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guide lists a selection of print and electronic resources available
at the Blinn College Library and on the Web.
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Need Help?
Contact library liaisons: Linda
Flynn (979-830-4251) or Jayne
Kitterman (979-830-4035) in Brenham; Mary
Castle (979-209-7271) in Bryan. You may also Ask
a Librarian
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Encyclopedias
 Grove
Music Online - Grove Music Online is an integrated
music resource on the Web, including the full text of The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition;
29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes),
and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition;
3 volumes). Grove Music Online will be updated annually to ensure
it remains the most up to date music reference work on the Internet.
Key features include: full-text searching with advanced capabilities;
and over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives
and illustrations. (Source: Vendor Web site)
The
new Grove dictionary of music and musicians. 29 vols.
New York : Grove, 2001.
(Brenham R780.3 N420g 2001and 1986; Bryan has the 1980 ed.)
The Billboard encyclopedia of classical music.: New
York : Billboard Books, 2004.
( Brenham R780.3 B493e)
The Harvard dictionary of music. Cambridge,
Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2003.
(Brenham and Bryan R780.3 H261d 2003)
The New Grove dictionary of opera. New York : Grove's
Dictionaries of Music , 1992.
Santelli,
Robert. The big book of blues : a biographical encyclopedia.
New York, N.Y. : Penguin, 1993
(Bryan 781.6430922 Sa59b)
Dictionaries
The New Grove dictionary of American music. 4
vols. New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, [1986]
(Brenham and Bryan R781.7730321 N420g)
Kennedy,
Michael. The Oxford dictionary of music. Oxford
; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
(Brenham and Bryan R780.3 K384o 1994)
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians. 6 vols.
New York : Schirmer Books, c2001.
(Brenham R780.922 B177b 2001)
Slonimsky,
Nicolas. Baker's biographical dictionary of twentieth-century
classical musicians. New York : Schirmer Books, 1997.
(Brenham R780.922 SL54b, Bryan has the 1992 ed.)
American musical traditions. 5 vols. New York : Schirmer
Reference, 2002.
(Brenham and Bryan R781.6200973 Am25m)
Walker-Hill, Helen. From spirituals to symphonies : African-American
women composers and their music / Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, 2002.
(Bryan R780.8996073 W152f)
Jezic, Diane. Women composers : the lost tradition found.
New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York :
Distributed by the Talman Co., 1988.
(Brenham R780.922 J559w)
Books and Audiovisuals |
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There are two
ways to search for books and audiovisuals in the library's collection:
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Search the Library Catalog
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Browse
the Shelves
Search the Library Catalog
How do I find books about
a particular composer?
1. Select Subject
2. Type the last name, first name (ex. Mozart)
3. Click on "Search" or press enter.
How can I request books that
are only availabe from another Blinn College campus?
1.
Click on the item's request button. Requests generally take 24
hours or less to arrive at your campus library.
2.
Enter
your Blinn student ID number.
3. Select
the pickup location and click "submit."
Note:
You can also follow these steps to place a book on hold if all
copies (including those from other campuses) are checked out.
Browse the Shelves
Call Numbers |
Subject |
780 |
Music |
781 |
General principles & musical forms |
782 |
Vocal music |
783 |
Music for single voices The voice |
784 |
Instruments & Instrumental ensembles
|
785 |
Chamber music |
786 |
Keyboard & other instruments |
787 |
Stringed instruments (Chordophones) |
788 |
Wind instruments (Aerophones) |
Articles
in Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers |
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Periodical Indexes
Academic
Search Complete - Provides full text access to articles in
magazines, newspapers, and peer-reviewed journals that cover a
multiplicity of subjects including fine arts.
MasterFILE
Premier - Provides access to articles on a broad range of
disciplines including music.
Project
Muse - Offers citations and full text for many scholarly
music related periodicals. Provided by Johns Hopkins University
Press.
What
if a periodical index does not have the entire text of
an article I need?
If the full text of an article is not available in a library
database, it is possible to check another database for the full
text or determine if the library owns a print version of a publication.
Refer to "Locate
Journals & Magazines in the Library" for an explanation
on how to find full text articles.
Library
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Classical
Music Library - A classical music listening service for libraries.
Contains over 23,000 classical music tracks. Allows users to organize,
create, save and share their own playlist selections of music.
Includes extensive reference materials and a suite of specially
designed tools.
Grove
Music Online - Grove Music Online is an integrated
music resource on the Web, including the full text of The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (second edition;
29 volumes), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (4 volumes),
and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (second edition;
3 volumes). Grove Music Online will be updated annually to ensure
it remains the most up to date music reference work on the Internet.
Key features include: full-text searching with advanced capabilities;
and over 3000 links to related sites, including sound archives
and illustrations. (Source: Vendor Web site)
Classical Composers
Database - A good starting point for information on classical
composers lives, works, pictures. Provides links to other relevant
sites and audio. Created by Jos Smeets.
Classical
Music Pages - Searchable by musical epoch, form (opera, symphony,
etc.) and composer's name. Also contains a dictionary of musical
terms, a brief history of western music, and articles about musical
topics. Created by Matthew Boynick.
Classical Net - A comprehensive
music site that contains a basic repertoire list, a classical
CD buying guide, recommended classical cds, composer data, reviews
& articles, books & scores, and classical music links.
Essentials of Music
- Provides an introduction to classical music with overviews of
the six main eras in music history, brief biographies of almost
70 composers,and a glossry with 200 definitions. It also contains
excerpts of musical scores. A cooperative project between W.W.
Norton & Co. and Sony Classical Music.
J.S. Bach Homepage
- A wealth of information pertaining to Johann Sebastian Bach.
Created by Jan Hanford and Jan Koster.
Music Dictionary
Online - Explains general and specialist terms found in musical
scores, books, web sites, cd notes and concert programmes, including
those from related fields of dance, art, poetry, drama, cultural
philophy, music education and history, physics, physiiology and
psychology of sound, music technology, notable works and important
non-composer figures in music.
Music History 102: A
Guide to Western Composers and Their Music from the Middle Ages
to the Present - Introduces students to the six periods in
music history. Also includes biographical information, pictures,
excerpts to music, and a discography to Renaissance recordings.
Created by Robert Sherrane, Cataloging Librarian to the Julliard
School, New York.
Virginia Multimedia
Music Dictionary - Provided by the Virginia Tech music department.
Music Schools
Blinn College Fine Art
s (Brenham Campus)
Blinn
College Fine Arts (Bryan Campus)
TAMU Performance
Studies Program
Sam Houston University -
School of Music
Musical
Ensembles and Performance Series
American
Guild of Organists - Chapter Brazos Valley
Brazos Valley Symphony
OPAS
Friends of
Chamber Music
Festival Hill at Round
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Radio
KAMU-FM - Classical music,
jazz and news from Texas A&M University.
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