Learn Facts & Background Info on Your Composer
Search your composer's name in Credo Reference and Grove Music Online.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new windowThe gateway to opens new windowGrove Music Online.
Search for Books & Ebooks
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Catalog This link opens in a new window
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.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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"