RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature [via EBSCO]

RILM Retrospective Abstracts of Music Literature now includes RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. The full bibliography is a single product.​ It’s the full database, from 1800 to the present. RILM…

RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text [via EBSCO]

Search across 125 rare primary source, full-text journals. Includes original volumes, reprints, microforms, and photocopies of music periodicals covering nearly 200 years of musical life in Europe in 14 languages.

Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)

A guide to the performing arts collections (both print and digital) and exhibitions at the Library of Congress. Includes digitized items from the collections, with some works by composers Amy…

Oxford Companion to Music

Part of Oxford Music Online, the Oxford Companion to Music contains over 8000 articles on musical subjects, including composers, performers, conductors, individual works of music, musical terms and instruments. It…

Oxford Dictionary of Music

Part of Oxford Music Online, the Oxford Dictionary of Music contains 12,500 entries on musical subjects, including information on composers, performers, conductors, musical terms and instruments. It may be searched…

Oxford History of Western Music

The Oxford History of Western Music online offers an unmatched account of the evolution of Western classical music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time, Richard Taruskin. Since its original publication in print Taruskin’s landmark study has received universal acclaim and numerous awards.