RILM: Music Encyclopedias

RILM Music Encyclopedias is a unique collection of 49 seminal encyclopedias in full text, comprising over 100,000 pages and including historical and current encyclopedias published between 1775 and 2018. It is international in scope, providing access to content written in the key languages of musicological research, among them English, German, French, Italian, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese, and Slovak. It is the first comprehensive collection of encyclopedia content spanning the most important disciplines, fields, and subject areas of historical musicology and ethnomusicology, with subject-specific focus on topics ranging from popular music, opera, instruments, blues and gospel, to recorded music and women composers. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

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Access Locations:

Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center;

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;

Thomas Yoseloff Business Center at SNFL;

All Branch Libraries;

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)

Subjects:

Performing Arts;

Music;

Recorded Sound and Video;