Western Libraries

Music Education

  • Lisa Rae Philpott
    Music Library
    519-661-2111 x82755
     

Articles

  • The Music Index
    A comprehensive database of music article citations covering several decades and several hundred music journals.
  • ERIC Plus Text
    ERIC = Educational Resource Information Center. This product contains two printed publications: Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), and: Resources in Education (RIE). Indispensable for keeping up with the latest teaching concepts, methodologies and research findings.  Contains some Canadian content.  Coverage:  1966-present.
  • CBCA - Education
    The perfect source for those interested in teaching, educational research, and educational administration in Canada.  Includes 400+ journals, with backfiles to the 1970s.
  • PsyARTICLES
    Full-text resource with content of interest to Music Education.
  • ProQuest Education Journals
    A good source of multidisciplinary education-related journal articles. [Online - requires authentication, for off-campus access.]
  • MuSICA Research Notes [computer file]
  • JSTOR
    Full-text online articles from a limited number of music journals.  Beware the "moving wall" which VARIES by PUBLISHER.  Articles in JSTOR will be anywhere from 3 - 7 years old.
  • Canadian Music Periodical Index - CMPI
    An index to Canadian music periodical literature providing bibliographic sources for information on all aspects of musical activity in Canada. Updated monthly, courtesy of Libraries & Archives Canada.
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Audio

  • Finding CDs, LPs and Videos
    Helpful hints for finding recordings and videos located in the Western Libraries' Music Library.
  • Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries [Electronic Resource]

    "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."

  • Naxos Music Library [electronic resource]

    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).

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Curriculum Guidelines

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Multimedia

  • Opera in Video [electronic resource - streamed video]
    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.
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Printed Music

  • Find Printed Music
    Tips and tricks to help you find printed music in the Western Libraries MUSIC LIBRARY...or...NEVER TRY TO FIND MUSIC BY COMPOSER / AUTHOR...
  • Schubertline

    The online score service for singers:  instant printed sheet music of lieder, songs and arias - view, play and print in any key, using Sibelius Scorch, the free software for downloading and printing sheet music from the Internet. 
    REMEMBER to note the username/password - from the "Password" list (accessible via your Western Identity name and password) - you will not need it until it's time to "BUY" your selections.  Need help?  View my SCHUBERTLINE video.

  • Music Online [electronic resource] : Classical Scores Library.
    Part of the Alexander Street Press suite of databases, this subscription offers full scores in PDF format.
  • Online Music Scores to Download / Gordon J. Callon
    Contains links to a wide variety of online music scores.
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