Online: Oxford Music Online: includes online access to major music reference materials: New Grove Online (New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and New Grove Dictionary of Jazz) , Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music.
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Art/Mus Ref ML100.N48 1995 v.1 - 20
New Grove Dictionary of Opera: Art/Mus Ref ML102 .O6 N5 1998 v.1 - 4
New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments: Art/Mus Ref ML 102 .I5 N48 1984 v.1 - 4
New Harvard Dictionary of Music: Art/Mus Ref ML100 .N485 1986
The New Oxford History of Music: Art/Mus Ref ML160 .N53 v.1 - 10
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: Art/Mus Ref ML100 G16 1998, v.1 - 10
Encyclopedia of the Blues: Art.Mus Ref ML102 .B6 E53 2006 v.1-2
Chronology of American Music Theater: ArtMus Ref ML 1711.8 .N3 N67 2002 v.1-3
The following music journals are located in the Art/Music Library on the display shelves. For a more extensive choice of music journals, students are welcome to visit the Periodical Reading Room at Sibley Library.
Find CDs and Sound Recordings searches CDs and other sound recordings in the Art/Music Library collection. Browse or search by genre, composer, or performer.
Sibley Music Library home page has links to many internet resources including the New Grove Online, Musical America Online, the Octavo Collection, and many other helpful web links to general web search tools, databases, archives, illustrated guides, and music chronologies.
Sibelius Academy-Music Resources Many links to other sites and resources, maintained by Sibelius Academy of Music in Helsinki. Very inclusive, especially for Europe.
Classical Net provides a point-of-entry into a wide array of informational files about classical music - over 4200 files at Classical Net and over 2500 links to other classical music web sites.
Naxos Music Library - Dates: varies A streamed audio service with classical as well as jazz. Over 75,000 tracks! Access to streamed audio is not available through NetID login. To access this database from off-campus, use the VPN.
Alex Ross: The Rest is Noise: the blog from the articulate classical music reviewer for The New Yorker magazine. Many good links to other blogs and music sites.
Mark Swed: excellent reviews from the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times
American Music: articles on American composers, performers, publishers, institutions, events, and the music industry, as well as book and recording reviews, bibliographies, and discographies.
American Music Center: American Music Center's online library and listening room with information about contemporary American composers.
OperaGlass: Your Connection to the World of Opera. Articles, information, schedules, shopping, many links to opera-related sites.
Early MusiChicago: All Things Early Music in Chicago and Beyond: a site about early music in Chicago, but with many good links to other sites about early music.
Styles of Jazz: A site with explanations of different styles of jazz, sponsored by Northwestern University.
Music Resources on River Campus
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