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Music: Scores, Audio, & More

Links and directions to free and library-bought sources of music (audio, scores, and reference works)

Key Music Databases

Music Online: Listening
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Large database of streaming audio of classical, jazz, and world music

Includes: American Music, Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, Popular Music Library, and Smithsonian Global Sound
Oxford Music Online (Grove Music Online)
Encyclopedic coverage of music including definitions of music-related terms, in-depth articles, and extensive bibliographies.
Naxos Music Library
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Another large collection of streaming audio
Classical Scores Library
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Extensive collection of musical scores

More Music Databases

Find Articles:

Academic Search Complete
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Large, broad collection of multidisciplinary academic journals, magazines, and news; great starting point for many topics
JSTOR
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Includes many music history, theory, composition, and other full-text journals. Usually does not include most recent few years.
ERIC
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The primary education database; including music education articles and resources

Vocal Translation Database

IPA Source
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English language translations and transcriptions of classic vocal literature

Find Books about Music

Find Books with the CatSearch

For books about composers, search composer’s name as Subject

For Music Tech: Try searching Sound Recording Reproducing as a subject

Reference Books

All in Reference, 1st floor

Music Reference & Research Materials by Duckles, Vincent H.
Call Number: ML113.D83
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Call Number: ML105.B16 2001

Citation Tools

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Citation Tools Guide
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EasyBib
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EndNote
Free for MSU users. Powerful, but complex to learn.

Last Updated: Jul 19, 2021 12:56 PM
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Subjects: Music

Tags: audio, music, recordings, scores, subject guide