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Databases
Cadence
A database of choral sets and orchestral parts held by New Zealand choirs, orchestras and libraries.
Index New Zealand
This indexes all the major newspapers an magazines in New Zealand. It provides a brief abstract of each article.
Knowledge Basket Newztext
(Needs a personal membership barcode and PIN)
Full text database of the major New Zealand newspapers. Good for accessing reviews of concerts and articles about musicians.
Grove Music
(needs a personal membership barcode and PIN)
Containing the full text of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of opera, and the New Grove Dictionary of jazz, this database is the ultimate authority on all aspects of music.
Feature database
Index Auckland: local history, arts and music
This is an in house database containing information about Auckland and also New Zealand. It has a rich content about music and musicians in New Zealand and it provides access to information from:
- NZ music scrapbooks that contain newspaper articles dating from 1963 through to 1995 and which are housed in the Learning and Recreation unit.
- Music in Auckland July 1890 - May 1930 containing reviews of concerts throughout Auckland.
- the music programme collection dating back from 1848 to the present.
The music programme collection consists of programmes of concerts in the Auckland area providing a fascinating profile of the cultural life of our city and a valuable resource for researchers and genealogists.
This collection is housed in Special Collections on the Heritage (2nd) Floor of the Central City Library and is accessible to the public on request.
If you require any further information please contact the Music Librarian.
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Magazines
Major titles held by Auckland City Libraries
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Quick Reference
This section is located in the music area of the Learning and Recreation Unit (Ground Floor), Central City Library and consists of resources useful to help with music research.
Encyclopedias
Recommended resource
Contemporary Musicians
This biographical encyclopedia provides information on musical artists from all genres across a broad spectrum of contemporary music as well as selected classical artists who have crossed over into the popular arena of the music industry.
Each entry contains a critical and biographical essay, photographs, a selected discography, sources for additional information and a data section, all presented in a very concise and easy to read format.
Contemporary Musicians is also available electronically, through the Biography Resource Center database.
Dictionaries
Directories
Catalogues
Ask at the service desk for access to these catalogues:
Thematic Catalogues
Auckland City Libraries holds thematic catalogues of the major composers.
Compact Disc Listening Guides
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Research guides
This section is located in the music area of the Learning and Recreation Unit (Ground Floor) of the Central City Library and consists of resources useful to help with music research.
This resource helps the researcher explore the wealth of literature on music. It consists of a series of essays describing and evaluating the literature on a wide variety of topics and composers. It covers jazz and popular music and also ethnic music by geographic area.
This resource is intended for any research purpose imaginable and is very comprehensive. It has citations for virtually all of the world's performers, groups, journalists, critics and specialist writers. Covering all styles and genres of music The music index cites book reviews, obituaries, new periodicals and news and articles about music, musicians and the music industry.
This useful gem cites and describes the literature that analyses specific works of music. Each entry is annotated to indicate to the reader the level and nature of the analysis cited. It accesses books, theses, dissertations and periodical literature to give a range of resources and levels of approaches to suit the amateur, undergraduate and professional alike.
This is a catalogue that exhaustively lists the works of 132 major composers, breaking down works to put a smaller piece, aria or movement in the context of a larger work. Organised by composer, each entry consists of the title of the work, the date of composition (or first performance/publication), the source of the lyrics, instrumentation, provenance, and its opus or catalog number. The main focus of the catalog covers the works of Bach and Handel to Schoenberg and Weberg. The Baroque is also well presented to give a nicely rounded approach.
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Websites
General classical music sites
All music guide
Searchable by genre, this site covers recordings, song title with biographies, and reviews.
Classical search
Concentrates on the classical music industry worldwide with categorised topics ranging from working musicians to venues, equipment hire, marketing, management and festivals.
Musiclassical
A site that is easy to navigate and a rich resource for all aspects of classical music.
MusicAustralia
MusicAustralia is an online service developed by the National Library of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive (a division of the Australian Film Commission). MusicAustralia helps you to find, access and navigate a rich store of information on Australian music, musicians, organisations and services from a single access point.
NZ links
SOUNZ - The centre for NZ Music
Promoting NZ music.
New Zealand arts resources
A diverse range of NZ music websites.
National Library of New Zealand
A comprehensive list of NZ music websites
Composers Association of NZ
Opera
Opera World
Opera America's site offers a wealth of information from distance learning and opera Lecture Hall Courses to ready access to all of the major American Opera Companies performance schedules and much more.
Opera Base
Commissioned by Opera Europa this powerful search tool allows you to search details of opera performances and schedules with links to production details, reviews, biographies and discographies as well as the virtual Opera House.
Musicals
Musical Federation of New Zealand
Musicals 101
Described as the "Cyber encylopedia of musical theatre, TV and film" this site covers all aspects of music theatre and includes some special on-line education courses.
Music education
Major examination bodies
Music industry
Music licensing
Music publishers New Zealand
Artaria editions
Promethean editions
Wai-te-ata press Music
Worldwide
Bārenreiter
Breitkopf
Boosey and Hawkes
Chesternovello
Peters
Song texts and lyrics
The lied and arts song texts page
An archive of texts to lieder and other classical art songs as well as many other types of classical vocal pieces with translations to English, French and other languages.
Lyrics world
A comprehensive search engine that locates lyrics sites.
Lyrics freak
Lyrics spot
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