Music
344
History
and Literature of Music II
Dr.
Mark Harbold
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This
website is a
supplement to the library site created for Music
343. Please check there for the basics; these are recommendations
and suggestions for researching music after 1750.
Locating
Resources - 18th
century to the present
Reserve
Materials
A list of all
reserve materials
(books, scores and media) for Music 344 can be found here
or in Blackboard in the External Links section of the course.
Reference
Sources
- The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- Available as Grove
Music Online
or latest edition is in Reference R780.3 N532 2001
- Older ed. also in Reference R780.3 N532 1980
- Harvard
Dictionary of Music (4th ed., 2003)
- older ed. (1986) available in Reference R780.3 A641h 1986
- Other music reference
books are located on the main floor of the library, call numbers
R780-R789
I-Share
In I-Share,
use Author or Prolific Author/Composer to find scores and
sound
recordings
by a
particular composer. Use Subject to
find books about these works.
Examples of some Subject
searches that can get you on the right track:
Items that
are not available at
Elmhurst but appear in the catalog may be requested directly in I-Share.
Click "Repeat
Search in The I-Share Catalog" to see materials from 70 other academic
and research
institutions in Illinois. Please ask a librarian if you need
assistance.
Sound
Recordings Available
Online
In addition to
the library's collection of over 2000 records and CDs,
we also subscribe to two databases that provide music online:
Classical
Music Library and Naxos
Music
Library.
Go to the library's Databases
by Topics: Music page to log in.
A few notes
about the listening databases:
1. Only
a limited number of users can be in
the Classical Music
Library simultaneously. Read the Compatibility
Overview for information on
software requirements.
2. Only
a limited
number of users can
be in the Naxos database simultaneously. Be sure to LOG OUT (upper
right corner of screen) whenever you're
finished with a Naxos session. Read the Naxos FAQ
for information on hardware and software requirements - choose to
stream the music at 64kbs for near-CD quality.
Locating
Articles About Music, History and Culture
The library subscribes to several databases
that cover music as well as history and culture. Be sure to evaluate
the sources in these databases before using them:
- RILM
Abstracts of
Music Literature
- JSTOR - To see a list of available
music titles
in JSTOR, click here. To search for music
topics, check the Music box in the "Select Disciplines or Journals"
section of the Advanced Search screen.
- Academic
Search Complete
- Periodical
Abstracts
Go to the
library's Databases
by Topics: Music page for more
information and to log in
to any of these databases.
Finding
Information about Music on the Internet
Music Sites