LibGuides: Music and Music History: Background Research

Subject-Specific Scholarly eBook Articles

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
A collection of edited research books. Try the Concept Map!
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
Edited and specialized research ebooks.

Britannica Academic This link opens in a new window
High-quality and professionally edited quick information.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistical data from thousands of credible sources.

Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive Music Collection where you can listen to over a million tracks of music. Resources such as a dictionary of music, work analyses, and guided tours of historical periods are included.

Early Music Instrument Database
Case Western Reserve University provides a database on medieval, renaissance, and baroque music instruments.
Music History Timeline
Naxos Records provides a music history timeline.

The History of Music by Cecil Gray
ISBN: 0710308671
Publication Date: 2005-03-21
An introduction to the styles and schools of Western music.
Musical Terms, Symbols and Theory by Michael C. Thomsett
ISBN: 0786467576
Publication Date: 2012-01-25
The detailed and comprehensive dictionary is followed by a five-language glossary of instruments. An illustrated notation guide provides identification of symbols used in musical scores. The final section comprehensively covers scales, keys and chords.

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