Guides: MUS 4280 Senior Seminar/Paper: Finding Scores & Recordings

Searching for Scores/Recordings Using OneSearch

Because music materials require you to work with multiple languages and formats, we recommend you begin your search in the 'advanced search' mode of the online library catalog: OneSearch

Tips:

limit by format at the beginning of your search to narrow your results (books, scores, sound recordings, etc.)
remove language specific terms (i.e. Sonata in ~~D Major~~)
use an asterisk to truncate words that might have multiple endings (symphon* )

For more help using OneSearch, check out the module below:

Scores and Recordings Available Online

While print scores and analog recordings can be found in OneSearch, we continue to build online musical score and streaming audio/video resources. Use the links below to explore these resources.

Digital Concert Hall

Provides access to live performances of the Berlin Philharmonic, as well as hundreds of concerts recorded over more than 50 years. The site also offers interviews, documentary films, and opera performances.
International music score library project
Provides free access to musical scores (public domain as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge). Includes more than 37,000 works, 93,000 scores, and 2,000 recordings, representing the works of more than 5,000 composers. Searchable and browseable by composer, genre, time period, nationality, melody, etc.
Music online
Provides a unified platform for searching across all of the Alexander Street Press music databases, including audio, video, scores, and full text. Includes the following collections: African American Music Reference, American Song, Classical Music Library, Classical Music Reference Library, Classical Music in Video, Classical Scores Library, Contemporary World Music, Dance in Video, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Jazz Music Library, Opera in Video, and Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries. Alexander Street Press.
Naxos music library.
Provides streaming access to thousands of recordings from classical, jazz, and world music labels. Also includes supplemental text resources and ability to create playlists.
Recent Researches in Music Online (RRIMO)

Provides online access to peer-reviewed critical performing score editions of music. RRIMO’s content spans the history of Western music and highlights specific cultural milieus through seven ongoing series: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, 19th/20th centuries, American (including MUSA), and Oral Traditions. Legacy collection and titles in the series Collegium Musicum: Yale University are also included.

MUS 4280 Senior Seminar/Paper

Searching for Scores/Recordings Using OneSearch

Scores and Recordings Available Online

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