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Books & Library Materials
Index to Children's Songs : a title, first line, and subject index / compiled by Carolyn Sue ML128.S3 P48
Reference
Literature for voice: an index of songs in collections and source book for teachers of singingML128.S3 G64 1984
Unique in concept, it shows in musical notation the key and range of over 1,700 songs in 60 of the most popular and available song collections.
Popular Song Index / by Patricia Pate HavliceML128.S3 H4
Covers books published from 1979 to 1987 plus a few earlier titles.
Song Finder : a title index to 32,000 popular songs in collections, 1854-1992 ML128.S3 F47 1995
Index emphasis on collections of theater songs, folk songs, children's songs, religious music, rock, country, and pop music standards.
Cross index title guide to classical music / compiled by Steven G. PallayML113 .P34 1987
An index that covers the major works of 220 composers from the Middle Ages to the present.
Historical Sets, Collected Editions, and Monuments of MusicML113 .H55 1980
Two volumes located in Reference.
Music in-print master composer indexML113 .M8825 1995
Two volumes located in Reference.
Songs in Collections : an index / Desiree de Charms & Paul F. BreedML128.S3 D37
Reference
Starting Points
Classical Music Library
Classical Music Library is an ever-growing database of classical music recordings. The collection includes recordings from the world's greatest labels including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more. Coverage includes music written from medieval times to the present, including many contemporary composers. Repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera.
[More details]For finding songs. Contains a collection of over 30,000 tracks of music recordings, featuring the world's greatest performers from 26 classical labels.
Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location.
[More details]Contains Grove Music Online, The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music. For finding songs, use the search box on this page for faster searching.
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library [NML] is the world´s largest online classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 87,860 CDs with more than 1,247,500 tracks, standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CD-length recordings are added to the library every month.
[More details]For finding songs. Contains a collection of over 1,772,000 tracks of music recordings, featuring the world's greatest performers.
Oxford Music Online
For general, non-scholarly articles on a variety of music topics, try searching in the Oxford Music Online search box below.
Databases
IPA Source
IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and solo art songs.
For finding songs and music in collections. IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and solo art songs. Now with over 2000 texts!
Websites
Song Index
This database provides access to many of the songs that the Library has in various song anthologies. You will not find the music or the words here, just the call number and book title. If we do not own the book, it can be ordered from Interlibrary Loan
[More details]This database provides access to many of the songs that the Library has in various song anthologies. You will not find the music or the words here, just the call number and book title. If we do not own the book, it can be ordered from Interlibrary Loan
Musipedia
Searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes.
[More details]You can find and identify a tune even if the melody is all you know. You can play it on a piano keyboard, whistle it to the computer, simply tap the rhythm on the computer keyboard or use the Parsons code.