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Reference Resources

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [Ref ML102.P66 G84 1998] 8 vols.
The Encyclopedia of Rock Stars [Ref ML102.R6 R44 1996]
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.10 vols. [Ref ML100.G16]
The New Grove Dictionary of American Music [Ref ML101.U6 N48 1986] 4 v.
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz [Ref ML 102.J3 N48 1988] 2 v.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. [Ref ML100.N48] 2001.
The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments [Ref ML102.I5 N48 1993]
The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music [Ref ML102.P66 G84]
Tin Pan Alley:An Encyclopedia.... REF ML102 P66 J37 2003
Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia

Biographical Information

Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. [ REF ML105.B16 1992 ]
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians [Ref ML105.S612 1997]
The Cambridge dictionary of American biography. [ REF CT213.C36 1995 ]
Current biography yearbook. [ REF CT100.C8 ]
Research guide to European historical biography. [REF CT759.R47 1992]
Research guide to American historical biography. [ REF CT214.R47 1988]
St. James guide to biography. [ REF CT101.S8 1991 ]
Women and Music In America Since 1900. 2 vols. [REF ML82.W625 2002]

Guides &Handbooks

American Musical Traditions.5 vols. REF ML3551.A53 2002
The New Oxford Companion to Music [Ref ML100.S37 1983] 2 v.
Operas in English:A Dictionary. REF ML102.O6 G74 1999
The Oxford Companion to Popular Music [Ref ML102.P66 G35 1991]
The Virtual Musician: a complete guide....[Ref ML74.7.H55 1996]
The Viking Opera Guide [Ref ML 102.O6 V55 1993]
NEA Jazz Masters Program (press releases, recommended recordings)

Bibliographies and Research Guides

Choral Music:A Research and Information Guide. REF ML128.C48 S53 2002
Music Reference and Research Materials: an annotated bibliography 5th ed.

Interdisciplinary tools

International Encyclopedia of Dance. REF GV1585.I586 1998 [6 v.]
Guide to United States Popular Culture. REF E169.1 D3999 2001
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture [5 v.] REF E169.1 S764 2000

Reference sources about Music, Jazz, and Opera
Browse the video collection for Music, musicals, concerts and documentaries about musicians
Browse the Media/MUSIC collection for Compact discs.

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Help Guides

Databases

Electronic Databases

Click Here for STL's Music literature (article) databases

Naxos Music Library: streaming audio

Other databases you should try:

Alternative Press Index (non-mainstream publications)
Historical New York Times (New York Times, 1851 to 4 years ago)

CAIRSS : music education and music therapy journals
CPANDA: Cultural Policy stats and reports.

Web Resources

Meta Sites: Great Places to Start

allmusic.com Biographies and music recording reviews. Maintained by AMG, creator of the All Music Guide.
Online Music Resources at the University of Virginia Music Library. Timelines, bibliographies, Music Education resources, and much more.
University of Washington Libraries:Music History Links Links to databases, iconography resources, musical instrument societies, and more.

WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists The American Musicological Society. Links to music libraries, journals, reference tools, publishing, organizations, music education.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources Maintained by the Music Library at Indiana University.
Classical Music Department of the WWW Virtual Library Discover links to many resources pertaining to classical music:biographical information of individual artists and composers;academic and commercial organizations;reference materials;and additional resources.

Research, Organizations and More

Center for Black Music Research [http://www.cbmr.org]is a premier research institute dedicated to all styles of Black Music. Select publications, archival materials, and even audio files are available online. Visit their extensive Links lists, too.

Latin American Network Information Center

(LANIC)

[http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/music/]

International Alliance of Women Musicians[ http://www.iawm.org/] The IAWM maintains a database of more than 4500 pages of resources, including published works, conference information, scores, bibliographies, and composer and performer timelines. Much of the site is devoted to women in concert and classical music.
American Musical Instrument Society [http://www.amis.org/links.htm] The AMIS promotes the history, design, and use of musical instruments in various cultures. Their links page includes an extensive list of musical instrument societies, museums, instrument builders, and articles and images.

The Society for Music Theory:Music Theory Online [http://www.societymusictheory.org/mto/] MTO is a full-text electronic journal focusing on music theory. The site also provides links to several other online theory journals.
Rutgers University Libraries Jazz Webliographylinks to digital collections and exhibits worldwide. Rutgers is home to the Institute of Jazz Studies:Check there periodically for bibliographies of key resources and a growing collection of digital exhibits on jazz history.

Regional Arts Organizations and Performance Venues

Natl. Endowment for the Arts

NYS Council on the Arts

Dutchess Co. Arts Council

The Egg [Albany]

Time & Space

Deep Listening Space
Bardavon 1869 Opera House

Ulster Performing Arts Center

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

Carnegie Hall

The 92nd Street Y

Lincoln Center

City Center

Symphony Space

WAMC's The Linda Auditorium

Hudson Valley Links [Ulster tourism]

Program Notes Resources

Columbia [MD] Orchestra-archived notes from 2003 - .

The New York Philharmonic. A database of important composers and their works.

Linda Mack's Program Notes. Written by a performer/music librarian

Sierra Chamber Society. Notes by Joseph Way

The Aria Database. Information about arias and operas.

[http://iowapublicradio.org/dictionary/]

"Free"Sheet Music Resources[Note:be sure to check our Library Catalog for scores owned by STL!]

Music Library Association List of Digital Music Collections [ http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html] is maintained by Lois Schultz at Duke University.

Templeton Sheet Music Collection at the Mississippi State University Libraries [ http://library.msstate.edu/ragtime/main.html] features digitized music from the beginning of the 20th century, including blues and ragtime.

Music for the NationSheet music from 1870 - 1885 [ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/smhome.html]

Popular American Music[ http://digital.library.ucla.edu/apam/] at UCLA

Sheet Music Archive [ http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net]

MUTOPIA[ http://www.mutopiaproject.org/]

Werner Icking Music Archive[ http://icking-music-archive.org#sheet_music]

Copy-US[ http://www.copy-us.com/]

Choral Public Domain Library http://www.cpdl.org/]