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Music History: Middles Ages to 1775

This Library course guide will help students identify research related to European art music from the Middle Ages to 1775. See also the Library course guide for MU271.

Course Number: MU270

Subject: Music

Greg Sennema

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Term paper

"…minimum of ten scholarly sources on it, including at least one journal article, one Grove article, and one musical score."


 

Locating Scholarly sources
Grove Music Online

Grove Music Online is an Oxford Music database that includes over 57,000 articles written by over 6,000 authors from various areas of music. Remember to consult the "Bibliography" at the end of the articles.

Remember that Wikipedia is not a scholarly resource. However, you may find references to scholarly sources on a Wikipedia page. For example, see Monteverdi L'Orfeo.

Cambridge Histories
Books
  • Search Omni to identify books at Laurier and other Omni libraries
    • Use facets at left of results to focus your search
    • e.g, books and ebooks

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Articles
  • Search Omni to identify articles
    • Use facets at left of results to focus your search
    • e.g, Articles, peer-reviewed

Sometimes it is hard to narrow down results in Omni. Consider the following databases that provide direct access to scholarly articles in just music

For more detailed searching, and/or for more obscure topics, try searching across the full text through these databases:

JSTOR

Current and back issues of journals in arts and sciences.

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Think outside the box, you may find journal literature in other databases, e.g.:

Dissertations and Theses

If you are having difficulty locating sources using the links above, consider searching for dissertations or theses to locate obscure topics, or to find other sources in their bibliographies.

It's always a good idea to check with your professor if you want to include a dissertation or thesis in your bibliography. 

Example: Menefee, C. (2013). Duos and modules in palestrina's motet and mass “O rex glóriæ” (Order No. 1549386). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1490586125). (see page 177ff.)

Scores
  • Scores in print and online.
    • NOTE: Remember that photocopiers on campus allow you to scan pages (e.g., musical excerpts) to pdf
Audio
Video

The Library subscribes to a number of streaming video services that may contain helpful resources for your term paper, e.g.,

medici.tv

Video collection of classical concerts, operas, and ballets, with related information and material.

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Citing your sources

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