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Music 110:
Introduction to Art Music: |
Systematic access to the contents of music
magazines and journals did not occur until the mid-20th century. The Music Index
was the first large-scale attempt to provide this access. RILM
Abstracts followed in 1968 and The International Index of Music Periodicals in
1996. These three different indexes each possess a different scope and chronological
coverage.
| 1. The
Music Index: A Subject-Author Guide to Current Music Periodical Literature. Vol. 1- Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1949- Located in the Information area on the Index/Encyclopedia table (paper version) and on the Music Library's web site. The print version of The Music Index began in 1949 and was issued monthly with annual accumulations. Note: The online version of the Music Index covers 1979-present. A list of subject headings used is issued annually in a separate volume. The Music Index currently indexes over 725 music periodicals, with access by author and subject. While many of the periodicals indexed are English language, this index also covers many of the most important foreign-language publications. The index boasts a broad range of subjects, including past and present personalities, the history of music, forms and types of music, musical instruments from the earliest times to modern electronic instruments, plus computer produced music. Reviews of books are gathered together under "Book Reviews" and then alphabetically by the author's or editor's name; concert and publication reviews for art music (and orchestral program notes) are indexed under composer's name (with an asterisk noting a premiere). Popular concert reviews are indexed under the name of the performing artist or group; recordings are not usually indexed. There are generous cross-references. The Music Index has suffered occasionally from delayed publication, although one can expect the issue date to approximately reflect the publication date of indexed articles. Annual cumulations may be several years behind publication of the monthly issues, making a thorough search a tedious task. Yet, the excellent indexing and expansive coverage make this a primary resource for any level of music research. 2. RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. New York: International RILM Center, 1967- . Vol. 1- . Located in the Information area on the Index/Encyclopedia table (paper version) and on the Music Library's web site. RILM stands for Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (in English: International Repertory of Music Literature). RILM Abstracts is an international bibliography of scholarly writings on music and related disciplines and includes scholarly works in all forms (articles from music journals and magazines, books, bibliographies, catalogs, dissertations, films and videos, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, reviews, etc.). RILM Abstracts began publication in the late 1960s. Each entry includes an abstract (a summary of the important points of the publication) and this distinguishes it from The Music Index which does not contain abstracts. RILM Abstracts is international in scope and so each entry contains the original-language title, the title translation in English, full bibliographic information, and abstracts in English. There are author, journal, and subject indexes. Areas of coverage encompass historical musicology, ethnomusicology, instruments and voice, librarianship, performance practice and notation, theory and analysis, pedagogy, liturgy, dance, criticism, music therapy, and interdisciplinary studies on music and various other fields (literature, dramatic arts, visual arts, etc.). If you are researching popular music or music education, you should use IIMP or the Music Index. 3. International Index of Music Periodicals Full Text. Chadwyck-Healy, 1996- . Located on the Music Library's web site. IIMP Full Text draws its current content from more
than 420 international IIMPFT covers nearly all aspects of the world of music, from the most scholarly studies to the latest crazes. Every IIMP record in current coverage (1996 forward) contains an abstract. IIMP has indexed retrospectively some of the more important titles in the field of music. This means that they have gone to issues prior to 1996 and provided indexing for them. For example, they have indexed the Musical Quarterly from its very beginning in 1915. IIMPFT is available in electronic format only. |
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