Subject Guide: Music

        

 

        Databases (locate books and journal articles):

        Locate books and course reserve materials:

        Library catalog  Locate materials owned by the Baruch library or by other CUNY libraries, regardless of format (i.e., books, CDs, DVDs, databases, etc.).

        Baruch Reserve  Use the reserve database (link located at the top of the library home page) to access print, CD, and electronic reserve materials. Search by course number, instructor name, and author/title keyword. CDs and print materials are located at the reserve counter on the 2nd (main) floor of the Newman Library.

        Locate articles:

        Full-text databases:

  • Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)  Includes the full text of many journal articles, plus citations and abstracts for others.
  • Biography Resource Center  Full-text biographical information on composers and musicians.
  • JSTOR Extensive full-text back files of selected journals.
  • LEXIS/NEXIS (for performance reviews and newspaper articles) Full text.
  • Project MUSE  Full text of a relatively small number of important music journals.

        Citation and citation/abstract databases (look for the journal titles in the full-text journals list and in the CUNY+ online catalog):

The Newman Library does not subscribe to the specialized Music Index Online, but it is available at the Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City College libraries, as well as at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

        The following business databases (all full-text) will be of use to students in the Management of Musical Enterprises program:  

 

        ABI Inform/Global  Covers 1,300 journals and magazines related to business, management and finance since 1971. This includes full-text articles (starting in 1987) for 1,000 titles and citations and abstracts for others.

        Business Source Complete  Full text access to nearly 2,280 scholarly business journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. Full text available for many journals 1990-present. 
        Factiva  (formerly Dow Jones Interactive) A full-text database that provides global news, business and financial information from newspapers, magazines, newswires, and trade journals.

        LEXIS/NEXIS The LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe is a full-text database that provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal and reference information compiled specifically for the research needs of academic institutions. LEXIS-NEXIS may be searched for general, company, and industry news, as well as for legal information.

        Access a database of recorded music:

        Naxos Music Library  Naxos Music Library provides access to over 75,000 tracks and more than 5,000 CDs with over 2,500 composers represented. The library offers the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues as well as jazz and world music and educational products. Music cannot be downloaded from this database. The database also contains a glossary of musical terms and brief information on composers and their works.

 

Reference Tools: Handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias:

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    Web resources

    Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary  A good online dictionary with the added benefit of audio pronunciation and musical examples. Audio requires a plug-in that can read the AIFF sound format (such as the Quick Time plug-in, which can be downloaded for free).

    Dolmetsch Music Dictionary Online   Useful definitions of musical terms, with a chart depicting and explaining musical symbols. A collection of composer biographies with external links is in development. The site also includes a free course in music theory, as well as recorder lessons.

    Glossarist Music Glossaries and Music Dictionaries  Links to more than 100 glossaries and dictionaries on the Web.

    YourDictionary.com  Here you will find links to a number of general and specialized music dictionaries on the Web. Special topics include rap, hip-hop, blues, flamenco, and banjo.

    Gramophone  The Web site of this British classical music magazine provides access to the Concise Grove Dictionary of Music, as well as to Gramofile, the archive of Gramophone's classical recording reviews. Free registration is required to access the reviews archive.

    A-Z Glossary of Musical Terms  Brief definitions of terms including musical instruments, musical forms, notation, and music history. Provided by Naxos Records, along with other educational materials (see the "Learning Zone" on the left of the page).

    Newman Library resources:

    New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd Ed. London: Macmillan, 2001. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001. This 29 volume encyclopedia is the most highly regarded and authoritative resource of its kind. It covers both popular and classical music.

    The Harvard Dictionary of Music. 4th Ed. Cambridge, Mass.:  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  2003. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML100 .A64 2003.

    The Oxford Companion to Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 100 .S37 2002.

    The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing, REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 100 .G16 yr.  Ten volumes, arranged by continents or broad geographical areas.

    World Musicians.  New York:  H.W. Wilson Co., 1999. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 385 .W67 1999. Biographical profiles of living musicians working in many genres all over the world.

    Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. Centennial [9th] ed. New York:  Schirmer Books,  2001. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref.  ML 105 .B16 2001. Six volumes. Includes both classical and popular composers and musicians.

    The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Ed. by Colin Larkin. 2nd ed. New York: Stockton Press, 1995. Six volumes. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref.  ML 102 .P66 G84 1995. Six volumes.

    New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. New York:  St. Martin's Press,  1994. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 102 .J3 N48 1994.

    New Grove Dictionary of Opera. New York: Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 102.O6 N5 1992. 

    Reader's Guide to Music History, Theory, Criticism. Ed. by Murray Steib. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. REFERENCE 2nd floor: Ref. ML 113 .R34 1999. This useful guide consists of a series of essays that describe and evaluate the critical monographic literature in English on a wide variety of topics, including musical periods and forms, individual composers, music of other countries, and dance. There is an emphasis on "Western art music," but popular music topics, such as jazz and rock and roll, are included.


Web Portals (comprehensive guides to a wide range of music resources arranged by subject):

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            Music Resources on the World Wide Web  An extensive and very useful Web portal produced by the Yale University Music Library.

 

            Worldwide Internet Music Resources  Another useful portal, with links to a wide array of Web resources, from individual composer sites to performer sites, both classical and popular. (Indiana University)

            

            Classical Music Resources  This Duke University site provides links to nearly 1000 individual composer homepages, as well as links to chronologies and necrologies; organizations and centers for scholarly research; electronic journals and newsletters; and more.

 

            Music Resources  A highly regarded portal provided by the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. 

            

             BUBL Music Page.  BUBL is a comprehensive catalog of Internet resources in all academic subject areas. The lists are selected, evaluated, and annotated. 

 

 

Other Local Library Resources:

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        Music Index Online: a subject-author guide to music periodical literature. Although Baruch does not subscribe to this specialized index, it is available at the Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens, and City College libraries, as well as at the New York Public Library at Lincoln Center (see below).   Use the CUNY+ online catalog to locate books on music in other CUNY libraries as well as at Baruch.

        New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. Research and circulating collections in dance, music, recorded sound and theatre.

 

 

Career Resource

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         Careers in Music  Resources and links for persons interested in pursuing a career in music. Produced by MENC: The National Association for Music Education. A Dictionary of Music Careers and a "Careers in Music" online brochure, providing practical career details, are useful but a bit hard to find from the home page.

                       

 

Professional Associations

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        Music Organizations and Professional Societies, Indiana University, Music Library (a list of over 300 organizations)

        Scholarly Societies Project, Music (another extensive list)

        AMS, American Musicological Society

        CMS, College Music Society

        IAML, International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres

        MENC: The National Association for Music Education

        MLA, Music Library Association

        SAM, Society for American Music

        SEAMUS, Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States

        SEM, Society for Ethnomusicology

        SMT, Society for Music Theory

 

  

Baruch Curriculum Materials

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            Music program description: Music at Baruch (part of the Department of Fine & Performing Arts Web pages)

            Schedule of classes

            Textbooks on Reserve (if a textbook is not listed here, search the reserve database)

            Blackboard (CUNY Portal log-in page)