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D. K. Wilgus Folksong CollectionD. K. Wilgus Folksong Collection features approximately 8000 commercially recorded albums of traditional music, song, and narrative as well as 1000 field-recorded tapes. Maintained by UCLA Library.
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Digital Resources for MusicologyFind a substantial collection of open-access projects for musicians and the music researcher. Digital resources include sheet music, scores, audio, video, music magazines, and resources for music theory.
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Frontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American RecordingsFrontera Collection of Mexican and Mexican American Recordings. Find over 100,000 songs celebrating North America’s Spanish-language musical heritage.
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Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael CollectionHispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of an ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.
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IPA SourceTranscriptions and literally translations of opera arias and art song texts.
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Lieder, Art Song, and Choral Texts ArchiveThis site is the world's largest reference archive of texts and translations of Lieder, art songs, and choral works. Find text of over 130,000 vocal pieces, plus information about composers and lyricists.
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Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1820-1860Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1820-1860. Find over 15,000 pieces of sheet music, articles, and essays between 1820-1860.
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Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870-1885Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870-1885. Find over 47,000 pieces of sheet music, articles, and essays between 1870-1885.
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National JukeboxNational Jukebox. Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress. Find recordings of gospel music, jazz, blues, classical, and much more.
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Performing Arts EncyclopediaExplore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress.
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Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and CultureThe Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture offers reference essays on topics ranging from Plato, Kant, and Habermas to philosophical movements such as the Scottish Enlightenment and German Idealism. This online collection contains over 1000 downloadable essays.
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Cambridge Histories OnlineThis unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. For the music researcher, find full text articles on the History of Music, Theatre, and Performing arts.
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Gale Virtual Reference LibraryGale Virtual Reference Library features encyclopedias and specialized reference materials. Music researchers will enjoy Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990, and Contemporary Musician both featuring full text articles on musicians, composers, and bands. This database also includes several Film, Theatre, and Performing Arts full text reference books.
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Credo Music LibGuide
The Credo Music LibGuide offers great resources on several musical genres including Classical, Opera, Musicals, Film, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Pop, and Avant Garde. Enjoy! -
OnMusic DictionaryFind an extensive alphabetical list of musical terms, composers, and symbol charts complete with audio pronunciation, and images or video clips of most terms.