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Music
Music History
Music Africa (or other place name, e.g. Music Ireland)
Musicians
Beethoven (or other artist, e.g. Bach)
Specific music type
- Jazz
- Masses
- Operas
- Symphonies
Specific instrument
- Flute
- Piano
- Violin

Selected Titles -- Music Theory

Counterpoint by Walter Piston
Call Number: MT55 .P67
Publication Date: 1947
A classic book that teaches the fundamental and more advanced aspects of counterpoint with illustrations from famous works.
Harmony by Heinrich Schenker; Oswald Jonas (Editor); Elisabeth M. Borgese (Translator)
Call Number: MT40 .S2912
Publication Date: 1954
Johann David Heinichen's Gründliche Anweisung (1711) by Johann David Heinichen
Call Number: MT49 .H4613 2012
Publication Date: 2012
Music Theory Secrets : 94 Strategies for the starting musician by Brent Coppenbarger
Call Number: MT6 .C7825 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Reading Renaissance Music Theory by Cristle C. Judd; Ian Bent (Contribution by)
Call Number: ML174 .J83 2000
Publication Date: 2000
"This book offers a new perspective on a central group of music theory treatises that have long formed a background to the study of Renaissance music. Taking theorists' music examples as a point of departure, it explores fundamental questions about how music was read, and by whom, situating the reading in specific cultural contexts." -- Book jacket
Solfege and Sonority by David J. Xiques
Call Number: https://montclair.on.worldcat.org/oclc/854980369
Publication Date: 2014
Steps to Parnassus : the study of counterpoint by Johann Joseph Fux
Call Number: MT40 .F83 1943
Publication Date: ©1943
A translation of p. 41-139, 279, and the preface of the author's Gradus ad Parnassum ... Viennæ, 1725.
Towards a Global Music Theory by Mark Hijleh
Call Number: MT90 .H55 2012
Publication Date: 2012

Databases

Cambridge Companions Online - Companions to Music
Information on composers, instruments or musical topics, written with the student, the performer & the music lover in mind.

Locate information in online encyclopedias & dictionaries of music as well as online scores & streaming audio:

Classical Scores Library
Scores for works from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Formats Include full, study, piano, and vocal scores. Full text.
Grove Music Online
Information on music history, cultures of music & musicians from around the globe.
60,000+ articles written by over 6,000 music scholars

IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
Free public domain music library for printable scores & sound recordings.

How to Cite

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Citing Sources (Montclair State University Center for Writing Excellence)
A collection of resources and information on all major citation styles from the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE).
APA Style Handout - Sprague Library
APA Formatting & Style Guide - Excelsior OWL
APA Style - American Psychological Association
MLA Style Handout - Sprague Library
MLA Formatting & Style Guide - Excelsior OWL
Chicago Style Handout - Sprague Library
Chicago Formatting & Style Guide - Excelsior OWL
Chicago Manual of Style Online
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th Edition, eBook)
Full manual of style, available online.
AMA Citation Style (American Medical Association) - St. Catherine University
Citing Sources Research Guide
A guide to attributing sources in footnotes, in-text citations & bibliographies
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