Music: By Subject Subject Guide
Instruments
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General resources about instruments. See other categories such as Brass, Keyboard, Percussion, String/Plectral, Woodwinds.
Books about Instruments
General, Ref ML 102 .I5, ML 460-; Keyboard, ML 549-; Strings, ML 750-; Winds, ML 930-; Plectral, ML 1000-; Percussion, ML 1030-; other, ML 1050-1093; Pedagogy, MT 170-733
Instrument EncyclopediaInformation about instruments around the world, beginning with the collection of the Stearns Museum at the University of Michigan. Good starting place for research. Links.
New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
Ref ML 102 .I5 N48 1984
The largest encyclopedia about instruments. See other reference books on instruments at Ref ML 102 .I5.
Microsoft Musical Instruments
CD-ROM station in Music and Dance Library
Illustrates and describes instruments, with sound examples.
Virtual Instrument MuseumInformation about and images of hundreds of musical instruments from around the world. Includes audio and video files. More info
Instruments (Worldwide Internet Music Resources)Links to many sites, organized by instrument.
International Directory of Musical Instrument CollectionsA international directory of public and private instrument collections, large and small, listed by location. More info
Contents
- African American Music
- American Music
- Band
- Brass
- Chamber Music
- Choral
- Composers
- Contemporary and Computer Music
- Copyright and Music Industry
- Education
- Film and Television Music
- History and Musicology
- Instruments
- Jazz
- Keyboard
- Musical Theatre
- Opera
- Orchestra and Orchestral Music
- Percussion
- Pop/Rock/Rap/Folk
- Songs and Sheet Music
- String and Plectral Instruments
- Theory and Composition
- Therapy
- Voice
- Women in Music
- Woodwinds
- World Music
- More Internet Resources