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Music Online Reference

Westminster Libraries subscribe to four important music resources from Alexander Street Press.

Please note that these resources are currently only available from computers within Westminster libraries.

African American Music

African American Music Reference includes 2,422 essays and images from 58 sources, over 19,541 pages, covering blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression.
This will rise to 50,000 pages.
Go to African American Music...
 

Classical Music Reference Library

Brings together more than 30,000 pages of essential reference materials, including Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music. The database covers music from Medieval to the 21st century, with definitions of musical terms and biographical information on the major classical composers and artists. Go to Classical Music Reference Library... 

The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music

Is a comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world’s peoples. More than 9,000 pages of material, this is the most complete body of work focused on world music. Now for the first time, the entire set of 10 print volumes is available as a single, integrated online database.
 Go to The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music... 

Classical Scores Library

Contains 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 musical scores. Users can access multiple types of scores across various composers, genres, and time periods. Explore Beethoven’s entire compositional output, or compare different musical settings of the Magnificat from the 15th century to the 21st century. Go to Classical Scores Library...