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Music

This is a selective guide to the library's resources to help you find information on this subject. Assistance is always available at the Reference Desk (865 539-7107) and at the Ask a Librarian Web page.

Subject headings 
Use these subject headings to locate books in the Pellissippi Library Catalog and the netLibrary eBook collection.

Audio CDs are located in the Learning Center, ER330. To help find a specific work, you may use the online catalog to search by title of a specific work or do an Advanced search to reach a list of the CDs. Search for "sound recording", limit the material type to "sound record"


Call numbers for browsing 
Use these call numbers to browse the circulating and reference collections: 

Databases 
You may access these electronic resources provided by the library for magazine and journal information or full-text reference sources on this topic at the library Online Database page. (http://www.pstcc.edu/library/online.html)

Classical Music Library- Classical Music Library provides over 20,000 classical music tracks you can listen to. Browse alphabetically by artist, composer, conductor, ensemble, instrument, genre, period, or label. NOTE: SUBSCRIPTION IS LIMITED TO THREE SIMULTANEOUS USERS. If you are unable to access this database, please wait a few moments and try again.

Discovering Collection- Covers various fields and individuals from the areas of history, science, social science, literature, and the
arts.

Academic OneFile - The premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

Grove Music Online - Grove Music Online contains the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

Oxford Reference Online - provides searchable access to 100 dictionary and reference titles published by Oxford Press, including The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. The Oxford Companion to Music, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, and Who's Who in Opera.

Wilson Biographies Plus  Illustrated   offers over 72,000 full-text narrative profiles of figures from antiquity to the present.



* You may access online databases from off-campus computers by entering your general computer account username and password (used for PSTCC e-mail). NOTE: Enter your username in this format example: s_jmdoe. It is not necessary to add "@pstcc.edu" for this application.
Journals and Magazines 
The following journals are available at the Pellissippi library in the Reference area. Many journals now have websites, providing the table of contents and access to selected articles in the current printed journal. Many include additional information and resources in certain subjects.
  • Clavier 



Reference Books 

American National Biography  24 vols. edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.  REF CT 213 .A68   Contains profiles of more than 18,000 notable Americans from all eras and disciplines, including composers and arrangers.

The International cyclopedia of music and musicians 11th edition.  Editor in chief, Oscar Thompson. New York : Dodd, Mead, c1985. REF ML 100 .I57 1985.  Includes entries for composers with lists of works including date of composition or first performance, notable musical performers, and important orchestras.<</FONT>


The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Volume Three: United States and Canada. Ellen Koskoff, ed. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 2001. REF ML100 .G16 2001. Resource for learning more about the role of music in world culture.

The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians edited by Stanley Sadie. London : Macmillan Publishers ; Washington, D.C. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1980. REF ML 100 .N48. Source for information on composers, performers, terminology and much more.

Web Resources 

AMG's All Music Guide (http://www.allmusic.com/) - The world's largest and most comprehensive entertainment information database for music, videos, DVDs and video games, All Media Guide offers expert reviews, biographies, ratings, images, and many categories.

Composers and Composition  (http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/compose.html) - List of Indiana University School of Music  resources including sites on composers and composition.

Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music (http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/) - The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music contains over 29,000 pieces of music and focuses on popular American music spanning the period 1780 to 1960.

Composers (http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/)  Google Web Directory including links to categories of composers and an alphabetical listing of individual composers.