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Guide to library resources for Music

Useful Links

New Music books in the Library

Music Resources

Specialist databases
Image, music and sound databases
Finding Music Scores

Below is a list of music databases. Use these to find articles from journals and professional publications, detailed essays from books and reference works, biographies and primary source material.

The Cambridge Companions to Music
contains information on a range of topics about composers, instruments and musical instruments. Includes a series of specially-commissioned essays offering comprehensive coverage

Off-campus access:
- click on "Institutional log in" near the top right hand of the screen
- scroll to the Search by keyword, and enter "Andrews" in the box, and click Search
- choose University of St Andrews from the results
- then login through the Single Sign On page, using your University Account Username and Password
- if you are redirected to the Cambridge Core homepage, search again for what you needed.

Cambridge Histories: Music and Theatre
Multi-volume reference collection covering a wide range of topics relating to music including Nineteenth-Century Music, World Music and Music Performance

Nineteenth Century Collections Online
NCCO includes British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture. This archival collection features a wide range of primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era, from playbills and scripts to operas and complete scores

Off-campus Access:
- click on the link to the database
- select 'Shibboleth users click here' (bottom left of screen)
- login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
- and select Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Open Music Library
An extensive index of open digital resources for the study of music

Oxford History of Western Music
the evolution of Western music from the earliest notations through to the late twentieth century. This resource also provides links through to relevant content on Grove Music Online.

Oxford Music Online
searchable access to the entire text of Grove Music Online, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music, as well as timelines, biographies, guides, images and other research resources. Updated regularly

Off-campus access
- click on Log in at the top of the screen
- click on the log in near the bottom of the screen that says 'login with Athens/Access Federation Management'
- select University of St Andrews
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
RILM (Repertoire International de Literature Musical) Abstracts of Music Literature: 1967-Present
a music bibliography covering traditional, popular and classical music. Subject include ethnomusicology, composition, music analysis, music perception and performance practice.
Rock's backpages
Rock and Roll library. Provides over 22,000 searchable, full-text articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. Also includes MP3 audio files of original artist interviews. Updated weekly

Off campus access
- scroll down the screen and find Login via your Institution option from the left hand column
- select University of St Andrews from the drop down list and click on submit
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Music & Sound Databases

BoB
BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education; Users can record programmes from over 65 free-to-air channels and an extensive archive of tv and radio broadcasts. You can create and share playlists and clips. NB: BoB is NOT AVAILABLE outside the UK.

On- and off-campus access:
- click "sign in"
- start typing st andrews, then select "University of St Andrews" from the results, and click "Go"
- at the University Single Sign on page, login with your University username and password.
British Library Sounds
Listen to a selection from the British Library’s extensive collections of unique sound recordings, which come from all over the world and cover the entire range of recorded sound: music, drama and literature, oral history, wildlife and environmental sound

On and off campus access:
- enter the University of St Andrews
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Early Music Sources
A useful website for accessing a range of resources relating to music in the 15th - 20th Century. Includes a series of YouTube lectures on different topics relating to early music

Naxos Music Library
digital sound database - 'the world's most comprehensive collection of classical music online' - containing the complete Naxos, Marco Polo and Da Capo catalogues and titles from 50 other labels; allows streamed access to over 75,000 CDs with more than 1 million tracks. Over 800 CDs are added monthly; 7 concurrent-user access

Off-campus Access:
- click on link to database
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
Opera in Video
five hundred hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries featuring some of the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses

Off-campus Access:
- click on the database link
- Select "Log in" at the top right of the page
- In the Institution name or email box enter University of St Andrews
- Select University of St Andrews when it appears
- then login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

Image Databases

ARTstor Digital Library
Images of musical scores, manuscripts, composers, performers, instruments, set designs, and venues such as concert halls and opera houses, as well as plentiful examples of musical iconography, represent music through the ages.

Off-campus Access:
- click on the database link
- then login through the University of St Andrews Single sign-on page, using your University Username and Password

Early Music Online
digitised images of more than 300 volumes of 16th-century music from the British Library

ImageQuest
Rights-cleared images for educational purposes includes images from Lebrecht Music and Art Photo Library, Bridgeman Art Library and Encyclopaedia Britannica. Use the cite option under the image to credit photos)

The Library's collection of music scores is held on Level 4 of the Main Library or in Special Collections. We have a very large number of older scores, particularly pre-1950 and even pre 1900 as well as more recent material.

Scores (including miniature scores) are at classmark M
Literature about Music is at classmark ML
Musical instruction and study is at classmark MT

To find a specific score:

Search for the composer's name and/or keywords from the title of the work
If you have too many results then refine your search to Printed music by choosing it from the Format option on the left-hand side of the resuts screen

If you are unable to find the score you need then the Music Scores Catalogue is in a separate volume at the end of the A-Z sequence of PAGE-CAT. This catalogue is arranged alphabetically by composer. PAGE-CAT is available on microfiche. Please ask a member of staff or e-mail us at library@st-andrews.ac.uk if you would like assistance in finding items listed in PAGE-CAT

To find a range of free Music Scores which are available online use the Internet Resources tab at the top of the screen.

Concert adverts, programs and reviews

The Library has access to a number of useful sources for finding adverts, programs and reviews relating to concerts and music festivals.

19th Century

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCC0)
Includes British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture - primary source material relating to Victorian era including scores, opera, concert programs and reviews
19th Century British Newspapers
a collection of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to represent nineteenth century Britain
Historical Newspapers
Use this guide to find additional newspaper sources including the archives of the Illustrated London News, Guardian, Observer, Times and Scotsman

The John Johnson Collection: an archive of printed ephemera
This collection from The Bodleian Library includes a 19th Century entertainment category which can be narrowed down to music titles and musicians and opera singers. Includes theatre programme and sheet music covers.

Off-Campus Access:
- click on link to database
- click on Login through your library or institution
- select United Kingdom (UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research)
- select University of St Andrews
- and login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password

20th and 21st Century

The Listener Historical Archive
The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC and is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts. As well as commenting on and expanding on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, The Listener also previewed major literary and musical programmes

Click on 'Login via your home institution'
Login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
FT.com
Use the Arts section of the FT.com to find reviews of live music events including concerts and opera and new albums

- login through the SSO (Single Sign On) page, using your University Account Username and Password
-the first time you use this service you will need to register with FT.com after logging in

Subject Guide

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Music Collections

Finzi Collection
Held in Special Collections this collection includes books, scores and manuscripts from the library of the English composer Gerald Finzi .
National Library of Scotland - Music Collection
Information about the Books, printed music and sound recordings held at the NLS
British Library - Music Collection
Information about the collection of printed and manuscript music, music recordings, concert programmes, books and periodicals held in the BL. Covers all types of music in a variety of formats.

Last Updated: Jan 24, 2020 4:51 PM
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