Find These Reference Resources @ Tutt Library
The Encyclopedia of Native Music : More than a Century of Recordings from Wax Cylinder to the Internet by Call Number: ML156.4.I5 W75 2005ISBN: 0816524483Publication Date: 2005
The Oxford Handbook of Medical Ethnomusicology by Call Number: ML3920 .O88 2008ISBN: 0195337077Publication Date: 2008Location: Music Library Books and Scores
Music Resources Online
- African Music on the Webfrom Stanford University
- American RoutesWeekly 2-hour public radio program offering archived shows
- The Folk Song IndexIndex to traditional folk songs, especially those in English, in over 2400 published anthologies. From Oberlin College and Sing Out.
- Global Music ArchiveUgandan and other East African music, from Vanderbilt University
- Internet Chinese Music ArchiveIncludes popular and traditional music
- LANIC: Latin American Network Information CenterThe Music page of this resource from the University of Texas
- National Jukebox (Library of Congress)Streamed audio for over 10,000 rare historic sound recordings
- World Music CentralNews, reviews, articles, and resources on traditional and contemporary folk and roots music as well as cross-cultural fusions and hybrids
Primary Sources Online
- Alan Lomax's Association for Cultural EquityFounded by Alan Lomax to explore and preserve the world's expressive traditions with humanistic commitment and scientific engagement
- Archival Sound Recordings at the British Libraryincludes non-western music, jazz in Britain, history of sound recording, and much more
- Detroit Sound ConservancyThe DSC’s goal is to become the go-to leadership for accurate information and effective strategy to increase and maintain Detroit’s capacity to conserve its musical past.
Library of Congress Classification for Music
We use the Library of Congress Classification System to gather like items together. You can browse the shelves to discover music works that you never knew existed. If you're looking for trios, a quick search through the M300's may hold some surprises....ah, serendipity!
Music searchers are lucky, because “M” is for music!
Music scores are located under M
Books about music are located under ML
Music teaching materials (both scores and books) are located under MT
Here is a selective overview of the call numbers for music (most music scores are found under "M") :
M Music
- M2 Collections of musical scores
- M3 Collected works of individual composers
- M5-1490 Instrumental music
- M180-298 Duets
- M300-386 Trios
- M400-486 Quartets
- M500-586 Quintets
- M600-686 Sextets
- M700-786 Septets
- M800-886 Octets
- M900-986 Nonets, large combinations of chamber music
- M 1000-1160 Orchestra
- M1495-5000 Vocal Music
- M1497-1998 Secular Vocal Music
- M1999-2199 Sacred Vocal Music
ML Literature on Music
- ML62-90 Musician’s writings
- ML100-109 Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
- ML112.8-158.8 Bibliography
- ML159-3775 History and criticism
- ML410 Biography
- ML430-455 Composition
- ML459-1380 Instruments and instrumental music
- ML1400-3275 Vocal music
- ML3400-3465 Dance music
- ML3469-3541 Popular music
- ML3544-3775 National music
- ML3800-3923 Philosophy and physics of music
MT Musical Instruction and Study
- MT1-5 History and criticism
- MT5.5-7 Music theory
- MT40-67 Composition
- MT68 Improvisation, Accompaniment, Transposition
- MT70-74 Instrumentation and orchestration
- MT90-146 Analysis and appreciation
- MT170-810 Instrumental techniques
- MT820-915 Singing and vocal technique
- MT918-948 School music
- MT955-956 Musical theater
Note: Music library sound and video recordings use a separate classification system.
If you’re looking for music for particular performance forces, use our Music Instrumentation Search
Generally, books about music are located in Tutt Libary. Seay Library houses scores and sound/video recordings. Both libraries provide music reference collections.
Selected Online Journals
- Black GroovesOnline review journal from the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University
- EOL Ethnomusicology OnlinePeer-reviewed multimedia web journal
- Ethnomusicology Forumfrom the Journal of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology
- Ethnomusicology ReviewEthnomusicology Review offers diverse scholarly approaches to musical practice in the form of articles, essays, and reviews, from the Graduate Student Program of the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Latinoamerica MusicaIncludes some articles in English
- Music Magazinefrom India
- Ntama: Journal of African Music and Popular CultureEnglish-language journal based in Europe
- Roots WorldReviews and interviews
- World Digital LibraryThe World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
- World Music CentralNews, reviews, articles, and resources on traditional and contemporary folk and roots music as well as cross-cultural fusions and hybrids
Selected Books of Interest @ Tutt Library
The Study of Ethnomusicology : Thirty-one Issues and Concepts by Call Number: ML3798 .N47 2005ISBN: 0252072782Publication Date: 2005explains what ethnomusicologists do and the ideological issues they address
Databases @ Tutt Library & Online Websites
- Garland encyclopedia of world music online This link opens in a new windowOnline version of the 10-volume encyclopedia, with detailed indexing and searching, and accompanied by images and audio samples. Now a subset of Music Reference Online.
- Grove Music Online This link opens in a new windowA large collection of music reference information, encompassing The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, as well as numerous subsequent updates and emendations. Grove is now a part of Oxford Music Online (OMO), and this resource includes The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. The following works will become available as content is published: The Grove Dictionary of American Music, the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Where content overlaps, entries from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography are available.
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1929 - current. A comprehensive humanities database, with almost 500 full text titles and indexing and abstracting for more than 1,700 titles. Subject areas include (but are not limited to) literature, philosophy, the arts, history, culture-oriented and multi-disciplinary humanities titles with some coverage going back as far as 1929. This database replaces Humanities Abstracts.
- Jewish Music WebCenterThe purpose of this site is 'to provide an online forum for academic, organizational, and individual activities in Jewish music.' This searchable site includes annotated links to Web resources (browsable by topic or title) and a guide to scholarly research in Jewish music. From Judith Shira Pinnolis, a librarian at Brandeis University.
- Music Index This link opens in a new windowCoverage: 1979 - current. Indexes over 670 international music periodicals, covering a broad range of subjects. Good subject headings for searches; citations only.