Music : Start Here

Contains searchable articles about all aspects of music. It is the 2nd edition of the New Grove Dictionary of Music, the standard and largest comprehensive music encyclopedia. The print volumes are available in the reference area of Watzek Library. It also includes The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

Includes the complete Naxos, Marco Polo, and Dacapo catalogues, with almost nine hundred labels represented in total. The library currently contains more than 2 million tracks. See separate Jazz and World databases for additional coverage.

Recordings of over 32,000 artists are represented, spanning 150 countries and 1,500 cultural groups. Also includes select recordings from the Smithsonian Folkways catalog.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature is a comprehensive, ongoing guide to publications on music from all over the world, is an indispensable tool for scholars, students, librarians, performers, teachers, and music lovers. It provides broad yet detailed coverage and facilitates both focused research and browsing for readers of all levels. From hip hop to Handel, from ethnomusicology to music therapy, from elementary music education to advanced music theory, RILM is the first stop for the researcher who wants clear, verified bibliographic information, fully cited, abstracted, and indexed.