Keeley Library Student Pages:
Art & Music -
Music
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Music." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- Choral music
- Composition (Music)
- Computer music
- Concerts
- Dance music
- Electronic music
- Folk dance music
- Folk music
- Improvisation (Music)
- Instrumental music
- Jazz
- Music
- Music--Acoustics and physics
- Music appreciation
- Music--History
- Musical analysis
- Musical form
- New age music
- Popular music
- Sacred music
- Singing
- Vocal music
- Voice
- names of composers, musical instruments, and musical styles
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
- Career opportunities in the music industry
- Encyclopedia of the musical theater
- Grove's encyclopedia of music and musicians
- Illustrated encyclopedia of musical instruments
- Introduction to the language of music
- Music reference and research materials
- Music, the illustrated guide to music around the world, from its origins to the present day
- Oxford dictionary of music
- Oxford history of music
- Popular American composers, from revolutionary times to the present
- Words to rhyme with : for poets and song writers
- World musicians
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