Search your composer's name in Credo Reference and Grove Music Online.

Subject Search: Composer's name

Keyword Search: composer's name AND biography

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From the results, click a link to access the record. The catalog includes ebooks with links to the full text.

In the record, click the subject headings to find more similar items. (See image below)

Search the composer's name along with keywords (influence, family life, biography, tradition, culture, society. personal experience, musical style, music impact, etc). Refine your results to the assignment requirements (peer reviewed, date, etc.)

Remember to cite all your resources.

Search Examples:

• Dvorak AND composer
• Chopin AND biography AND composer
• Bach AND (influence OR inspiration) AND composer
  The search examples below are done in the People index (PE, ZP) in Academic Search Complete.
• PE "stravinsky, igor, 1882-1971"
• ZP "dvorak, antonin, 1841-1904"