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• Grove Music Online
  Comprehensive encyclopedia of Western art music (“classical music”), with general coverage of jazz, non-Western, and folk music. Also includes the Oxford Dictionary of Music and Oxford Companion to Music.

  Also Known As

  • New Grove Music Online
  • Oxford Music Online

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  Contains the full text of the largest and most comprehensive music encyclopedias in the English language, including the twenty-nine-volume New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), the four-volume New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and the three-volume New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd edition).

  • Grove Music Online has full-text search capabilities and subject classifications for browsing.
  • Articles are written by scholars with subject expertise and include bibliographies pointing to important works of scholarship on the topic.
  • Topics include musical genres and forms, musical instruments; places; organizations and institutions; musicology, theory, and criticism; and people (e.g., composers, performers, scholars, librettists, patrons, publishers, instrument makers, and others who influenced or contributed to the world of music).
  • Many of the composer biographies include detailed lists of works.
  • Many articles include visual examples, Sibelius-enabled musical examples (score and audio clips), and links to Web sites and audio archives.
  • Annual updates include new articles and corrections to older articles.

  Note: Some of the print equivalents are available in the Music & Dramatic Arts Library (e.g., Music Ref. ML 100 .N48 2001 for the twenty-nine volume New Grove). Consult HOMER, the UConn Libraries' catalog for further details.

  Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
• Classical Music Library
  Streamed classical recordings selected from several labels.

  Also Known As

  • Alexander Street Press Music

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  The service works on Macs and PCs with a browser and requires no special software.

  Audio tracks have permanent URLs that can be incorporated into personal playlists and course folders, syllabi, or digital course reserve.

  Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
• Music Index Online
  Identifies articles in over 700 music journals. Covers classical, jazz, popular, folk, and world music, including musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, applied and professional topics, music education, and the music industry. 1976-present. 1976-present.
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  Comprehensively indexes scholarly, applied, music education, and popular music journals from over 40 countries, including non-English languages.

  • Covers all styles and genres of music.
  • Provides citations and broad subject headings, with selected links to full-text articles in JSTOR.
  • Indexes letters, book and record reviews, first performances, and obituaries, and other critical details.
  • The online version (updated quarterly) covers 1976-present. The print version (Music Ref. ML 118 .M84) goes back to 1949.

  Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
• Naxos Music Library
  Streamed recordings of primarily classical music. Also includes world/folk music, Chinese orchestral, folk, and traditional music.
  

  See Details for technical requirements and tips on off-campus access.

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  • About Naxos Music Library
    • Naxos is a prominent producer of classical music recordings.
    • The online service (Naxos Music Library) offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues, plus thousands of titles from other labels, including Chandos, BIS, Hungaroton, Hanssler, Bridge, First Edition, CPO, Coro, and Wergo.
    • Some of the historical recordings are not available in the U.S. due to copyright restrictions.

  • Restrictions
    • Any efforts to "download, copy, burn, capture, re-transmit, stream, record or reproduce the Service [Naxos] by any means or in any form" are strictly prohibited.
    
    
  • System Requirements
    • Naxos uses Windows Media Player (Mac and PC compatible) embedded in a simple Web interface to stream audio at near-CD quality (64K broadband). See User Instructions.

  • PC users: MS Windows 98SE, 2000, XP with MS IE 6.0 / Mozilla 1.7.1 / FireFox 1 / Netscape 7.1 using Media Player 9 or 10. Browser Settings: Privacy = Medium, ActiveX controls = Enable, Cookies = Accept, Pop-up Blocker = Off, Sound Scheme = No Sound. Naxos does not work with Netscape 4.x.

  • Macintosh users: Mac OS X 10.2.x / OS X 10.3.x with MS IE 5.2 / Mozilla 1.7 / Netscape 7.1 / Safari 1.0 using Media Player 9 or Flip4Mac (download at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/flip4mac.mspx); or Mac OS 10.4.x (Intel) with Safari 2.0.4 / Firefox 1.5 with Media Player 7.1 or Flip4Mac. Browser Settings: Open using Rosetta.

  • Your Internet connection will determine the streaming rate you can choose. A higher Internet bandwidth will permit better sound quality. Minimum requirements are
    • DSL or ISDN for 64Kbps streaming (near CD quality)
    • Dial-up connection for 20Kbps streaming (FM quality

  • Technical Notes
  • To bookmark Naxos, use this URL: http://uconnecticut.naxosmusiclibrary.com. If your bookmark includes /default.asp at the end of the URL, the bookmark will not work.
  • Naxos times out after 60 minutes. You will be asked to click at the end of the period to stay logged on; otherwise the connection times out, and you have to start over.
  • Mac Users: Flip4Mac provides Windows Media video and audio playback (.wma and .wmv) in the QuickTime Player for Mac OS X. Windows Media Player for Mac is also available as a free download from Microsoft, but future updates will be discontinued. Flip4Mac does not support content that is protected with Windows Media digital rights management (DRM).

  • Searching Naxos Music Library
  • Browse a list of composers or categories, or keyword search by composer, work title, genre, country, period, year of composition, instrument, music category, performer, or a combination of terms.
  • Some Naxos recordings are also searchable in HOMER, the UConn Libraries' catalog. Find and display a musical work's description, then click on "connect to the recording." (Not all NML recordings are listed in HOMER. Additional descriptions will be added as they become available.)

  • Playlists
  • Instructors can create "play lists" for their students or provide links from other Web pages or documents to specific CDs or tracks. See Naxos Instructors' Guide: Playlists & Links (PDF).

  • More Information About Naxos Music Library
  • Naxos Music Library is updated monthly (200 new CDs annual minimum, average 36 per month in 2006).
  • Most recordings display the original CD covers and include complete track lists. The Naxos and Marco Polo label recordings include liner notes.
  • Supporting textual materials includes glossary, pronunciation guide, opera synopses and libretti, music fundamental terms, repertoire, and histories.

  Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
• RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
  Indexes scholarly writings on music and related disciplines. Includes citations and abstracts for journal articles, essays, Festschriften, dissertations, books, scholarly reviews, etc. International coverage, including non-English languages. 1967-current.
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  RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (also known as Repertoire International de LittératureMusicale or International Repertory of Music Literature) is produced under the joint auspices of the International Musicological Society and the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres at the RILM International Center at the City University of New York. (Learn more about RILM from the publisher's site.)

  • Covers all aspects of music, including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, dance, and music therapy. The database also covers various other fields as they relate to music, including librarianship, literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and physics.
  • Offers citations in 202 languages, including original language titles and English translations, full bibliographic information, abstracts in English, and in-depth subject indexes.
  • In includes all formats of scholarly works -- articles (including non-music journals), books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, films and videos, conference proceedings and more. Concert reviews, recordings notes, and pedagogical manuals are included if they are of scholarly interest. See scope notes for more details.
  • Updated monthly.
  • Online version covers 1967-present. Print equivalent is at Music Ref. ML 118 R48 (1967-1998).

  Tools to Help You Use RILM

  • Journal Titles indexed in RILM
  • RILM Classifications help you limit by category (e.g., musicology, pedagogy, theory).
  • RILM Publication Type Codes Use these to limit by pub type (e.g., article, dissertation).
  • Field Codes (e.g., TI=title, AU=author, SO=source, PY=publication year, etc.) can be helpful when searching. To learn more, consult "Help" in RILM.

  Access restricted to University of Connecticut.