Song Indexes
- UTK Song IndexSearchable database of more than 50,000 songs in song anthologies owned by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries. Search includes 1st line or composer.
- ASU Song IndexSearch for songs in Arizona State University Libraries. Includes 1st line search.
Women in Music
Women in Music : a Research and Information Guide. by
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781135848149Bibliography of women in musicNotable Moments of Women in Music by
Call Number: CSB Clemens ML82 .W37 2008ISBN: 9781423429517Explores women in music from 1900-2008Women in Music : an anthology of source readings from the Middle Ages to the present by
Call Number: CSB Clemens ML82 .W65 1996ISBN: 9781555532406
Oxford Reference (database) eBooks
The following encyclopedias & dictionaries are found within the database "Oxford Reference." For easy access, click on the link below for a specific subject.
- Oxford Companion to MusicA-Z entries focus on loving composers and their music. Includes articles that range from definitions of musical ideas/terms to surveys of musical forms and styles. Places music in its social and cultural context. Covers current research including areas such as analysis, theory, ethnomusicology,and performance in all varieties of musical forms including jazz, popular music, dance.
- Oxford Companion to the American MusicalOver 2,000 A-Z entries on musicals, performers, composers, lyricists, producers, choreographers, etc. Includes cross-references, a list of recordings, and a chronology of all the musicals listed. Also, contains a complete index of Tony Award and Academy Award winners.
- Oxford Dictionary of Music (6th ed)Over 10,000 A-Z entries. Includes 2 appendices - one listing French, German, and Italian musical terms with English translations, and an abbreviations list for letters commonly used in musical scores and musical writing.
Opera
- The Grove Book of Operas (2nd ed)A-Z entries are a collection of synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas.
- A Dictionary of Opera Characters (2nd ed)Over 2,500 A-Z entries on operatic characters, with information on the creator of the role and notable performances.
- The Grove Book of Opera Singers (2nd ed)More than 1500 A-Z biographical entries of opera singers.
Reference
Reference Books
Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century by
Call Number: Reference ML105 .M883 2009 (SJU Alcuin)ISBN: 9781587655128Publication Date: 2009-05-08eBook available through link. Print encyclopedia in Alcuin Reference. 5 volumes. A-Z index of over 600 20th-century composers. Includes sections on: The Life; The Music; Musical Legacy; Further Reading; Citations.The Harvard Dictionary of Music by
Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780674011632Publication Date: 2003-11-28Encyclopedia length articles on all styles/forms in Western music, popular music, rock, and jazz articles, and articles on music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Near East. Also available in SJU Alcuin General Collection ML100 .A64 2003.
- Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowIncorporates Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music.
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia from the Library of CongressThe PAE provides information about the Library's unsurpassed collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, and other materials. Users can find digitized items from the collections; special Web presentations on topics and collections; articles and biographical essays; finding aids to collections; databases for performing arts resources; information on concerts at the Library; and a special Performing Arts Resource Guide which contains entries for hundreds of Library collections, Web sites, databases and exhibits.
The American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia by
Call Number: ML102.M68 H57 1999 (CSB Clemens)ISBN: 9780313307379Publication Date: 1999-03-30
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Useful resources for music research and vocal pedagogy
Word-by-Word Translations of Songs and Arias, vol. 1 & 2 by
Call Number: CSB Clemens REFERENCE ML54.6 .W65 1966ISBN: 0810801493Publication Date: 1966SJU Alcuin ML54.6 .W65The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music by
Call Number: Reference ML105 .H38 1996ISBN: 0674372999Also available as eBook