 IMC
Music Resources
Look for Books with these Call
Numbers
- 780
Music: general resources
- 780.89 Ethnomusicology
- 780.9 Music of specific areas
- 780.9 Music of specific periods
- 780.92 Composers
- 781 General principles and traditions of music
- 782 Vocal music, Opera
- 784 Orchestral and instrumental ensembles
and their music, Musical instruments
- 784.19 Musical instruments: general resources
- 785 Chamber music
- 786 Keyboard and percussion instruments
- 787 Stringed instruments
- 788 Wind instruments
788.9 Brass instruments
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Here are a few of the library's music resources.
Check them out...
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R 780.3 New |
The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, 20 volumes,
New York: Grove Publishing, 1995. |
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R 780.9 Her |
Heritage of Music, Volume 1: Classical Music and It's Origins.
Oxford University, 1989.
Heritage of Music, Volume 2: Music in the 20th Century. Oxford
University, 1989.
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R 781.66
Hel (Desk)
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The Rock Who's Who, Brock Helander. New York: Schirmer Books,
1996. |
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R 784.5 Rol |
Rolling Stone Rock Almanac: the Chronicles of Rock & Roll by
the editors of Rolling Stone Magazine. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1983. |
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R 784.5
War (Desk)
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Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll. Ed
Ward, Geoffrey Stokes, Ken Tucker. New York: Rolling Stone Press, 1986. |
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Q 784.5
Mak (Desk)
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Woodstock: the Oral History. Joel Makower. New York: Doubleday,
1989. |
Online
Resources
The library's online databases provide considerable
resources from magazines, newspapers, radio and t.v. transcripts and images
covering various aspects of music, including biographical informaton on
specific artists, it's history, influence, etc. Below are links to those
online databases....
Internet
Resources
 Shmoop Music Guides
All About Jazz - resources for Jazz
lovers of any persuasion: straight ahead jazz, big band, fusion, latin,
etc.
America's Jazz Heritage - includes material
on the history of jazz using exhibitions, performances, recordings, etc.
American Musical
Works - 100 most important American musical works of the 20th
century.
American Sheet
Music - includes 22,000 musical compositions from 1870 to 1885.
The British Invasion -
covers the influence of the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones,
the Kinks and the Hollies.
CD-Now - the ultimate music retail store.
Classical Net - descriptions of different
musical periods with links to other classical music Web sites.
Classics World - place to obtain the
latest in classical recordings. You can search by artist or
composer.
Classical
Music Resources - classical music composers, chronologies, organizations
and research centers.
Classical
Music Reviews - search by composer, orchestra, title, conductor,
keyword from the magazine, Gramophone.
Composers - selected biographies,
reviews, and photos of primarily 20th century composers.
Creating Music - students
can compose music, play with musical performance, music games
and music puzzles.
Golden Age
of Jazz - features the photographs of William Gottlieb of more than 1,600
images of the giants of Jazz.
History of Jazz
Historic American Sheet
Music - images of more than 3,000 pieces of sheet music between 1850 and
1920.
Instrument
Encyclopedia - comprehensive resource of instruments from around the world,
browse by Sachs-Hornbostel classification scheme, geographic origin or by instrument
type.
Jazz - film by Ken Burns.
Jazz Review - reviews of new
Jazz releases, interviews with musicians, biographies, Jazz history and much
more.
Jazz
Web Styles
Leonard Bernstein -
Library of Congress' American Memory site with over 400,000 items related to
Bernstein.
Music in the Public Domain - helps users
understand what music they can freely use and how they may use it. Includes list
of royalty-free music anyone may use.
Music Links - a meta site of links
to various music web sites dealing with film music, music technology, music history
and theory, sheet music & music education.
Music Teacher
Resources - list of journal articles, research studies, and other materials
which deal with the issues important to the practicing music educator.
Play Music - developed by The American
Symphony Orchestra League to communicate the value and importance of orchestras
and the music they perform.
Reading Music - introduces
lessons on how to read music in an easy and understandable
way.
River of Song - contemporary music
along the Mississippi River.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland's
popular Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.
Rockmine On-line - rock music archive featuring the Beatles, the Doors, Rolling Stones,
Bob Dylan, etc.
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