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1. The complete marches of John Philip Sousa [2015 -]

Description
1 online resource (<1> volumes) : digital, stereo.
Database topics
Music
Summary
  • Vol.
  • 1. Review (1883) ; The honored dead (1876) ; Revival march (1876) (The great revival march and Salvation Army rally) ; Across the Danube (1877) ; Esprit de corps (1878) (Esprit du Corps) ; On the tramp (1879) ; Resumption march (1879) ; Globe and eagle (1879) ; Our flirtation (1880) (Our flirtations) ; Recognition march (circa 1880) ; Guide right (1881) ; President Garfield's inauguration march (1881) ; In memoriam (1881) (In memoriam: President Garfield's funeral march) ; Right forward (1881) ; The wolverine march (1881) ; Yorktown centennial (1881) (Yorktown's centennial) ; Congress Hall (1882) --
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2. All of Bach : A o B [2014]

  • [Netherlands] : Nederlandse Bachverenigung 2 May 2014-
Description
Video — 1 online resource : sound, color Sound: digital; stereo. Digital: video file.
Database topics
Music
Summary
A project by the Netherlands Bach Society to record all of JS Bach's works. Also includes interviews with musicians and information about the works.
Online

3. Carl Nielsen works catalogue (CNW) [2014]

  • Copenhagen K, Denmark : Danish Centre for Music Publication, the Royal Library, [2014]
Description
Book — 1 online resource
Database topics
Music
Summary
The Carl Nielsen Works Catalogue (CNW) is the first ever thematic-bibliographic registration of all Nielsen's compositions. CNW is a natural extension of Carl Nielsen edition and builds to a large degree on information accumulated in connection with the editing project and to a certain extent also in connection with other projects. There is a link to the Carl Nielsen edition from the catalogue pages.
Online

4. The Carl Nielsen edition [2011]

Description
Music score — 1 online resource
Database topics
Music
Summary
Freely accessible digital downloads of scores and critical commentaries from the Carl Nielsen Edition. Web site includes a link to a list of errata, and an index to the songs.
Online

5. Music online. American music [2007]

  • Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2007-
Description
Music recording — 1 online resource
Database topics
Music
Summary
Music Online: American Music is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests and more. Also included are recordings originally released in Alexander Street's African American Song
Online

6. Music online. Classical scores library [2007 -]

  • Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2007-
Description
Music score — 1 online resource
Database topics
Music
Summary
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume IV
Contains classical scores from both in-copyright and public domain editions. The major composers output is represented, as well as many lesser known composers and works. Content in the database includes in-copyright material from Boosey and Hawkes and selected material from the University Music Editions microfilm series. The collection includes works spanning time periods from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Coverage of score types is comprehensive, with full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.
Online

7. Chopin early editions [electronic resource]. [2003 -]

Description
Music score
Database topics
Music
Summary
Chopin Early Editions consists of digitized images of all the music in the University of Chicago Library's Chopin collection. Users can search or browse Chopin early editions via a variety of data points, including titles, genres, and plate numbers. The Chopin collection at the University of Chicago Library consists of over 400 first and early printed editions of musical compositions by Frédéric Chopin. The collection, maintained in the Special Collections Research Center, includes first editions of individual works, non-first editions of individual works, and collective editions published before 1881. The site is linked to the Chopin collection register which is updated continuously by listing new acquisitions.
Online

8. The database of recorded American music [electronic resource]. [2001 -]

  • [New York, N.Y. : New World Records : New York University, 2001?]-
Description
Music recording
Database topics
Music
Summary
A database of recordings offered on-demand through streaming. The basis for the collection is the diverse catalogue of New World Records, from folk to opera, Native American to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond. DRAM is expanding its contents to include other major and independent record labels and archival sources. Complete liner notes, scholarly essays, bibliographies and discographies are available for viewing.
Online

9. Music Online : Classical Music Library [2000 -]

  • New York, NY : Classical International Inc., [2000]-2004. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2004-
Description
Music recording — 1 online resource
Database topics
Music
Summary
Classical Music Library is a streaming audio collection of classical music covering major genres and time periods from medieval to contemporary, from choral works to symphonies, operas and the avant-garde. Works can be browsed by discipline, release date, language, label, and performer. The collection is relevant to a broad range of studies, including music history, music appreciation, music performance, analysis, and theory.
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10. Werke [1881 - 1893]

Description
Music score — v. 34 cm.
Database topics
Music
Summary
  • Ser.
  • 1. Symphonien.--Ser.
  • 2. Ouverturen.--Ser.
  • 3. Concerte u. Concertstücke.--Ser.
  • 4. Für Streichinstrumente.--Ser.
  • 5. Für Pianoforte und andere Instrumente.--Ser.
  • 6. Für 1 oder 2 Pianoforte, zu 4 Händen.--Ser.
  • 7. Für Pianoforte zu 2 Händen.--Ser.
  • 8. Fugen über den Namen Bach für Orgel.--Ser.
  • 9. Grössere Gesangwerke mit Orchester oder mechreren Instrumenten.--Ser.
  • 10. Mehrstimmige Gesangwerke mit Pianoforte.--Ser.
  • 11. Für Männerchor.--Ser.
  • 12. Für Sopran, Alt, Tenor, u. Bass.--Ser.
  • 13. Für eine Singstimme, mit Begleitung des Pianfortes.--Ser.
  • 14. Supplement.
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