Dictionary of Opera Characters
Containing over 2,500 operatic characters, this guide gives plot synopses for over 250 operas and operettas, and details full information on each operatic role, including its creator and notable performers. Well-known personalities contribute articles on favourite roles, for example, Placido Domingo writes on the character of Otello and Janet Baker on Mary Stuart. Other contributors include Andrew Porter, Sena Jurinac, Philip Langridge, Jonathan Miller, Sir Charles Mackerras, and Marie McLaughlin revealing much about the creative process behind some of the most famous performances in opera history.
International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP) Full Text
Indexes over 425 scholarly and popular music periodicals from more than twenty countries, plus full text for around 140 journals. The database currently includes over 770,000 article records, the majority of which are journal articles from 1996 onward. Around 200,000 index records in IIMP Full Text are from the backfile (up to 1995) and much of this coverage commences at the first issue of the journal run, some starting as early as 1874.
IIMP Full Text covers a comprehensive range of subject areas in both scholarly and popular music journals ranging from International Journal of Music Education, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock and Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone. Articles examine the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition. You can find articles on a diverse array of musical genres, from the liturgical chants of medieval monks to the eclectic sounds of contemporary alternative rock musicians.
JSTOR
Provides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences. Includes content from ten of the eleven JSTOR multi-disciplinary Journals Archives Collections (Arts & Sciences I through IX; and Life Sciences) and nearly all of the JSTOR discipline-specific Journals Archives Collections (Biological Sciences, Business I and II, Ecology & Botany, Health & General Sciences, Language & Literature, Mathematics & Statistics, and Music).
In addition, JSTOR now also includes the full text of current issues (up to the latest issue) for selected journals from selected publishers, including the University of Chicago Press.
Please note: U-M does not currently have access to the following JSTOR Journals Archives Collections: Arts & Sciences X (ten); Ireland; and Business III.
Indexes - Music
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature [ProQuest]
Coverage: 1967 -
Description: Indexes international scholarly literature in all genres of music, as well as music education, theory, therapy, and ethnomusicology. Currently provides verified bibliographic information with full citations and abstracts for over 500,000 records covering all document types: articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Full text is available for select items.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
International Index to Music Periodicals Full Text [ProQuest]
Coverage: 1874 - (Indexing); 1996 - (Full text)
Description: Indexes over 500 international scholarly and popular music periodicals with full text for approximately 180 titles. Currently includes more than 770,000 records (the majority of which are journal articles from 1996 onward) plus detailed abstracts and full text from 1874 to the present. Covers a comprehensive scope of subject areas in journals ranging from Ethnomusicology, Jazz Education Journal and Musical Times to Rock & Rap Confidential and Rolling Stone.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Music Index [EBSCO]
Coverage: 1970 -
Description: A comprehensive guide to music periodical literature, with coverage of both classical and popular music. Featuring content ranging from 1970 to the present, Music Index currently contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts of articles about music, musicians, and the music industry for more than 480 periodicals as well as book reviews, dissertations on music, obituaries, news, and selective coverage for more than 230 periodicals.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
JSTOR
Coverage: Dates of coverage vary by journal title (all are from first issue to most recent 3-5 years). Includes the full text of current issues (up to the latest issue) for selected journals from selected publishers.
Description: Provides full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Currently, approximately 60 music journals are included -- click here to view list.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals [EBSCO]
Coverage: 1800-1950
Description: An international annotated bibliography of writings on musical history and culture found in music periodicals published from 1800-1950 provided by internationally-recognized scholars and editors. Currently, over 140 music periodicals from 20 countries are indexed, including articles, reviews, news columns, illustrations, music examples, surveys of the press, bibliographies, iconography, advertisements and more. Includes writings about composers, performers, and compositions, and provides a documentary history of 19th- and 20th-century music and musical life.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Call Number Outline for Music
M 1 - 5000: Music
- M 2-2.3 Collections of musical sources
- M 3-3.3 Collected works of individual composers
- M 5-1480 Instrumental music
- M 6-175.5 One solo instrument
- M 6-14 Organ
- M 20-39 Piano
- M 40-44 Violin
- M 45-49 Viola
- M 50-54 Violoncello
- M 55-58 Double bass
- M 59 Other string instruments
- M 60-64 Flute. Alto flute
- M 65-69 Oboe
- M 70-74 Clarinet. Bass (alto, etc.) clarinet. Basset clarinet
- M 75-79 Bassoon. Contrabassoon
- M 80-84 Horn
- M 85-89 Trumpet. Cornet
- M 90-94 Trombone. Bass trombone
- M 95-99 Tuba
- M 105-109 Saxophone
- M 110 Other wind instruments
- M 115-119 Harp
- M 125-129 Guitar
- M 140-141 Lute
- M 142 Other plucked instruments
- M 146 Drum(s)
- M 172 Carillon
- M 175 Other percussion instruments
- M 177-990 Two or more solo instruments
- M 180-298.5 Duets
- M 300-386 Trios
- M 400-486 Quartets
- M 500-586 Quintets
- M 600-686 Sextets
- M 700-786 Septets
- M 800-886 Octets
- M 900-986 Nonets and larger combinations of purely chamber music
- M 990 Chamber music for instruments of the 18th century and earlier
- M 1000-1075 Orchestra
- M 1001 Symphonies
- M 1002 Symphonic poems
- M 1003 Suites. Variations
- M 1004 Overtures
- M 1005-1041 Solo instrument(s) with orchestra
- M 1042 Concertos for orchestra
- M 1045-1075 Orchestra pieces
- M 1100-1160 String orchestra
- M 1200-1269 Band
- M 1270 Fife (bugle) and drum music, field music, etc.
- M 1350-1353 Reduced orchestra
- M 1356-1356.2 Dance orchestra and instrumental ensembles
- M 1360 Mandolin and similar orchestras of plucked instruments
- M 1362 Accordion band
- M 1363 Steel band
- M 1365 Minstrel music
- M 1366 Jazz ensembles
- M 1375-1420 Instrumental music for children
- M 1450 Dance music
- M 1470 Chance compositions
- M 1473 Electronic music
- M 1480 Music with color or light apparatus
- M 1490 Music printed or copied in manuscript before 1700
- M 1495-2199 Vocal music
- M 1497-1998 Secular vocal music
- M 1500-1527.8 Dramatic music (operas, musicals, incidental music, ballets)
- M 1528-1529.5 Duets, trios, etc., for solo voices
- M 1530-1546.5 Choruses with orchestra or other ensemble
- M 1547-1600 Choruses, part-songs, etc., with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instrument, or unaccompanied
- M 1608 Choruses, etc., in tonic sol-fa notation
- M 1609 Unison choruses
- M 1610 Cantatas, choral symphonies, etc., for unaccompanied chorus with or without solo voices
- M 1611-1624.8 Songs
- M 1625-1626 Recitations with music
- M 1627-1853 Folk, national and ethnic music
- M 1900-1978 Songs (part and solo) of special character
- M 1985 Musical games
- M 1990-1998 Secular vocal music for children
- M 1999-2199 Sacred vocal music
- M 1999 Collections
- M 2000-2007 Dramatic music
- M 2010-2017.6 Services (masses, etc.)
- M 2018-2019.5 Duets, trios, etc. for solo voices
- M 2020-2036 Choruses, cantatas, etc.
- M 2060-2101.5 Choruses, part-songs, etc., with accompaniment of keyboard or other solo instrument, or unaccompanied
- M 2102-2114.8 One solo voice
- M 2115-2146 Hymnals. Hymn collections
- M 2147-2188 Liturgy and ritual
- M 2147-2155.6 Roman Catholic Church
- M 2156-2160.87 Orthodox churches
- M 2161-2183 Protestant churches
- M 2184 Other Christian churches
- M 2186-2187 Jewish
- M 2188 Other non-Christian religions
- M 2190-2196 Sacred vocal music for children
- M 2198-2199 Popular religious and devotional music
ML 1 - 3930: Literature on music
- ML 1-5 Periodicals. Serials
- ML 12-21 Directories
- ML 25-28 Societies and other organizations
- ML 32-33 Institutions
- ML 35-38 Festivals. Congresses
- ML 40-44 Programs
- ML 47-54.8 Librettos. Scenarios
- ML 62-90 Special aspects, including writings of musicians
- ML 93-96.5 Manuscripts, autographs, etc.
- ML 100-109 Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
- ML 110-111.5 Music librarianship
- ML 112-112.5 Music printing and publishing
- ML 112.8-158.8 Bibliography
- ML 113-118 International
- ML 120 National
- ML 132 Graded lists. By medium
- ML 135 Manuscripts
- ML 136-158 Catalogs. Discography
- ML 158.4-158.6 Video recordings
- ML 159-3785 History and criticism
- ML 162-197 By period
- ML 198-360 By region or country
- ML 198-239 America
- ML 240-325 Europe
- ML 330-345 Asia
- ML 348 Arab countries
- ML 350 Africa
- ML 360 Australia, Oceania
- ML 385-429 Biography
- ML 430-458 Composition and performance
- ML 459-1380 Instruments and instrumental music
- ML 465-471 By period
- ML 475-547 By region or country
- ML 475-486 America
- ML 489-522 Europe
- ML 525-541 Asia
- ML 544 Africa
- ML 547 Australia, Oceania
- ML 548 Jews
- ML 549-1093 Instruments
- ML 549.8-649 Organ
- ML 649.8-747 Piano, clavichord, harpsichord, etc.
- ML 749.5-927 Bowed string instruments
- ML 929-990 Wind instruments
- ML 999-1015 Plucked instruments
- ML 1030-1049 Percussion instruments
- ML 1049.8-1091 Mechanical and other instruments
- ML 1091.8-1093 Electronic instruments
- ML 1100-1165 Chamber music
- ML 1200-1270 Orchestra
- ML 1299-1354 Band
- ML 1379-1380 Electronic music. Computer music
- ML 1400-3275 Vocal music
- ML 1499-1554 Choral music
- ML 1600-2881 Secular vocal music
- ML 2900-3275 Sacred vocal music
- ML 3300-3351 Program music
- ML 3400-3465 Dance music
- ML 3469-3541 Popular music
- ML 3544-3776 Folk, national and ethnic music
- ML 3790-3792 Music trade
- ML 3795 Music as a profession
- ML 3797-3799.5 Musical research
- ML 3800-3923 Philosophical and societal aspects of music. Physics and acoustics of music.
- ML 3805-3817 Physics and acoustics
- ML 3820 Physiological aspects of music
- ML 3830-3840 Psychology
- ML 3845-3877 Aesthetics
- ML 3880-3915 Criticism
- ML 3916-3918 Social and political aspects of music
- ML 3920 Therapeutic use of music
- ML 3928-3930 Literature for children
MT 1 - 960: Musical instruction and study
- MT 1 General works
- MT 5.5-7 Music theory
- MT 20-34 Systems and methods
- MT 35-39 Notation
- MT 40-67 Composition. Elements and techniques of music
- MT 50 Harmony
- MT 55 Counterpoint
- MT 58-67 Forms and genres
- MT 68 Improvisation. Accompaniment. Transposition
- MT 70-74 Instrumentation and orchestration
- MT 85 Conducting. Score reading
- MT 90-146 Analysis and appreciation of musical works
- MT 95-100 Opera, ballet, etc.
- MT 110-115 Oratorios, cantatas, etc.
- MT 125-130 Orchestral music
- MT 140-145 Chamber and solo instrumental music
- MT 146 Popular music
- MT 170-810 Instrumental techniques
- MT 180-198 Organ
- MT 200-208 Reed organ
- MT 220-255 Piano
- MT 259-338 String instruments
- MT 260-279.7 Violin
- MT 280-298 Viola
- MT 300-318 Violoncello
- MT 320-334 Double bass
- MT 339-533 Wind instruments
- MT 340-359 Flute
- MT 360-379 Oboe
- MT 380-392 Clarinet
- MT 400-415 Bassoon
- MT 418 Brass instruments
- MT 420-432 Horn
- MT 440-456 Trumpet
- MT 460-472 Trombone
- MT 480-488 Tuba
- MT 500-510 Saxophone
- MT 539-654 Plucked instruments
- MT 540-557 Harp
- MT 560-570 Banjo
- MT 580-599 Guitar
- MT 600-612 Mandolin
- MT 620-634 Zither
- MT 640-654 Lute, balalaika, etc.
- MT 655-725 Percussion and other instruments
- MT 728-728.3 Chamber music
- MT 730 Orchestra
- MT 733-733.6 Band
- MT 740-810 Instrumental techniques for children
- MT 820-915 Singing and vocal technique
- MT 825-850 Systems and methods
- MT 855-883 Special techniques
- MT 898-915 Techniques for children
- MT 918-948 School music
- MT 955-956 Musical theater
Streaming Video
Classical Music in Video
Description: Classical Music in Video currently contains over 730 videos of classical music performances and masterclasses. The collection includes performances of all forms of classical music, including major orchestral performances by leading orchestras, plus chamber music, oratorio, and solo performances, along with masterclasses and interviews with master teachers from around the world. Also available through Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of audio and video products from Alexander Street Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Naxos Video Library
Description: Naxos Video Library is a performing arts video library currently containing over 1,300 operas, ballets, documentaries, live concerts, and musical tours of historic places.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Opera in Video
Description: Opera in Video currently contains almost 300 opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. The collection presents an overview of the most commonly studied operas in music history, opera literature, and performance classes. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon. Performances cover the full range of operatic composition, from the Baroque to the 20th century. Multiple performances and stagings worldwide of the major operas allow for analysis of stage design, vocal techniques, roles, and musical interpretation across time periods, opera houses, and conductors. Also available through Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of audio and video products from Alexander Street Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Dance in Video
Description: Dance in Video contains 700 dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. Included are classic performances from top ballet companies; experimental works from up-and-coming dance troupes; documentaries by and about leading choreographers; videos on dance training; and other items covering a wide range of 20th century dance styles. Also available through Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of audio and video products from Alexander Street Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Theatre in Video
Description: Provides streaming video access to original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater. The current release contains over 400 titles.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
OntheBoards.tv
Description: Provides streaming video access to contemporary theatre performances filmed at On the Boards in Seattle, WA, as well as in peer theaters across the country. The performances present a snapshot of the best new works by some of the most provocative artists working in dance, theater, and music.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Music Research Guides
Services
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Other Sources
Oxford Music Online (The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, The Oxford Companion to Music, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music)
Coverage: Second edition
Description: The authoritative standard for English-language music dictionaries, covering all aspects of music, including biographies, definitions of terms, musical examples, lists of works, links to sounds, and more. Includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, as well as The Oxford Companion to Music (2002), The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2d ed, revised (2006) and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed (2006).
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Description: A comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Includes 1,210 essays, images from 10 sources, and hundreds of audio examples. Each volume contains an overview of the region, a survey of its musical heritage, traditions and themes; and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instrument, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Also available through Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of audio and video products from Alexander Street Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Coverage: Fourth edition
Description: This encyclopedia's 30,000 entries cover all genres and periods of popular music from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music. The expanded fourth edition includes thousands of new entries on trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system. Also available through Oxford Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of music dictionaries and encyclopedias offered by Oxford University Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
IPA Source
Description: Contains over 5600 International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. IPA Source is searchable by composer, poet, title, opera aria and Latin text. Texts are available as downloadable PDFs.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Orchestral Music Online
Coverage: Fourth edition
Description: This database provides basic information for over 7,000 orchestral works by nearly 1,000 composers, including a work's instrumentation, movements, duration, and publishers. Allows searching by composer, title, keyword, duration, and performing forces.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600 [EBSCO]
Coverage: after 1600 (mainly 1600-1850)
Description: The most comprehensive annotated index to music manuscripts produced after 1600 with over 650,000 records containing bibliographic information, manuscript locations, musical incipits, and bibliographic citations.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Musical America.com
Description: The online version of the annual Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts. Provides news, feature articles, performance reviews and searchable industry contact listings which are updated quarterly.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Oxford Dictionary of Dance
Description: The Oxford Dictionary of Dance offers wide coverage of dancers, choreographers, teachers, composers, technical terms, major works, important films, and organizations involved in the dance world.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Oxford Companion to Music
Description: This new edition of the classic reference work includes articles that range from clear, concise definitions of musical ideas and terms to extended surveys of musical forms and styles, with specialist coverage of virtually every musical subject. Also available through Oxford Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of music dictionaries and encyclopedias offered by Oxford University Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Oxford Dictionary of Music
Description: Includes over 12,000 entries on composers, performers, conductors, directors, critics, and scholars; musical terms, styles, and forms; as well as instruments, individual works, performance venues, and a host of other topics. Also available through Oxford Music Online, a cross-searchable portal of music dictionaries and encyclopedias offered by Oxford University Press.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
Grove Book of Operas
Description: A collection of synopses and descriptions of over 250 operas. Each entry is written by a leading authority on the opera and includes a full synopsis of the plot, a cast list, a note on the singers in the original production, and information on the origins of the work and its literary and social background.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
New Grove Book of Opera Singers
Description: A collection of authoritative biographies of opera singers containing entries that include basic information such as birth date, vocal style, first debut, most memorable roles, as well as colorful portraits of the singer's personality and vocal style and evaluations of their place in operatic history.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
A Dictionary of Opera Characters
Description: Containing over 2,500 operatic characters, this guide gives plot synopses for over 250 operas and operettas, and details full information on each operatic role, including its creator and notable performers.
Access: Limited to authorized UM users (through validated sign-on).
RELICS: Renaissance Liturgical Imprints Census
Coverage: 1450-1600
Description: A database of citations to nearly 14,000 liturgical titles printed in Europe between 1450 and 1600, with listings of holding libraries in the U.S. and Europe.
Access: Open to all internet users.
Open Access Music Journals
British Postgraduate Musicology
publisher: British Postgraduate Musicology
language: English
start year: 1997
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: a journal run by postgraduates for postgraduates; it began as a print publication in 1997 and moved online in 2001
The Choral Scholar
publisher: National Collegiate Choral Organization
language: English
start year: 2009
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: presents scholarship related to the study and performance of choral music
Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études critiques en improvisation
publisher: University of Guelph
language: English and French
start year: 2004
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: a journal focused on improvisation as a social and musical practice
Current Research in Jazz
publisher: Michael Fitzgerald
language: English
start year: 2009
frequency: annual volumes, with content added as it becomes available
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: "in addition to shorter articles of a scholarly nature, it publishes bibliographies, indices, chronologies, and other research aids to serve and support jazz scholarship"
De Musica
publisher: Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università di Milano
language: Italian, with occasional English
start year: 1997
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: an online journal dedicated to the philosophy, aesthetics, and theory of music
Discourses in Music
publisher: University of Toronto, Faculty of Music
language: English
start year: 2000
frequency: two or three times a year
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: intended as a forum for graduate students and recent graduates, the journal "is dedicated to developing and maintaining a dialogue on musical and aesthetic matters among graduate music students across Canada"
ECHO: A Music-Centered Journal
publisher: Department of Musicology, University of California, Los Angeles
language: English
start year: 1999
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: an interdisciplinary journal created and edited by graduate students in the Department of Musicology at UCLA; "articles address music in diverse social contexts, and are not confined to any geographically, historically, or methodologically bounded genre"
Electronic Musicological Review
publisher: Federal University of Paraná, Arts Department
language: English and Portuguese
start year: 1996
frequency: irregular
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: "Its main goal is to foster research in the fields of Brazilian music, music technology and critical (or "new") musicology."
Empirical Musicology Review
publisher: Ohio State University Library
language: English
start year: 2006
frequency: quarterly
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: aims to facilitate communication and debate between scholars engaged in systematic and observation-based music scholarship
Ethnomusicology Online (EOL)
publisher: EOL; hosted at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
language: English
start year: 1995
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes articles and reviews in ethnomusicology and related disciplines
EUNOMIOS
publisher: Eunomios
language: primarily English
start year: 2000
frequency: content is added irregularly, without volume or issue numbers
peer-reviewed?: no
about: "hosts user-contributed papers on topics concerning theory, analysis, and semiotics of music"
EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing
publisher: Springer
language: English
start year: 2007
frequency: annual volumes, with content added as it becomes available
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: an interdisciplinary journal for the dissemination of all basic and applied aspects of speech communication and audio processes
Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft
publisher: Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft
language: German, with occasional English
start year: 1998
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: a musicology journal containing articles, reviews, and reports; the journal is not limited to any particular theme
Gamut: The Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
publisher: Newfound Press
language: English
start year: 2008
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: accepts submissions focusing on any aspect of music theory and its cognate disciplines
G.E.M.S. (Gender, Education, Music, and Society)
publisher: Gender Research in Music Education International (GRIME International)
language: English
start year: 2002
frequency: irregular
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: "explores the myriad intersections between gender, education, music and society. Emphasis is on the ways in which music teaching and learning can be used to re-dress and eliminate inequalities."
Grainger Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
publisher: University of Melbourne Library
language: English
start year: 2011
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: presents not only issues of interest to Grainger scholars, but also topics related to Grainger’s range of interests
Inbhear: Journal of Irish Music and Dance
publisher: Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
language: English and Irish
start year: 2010
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: focuses on the performance practices of music and dance in Ireland, currently and historically
International Journal of Community Music
publisher: New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
language: English
start year: 2004
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes research articles, discussions, and reviews on all aspects of community music
JEMS: Journal of Experimental Music Studies
publisher: JEMS, hosted by the Experimental Music Catalogue
language: English
start year: 2004
frequency: content is added irregularly, without volume or issue numbers
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: a journal devoted to experimental music, systems and minimalism, free improvisation, "new" tonality, and other, related issues
JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning
publisher: University of Southern Denmark
language: English
start year: 2003
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: a journal devoted to multidisciplinary research on music and meaning
Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies
publisher: Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies
language: English
start year: 2007
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: promotes interdisciplinarity between epistemologically distant disciplines - in particular, between humanities and sciences
Journal of Jazz Studies
publisher: Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers
language: English
start year: 2011
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: continues the print journal Annual Review of Jazz Studies; "provides a forum for the ever-expanding range and depth of jazz scholarship, from technical analyses to oral history to bibliography to cultural interpretation"
Journal of Music History Pedagogy
publisher: Pedagogy Study Group of the American Musicological Society
language: English
start year: 2010
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: is "dedicated to the publication of original articles and reviews related to teaching music history of all levels (undergraduate, graduate, or general studies) and disciplines (western, non-western, concert and popular musics)"
Journal of Music Research Online
publisher: Music Council of Australia
language: English
start year: 2009
frequency: annual volumes, with content added as it becomes available
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes articles in the areas of composition, early music, ethnomusicology, gender studies in music, interdisciplinary studies in music, music education, music technologies, musicology, performance practice, and popular music.
Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music
publisher: Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
language: English
start year: 1995
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: provides a "peer-reviewed forum for scholarly studies of the musical cultures of the seventeenth century"
Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (JSMI)
publisher: Society for Music in Ireland
language: English
start year: 2005
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: exists to promote Irish musicological scholarship, including topics concerning Ireland and its music, as well as articles by Irish authors or authors based in Ireland
Kapralova Society Journal: A Journal of Women in Music
publisher: Kapralova Society
language: English
start year: 2005
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: unclear from website
about: content deals with Kapralova and other women in music
Min-ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online
publisher: Israel Musicological Society
language: English
start year: 1999
frequency: irregular
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes articles and reviews in diverse areas of musical research
Music & Anthropology: Journal of Musical Anthropology of the Mediterranean
publisher: M&A, hosted at Università di Bologna
language: English, with some content also available in Italian
start year: 1996
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: an interdisciplinary journal serving as a "forum for studies which approach music as an essentially human and social expression"
Music and Arts in Action
publisher: Exeter School of Music Sociology
language: English
start year: 2008
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: unites research from a variety of fields to take a holistic approach in researching the dynamic role of music and the arts in social life and cultural experience
Music & Politics
publisher: University of California, Santa Barbara
language: English
start year: 2007
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: covers such areas as the impact of politics on the lives of musicians, music as a form of political discourse, and the influences of ideology on musical historiography.
Musica / Tecnologia
publisher: Firenze University Press
language: varies
start year: 2007
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: explores the relationship between the worlds of music and technology
Music Performance Research
publisher: Royal Northern College of Music
language: English
start year: 2007
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: the journal's purpose is to disseminate research on the nature of music performance from both theoretical and empirical perspectives
Music Theory Online
publisher: Society for Music Theory
language: English
start year: 1993
frequency: varies - four to six times a year
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: provides articles, commentaries, reports, book reviews, and announcements of conferences, job vacancies, and new dissertations
Muzikologija
publisher: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts - Institute of Musicology
language: primarily English, German, and Serbian
start year: 2001
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: much of the content focuses on Serbian music, but topics cover all genres and periods
North American Opera Journal
publisher: OPERA America
language: English
start year: 2012
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: targeted to "readers interested in musicological and historical issues, and singers and other professionals involved in opera production"
NTAMA: Journal of African Music and Popular Culture
publisher: Universität Hildesheim
language: primarily English, with some French and German
start year: 2001
frequency: content is added irregularly, without volume or issue numbers
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes articles, reviews, and event notices related to African popular music
Online Journal of Bass Research (OJBR)
publisher: International Society of Bassists
language: English
start year: 2003
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: publishes scholarly research pertaining to the double bass and related bowed bass instruments
Performance Practice Review
publisher: Claremont Graduate University
language: English
start year: 2006
frequency: annual volumes, with content added as it becomes available
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices of all historical periods
Polish Music Journal
publisher: Polish Music Center at the University of Southern California
language: English
start year: 1998
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: is devoted to musicological studies of Polish music and music in Poland, particularly music that is not well-known in the West
Popular Musicology Online
publisher: University of Salford, Department of Music and University of Oslo, Department of Music and Theatre
language: English
start year: 2000
frequency: content is added irregularly, without volume or issue numbers
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: PMO is the online successor to Popular Musicology Quarterly; articles address a broad range of issues related to popular music
Radical Musicology
publisher: International Centre for Music Studies at Newcastle University
language: English
start year: 2006
frequency: annual volumes, with new content added continuously when available
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: provides a forum for progressive thinking across the whole field of musical studies and encourages work that draws on any and all relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives
Research and Issues in Music Education (RIME)
publisher: rimeonline.org
language: English
start year: 2003
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: purpose is "to provide a forum devoted to thorough research and commentary that energizes, informs, advances, and reforms the practice and pedagogy of music teaching"
Resonance: An Interdisciplinary Music Journal
publisher: University of Southern California
language: English
start year: 2004
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: aims to promote interdisciplinary research; accepts contributions from graduate or professional students at any stage of their academic career
Samples: Notizen, Projekte und Kurzbeiträge zur Popularmusikforschung
publisher: Arbeitskreises populäre Musik e.V. (ASPM)
language: German
start year: 2002
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: no
about: publishes short papers on popular music research, as well as reports on work in progress, conference reports, and other news
Search: Journal for New Music and Culture
publisher: Search
language: English
start year: 2008
frequency: triannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: welcomes a broad range of articles treating the output of original and accomplished composers, improvisers, and performers
Soundscapes
publisher: Soundscapes
language: primarily English, with some Dutch, German, and French
start year: 1998
frequency: quarterly
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: "an online journal on the history and social significance of media culture"
STM Online
publisher: Svenska samfundet för musikforskning
language: primarily Swedish
start year: 1998
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: the electronic sister publication of Svensk tidskrift för musikforskning; primary interest is in articles related to Swedish or Nordic music
Trans: Transcultural Music Review = Revista transcultural de música
publisher: La Sociedad de Etnomusicología (SIbE)
language: Spanish, with some English
start year: 1995
frequency: annual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: "explores all kinds of music from transcultural and interdisciplinary perspectives"
Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy
publisher: Sogn og Fjordane University College in affiliation with the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy and in collaboration with the World Federation of Music Therapy
language: primarily English
start year: 2001
frequency: triannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: this journal encourages participation from every continent and "intends to nurture the development of music therapy practice, theory, discussion and debate"
voiceXchange
publisher: University of Chicago, Dept. of Music
language: English
start year: 2004
frequency: semiannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: published by graduate students in the University of Chicago's Department of Music; welcomes musical scholarship that reaches across the field's subdisciplines
Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie
publisher: Olms
language: German and English
start year: 2003
frequency: triannual
peer-reviewed?: yes
about: offers a platform for new approaches to music theory
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