
  • Emerald Fulltext Index with Full Text (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Subjects covered include management, HRM, Marketing, Librarianship, Mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering.
  • ERIC (CSA), 1966- Educational Resources Information Center. Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Provides an index to an extensive range of educational-related literature including both published and unpublished sources, with information from RIE (Resources in Education) and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education). Updated monthly.
  • Expanded Academic ASAP, 1980- Index with Full Text. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A multi-disciplinary database covering humantities, social science, science and technology. Indexes and abstracts some 1900 scholarly and general interest journals including the New York Times. This database provides an index as well as access to some 900 full-text journals online. Complements other subject-specific indexes.
  • FindArticles - an internet archive of published articles that you can search for free. Constantly updated.
  • Historical Abstracts, 1955- Index. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    International in scope, this leading bibliography for historical research provides indexing to approximately 1800 journals in 50 languages that are of special interest to researchers and students of world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada which are covered in America : History and Life). Provides coverage of books published in the field, and dissertations. Includes abstracts. Also available in print at UniM Bail REF 016.05 H862
  • Ingentaconnect.com Index with some Full Text (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Indexes journals in the fields of arts and humanities as well as science and social sciences. Includes online access to selected full-text articles.
  • Medline (Ovid), 1966- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Provides unparalleled access to worldwide biomedical literature.
  • Medline Plus
    • PubMed from National Library of Medicine.
  • MLA International Bibliography, 1963- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A classified listing and subject index of books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics compiled by the Modern Language Association of America.
  • PsycArticles, 1985- (CSA) - Index with Full Text. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    PsycARTICLES indexes selected peer-reviewed U.S., Canadian, and European journals in general and specialized psychology and includes full-text articles linked to every record. It includes all articles from the journal issues indexed, as well as errata and letters to the editor. A guide is available.
  • PsycINFO (CSA), 1887-Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Covers scholarly literature in educational, applied, and experimental psychology. Includes original research and journal article citations, literature reviews, reports of surveys, case studies, theoretical discussions, bibliographies, and descriptions of tests and apparatus. Indexed materials are selected from more than 1,300 journals published in 50 countries and 28 languages. Most records have abstracts.
  • Web of Science (WOS) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A multi-disciplinary index to the international journal literature with the unique features of a citation index that lets you find out where and by whom a paper has been cited. Comprising, among others, the Arts & Humanities Citation Index a multidisciplinary database indexing 1,144 of the world's leading arts as well as individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 social science journals. Guides to assist in use are available.

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Sound Recordings - Catalogues, Audio Streaming Online, Discographies,

The following online resources are available.

  • Classical Music Library [electronic resource] (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    A multi-label database of online recordings of classical music, with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers. Music is available for listening at a listening station on campus or from any computer with internet access via remote login.
  • Naxos Music Library [electronic resource] (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    The Naxos collection, including both classical and world music, is available for listening at a listening station on campus or from any computer with internet access via remote login.
  • Smithsonian Global Sounds. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Online recordings of the world's musical and aural traditions. Included are the published recordings of the Smithsonian Folkways label and the archival audio collections of Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Also music recorded around the African continent for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University as well as material collected on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies. Music is available for listening at a library listening station or from any computer with internet access via remote login. Users may also purchase tracks or complete albums.
  • Australian Composers Audio Online - subset of streamed off-air music, from Media Collections, University of Melbourne. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    The recordings have been encoded using QuickTime 6 and require the free QuickTime player to be installed on your computer. All files require a high bandwidth connection (on-campus or broadband off-campus)
  • Streamed off-air music - from Media Collections, University of Melbourne. (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    The recordings have been encoded using QuickTime 6 and require the free QuickTime player to be installed on your computer. All files require a high bandwidth connection (on-campus or broadband off-campus)
  • MusicAustralia Catalogue - sound recordings online
    " Most of these are links to sound files, but in some cases the online content is a link to a performer or group website which contains sound files. To listen to online sound files, you will need one or more sound players. Our information on Players and Plug-ins will help you get started."
  • Web Media Searching Tools : Finding Audio Streaming Media - from Media Collections, University of Melbourne.
    A variety of websites providing audio, video and image searching functions.
Catalogues for further resources are:
  • Sound Recordings Database - http://buffy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/music-search
    Indexes the extensive Sound Recording Collection, Music Library, University of Melbourne.
  • Australian Music Centre - Search the collection.
    " The Library's sound recordings comprise around 1200 CDs, 3500 tapes, 130 LPs and a small collection of DATs. Recordings often represent the primary manifestation of contemporary works and in addition to recordings of music by represented composers, the collection also includes a small selection of traditional indigenous Australian music. "
  • MusicAustralia Catalogue - sound recordings listing - online
    "Most of these are links to sound files, but in some cases the online content is a link to a performer or group website which contains sound files. To listen to online sound files, you will need one or more sound players. Our information on Players and Plug-ins will help you get started."
  • National Sound Archive Catalogue (UK) - http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html
    "A searchable online catalog of almost 2.5 million sound recordings held by the British Library National Sound Archive (NSA). The collection ranges from pop music to tree frogs to oral histories (over 5,000 of these entries, with detailed summaries). Offers information for placing orders for copies." (librarians' index to the internet)

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Musical Instruments

  • Instrument Encyclopedia (MHN) - http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
    "This Musical Heritage Network (MHN) site provides general and historical information for musical instruments from around the world. For some instruments, it provides references and the ability to listen to sample sounds of the instrument. It provides a glossary and links to related sites. The information is categorized by the major
    instrument types, the Sachs-Hornbostel classification scheme, and by geographic region. This project is an initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Information and the Community Outreach project. Subject: Musical instruments." (Librarians' index to the internet)
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Song and Tune Indexes Online

  • Folk Music Site Search
    Lyrics and midi files of Irish/Scottish/North American traditional songs.
  • The Fiddler's Companion
    An encyclopedia of fiddle tunes from the Celtic, British and American traditions, created by Andrew Kuntz.
  • Heigh! Nonny Nonny! Welcome to British Song!
    Information on over 6000 song cycles, sets, albums, collections and individual songs, representing a body of song literature from the end of the 16th century to the present.
  • Lied and Song Texts Page
    "An archive of 17,489 texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs (Kunstlieder, Mélodies, Canzoni, Romansy, Canciones, Liederen, Canções, Sånger, Laulua, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces (26,540 settings and growing). Several thousand translations to English, French, German, Spanish and other languages are also offered."
  • Popular Songs List. An online index to the popular song albums held in the Music Library, University of Melbourne.
  • Themefinder

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Theses / Dissertations Indexes

  • Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music.
    A very selective list of theses.
  • Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Online
    This website includes current updates, plus citations from the earlier print publications:
    Adkins & Dickinson UniM Music REF 016.78 DOCT
    Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology / 7th ed. and 2nd International edition (1984 and 1996).
  • ETD's Digitial Library: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
    This website provides links to some universities (mostly US), with access to the abstracts of Theses and Dissertations. Includes electronic theses and dissertations. Search by keywords, author, title, school, degree, language etc, or browse by subject.
  • Index to Theses (restricted - University of Melbourne only) - Non-subscription site at: http://www.theses.com/
    A comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716. Select 'Search' button to begin your search.
  • Music Index Online 1976- (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Earlier issues available in print, Music Index, 1949- UniM Music REF 016.78 MUSI
    Indexes Dissertation Abstracts International.
  • Music Theory Online : Dissertation Index
  • RILM Online 1967- (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • PhDData : the Universal Index of Doctoral Dissertations in Progress. A pioneering academic trial, attempting to create a worldwide index of current doctoral theses in progress. The site also allows users to communicate with those who have their theses registered on the site. The site is currently open and free of charge for all users.
  • Theses and Special Studies, from the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne.
  • University of Melbourne Theses
    All Masters and PhD theses completed at the University of Melbourne are listed on the Library Catalogue.
    Search the catalogue by author if you are seeking a thesis written by a particular individual whose name you know.
    Search by keywords to identify theses on a particular topic. Type in keywords that identify the institution, the kind of publication you are looking for, and the topic of interest, eg music* AND melbourne AND thesis
  • Theses Canada
    "Search AMICUS, Canada's national online catalogue, for bibliographic records of all theses in Library and Archives Canada's theses collection, which was established in 1965;
    Access and search for free the full text electronic versions of Canadian theses and dissertations that were published from the beginning of 1998 to August 31, 2002."
  • Theses completed at other Australian universities
    University library catalogues will generally list higher degree theses written by students in their own institutions. You can use the Australian Libraries Gateway to connect to the catalogue of any Australian university library. Here is a complete alphabetical list of links to Australian university websites.
  • Other International Theses
    University library catalogues will generally list higher degree theses written by students in their own institutions. Connect to library websites and catalogues all over the world from the Libweb site hosted by the University of California, Berkeley. Search by keyword for a library, or browse libraries by region.
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Newspaper Indexes

  • British Newspaper Index (CD-ROM) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Cumulated Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1994. From Jan. 1995 each issue is cumulative.
    Contains indexes of all the Times newspapers (The Times, The Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement, Times Higher Education Supplement, Times Educational Supplement), the Financial Times, and the Independent. Features extensive indexing from a controlled thesaurus vocabulary with summary information.
  • Le Monde 1987-1995 (CD-ROM) & Le Monde 1995-current (CD-ROM) - Index with Full Text (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
  • Media Scan Online, 1991- Index (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
    Bibliographic database featuring articles indexed from the following daily newspapers, and is specifically designed for students and researchers in Australian Secondary schools, TAFE Institutes and Universities.
    Adelaide Advertiser (1997) The Herald Sun (1991-)
    The Age (1991-) Sunday Mail (1994-)
    The Australian (1991-) Sydney Morning Herald (1996-)
    The Bulletin (1991-) West Australian (1996-1997)
    The Courier Mail (1995-)  
  • Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 (London) (restricted - University of Melbourne only)
     Search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context. Every complete page of every issue of The Times (London) from 1785 to 1985. Every headline, article and image. Every front page, editorial, birth and death notice, advertisement and classified ad. that appeared within the pages of The Times (London) is easily accessible from what promises to be a complete virtual chronicle of history for this period.
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Indexes to Book Reviews

Many reviews are published in the periodical literature, so many of the indexes to music literature listed above will be useful. Some other alternatives are:

  • AcqWeb's Directory of Book Reviews on the Web.
  • Book Review Digest. UniM Baill REF 016.0281 B724
    New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1905-
  • Book Review Index. UniM Baill REF 016.05 B724
    Detroit: Gale Research, 1965- . (Annual Cumulations)
  • H-Net Reviews
    An online scholarly review journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Reviews are written by members of the numerous H-Net online discussion groups.
  • Music Index Online, 1976- (restricted - University of Melbourne only).
    In print 1949- UniM Music REF 016.78 MUSI.
  • New York Review of Books UniM Baill P
    "All classical music coverage from the New York Review of Books (1963 to present), by prominent musicians and writers... In this comprehensive collection of more than a hundred NYRB articles on music, you will find the full text of writings by such eminent writers and musicians as Charles Rosen and Alfred Brendel."
  • New York Times Book Review 1997- (restricted - University of Melbourne only).
    Also available in print at UniM Baill P

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Digital Music Score Collections

  • Australian Music Centre - Search the collection.
    "Scores & Parts
    The Library's holdings include around 12,000 printed and manuscript scores and 1,800 sets of parts of works by Represented Australian composers . Primarily these works fit into the broad category of 'contemporary classical' or 'art music', and include a growing number of jazz, improvised music, film music, sound art, electronica and multimedia works. "
  • MusicAustralia Catalogue : scores listing and scores online
    "Most online scores were published before 1930, as contributors have concentrated on digitising out of copyright material." To browse the collection, try sorting by title, name, date ascending, date descending, online or format.
  • Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
    "The Bodleian Library has unparalleled holdings of over 30,000 ballads in several major collections. The original printed materials range from the 16th- to the 20th-Century. The Broadside Ballads project makes the digitised copies of the sheets and ballads available to the research community".
  • Charles H. Templeton Ragtime Sheet Music Collection, Digital Library Collection of the Mississippi State University Libraries.
  • Chopin Early Editions at the University of Chicago Library.
  • The Danish National Digital Sheet Music Archive - digital facsimiles of printed and manuscript music.
    "Selected works from the Music and Theatre Collection are being re-published in digital form in order to provide internet access to the collections of the Royal Library."
  • Digital Collections : Printed Music. National Library of Australia.
    "The digitised printed music collection comprises all Australian sheet music and some published albums held by the National Library published before 1930. Music is defined as Australian if it involved an Australian composer, librettist, arranger, subject or place of publication. The initial release includes over 2000 sheet music items and is expected to grow to more than 3000 items in the next year." Use the search box under the banner to find titles in the digital collections. For example, search for "Australasian students' song book". From the results, click on the title to display the library record, then click on the Online Resources link.
  • Databases including Scores/Sheet Music, compiled by William and Gayle Cook Music Library Indiana University School of Music.
  • Digital Music Collections. A directory of websites from Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library.
  • Early Music Collections - a selection.
  • Free Printable Music on the Web, a guide to internet resources prepared by Martin Jenkins.
  • Historic American Sheet Music : Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University.
  • The Juilliard Manuscript Collection
    Online access to digitized copies of 138 autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs and first editions.
  • The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music is part of Special Collections at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of The Johns Hopkins University. "It contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960. All pieces of the collection are indexed on this site and a search will retrieve a catalog description of the pieces. An image of the cover and each page of music will also be retrieved if the music was published before 1923 and is in the public domain."
  • Music in Print - a continuously updated index to printed music (mostly classical, with some popular) that is currently available for purchase.
  • Music Scores Collection, Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.
    More than 2200 digitized scores available online. Offers a title, author or keyword search option as well as allowing browse via author, researcher or title indexes.
  • Mutopia - All music in the Mutopia Project is free to download, print out, perform and distribute. There are over 500 pieces of music available.
  • 19th Century California Sheet Music
    "A virtual library of some 2,000 pieces of sheet music published in California between 1852 and 1900, together with related materials such as a San Francisco publisher's catalog of 1872, programs, songsheets, advertisements, and photographs. Images of every printed page of sheet music from ten locations have been scanned at 400 dpi, in color where indicated."
  • NMA Online - Neue Mozart-Ausgabe : Digitized Version
    "The digitized version offers the musical text and the critical commentaries of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, edited by the Internationale Stiftung Mozart in cooperation with the Mozart cities of Augsburg, Salzburg, and Vienna. "
  • OLGA : Online Guitar Archive
  • Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music 1820-1860, from Library of Congress.
    Search by keyword or browse the materials by subject, author, or title. The music is available as a series of JPGs, in archival size or viewing size.
  • PD Info - Public Domain Music, "a reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music ... lists of public domain music, royalty free music recordings you can license, and public domain sheet music reprints ..."
  • VARIATIONS Prototype: Online Musical Scores, from Cook Music Library, Indiana University. Includes:
    Online opera scores - from Beethoven to Weber.
    Online Song Scores - from Bax to Wolf.
    Online Orchestral and Choral Scores - from Bach to Vivaldi.
    Online Chamber Music Scores - from Beethoven to Schubert.
    Online Piano Music Scores - from Alkan to Villa Lobos.
  • Werner Icking Music Archive, hosted by The Royal Academy of Music, Aarhus, Denmark.
    This archive contains several thousand sheets of music, mainly classical music, contemporary music and some jazz-tunes. A composer listing is available and there is also a search fuction.
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