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Music Resources
Books Online (Full Text)
Electronic Books
EBRARY Authentication Required 
Collection of ebooks (over 5000 titles) on the the following subjects: philosophy, psychology, religion, sociology, anthropology, history, political science, law, language, fine arts, education, science, and technology.ALERT: Internet Explorer 7.0 has some additional features that can interfere with site function. If you are experiencing problems we recommend using Mozilla Firefox.

 

Library Catalogs
Library Catalogs
WorldCat (FirstSearch) Authentication Required 
Millions of bibliographic records for holdings in library catalogs worldwide.

 

Music Resources
Audio Online
Classical Music Library (Alexander Street Press) Authentication Required 
the world's largest multi-label database of recordings for listening and learning in libraries (currently over 32 labels), with a particular focus on contemporary music and women composers.

 

Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) Authentication Required 
Provides CD quality audio, complete and original liner notes and essays from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) and other important labels.

 

Naxos Jazz (NAXOS) Authentication Required 
An international jazz label offering the finest contemporary jazz from around the world and featuriing artists and ensembles from the United States, Scandinavia, Germany, Australia and New Zealand. ALERT: You must LOGOUT when you have finished using this database.

 

Naxos Music Library (NAXOS) Authentication Required 
Provides listening access to over 80,000 tracks (5,500 CDs) from the Classical, Jazz, New Age, Chinese and World Music spheres. Naxos also has an expanding collecion of reference resources including as Glossary, Pronunciation Guide, detailed Opera Synopses and Libretti as well as Spoken Texts and an introduction to Music History. ALERT: You must LOGOUT when you have finished using this database.

 

Music Resources
Music In Print (Emusic Quest) Authentication Required 
This includes the Music-In-Print volumes on Sacred Choral, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, String, Classical Guitar, Woodwind, and Piano Music In Print.

 

Popular Music In Print Authentication Required 
guide to published popular music including title, composer, publisher searching.

 

Musical Scores Online
Classical Scores Library (Alexander Street Press) Authentication Required 
Contains 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores, manuscripts, and previously unpublished material, allowing for the study and analysis of more than 8,000 musical scores.

 

FreeHandMusic Library (NAXOS) Authentication Required 
The Naxos Music Library offers members over 45,000 sheet music titles, powered by the largest online digital sheet music store, FreeHandMusic.com. The library service delivers digital sheet music in all classical genres, spanning music from Medieval to the 21st century and composers from Bach to Arvo Part.

 

International Music Score Library Project Freely Available on the Web 
A virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge.

 

LibraryMusicSource.com Authentication Required 
Formerly called CD Sheet Music, this massive collection is assembled from the 200 plus catalog of the CD-ROM collections of CD Sheet Music, LLC. Includes masterworks for piano, organ, classical guitar, strings, winds, voice, chorus and study scores. This collection has been subsumed by Library Music Source

 

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe / Digital Mozart Edition Freely Available on the Web 
The digitized version offers the musical text and the critical commentaries of the entire Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, edited by the Internationale Stiftung Mozart in cooperation with the Mozart cities of Augsburg, Salzburg, and Vienna

 

Periodical Databases
Abstracts & Indexes
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (CSA) Authentication Required 
Contains abstracts for journals covering all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy as well as other related fields such as music librarianship, literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy and physics. This resource is updated monthly.
Coverage: 1967 - Present

 

RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (EBSCOHost) Authentication Required 
Indexing, abstracts, and full text linking of eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth-century periodical literature dealing with music. Updated twice annually.
Coverage: 1800 - 1950
ALERT: Now Available via EBSCOHost

 

Full Text Databases (Multiple Titles)
International Index to Music Periodicals Fulltext (ProQuest, Chadwyck) Authentication Required 
provides indexing, abstracts and fulltext for over 61 of the most important scholarly and popular journals in music and the performing arts. UPDATED MONTHLY. TITLE LIST
Coverage: Indexing: 1874 - PresentFullext : 1996 - Present

 

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-V plus Compliment Authentication Required 
Full text archive of scholarly humanities and social sciences journals with access from the first issue of each title to as recent as 5 years ago (depending upon the title). Updated monthly.
Coverage: 1800's - 2000's (Embargoed)

 

Music Index Online (EBSCOHost) Authentication Required 
is a subject/author guide to periodical literature compiled from over 670 international music periodicals offering the researcher access to a wealth of historiographic, ethnographic, and musicological data. A broad range of subjects is covered, including past and present personalities, the history of music, forms and types of music, musical instruments from the earliest times to modern electronic instruments, plus computer produced music.
Coverage: 1978 - Present

 

Primary Resources
Historical Documents
American Memory: History & Culture of the U.S. (LOC)
written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America.
Coverage: varies

 

Manuscripts & First-Editions
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 (EBSCOHost) Authentication Required 
An international index and guide to music manuscripts, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections produced after 1600 (primarily 1600-1850).

 

Works by Ludwig van Beethoven Freely Available on the Web 
Features explanations and listening samples as well as important documents related to the pieces and now owned by the Beethoven-Haus: 300 manuscripts from Beethoven (autographs), copies by professional copyists and drafts, 800 first publications as well as work related letters and pictures. For each document, visitors can read and listen to scientific and interesting information.

 

Reference & General Information
Directories
IPM - Index to Printed Music: Collections & Series (EBSCOHost) Authentication Required 
is a comprehensive index and guide to music printed in standard scholarly editions. The music included is published in sets and series organized according by composer, geographical area, time/style period, original source or appearance in anthologies. UPDATED QUARTERLY.

 

Dissertations & Theses
DDM Online: Doctoral Dissertations in Music Authentication Required 
DDM-Online is a database of bibliographic records for completed dissertations and new dissertation topics in the fields of musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology, as well as in related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines.
Coverage: 1995 - present

 

Encyclopedia
Grove Music Online (Oxford University Press) Authentication Required 
is an extensive and scholarly music encyclopedia that provides access to full text biographies, subject overviews and music reference resources. Illustrations are also provided. Updated Quarterly.
Coverage: Current

 

Visual Resources
Film, Images & Video
Opera in Video (Alexander Street Press)
Contains 250 of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries.

 

Library Information

Primary Subject Location(s)

Scherman Music Library
Campus: Mannes Campus
Address Line 1: 150 85th Street, 4th floor
Address Line 2: New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 212-580-0210 ext.4803
Main URL: http://library.newschool.edu/scherman
Hours URL: http://library.newschool.edu/scherman/calendar

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