Music Resources
Librarian's Corner

 

 

 

Reference Materials
To find books in the Reference Room or the special Timko Barton music collection:

Browse appropriate call number sections.

Search the library catalog and limit your results Reference, or Timko Barton.

 

Library of Congress
Call Numbers
(partial list)

BV
   Worship (Public and Private)
BV 305
  Hymnology
M
 
Music
ML
  Literature of music
MT
  Music instruction and study

Selected Reference Books

  • Baker's Dictionary of Opera - ML102.O6B26 LRC-R
  • The Complete Library of Christian Worship - BV10.2C65 LRC-R
  • The Dictionary of Hymnology - BV305.J8 LRC-R
  • Encyclopedia of the Piano - ML102.P5E53 LRC-R
  • The Hymn Tune Index - ML128.H8T46 LRC-R
  • Hymns and Tunes - BV305.D5 LRC-R
  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians - ML100.G885 LRC-R (Grove online)
  • Oxford Composer Companions: J.S. Bach - ML410.B1J15 LRC-R

 

Find Books (catalogs and ebooks)

Timko Barton Listening Room (TBM), located in Timko-Barton Hall, generally contains a noncirculating collection of scores, records, tapes, and compact discs.

See: Find Books in the Library
See also: ebrary's Music and Books on Music subject list. (Click the expand button in front of the subject to see the subcategories.)

 

Find Periodicals and eJournals

Browse the Music, Dance, Drama, Film subject list of full text periodical titles available at ORU. (Choose a subject, and then select a title, date/volume, and article.)

See: Find Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers)

 

Find Articles

 

Web Sites

See Key Points: Searching the Internet

Choral Music
Choral Music
http://www.handlo.com/ (E-mail delivery of choral music scores)
The Choral Public Domain Library
http://www.cpdl.org
The International Database of Choral Repertoire
http://www.MusicaNet.org/en/index.htm (Choral documentary search tool)
 
Classical Music Piano
All Classical Music
http://www.allclassical.com/
Classical Net
http://www.classical.net/ (Information on classical music and composers)
The Classical Music Archives
http://www.classicalarchives.com (Sound bites of classical music)
DW3 Classical Music Resources
http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/resources/classical_index.html (Links)
Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/ (Classical Music)
 
Composers and Musicians
Bach Bibliography
http://www.npj.com/bach/
The Glenn Gould Archive
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/glenngould/index-e.html (Virtual exhibition, audio tapes, research aids, writings)
Goldberg: The Early-music Portal
http://www.goldbergweb.com/en/who/
The Hector Berlioz Website
http://www.hberlioz.com/
J.S. Bach Home Page
http://www.jsbach.org/ (Biography, works, recordings)
Leonard Bernstein Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lbhtml/ (Photographs and correspondence)
The Prokofiev Page
http://www.prokofiev.org
Richard Wagner Archive
http://users.utu.fi/hansalmi/wagner.html (Resources on Wagner)
Women Composers and Women's Music
http://theme.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/women.html
Provided by Indiana University School of Music.
 
Instruments   Violin
The Clarinet Pages
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/ (Clarinet resources)
The Classical Guitar Home Page
http://www.guitarist.com/cg/cg.htm
Crumhorn Home Page
http://www.recorderhomepage.net/crumhorn.html (Information and links)
Harmony Central: Bass Resources
http://www.harmony-central.com/Bass/ (Links)
The Horn Players' FAQ
http://www.boerger.org/horn/ (Collection of commonly-asked questions about the French Horn)
The Muse's Muse
http://www.musesmuse.com/
Piano on the Net
http://www.pianonanny.com/index.html (Lessons on reading music and playing the piano)
 
Opera   Opera
Opera Resources on the World Wide Web
http://rick.stanford.edu/opera/links.html (Links)
Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Opera, Opera Companies, and Musical Theatre
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/opera.html
 
Other Resources  Music Stand
African-American Sheet Music 1850-1920 (Brown University Library)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/rpbhtml/aasmhome.html
 
All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
American Jazz Heritage (Smithsonian Institutes)
http://www.si.edu/ajazzh/
American Roots Music
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/
The British Library Sound Archive
http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/cat.html
Folkmusic.org
http://www.folkmusic.org/
Historic American Sheet Music: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/
 
Subject Directories
 
Librarians' Internet Index: Music Topics
http://lii.org/search/file/music (directory)
"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/ftvhome.html

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