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Additional Resources

For listings of additional music resources, consult the Music InfoGuide.

Getting Started

Encyclopedias and dictionaries are a great place to start when wanting to learn more about a subject. These two resources below will be beneficial to you for this course.

Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Access to articles and biographies from field of music, includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.
Oxford History of Western Music Online This link opens in a new window
Reference work on evolution of Western classical music by Richard Taruskin.

Below are more general encyclopedic sources.

Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
Biographical information on more than 528,000 people throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Some 50,000 new and/or updated biographies are added each year, as well as daily status updates of existing subjects
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Access to encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium: the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over more than 600,000 words.
Every three months updates revise existing entries and add new words

Merriam-Webster
Another great dictionary resource, freely available.

Other resources

Bach Cantatas Website
The Bach Cantatas Website (BCW) is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works.
Performing Arts Databases (Library of Congress)
Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589–1839
Musipedia: Musipedia Melody Search Engine
A searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes.

Text and Diction Guide

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Source This link opens in a new window
Library of IPA transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts.

LiederNet Archive
The LiederNet Archive is the world’s largest reference archive of texts and translations of art songs and choral works.

Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Doctoral dissertations and master's theses, from 1743 to the present. Full text for most dissertations since 1997.

Citation Help

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. CMOS includes the full contents of the 17th edition.

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