Music

Articles & Databases

Use the following databases to find articles on your topic.

• Start with these databases:
  Academic Search Complete : indexes journals and magazines from all subject areas.
  JSTOR : back issues of important scholarly journals. All full text.
  
  
• More databases:
  International Index to Performing Arts: IIPA Full Text : coverage includes film, drama, television, the arts and entertainment industry.
  Project MUSE : contains peer-reviewed Humanities and Social Sciences journal articles. All full text. 
  
  
• Research Pro:
  Do  one search  to find articles, books and websites. Use this in conjunction with the library catalogue and article databases.

Audio & Video

Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is the most comprehensive collection of classical music available online and also includes Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. While listening, users can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in Naxos's extensive database.

Naxos Video Library
Naxos Video Library brings you an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries.

Books

Library Catalogue  - Find books at Douglas College Library.
WorldCat  - Find books in libraries worldwide. 

Reference Books

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Classical Musicians	REF ML 105 S612 1997
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians	REF ML 105 B16 1992
Chamber Music: An International Guide to Works and their Instrumentation	REF ML 128 C4 R35 1993
Dictionary of Opera and Song Themes	REF ML 128 V7 B3 1976
Dictionary of Western Church Music	REF ML 102 C5 P77 1991
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada	REF ML 106 C3 E53 1992
The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre	REF ML 102 M88 G36 1994
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The United States and Canada	REF ML 200 U557 2001
The Harvard Dictionary of Music	REF ML 100 N485 2003
A History of Music in Western Culture	ML 160 B654 2006 (Reserves)
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers	REF ML 105 C744 1987
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians	REF ML 100 N48 2001
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera	REF ML 102 O6 N53 1992
The Oxford History of Western Music	REF ML 160 T276 2005
Who's Who in Opera: A Guide to Opera Characters	REF ML 102 O6 B68 1998

Online Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Oxford Companion to Music
Oxford English Dictionary

Sample Journal Titles

Gramophone
CODA Magazine
International Piano
Journal of Singing
Journal of the American Musicological Society
Musicworks
Musical Quarterly
19th Century Music
Notes
Rolling Stone
Soundboard
Words and Music

General Websites

ChoralNet   
Addresses areas such as repertoire, rehearsal, performance, church music etc.
Audio Archive   (Internet Archive)
features free downloadable live concerts and virtual record labels.
New Music USA   - access to scores, streaming audio, and information about music by American composers

Opera

The Aria Database
Operabase
Detailed information about artists, opera performances, companies and festivals worldwide.
OperaGlass
Links to pages containing opera synopses, libretti, performance histories and discographies. Alphabetical and geographical listings of opera companies worldwide. 
Who's Who in Opera

Sheet Music

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) Online (Digitized Version)
This site offers free access to the complete works (mainly scores) of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Digital Scores Collection  - Loeb Music Library, Harvard University
8Notes
Classical, jazz and traditional sheet music.
Chopin Early Editions  - University of Chicago Libraries
This digital collection contains over 400 first and early printed editions of musical compositions by Frederic Chopin, including different versions of individual works. One can browse by title or genre.
Sheet Music from Canada's Past  - Library and Archives Canada
Contains sheet music published in Canada before 1921. 

Associations

SOCAN  - Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada

Citations and Style Guides

Style Guides
RefWorks

Theses

Theses Canada
Use the advanced search feature to search for full text Canadian theses.