History of Western Music: Romanticism Paper (Breytspraak)

Online databases

History

Modern World History Online: American and world history from the 1500s to the present day. (user: maret password: frogs)

World History: The Modern Era: American and world history from the Renaissance to the present day. (user: maret password: frogs)

Biography

Biography in Context: 600,000+ biographical profiles of people from around the world. (password: frogs)

Digital Public Library of America: This website contains full scans of hundreds of thousands of books, including many that are or contain biographies of Romantic composers.

Scholarly articles

ProQuest Central: Journal and magazine articles on a variety of topics, including history. (user: maret password: frogs)

JSTOR: Academic journal articles. (user: maret password: frogs)

Project MUSE: Academic journal articles in the humanities and social studies. (on-campus access only)

Important links

Primary sources

Morgan Library & Museum (website): High-quality, scanned images of music manuscripts, including many from Romantic-era composers.

Julliard Manuscript Collection (website): Scanned, zoomable manuscripts, including many from Romantic-era composers.

Library of Congress: Moldenhauer Archive (website): This archive contains about 3,5000 items documenting the history of Western music from the Medieval to the modern era.

NewsBank America's Historical Newspapers (database): Newspapers from 1690 to 2000—includes reviews, articles, and opinion pieces. (user: maret password: frogs)

Digital Public Library of America (website): Primary sources from libraries, archives, and museums around the country.

Smithsonian Collections (website): Search all objects and materials collected in the Smithsonian museums.

In-library resources

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