Music
A guide for students enrolled in any of the music degrees at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas.
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Databases
- Fine Arts OneFile This link opens in a new windowMillions of articles at the fingertips of serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking.
- Archive of Popular American Music This link opens in a new windowThe UCLA Music Library's Archive of Popular American Music is a research collection covering the history of popular music in the United States from 1790 to the present. The collection is one of the largest in the country, numbering almost 450,000 pieces of sheet music, anthologies, and arrangements for band and orchestra. The collection also includes 62,500 recordings on disc, tape, and cylinder.
- Historic American Sheet Music This link opens in a new windowThis site is a repository containing musical scores from the special collections of Duke University library in Durham, North Carolina, USA. These cover items published between 1850-1920, and are represented as page images.
- Pop Culture Studies OneFile This link opens in a new windowThis database both analyzes and contributes to popular culture. It offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.
Internet Resources
- African Music Library The world's most comprehensive knowledge base for African music.
- CCM MagazineNews and videos about Christian contemporary music.
- Choral NetCenter for choral music.
- Free Music ArchiveArchive of royalty-free downloadable music for videos and background music.
- Global Jukebox Music recordings and other performing arts from around the world. Requires creating a free account.
- HymnaryA comprehensive index of hymns and hymnals
- MusescoreFree download of the world's most popular notation software.
- MusOpenArchive of royalty free classical music for solo instruments and vocalists, and ensemble music.
- Online Score Resources (Early Music America (EMA))List of websites to access public domain scores across the internet.
- Virtual Piano Keyboard OnlineFree online keyboard.
- WUSF Jazz 24/7 Jazz livestream.
- Open Access Music JournalsHosted by University of Michigan Library.
Internet Resources for Music Education
- Glossary of Musical TermsNearly exhaustive list of musical terms.
- Music Educators ToolboxCarnegie Hall's set of free online resources for music teachers.
- Music Theory for Musicians and Normal PeopleFree downloadable PDFs of educational music theory posters over a variety of concepts.
- Songs for TeachingArchive of songs as supplementary material for teaching a variety of lessons at an elementary level.
Books
Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples by Call Number: 780.89 W927ISBN: 9781133953906Publication Date: 2016
A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music by Call Number: 781.5 S745ISBN: 9780881338065Publication Date: 1994
The Study of Orchestration by Call Number: 781.374 A237 - Reserve SectionISBN: 9780393975727Publication Date: 2002
A Survey of Christian Hymnody by Call Number: 7833.9 R466ISBN: 0916642674Publication Date: 1987Recommended by the Music Department Faculty
- A Practical Approach to the Study of Form in Music by Call Number: 781.5 S745ISBN: 9780881338065Publication Date: 1994
Music, Thought, and Feeling by Call Number: 781.11 T478ISBN: 9780199947317Publication Date: 2014-02-28
Anthology for Musical Analysis by Call Number: R 781.17 A628ISBN: 9780495916079Publication Date: 2011-06-21
Beating Time and Measuring Music in the Early Modern Era by Call Number: 781.2209 G762ISBN: 9780199367283Publication Date: 2014
- The Study of Orchestration by Call Number: 781.374 A237 - Reserve SectionISBN: 9780393975727Publication Date: 2002
Directing the Choral Music Program by Call Number: 782.5071 P558ISBN: 9780195132823Publication Date: 2003-09-04
The Technique of Orchestration by Call Number: 781.374 K34ISBN: 9780130407719Publication Date: 2001-11-26
The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education by Call Number: R 780.7107 O98ISBN: 9780199844272Publication Date: 2014
Dictionary of Music Education by Call Number: R 780.7 E52ISBN: 1579994660Publication Date: 2005-01-01
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy in Music Education by Call Number: 780.71 O98ISBN: 9780199377121Publication Date: 2014
Music Therapy: An Art Beyond Words by Call Number: 615.8515 B942ISBN: 9780415450683Publication Date: 2014
Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children by Call Number: 618.9285 C912ISBN: 9781462518166Publication Date: 2014
General Research Databases
- Academic Video Online (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new windowOver 70,000 titles spanning all subjects, curated for the educational experience.
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new windowBiographical information for over 5,200 people across all areas of life.
- College in Context This link opens in a new windowA broad collection of resources covering all basic topics frequently encountered in college. Contains full text access to The Economist, The New York Times, and Newsweek.
- Checking Out & Downloading EBSCO eBooksDetailed instructions on how to check out and download EBSCO eBooks.