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Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, St. Martin's Press, 1964.
Lower Level: 780.3 G919G [9 vols]
An older edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
The Harvard Dictionary of Music [CREDO Reference], Belknap Press of Harvard U. Press, 2003.
Includes entries on all the styles and forms in Western music; comprehensive articles on the music of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Near East; descriptions of instruments enriched by historical background; and articles that reflect today's music.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove's Dictionaries, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.3 N42N [29 vols]
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The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Grove's Dictionaries of Music, c1984.
Main Level, Reference: R 781.9103 N42N [3 vols]
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, c2007.
Includes over 14,000 entries on musical terms, musical works, musical instruments and their history, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras. It also boasts comprehensive works lists for major composers. Fully revised and updated, the 5th edition contains over 200 new entries, including information on approximately 150 new performers.
The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.321 K384O
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Garland Pub., 1998-c2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.9 G183G [10 vols]
Music: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments and the Great Composers, Lorenz, 2003.
Lower Level: 780.9 W119M
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Grove's Dictionaries, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.3 N42N [29 vols]
The most substantial, comprehensive music encyclopedia in English.
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New title! Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World, Facts on File, 2008.
Main Level, Reference: R 909.07 En19E2 [4 vols]
"Comprehensive A-Z coverage spanning time from the fall of Rome in 476 to the start of the Renaissance in 1500. Each entry includes a discussion of the topic from the perspective of the following centers of civilization: Africa, The Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and The Islamic World." Related entries include festivals, drama and theater, music and musical instruments.
The New Oxford Companion to Music, Oxford University Press, 1983.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.321 N42N [2 vols]
The Oxford Companion to Music [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford University Press, 2003.
This online version of a new ed. includes articles that range from definitions of musical ideas and terms to surveys of musical forms and styles, with specialist coverage of extensive musical subjects. It places music in its social and cultural context, with a range of new entries on topics such as politics, religion, psychology, and computers. The book covers current research in and approaches to music, including analysis, theory, ethnomusicology, and performance practice. All varieties of musical forms are covered, including jazz, popular music, and dance.
A General History of Music, from the earliest ages to the present period (1789), Dover, 1957.
Lower Level: 780.9 B934G [2 vols]
Reprint of a 1935 history with extended coverage of music in early cultures.
Heritage of Music, Oxford University Press, 1989.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.9 H425H [4 vols]
v.1 Classical music and it’s origins [MUS 360]
v.2 The Romantic era [MUS 361]
v.3 The nineteenth-century legacy [MUS 361]
v.4 Music in the twentieth century [MUS 361]
History of Music: A Book for Study and Reference, Free Press, 1973.
Main Level, Reference: R 780.9 W895H
Karl H. Worner begins “chronologically from the earliest traceable evidences of music-making and goes through the Renaissance. Then… in separate chapters the principal types of music that have flourished in the more recent period…opera, symphony, keyboard music. Intended to serve the needs of study and reference.” (from translators preface)
A History of Western Music, W. W. Norton, 1996.
Lower Level: 780.9 G918M
Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music [sound recordings],
W.W. Norton, p1996.
Lower Level: CD 780.9 G918M [12 CDs]
Study and Listening Guide for A History of Western Music,
W.W. Norton, c1996.
Lower Level: 780.9 G918M guide |
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New Oxford History of Music Series, Oxford University Press, 1966-1990.
Lower Level: 780.9 N42O [8 of 10 vols]
Volumes covering early medieval to the modern age.
Origins of Music, MIT Press, 2001.
Lower Level: 780.9 Or4O
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Source Readings in Music History, Norton, 1998.
Lower Level: 780.9 So84S
World Musics in Context:
A Comprehensive Survey of the World's Major Musical Cultures, Oxford University Press, 2001.
Lower Level: 780.9 F636W
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Browse music bibliographies in the library reference collection by title from call number R 016.78 to R 016.79.
Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography, Greenwood Press, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.78227 M973M [MUS 361]
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
Kate L. Turabian,
7th ed., University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Upper Level: 808.02 T84M
Main Level, Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.1
Main Level, Ready Reference: R 808.02 T84M c.2
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
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Use the online catalog to locate books in Thomason Library. You can search by author, title, keyword, or subject.
- Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, first name:
- SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress subject headings. The terms below are examples of subject headings related to music history:
Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also:
- Try a KEYWORD search if you are unsure of the exact title or the correct subject heading to use. Type two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find into search box. Place phrases in "quotation marks."
- Connect words with AND, OR, NOT to focus your search.
- Try truncation at the end of a word stem to retrieve singular, plural, and other variations of the word. Use an asterisk (*) to truncate from 1 to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk (**) to include word endings with an unlimited number of characters.
KEYWORD Searching Tips |
· Add * to the root of a word to truncate or
expand a term:
symbol* = symbol, symbols, symbolism
· Use AND between words to narrow your search:
Bach AND symbol*
vocal* AND Baroque
· Use OR between words to expand your search and
group words with parentheses:
(vocal* OR vocal music) AND Baroque
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A catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching here to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCALCAT.
Interlibrary Loan
You need to use ILL when:
- a book you really need is not available at PC or through PASCAL Delivers
- an article you need is not available at PC [you've already checked Journal Finder to see if the library has access to the journal for the date that you need]
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The following journal databases are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations. When passworded for access, supply your PC e-mail user name and password. Search article databases using terms dealing with your topic.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials [EBSCO]
Database produced by the American Theological Association. Provides coverage of religion/theology journals as well as indexing of essay collections. Full text of some journals provided through ATLASerials. Full-text links to other databases provided when available.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCO]
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Academic OneFile [Thomson Gale] 
More than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980, covering a wide range of disciplines. Citations with abstracts, with a large percentage of full-text articles and linked full-text.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Search for articles pertaining to this time period
JSTOR
Archival database of full-text articles from scholarly journals including behavioral science titles, as well as other disciplines.
Project MUSE: Basic Undergraduate Collection
Current and recent volumes of 111 core journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Classical Music Library
A streaming music service providing many genres of music, biographies of composers, conductors, performers, engineers,
librettists, arrangers, with links to related genres and time periods within the bios. Full description below
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Search Journal Finder to determine if PC has full text for the journal, magazine or newspaper you need. Library databases are connected to Journal Finder and lead you to full-text if available.
Browse Journal Finder by title or subject. When browsing or searching, you can read articles from any journal that is available in the Full-text resources online group of results. Choose a database in this group based on the dates available and the time frame in which you are interested.
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Digital Scores Collection [Loeb Music Library, Harvard University]
An expansible resource of scanned images of rare and unique musical scores that will be freely available via the Web for classroom and research use at Harvard and to scholars all over the world.
Mutopia
An online project offering free downloadable sheet music and MIDI files based on editions in the public domain, including works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Handel, Mozart, and many others. Browse by instrument, composer or style here.
Classical Music Library
The world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
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The New Bach Edition [Die Neue Bach-Ausgabe] [MUSIC 360]
Also available in print, Lower Level, Score Reference: SCO R 780.81 B122W
Index of Bach works
Mozart NMA: Digitized Version [Die Neue Mozart-Ausgabe] [MUSIC 361]
Also available in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Main Level, Reference:
R 780.3 N42N [29 vols]
Index of Mozart works
The Dictionary of American Hymnology Project [Oberlin College Library]
“Provides data related to hymns and hymn writers as well as the history of congregational song in America. The project comprises four sources for research: an index of first lines of hymns from 1640 to 1978 with a supplementary index 1978 to present; a bibliography of some 5000 hymnals published in America (1817 denominational + 3192 non-denominational); an author file; and a biographical file.”
The Dictionary of North American Hymnology [The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada]
“Indexes the contents of 4876 hymnals, published in North America between 1640 and 1978, and over one million hymns contained in these publications.”
The Hymn Tune Index [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]
The HTI database contains all hymn tunes printed anywhere in the world with English-language texts up to 1820, and their publication history up to that date. Choose from Tune, Text, Source, or Composer searches. No sound files available, yet.
Also available in print, The Hymn Tune Index: A Census of English Language Hymn Tunes in Printed Sources from 1535-1820, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.78227 T246H [4 vols]
v.1 Introduction and Sources
v.2 Tune Indexes: Guide for Users inside front cover
v.3-4 Tune Census: tunes are numbered and arranged in chronological order of their first appearance in printed sources.
Romance of Alexander: a band of musicians, 1339-44, Bodleian Library, Oxford
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