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Music Library

As of January 2020, the Music Library will no longer be staffed. The Music Reference books and all reserve items will be located in Burke Library. A listening station will be located in Burke Library for any audio/video materials on reserve. Other Music Library materials may be requested for delivery to Burke Library.

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Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
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Gateway to some of Oxford's major music reference sources.
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition (2001)
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd edition (2002)
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992)
The Norton Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994)
The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition (2013; in process)
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, 2nd edition (2014; in process)

Naxos Music Library

Comprehensive collection of classical music. Currently the collection totals 2,539,019 tracks of fine recorded music with hundreds of albums added monthly.

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