Learn Facts & Background Info on Your Composer
Search your composer's name in Credo Reference and Grove Music Online.
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Search for Books & Ebooks
To find books try a keyword and subject searching for a composer's name or a keyword search for a composer's name AND biography.
Search for Articles
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
- PE "stravinsky, igor, 1882-1971"
- ZP "dvorak, antonin, 1841-1904"