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• Classical Music in Video View Me » Direct Connect

  An international collection of performances, master-classes and interviews.

• Classical Scores Library View Me » Direct Connect

  Downloadable and printable classical sheet music, including out-of-copyright works and contemporary composers.

• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music View Me » Direct Connect

  Based on the 1997 print edition, this e-book includes multimedia examples.

• IIMP Full Text: International Index to Music Periodicals View Me » Direct Connect

  The Music Periodicals Database has indexing and abstracts for a wide range of music periodicals, scholarly and popular.

• IMSLP, Petrucci Music Library View Me » Direct Connect

  An open access resource based on the wiki model, offering music scores and recordings in the public domain.

• Index New Zealand : INNZ View Me » Direct Connect

  Periodical indexing for New Zealand publications, including specialist music titles.

• International Inventory of Music Sources (RISM) View Me » Direct Connect

  A large catalogue of music sources made available by the Bavarian State Library, the State Library of Berlin, and RISM.

• IPA Source View Me » Direct Connect

  International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal English translations of over 6,000 opera arias and art song texts.

• JSTOR View Me » Direct Connect

  Interdisciplinary journals in full text, with good coverage for musicology.

• Naxos Music Library View Me » Direct Connect

  Streaming recordings, including the complete Naxos catalogue, as well as recordings from labels such as EMI Classics, Teldec and Erato.

• Opera in Video View Me » Direct Connect

  On completion, will have 500 hours of staged productions of opera on video, supported by interviews and documentaries.

• Oxford Music Online View Me » Direct Connect

  Comprises Grove Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music.

• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature View Me » Direct Connect

  The premier international database of music scholarship, produced by Repertoire International de Litterature in New York.

• Rock's Backpages View Me » Direct Connect

  Magazine articles on rock music plus audio interviews with artists, including Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits.