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Music encyclopedia, offering coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.

An encyclopedia of more than 700 articles covering the music of the world's peoples, from the earliest known traditions to current practices. It encompasses articles on geographic areas, nations, and ethnic groups, as well as discussion of trends and issues in scholarship. Also includes streaming audio examples.

Contains bilingual dictionaries and reference works in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Access background information to start your research. Use Advanced Search and select Subject: Music.

Stream a wide variety of performances, including opera, classical music, ballet, live concerts, and more.

Kanopy offers thousands of streaming videos on all subjects from a wide range of suppliers.

Streaming video database of opera performances and singing competitions. Includes both live and cinematic performances, interviews and documentaries. Mainly European productions.

Stream performances from the Metropolitan Opera House in video and audio. Includes the Live in HD series, broadcasts on public television (1977–2003), and radio performances dating back to 1936.

Stream performances by well-known musicians. Includes temporary on demand performances and a permanently accessible catalogue. Genres include concerts, opera, educational programs, master classes, competitions, artist portraits, and dance. The emphasis is on western art music. An app is available for phones and other digital devices.

Provides indexing and abstracts for many international music periodicals from a variety of countries. Some of the indexed journals are available in full-text.

Index to periodical articles on music. Coverage is international in scope and includes music of all periods and genres, musical instruments, composers, performers, the music industry, and other music-related topics.

A database of critical, scholarly performing editions of thousands of musical scores. The collection spans the history of Western music. Most of the seven series are devoted to works by a single composer or in a single genre.