The Ames Library - Music Resources

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RILM Music Abstracts	1967 to present. The most comprehensive index for music information, indexing sources in many languages. Indexes, journals, as well as books, collections of essays, dissertations, conference proceedings, etc.
Music Index Online	1975 to present. A subject-author guide to music journal literature. Indexes over 670 international music journals.
Music Index	ML118.M84 (1949-2003) - Print version of the above link. Located in the stacks.

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Music Call Numbers Ranges:

M Music
ML Literature on music
MT Musical instruction and study

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Centennial edition	ML195.B16 2001
Credo	Full text reference collection of over 280 titles including music
College Music Society Directory	Ref. ML13.D57 2006/2007
Duckles: Reference and Research Materials: an Annotated Bibliography, 5th edition.	Ref. ML113.D83 1997
Gaylord Music Library Necrology	A database of recent death dates of musicians maintained by Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, St. Louis.
Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music	Ref. ML105.H38 1996
Harvard Dictionary of Music	Ref. ML100.A64 2003
Heyer/Hill: Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of Music: a Guide to Their Contents.	Ref. ML113. H52 1980
How to Write about Music: RILM Manual of Stule	Ref. ML3797.H69 2005
Musical America Worldwide	Ref. ML12.M88 - Business Source for the Performing Arts.
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart	ML100 .M987 1994 - Benchmark German Language encyclopedic work on music
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians	Comprises full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition.	ML100.N48 2001
Oxford Dictionary of Music	Ref. ML100.K35 2006

Music Databases and Information Resources	Harvard University
Worldwide Internet Music Resources	Indiana University
Music & Drama Resources on the Web	Current awareness site for Music & Drama from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama.
Academic Info - Music History & Studies	A directory of wide ranging music websites by topic.

Contemporary Composers	ML105.C61991
International Dictionary of Black Composers	ML105.I5 1999
Reader's Guide to Music History, Theory, and Criticism.	ML160.R42 1999
Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker: a Bibliography and Guide.	ML128.T5D27 1990
Music analyses: an Annotated Guide to the Literature	ML128.A7 D5 1991
Analyses of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Music, 1940-1985.	ML113.W45 1987
TML: Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum	Provides text of Latin music theory works written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Music Composition Resource	Essential sources for composers, including books, articles, internet sites, sound recordings, and an FAQ for beginning composers.
International Alliance for Women in Music	A resource on women composers and related topics.

Handbook of Research on Music Teaching and Learning	MT1.H38 1992
K-12 Resources for Music Educators	A guide to sites useful for classroom instruction. Sites are organized by orchestra, band, vocal, classroom, and all music.
Music Education Resource Base	1956 to present. A database of more than 28,000 resources in music education from 31 International journals.

Ethnic, National, and World Music	One of the best lists of world music resources on the Internet. Subdivided by geographical location
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music	Links to organizations, institutions, and archives; bibliographies, periodicals and online publications; recordings; and sites by geographical region.
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music	ML100.G16 1998 - 10 volumes by geographical region.
World Music: the Rough Guide	ML102.W67 1999

Chronology of American Musical Theatre	ML1711.8.N3N67 2002
Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre	ML102.M88G3 1994
New Grove Book of Operas	ML102.O6N5 1997
Aria Database	A searchable reference guide to arias by name, opera, language, and voice type including word-by-word translations into English, libretti, and MIDI files for many of the arias.
Opera Today	Devoted to all things relating to opera and vocal performance: news, commentary, information and other resources.

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World	ML102.P66 2003
Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th edition (Larkin)	ML102.P66G84 2006
Oxford Companion to Jazz	ML3507.J32 2000
Oxford Companion to Popular Music	ML102.P66G35 1991
Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 3rd edition.	ML102.R6R64 2001

American Choral Directors Association
American Musicological Society
International Association for Jazz Education
International Computer Music Association
Music Publishers Association of the United States
National Association for Music Education
National Association for Teachers of Singing
Society for Ethnomusicology
Society for Music Theory
Society for American Music

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Last revised: August 31, 2006