Research Guides: Music: Books

Select New Books

Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America by Elaine Keillor; Tim Archambault; John M. H. Kelly
Call Number: ML102 .N37 K45 2013
ISBN: 9780313336003
Music in Special Education, 2nd Edition by Mary S. Adamek; Alice-Ann Darrow
Call Number: MT17 .A32 2010
ISBN: 9781884914263
Publication Date: 2010-09-01
Breakfast in Nudie Suits by Ian Dunlop
Call Number: ML420 .P275 D86 2011
ISBN: 9781905959402
Publication Date: 2012-10-30
The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies by Nicholas Till (Editor)
Call Number: ML1700 .C166 2012
ISBN: 9780521855617
Publication Date: 2012-10-18

Finding Books in Bunch

Helpful databases

Cambridge Companions to Music
Cambridge Companions to Music provide clear and accessible information on composers, instruments or musical topics, written with the student, the performer and the music lover in mind. Each volume provides a carefully structured series of specially-commissioned essays by leading authorities offering comprehensive coverage and indispensable reference material as well as absorbing reading matter.

Hymnary.org
Do you search for hymns and worship music for worship services? Are you researching a particular hymn? Looking for an arrangement or media file? If so, Hymnary.org is for you. Hymnary.org is an online hymn and worship music database for worship leaders, hymnologists, and amateur hymn lovers alike. At Hymnary.org you can search or browse hymns by title, tune, meter, key, scripture reference, and more.

In partnership with The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, Hymnary.org now houses the Dictionary of North American Hymnology -- making Hymnary.org the most complete database of North American hymnody on the planet.

Search Google Books

Library of Congress Class "M"

The books in Bunch are all arranged by subjects, according to Library of Congress classification. All music books begin with the letter "M", which breaks into three categories:

M is for notated music

ML is for books on the various aspects of music -- history, criticism, biographies, etc.

MT is reserved for instruction and study -- Books on technique, teaching, theory and arranging, and even some printed music as well (etudes, studies, exercises, etc).

Click the links to see a detailed breakdown...

LC M, ML, MT chart

Find books outside Bunch

WorldCat
WorldCat searches the catalogs of libraries around the world. It can tell you the location of closest library that holds a book or journal you're trying to find.

Project MUSE
Project MUSE is a 100%full-text online collection of several hundred titles in the arts, humanities and social sciences from 60 university and society presses. MUSE journals cover many fields of study including literature, history, politics and policy studies, economics, education, film, religion and women?s studies.

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.

Music: Books