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Instrumental Performance
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Lisa Rae PhilpottMusic Library519-661-2111 x82755
Audio
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Helpful hints for finding recordings and videos located in the Western Libraries' Music Library.
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"Smithsonian Global Sound is a network of international cultural institutions working to preserve and distribute music from archives worldwide, and to foster appreciation for traditional roots music. Through its Web site, Global Sound will offer audio and video downloads, streaming media, educational resources, and detailed liner notes to music lovers, students, historians, teachers, and the academic community."
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The newest addition to our online subscriptions (i.e. use the Off-Campus Access link to input your WesterOne username and password), NAXOS Music Library offers streamed access to 55,000+ recordings and adds some 800 recordings each month. Genres include classical, blues, jazz, nostalgia, pop, rock and many more. You can search by composer, performer, label; create playlists for classes, find opera libretti and synopses, and analyses and details of works (available recordings, instrumentation, duration).
Biographies
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An excellent source for biographical information about musicians: composers, performers, conductors and music scholars.
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Excellent starting-point for finding information on CANADIAN musicians: composers, lyricists, performers, conductors, etc.
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Since death notices often contain conflicting dates, ages, and name forms, all are reported. Alternate name spellings are listed in square brackets. Citations follow the data they have provided. This file is maintained on a daily basis, and is the source from which the Music Library Association's annual Necrology Index is extracted.
Directories
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ML12.M88 MUSIC - REFERENCE
Encyclopedias
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The premiere source for information about music - save yourself valuable time, and START your search with NGO!
Handbooks
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PN1580.R47 1997 - MUSIC Reference Contains sample resumes for singers and instrumentalists.
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Music REFERENCE: ML128.O5D3 2005
If/when a score is not available, this volume is essential for determining the required ensemble instrumentation/forces - for performance purposes...think "concerto competition."
Methods/Techniques
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MT172.H477 1988 In two parts: part 1. Instrumental tutors from the Bate collection of musical instruments, Oxford and the private library of Philip Bate (10 reels) -- pt. 2. Tutors and methodes from the F.J. Fetis Collection at the Bibliotheque Royale Albert Ier, Brussels (26 reels).
Multimedia
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A streaming video database that will contain approximately 250 important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's leading performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon.
Printed Music
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Part of the Alexander Street Press suite of databases, this subscription offers full scores in PDF format.
Web Sites
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"Everyday the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada helps thousands of musicians just like you. We are the largest organization in the world representing the interests of professional musicians."
