Starting Points - Music and Music Therapy - Research Guides at Augsburg College

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Look here for scholarly articles and book chapters on all aspects of music: theory and analysis, performance and notation, music therapy, education, hip hop, jazz, classical, ethnomusicology, world music, and much more.
Naxos Music Library
Listen to music online from all genres. You can browse by composer, artist, genre, and label, or use the advanced search to find music by country, period, instrument, and more. There is also a music glossary, discographies, and some biographies.
Academic Search Premier
This general database has music articles on diverse topics, including world music and music therapy. You can find concert and album reviews by choosing "Entertainment Review" as the document type.
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Books

Search for books on Music in the box above using keywords, for example:

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music notation
musical analysis
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stringed instruments
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Below are some general books on Music. See the tabs at the top for books in more specific areas.

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians - Sadie, Stanley

Call Number: Reference ML100 .N48 2001 v. 1–29

Find extensive information on all aspects of music: history, styles, musicians and composers, instruments, the music of cities and countries, and much more. Also explore music in broader contexts such as feminism, modernism, and nationalism. See v. 29 to find composers by era and country.

The Oxford Companion to Music - Latham, Alison

Call Number: Reference ML100 .S37 2002

Find concise overviews of performers, composers, conductors, individual works, instruments, notation, forms, and genres, including classical, jazz, and popular music.

The Harvard Dictionary of Music - Randel, Don Michael

Call Number: Reference ML100 .A64 2003

Look here for brief scholarly overviews of music forms and styles, instruments, world music, and much more.

Musical Terminology: A Practical Compendium in Four Languages - Boccagna, David L.

Call Number: Reference ML108 .B55 1999

This handy guide shows the translation for agogic terms (the deviations in tempo and rhythm) most commonly used in printed music in four different languages: English, Italian, French, and German.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments - Dearling, Robert

Call Number: Reference ML102.I5 I5 1996

Look here for images and descriptions of instruments and their place in musical history. This book covers mostly Western instruments, but some non-Western and obsolete ones are also examined.

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Web Resources

American Music Center
Essentials of Music
Find composer biographies, a glossary of terms, and brief overviews of musical eras, including historical themes, musical context, and style.
Music Theory
Animated lessons and exercises help you explore and practice the fundamentals of music. You can also find tools to calculate notes, intervals, and chords in a specific key.

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