PFMJ Piano Performance

• Naxos Music Library ​ (use the smartphone app)
• Oxford Music Online
• Jazz Music Library

QUICK TIP: use a keyword search:
 

1. If the piece is a form of music (etude, concerto, sonata, etc.), include the stem of the word with a ? in it (concert?, etud?, sonat?)
2. If the title is descriptive (Twilight Music, etc.), put in as many of the words that you are sure of
3. Include known instruments, key, opus nos., and the composer's name (see example for finding a piano concerto -- note: search is not case sensitive)
4. ​Filter your results with the options of scores or audio
    

 
ADVANCED SEARCHING: use the Author/Composer (Search by title) option
 

1. This will give you an alphabetical list of all works by that composer we have
2. More instruction here: Finding Scores and Recordings in the Catalog

STILL CAN'T FIND IT?
 
Come to the Music Center desk. 
Or, look outside the library catalog with our suggestions for Online Scores & Digital Audio

• Oxford Music Online
  Major music resource with 3 different resources to search:
   
  • search The Oxford Companion to Music
    short biographical entries on musicians, as well as musical term definitions
     
  • search The Oxford Dictionary of Music
    Need a quick definition? Look here!
     
  • search Grove Music Online
    The major music encyclopedia: authoritative (but long) entries; good starting point for research
     
• OnMusic Dictionary
  Definitions, audio pronounciation, and occasional music/video examples (OnMusic is the successor to the Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary)

Performance Practices Series (by Maurice Hinson)
Baroque through early 20th century

Andras Schiff Masterclasses
Bach, Beethoven & Schubert

Assorted Masterclasses 
Emanuel Ax, Boris Berman, Stephen Hough, Stephen Kovacevich, & Joanna MacGregor

1. Create an Interlibrary Loan Account 
2. Books/Scores/CDs: Search WorldCat via FirstSearch
3. Articles: Search article databases. No text online? Click the Get It Arrow   
4. Remember the ILL time frame:
   • Books, scores, cds, & dvds: 7-10 business days
   • Articles: 2-3 business days
5. Stop by the Music Center for help with any of this!

Search

• Repertoire Guides
• Repertoire Guides with Graded Lists
• NYSSMA Manual
• Music Scores Online

Come on over and see what we've got!
​[Stack nos. in square brackets]

 

M21  [M4 East]	Collections of keyboard music
M22 [M4 East]	Collections of piano music --1 composer
M23 [M4 East]	Piano sonatas
M24 [M5 West]	Suites
M25-39 [M5 West]	Pieces (walzes, dances, marches, etc.)
M201-208 [M5 West]	Piano duets (piano 4 hands)
M211-215 [M5 West]	Music for 2 pianos
M1010  [M5 East]	Piano concertos, full score
M1011 [M5 East]	Piano concertos, solo w/piano red.
ML650 [M10 West]	Books about the piano
ML700 [M10 West]	Books about piano and keyboard music
MT242-252 ​[M12 West]	Etudes, teaching pieces, treatises

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