Music Resources

MUSIC SPECIFIC DATABASES

African American Music Reference  - essays and images covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression

Choral Public Domain Library – Find and download free scores, texts, translations, and information about composers. This site specializes in choral music.

Classical Music Library – streaming classical music

Classical Music Reference Library - authoritative reference titles covering Western classical music: Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music

Classical Scores Library - classical music scores and manuscripts online

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online  - essays, images, and audio covering music research of all the world’s peoples

IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library – free public domain sheet music library

Music Online - cross search African American Music Reference, Classical Music Library, Classical Music Reference Library, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online, and Classical Scores Library

OTHER DATABASES COVERING MUSIC

Academic OneFile (Gale/Infotrac) – scholarly database containing journals, podcasts, and transcripts

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) – scholarly database containing peer-reviewed journals

Biography in Context (Gale/Infotrac) – biographies, related full-text articles from periodicals, as well as images and links to web sites

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) – bibliography of journal articles, books, and dissertations with links to many full text articles. Also covers music journals

Oxford Reference Online: Performing Arts – Find facts, definitions, works lists, and more from Oxford reference titles.
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Religious and Theological Abstracts – indexes religion and theology, including religious music.  

MORE ELECTRONIC RESOURCES FROM BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

BPL Music Resources
Boston Public Library (BPL) electronic resources are available to anyone who lives, works, or is a student in Massachusetts. You must first take a few minutes to sign up for a BPL eCard.

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