Researching Living Composers |
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Furman Library Catalog
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| PASCAL Delivers |
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| Sound Recordings |
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CD-quality sound recordings and liner notes. Updated frequently with new releases by living composers. |
| Furman Library Catalog |
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| Is the composer really alive? |
| Ancestry.com Library Edition |
Most useful for American citizens, including Social Security Death Index, census data, marriage and birth information. |
| Gaylord Library Necrology File |
Updated daily |
| M.L.A. Obituary Index |
Excerpted from a quarterly publication |
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| Newspapers and Popular Media Resources |
| New York Times Historical Full Image |
1851-2005. Also try the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and other historical newspapers. Useful for obituaries, interviews, concert reviews, news about composers. |
| Times Digital Archive (London) |
1785-1985 |
| Westlaw Campus Research |
Most current search of news media. International and foreign language coverage. |
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| The Internet |
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| AllMusic.com |
Use advanced search for composer works listing. Provides access to discographies, reviews, and allows sorting of works by date (helpful for contextual research). |
| American Music Center Online Library |
Searchable database of over 45,000 works by American composers since 1939, including audio clips and score images. |
| Composer websites |
Search Google. Will contain bibliographical information, discography, works list, news about upcoming works, composer philosophies. |
| Composer pages on MySpace Music |
Many living composers' agents have developed MySpace to connect with fans. Content to expect includes blogs, pictures, videos, audio files, calendars, reviews, and links to other resources on the web. |
| Music blog search |
Search the blogs of music theorists, historians, and critics. |
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| Ask the Music Librarian |
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