Music of the Renaissance Era : Further Research
General Reference
- A Dictionary of Early Music: From the Troubadours to Monteverdi (print only)Mills Music Library Reference Collection: ML100 R695 1981
- An Early Music Dictionary: Musical Terms from British Sources, 1500-1740 (print only)Mills Music Library Reference Collection: ML108 S88 1995
- Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (UW-Licensed)"...includes comprehensive coverage of the art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics, history, and conflict of the period....Nearly half the entries are biographical, covering artists, thinkers, statesman, and reformers. A table of European ruling houses and a table showing the dates when cities and countries changed from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar are also included."
- Oxford Music Online (UW-Licensed)Contains Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Extensive encyclopedia articles and bibliographies by expert scholars.
- The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (print only)Mills Music Library Index Table: ML102 I5 N48 1984
Article Databases (UW-Licensed)
Besides encyclopedia articles, you may also want to find articles in magazines or journals.
The following are article databases especially relevant to this topic that cover popular and scholarly journals from a range of time periods and countries.
- Historical AbstractsMostly scholarly. Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present. Covers publications from 1954-present. All entries include abstracts. Use "Historical Period" limiter on search page to limit to the historical era you are researching!
- International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)Scholarly and popular. Covers publications from 1990-present, some coverage back to 1874. Most entries contain abstracts. Indexes 375 music periodicals from twenty countries, as well as feature music articles and obituaries appearing in the New York Times and the Washington Post.
- JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal ArchiveFull text of more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, economics, education, film, finance, folklore, history, language, literature, middle east studies, music, philosophy, political science, religion, sociology, and more. Publication coverage begins with volume 1 of each title and continues to within 3 to 5 years of the most current issue.
- Music IndexScholarly and popular. Covers publications from 1973-present. No abstracts. Indexes over 850 music periodicals from over 40 countries, including book reviews, obituaries, news periodicals, and news and articles about music, musicians, and the music industry.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (RILM)Mostly scholarly. Covers publications from 1969-present. All entries include abstracts. Coverage includes traditional music, popular music, and classical music, representing disciplines that include musicology, ethnomusicology, pedagogy, psychology, anthropology, sociology and others. Document types are mostly journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings.