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Music Appreciation
Welcome to the research guide for Music in Life. This guide contains research materials and links to help you make this class a success.
On this page, find a quick list of resources to get you started.
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The following can help you start your research.
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Databases
- Academic Search Complete
- Why search here? This database contains peer-reviewed articles on almost every academic subject.
- What’s included? Content includes over 5,000 full-text journals and over 200 full-text magazines, as well as full-text monographs and conference proceedings. Additional content includes citations and abstracts for many more journals and other publications.
- Gale Literature Resource Center
- Why search here? This is the most important database for the English program, and it is also useful for other fields in the humanities.
- What’s included? This database contains full-text author biographies, literary analyses, and reviews for a wide range of literature, conveniently sorted by resource type.
- Project MUSE Open Access
- Why search here? Project MUSE maintains an open-access online repository for full-text eBooks and journals in the humanities.
- What’s included? The open-access resources on Project MUSE are eclectic, covering all branches of the humanities.
- Music & Letters
Articles, commentary and reviews of books and music embracing all fields of musical enquiry, from the earliest times to the present day aimed at an international audience.
- Musical Quarterly
Articles on a wide range of contemporary subjects including world music, jazz, popular music, commercial music, music in society, musical aesthetics, music and the other arts, American music past and present, local reports, and book reviews.
- Foundations of Music History byCall Number: 780.9 D138fISBN: 9780521232814Publication Date:
Drawing on competing philosophies of history throughout the ages, from the Enlightenment to the French structuralists, from the German idealist tradition to Russian formalism, the late Carl Dahlhaus applies the thoughts of these various schools to the specialist requirements of music history and assesses their advantages and shortcomings.
- A History of Western Music byCall Number: 780.9 B9187h7ISBN: 9780393979916Publication Date:
Maintaining the authority and breadth of coverage that have always defined this classic text, J. Peter Burkholder has meticulously revised and restructured the text to make it more accessible for today’s students.
Humanities & Music at Northwestern
These links will take you to official NWOSU university pages.
- School of Arts & Sciences
The departments within the school offer a total of fifteen majors and twenty minors at the undergraduate level and a master of arts in American studies at the graduate level.
- English, Foreign Language & Humanities
The Department of English, Foreign Language & Humanities offers a broad range of courses leading to the bachelor of arts degree in English or English education. Students may also pursue a minor in English, writing, or Spanish.
- Fine Arts
The Department of Fine Arts prepares students for a career as an educator or artist through quality instruction and individualized attention while enriching the campus and community.
- Bands & Instrumental Music
Northwestern Oklahoma State University offers all the opportunities that can be found at any large university, combined with the friendliness and warmth of a small college. The bands are open to all students regardless of major, and participation scholarships are available.
- Choral & Vocal Studies
Each year, choir members and vocalists participate in many performances including concerts by the University Chorale, Concert Choir, and the University Singers. Northwestern choirs tour regionally and nationally.