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Music Librarian


Pam Draper
404 Cooper Library
pdraper@clemson.edu (864) 656-6374
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More Music Resources

 

Grove Music Online   encyclopedia articles on all aspects of music; includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed.)
(limited to 5 simultaneous users)
     
Biography Resource Center   full-text biographical information (includes Marquis Who's Who)
     
Oxford Performing Arts Dictionaries   dictionaries of dance, music, opera, and theatre
     
Oxford African American Studies Center   African American and African history and culture including music and musicians
     
American Memory Performing Arts and Music Collections  

multimedia web site of digitized sheet music, sound recordings, historical documents, photographs, moving pictures, books, pamphlets and other resources from the Library of Congress

How to View (for information on the formats used and how to access them)

     
Music Technology Glossary
  extensive dictionary of music technology terms
     
History Resource Center: U. S.   complete overview of U.S. history; includes primary sources, full-text journal articles, encyclopedia articles, audio and video clips
     
Arts and Humanities Through the Eras   overview of architecture, dance, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theater, and visual arts from ancient Egypt through the Enlightenment

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