Music
Articles in scholarly journals and other resources (found under Databases by Title):
Some of the likeliest databases for these articles:
Academic Search Complete – multidisciplinary database
DIAMM (the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music) is a leading resource for the study of medieval manuscripts. It presents images and metadata for thousands of manuscripts on the website. It also provides a home for scholarly resources and editions, undertakes digital restoration of damaged manuscripts and documents, publishes high-quality facsimiles, and offers expertise as consultants.
ERIC – Educational Resources Information Center
JSTOR – multidisciplinary scholarly journal archive
K-12 Resources for Music Educators: An extensive list of resources for music educators, grouped into categories and includes professional associations.
List of online digital musical document libraries
National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC)
“The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC) is a repository that facilitates research on arts and culture by acquiring data, particularly those funded by federal agencies and other organizations, and sharing those data with researchers, policymakers, people in the arts and culture field, and the general public.”–NADAC
NMA Online-Neue Mozart-Ausgabe: Digitized version
ProQuest Central – multidisciplinary database
RISM Catalog– Répertoire International des Sources Musicales
Classical music recordings (found under Databases by Title):
NAXOS Music Library, a database on Magale Library’s webpage, contains thousands of recordings of classical music performances, instrumental and vocal. The library’s subscription allows for 15 simultaneous users.
Note: Magale Library’s A-V collection contains over two thousand recordings in many music genres in CD format. Consult Magale Library’s online catalog for these.
Musical performances on film (found under Databases by Title):
Academic Video Online: Premium
Note: Magale Library’s A-V collection contains musicals and operatic, symphonic, vocal, and chamber music performances and popular music concerts on DVD and on videocassette. Consult Magale Library’s online catalog for these.
Resources for Strings
Choosing Strings for Electronic Instruments
https://www.johnsonstring.com/resources/choosing-strings/strings-electric.htm
Scores and sheet music (found under Databases by Title):
The following sites are available to anyone with Internet availability. They are on our list of Databases by Title for organizational purposes.
ChoralWiki – ChoralWiki contains free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information
IMSLP (Petrucci Music Library) – Scores and sheet music in the public domain.
Sibley Music Library – Musical scores and books in the public domain
Note: Magale Library has print scores and sheet music in the Main Collection (Stacks) on the third floor of the library. Titles and composers are searchable via Magale Library’s online catalog.
