• Masterworks: a Musical Discovery, 1998, 781.1 M37 also available on the Web
• The NPR Classical Music Companion Terms & Concepts from A to Z. 1997. netLibrary eBook
• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1989, R780.3 N48
• The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2002, R781.65 N48

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Search E-Journals for Music periodicals available in print at Plough Library and/or online through CBU databases. Under Subject Browse, select "Music and books on music".
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GENERAL

• AMG All-Music Guide
  Encyclopedic music reference site searchable by song title, album, artist, style, or record label.
• Classical Net
  Site for finding biographical information on composers, recommended recordings of standard repertoire, and articles and reviews.
• Cyber Hymnal
• Duke Classical Music Resources
• EFDSS Root Source
  Guide to folk music and dance in England.
• K-12 Resources for Music Educators
• MuseData: Electronic Library of Classical Music Scores
  From Stanford University.
• Pianopedia
• Public Domain Music
  Reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music.
• Renaissance Liturgical Imprints
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
  Online resource list from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.

MUSIC THEORY

• Dissertations in Musical Theory
• saggi musicali italiani: Database for Texts on Music Theory and Aesthetics
  From Indiana University.
• Texts on Music in English
  Electronic texts on music theory and aesthetics.

CHORAL MUSIC

• ChoralNet
  Central portal to online resources and communications for the global choral music community.
• Database of the Choral Music Repertoire of the World
• Texts of Art Songs and Other Classical Vocal Pieces

OPERA

• The Aria Database
  Information, translation, and MIDIs of famous opera arias.
• Opera Glass Opera Resources
  From Stanford University.
• Opera Memphis

AUDIO CLIPS & ONLINE RADIO

• Classic Cat
  A directory with links to over 1500 free-to-download classical performances on the internet, sorted by composer and work.
• Classical Live Online Radio
  Collection of over 90 classical music radio stations, broadcasting live on the Web.
• Classical Music Mobile
  Pay-Per-Download Classical MP3s

PUBLICATIONS

• Journal of Music Theory Homepage
  Founded at Yale in 1957, JMT is the oldest music-theory journal now published in the United States.
• MuSICA: Music & Science Information Computer Archive
  Provides all issues of MuSICA Research Notes. MRN is a newsletter of analysis and commentary on the broad field of research on music and behavior, including evolution, brain mechanisms, child development, perception, learning, memory, performance, health and related topics.