HMU111: Introduction to Music and Society

This is a research guide for the course HMU111: Introduction to Music and Society

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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online This link opens in a new window
Contains articles on almost every aspect of western music history, with extensive entries on composers, genres, places, and subjects.
Oxford Bibliographies Online This link opens in a new window
This source includes brief entries on various people, places, genres, and other subjects similar to Grove Music, BUT also includes curated and up-to-date bibliographies with annotations to help you choose the most helpful materials for your area of study.
Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of articles allow you research music on every continent. In addition to articles and recordings, this source also contains musical illustrations, photographs, drawings, song texts, score examples, and charts and maps of world regions.
Ethnographic Sound Archives Online This link opens in a new window
A collection that brings together previously unpublished historic audio recordings and their supporting field materials, opening new paths for the study of music in its cultural context. It brings together 2,000 hours of audio recordings from field expeditions around the world, particularly from the 1960s through the 1980s—the dawn of ethnomusicology as a codified discipline
Ethnographic Video Online This link opens in a new window
Ethnographic Video Online: Volume 2 (North America) This link opens in a new window
Performance Design Archive This link opens in a new window
Performance Design Archive Online is the first comprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, and makeup.

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