LibGuides: Music: Articles

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Pop Culture Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Pop Culture Collection provides access to scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. The database offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.
Humanities Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Humanities Full Text™ includes many of the most important academic journals in the humanities with the full text of articles from over 300 periodicals dating back to 1995. The database provides coverage of feature articles, interviews, bibliographies, obituaries, and original works of fiction, drama, poetry and book reviews, as well as reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, radio and television programs, plays, operas, and more
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, 5th ed.
Derived from the classic Oxford Dictionary of Music, this is the most authoritative dictionary of music available. Includes over 14,000 entries on musical terms from allegro to zingaro, and on musical works from Aida to Tosca, as well as musical instruments and their history, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras.
The Oxford Companion to Music
This new online-only edition of The Oxford Companion to Music is a partial revision that focuses on living composers and their music, and adds some terms, works, and cross-references to the original text. It places music in its social and cultural context, with a range of new entries on topics such as politics, religion, psychology, and computers.
Who married Figaro? : a book of opera characters
A reference work containing over 2500 A-Z entries on operatic characters. Includes synopses for over 200 operas and operettas as well as feature articles written by well-known personalities from the world of opera, including Placido Domingo and Dame Janet Baker.

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