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This is a guide to selected sources of information related to Music available at URI. To find additional information, conduct a search in the HELIN Library Catalog (See 'Getting Started' below.)

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URI Ref. ML128 .M78 .B6 1985

Bloom, Ken. American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion.

 

URI Ref. ML128 .M78 .B6 1996

Bloom, Ken. American Song: The Complete Companion to Tin Pan Alley Song.

 

 

http://helin.uri.edu

HELIN Library Catalog

To find music resources in the URI Libraries, search the HELIN catalog. Use the AUTHOR search by entering last name first (ex. Kern, Jerome or Verdi, Giuseppe), a SUBJECT search (ex. Music - 20th Century - History and Criticism), a TITLE search (ex. Sonata in C Minor for Viola and Piano), or a WORD search (ex. piano and scores).

 

You will find books, periodicals, microfilm, CD and video recordings related to music in the main University Library. There are other materials such as vinyl and CD recordings, tapes, study scores, solo and ensemble music, and music dictionaries in the Music Resource Room in the Fine Arts Center. Call (401) 874 5584 for more information.

 

URI Ref. ML100 .C37 
Carlton, Joseph R. Carlton's Complete Reference Book of Music.

 

 

URI Ref. ML108 G844 H3
Grant, Parks. Handbook of Music Terms

  

 

URI Ref. ML160 .N44

New Oxford History of Music

 

 

URI Ref. ML160 .R42 1999

Reader's Guide to Music: History, Theory, Criticism.

 

 

URI Ref. ML156.2 .O68

Schwann Opus.

 

URI Ref. ML102 .O6 .B26 2000

Baker's Dictionary of Opera.

 

URI Ref. ML102 .M88 .G3 2001
Gänzl, Kurt. Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre.

 

 

URI Ref. ML100 .G16 1998

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music.

 

 

URI Ref. ML102 .P66 .G84 1998 

Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Revised Edition of the Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

 

URI ref. ML102 .M68 .H57 1999

Hischak, Thomas S. American Musical Film Song Encyclopedia.

 

URI Ref. ML100 .K35 1994
Kennedy, Michael. Oxford Dictionary of Music.

  

 

http://www.grovemusic.com/index.html

URI Ref. ML100 .N48 2001 

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Online

Web-based access to the complete contents of the 29-volume printed edition. Browse entries or search full text articles. Includes over 3000 links to related resources. Print edition in URI Reference.

 

URI Ref. ML102 .I5 .N48 1985

New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments.

 

 

URI Ref. ML102 .O6 .N5 1992

New Grove Dictionary of Opera.

 

 

URI Ref. ML100 .S635 1997

Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker's Dictionary of Music.

 

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/ref.html

Academic Search Premier.

Provides full text for nearly 3,180 scholarly publications covering a full range of academic disciplines. Coverage varies by publication, but generally covers the early-to-mid 1990s to present.

 

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

Academic Universe (Lexis-Nexis).

News, legal and business information service that provides full text articles from most sources. Includes International and US news services as well as media transcripts and wire service reports.

URI Ref Z1215 .A76222
Arts and Humanities Citation Index. 1977-1995.

Comprehensive general index covering over 6,000 international journals as well as monographs. Includes bibliographies of each indexed article, access to articles by author (Source Index), subject (Permuterm Index) and cited work (Citation Index).

 

http://music.chadwyck.com/

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

Indexes more than 375 international music periodicals from over 20 countries. Abstracts available from 1996 to the present. 1874-.

 

URI Ref. ML1 .I83 v.1(1967)- incomplete
International Repertory of Music Literature (Organization) RILM Abstracts of Music Literature.

 Abstracts of music literature since 1967. 

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html
Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography. 1963-.

Covers scholarship in literature, folklore and linguistics and includes citations to articles, books and some dissertations.

 

URI Ref. ML118 M84 v.17(1965)-v.51(1999)

Music Index

Provides citations to articles in nearly 400 international music sources.

 

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html

Project Muse.

An online collection of over 40 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by the Johns University Press. The full text of all articles is available online.

URI Ref. ML105 .B16 2001

Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.

 

 

URI Ref. ML105 .C62 1992

Contemporary Composers.

 

 

URI Ref. ML105 .I5 1999

International Dictionary of Black Composers.

 

 

URI Ref. ML120 .G7 . P68 2000

Poulin, Alan J. A Dictionary-Catalog of Modern British Composers.

 

URI Ref. ML113 .I6

RISM Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

International Inventory of Musical Sources, an ongoing bibliographic series for pre-1900 source materials in music.

 

URI Ref. ML105 .S612 1997

Slonimsky, Nicolas. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians.

 

 

URI Ref. ML385 W67 1999

World Musicians.

 

For assistance
If you need further assistance, stop by the Reference Desk or contact the Humanities Reference Librarian, Jim Kinnie at (401) 874-9240 or jkinnie@uri.edu.

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