Introduction
Music and Dance
The purpose of this guide is to inform students, faculty, and our community of the many types of resources and search methods available to facilitate the study of music and dance, be it scholarly research or personal interest.
Search the menu options to find resources and how to access them.
Library of Congress Call Number Ranges:
Dance - GV1580-1799.4
Music - M
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Beyond Spain's Borders by Call Number: PQ6105 .B395 2017 (4th Floor)Publication Date: 2017This book explores the performance, translation and casting of prolific Spanish plays all over the world, with discussion of plots, historical performances, stereotypes, women playwrights, gender roles and sexual politics. -
Hamilton by Call Number: ML50.M6733 H36 2016 (4th Floor)Publication Date: 2016Includes libretto and photographs from the musical, as well as an account of the creation of the musical, from the composition of the first song of the show in 2009 to the opening night in 2015. -
Why You Love Music by Call Number: MT90 .P68 2016 (4th Floor)Publication Date: 2016In an informal and approachable voice, author John Powell examines the psychology and science behind the many ways that music affects our lives. -
Audio Production Tips: Getting the Sound Right at the Source by Publication Date: 2016This book contains chapters on music production and theory, song structure, the recording equipment and environment, and instrument tracking. -
Using the Sky by Call Number: GV1783 .H374 2016 (3rd Floor)Publication Date: 2016A book about choreography and the "performance of beauty."
Hear It and See It: The Naxos Music Library and the Naxos Video Library
The Naxos Music Library provides access to over 85,000 CDs. Create your own playlists from over one million tracks of classical, jazz, folk, and rock music, or watch streaming video performances of operas, ballets, live concerts, and dance performances on the Naxos Video Library.
Both databases are available on McDermott Library's database page.
Photo of Louis Armstrong (1953) retrieved from Wikimedia
