LibGuides: Countries and Cultures (Dale Mabry): Arts

Music

Music Online: Listening (Alexander Street Press)
audio and video that spans all time periods, many musical genres, hundreds of thousands of seminal artists, composers, choreographers, and ensembles. PRO TIP: Search keyword, performer, genre, etc. in the search box on the homepage.
Or use the menus below the search bar to browse collections, subject areas, and
performers & ensembles.
Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press)
Comprehensive music reference resource includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. PRO TIP: Search work, artist, movement, keyword, and more. Or, use the menu next to the Search to explore fields, mediums, era, regions, and more.

International Encyclopedia of Dance
Call Number: REF GV1585 .I586 2004
Covers all types of dance around the world and throughout history. PRO Tip: This reference source is part of a database. To search just within this encyclopedia, use the search box at the bottom ("search within work"), or browse topics alphabetically.

Grove Art Online (Oxford University Press)
Covers all aspects of the visual arts of every civilization from prehistory to the 1990s. PRO TIP: Use the search box near the top right corner of the homepage to search for a
work of art, artist, movement, keyword, etc. Or use the menu next to the search box to
explore fields, mediums, eras, regions, place types, and occupations

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Covers all types of dance around the world and throughout history. PRO Tip: This reference source is part of a database of other reference sources. To search just within this encyclopedia: Use the search box at the bottom ("search within work"), or browse topics alphabetically.

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Grove Art Online (Oxford University Press)
The entire text online of The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes on all aspects of the visual arts, in every civilization, from prehistory to the 1990s), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Funding source: FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
"A chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection."

International Encyclopedia of Dance
Call Number: REF GV1585 .I586 2004
Covers all types of dance around the world and throughout history. PRO Tip: This reference source is part of a database. To search just within this encyclopedia, use the search box at the bottom ("search within work"), or browse topics alphabetically.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance
Covers theatre and performance from ancient Greece to the modern world. In addition to performances in playhouses - covers dance, opera, radio, film, television, and popular performance, including carnivals, circus, and public executions. PRO Tip: This reference source is part of a database. To search just within this encyclopedia, use the search box at the bottom ("search within work"), or browse topics alphabetically.