{"id":5113,"date":"2018-09-04T16:17:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T21:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/?page_id=5113"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:51:19","slug":"music-library-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/music-library-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Library Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Music<\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Articles in scholarly journals and other resources (found under <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/onlineresources\/databases\/\">Databases by Title<\/a>)<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Some of the <strong>likeliest<\/strong> databases for these articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=a9h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Academic Search Complete<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 multidisciplinary database<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/artsongcentral.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Song Central<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.proquest.com\/artshumanities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arts &amp; Humanities Database<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/academic.eb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Britannica Online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&amp;profile=ehost&amp;defaultdb=bth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Business Source Complete<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diamm.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIAMM<\/a> <\/strong>(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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.asp?profile=web&amp;defaultdb=eue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Education Source<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.asp?profile=web&amp;defaultdb=eric\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ERIC<\/strong> <\/a>&#8211; Educational Resources Information Center<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JSTOR<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 multidisciplinary scholarly journal archive<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cmshirk.wixsite.com\/k-12music\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>K-12 Resources for Music Educators<\/strong><\/a>: An extensive list of resources for music educators, grouped into categories and includes professional associations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.asp?profile=web&amp;defaultdb=lgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Legal Collection<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_online_digital_musical_document_libraries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">List of online digital musical document libraries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icpsr.umich.edu\/web\/pages\/NADAC\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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.\u201d&#8211;NADAC<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dme.mozarteum.at\/DME\/nma\/start.php?l=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NMA Online-Neue Mozart-Ausgabe<\/a><\/strong>: Digitized version<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=http:\/\/infotrac.galegroup.com\/itweb\/so_ak_u?db=PPOP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Pop Culture Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/sso.biblioboard.com\/?org=bffc1e5b-5cb9-4263-bc49-17bc353c0f58&amp;sp=179f16ed-bb12-43d9-ba13-a2217425275b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProQuest Central<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 multidisciplinary database<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/opac.rism.info\/index.php?id=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RISM Catalog<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; R\u00e9pertoire International des Sources Musicales<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spirituals-database.com\/\"><strong>The Spirituals Database<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u2026offers searchable access to recorded track information for concert Negro Spiritual settings performed by solo Classical vocalists. The resource contains a selection from a century of historic and contemporary concert spiritual recordings produced on compact discs, long-playing (33 1\/3 rpm) albums, 78 rpm records, 45 rpm discs, audio cassettes and streamed audio files, as well as demonstration recordings from musical score collections. Additionally, the site offers a number of historical, biographical and bibliographical resources related to this African American music style. There are also images, videos and artistic creations inspired by the Negro spiritual.\u201d\u2014The Spirituals Database<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Classical music recordings (found under <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/onlineresources\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Databases by Title<\/a>)<\/u><\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/SouthernArkansas.NaxosMusicLibrary.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NAXOS Music Library<\/strong><\/a>, a database on Magale Library\u2019s webpage, contains thousands of recordings of classical music performances, instrumental and vocal. The library\u2019s subscription allows for 15 simultaneous users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Magale Library\u2019s A-V collection contains over two thousand recordings in many music genres in CD format. Consult Magale Library\u2019s online catalog for these.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Musical performances on film (found under <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/onlineresources\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Databases by Title<\/a>)<\/u><\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/video.alexanderstreet.com\/channel\/academic-video-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Video Online: Premium<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saumag.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/fod.infobase.com\/PortalPlayLists.aspx?wid=102746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Films on Demand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: Magale Library\u2019s 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\u2019s online catalog for these.<\/p>\n<h3>Resources for Strings<\/h3>\n<p>Choosing Strings for Electronic Instruments<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnsonstring.com\/resources\/choosing-strings\/strings-electric.htm\">https:\/\/www.johnsonstring.com\/resources\/choosing-strings\/strings-electric.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><u>Scores and sheet music (found under <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/onlineresources\/databases\/\">Datab<\/a><\/u><\/strong><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/onlineresources\/databases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ases by Title<\/a>)<\/u><\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>The following sites are available to anyone with Internet availability. They are on our list of Databases by Title for organizational purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChoralWiki<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; ChoralWiki contains free choral\/vocal scores, texts, translations and other useful information<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IMSLP<\/strong><\/a> (Petrucci Music Library) \u2013 Scores and sheet music in the public domain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urresearch.rochester.edu\/viewInstitutionalCollection.action?collectionId=63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sibley Music Library<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Musical scores and books in the public domain<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: 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\u2019s online catalog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Articles in scholarly journals and other resources (found under Databases by Title): Some of the likeliest databases for these articles: Academic Search Complete \u2013 multidisciplinary database Art Song Central Arts &amp; Humanities Database Britannica Online Business Source Complete DIAMM (the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music) is a leading resource for the study of&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/music-library-guide\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":845,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-5113","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/845"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9739,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5113\/revisions\/9739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}