LibGuides: Music -- General Resources: General resources for Music

Music Theory Basics

AllMusic.com
"AllMusic is a comprehensive and in-depth resource for finding out more about the albums, bands, musicians and songs you love."
Dolmetsch Music Dictionary Online
"Music Dictionary Online's primary purpose is, in the case of non-English words and phrases, to offer translations and, more generally, and where appropriate, to offer explanations and comments about general (non-musical) words as well as specialist (i.e. musical, etc.) terms that might be found in musical scores, libretti, books on music, web sites, CD notes, concert programmes, etc."
Dolmetsch Online Chart of Musical Symbols
Music dictionary - musical symbols
Internet Broadway Database
"IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today."
Internet Off-Broadway Archives
Lortel Archives: a catalogue of all shows ever produced Off-Broadway
Playbill.com
Broadway and off-Broadway information

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Access to hundreds of scholarly titles covering all art topics, ex. architecture, music, theatre, etc.
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