You will provide information about modern musicians in your country. Provide an example of at least one musician and what he/she has done musically.
Reference Materials
- Garland Encyclopedia of World Music ML 100 .G16
- Note that this is in the General collection on the upper level of the Library
Books
To locate books on musicians from your country do a subject seach in the Library Catalog.
These are some suggested searches:
| Search | Example
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| popular music [country name] | popular music Brazil
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| [type of music] [country name] | Samba (dance) Brazil
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| composers [country] | composers Brazil
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Or if you know the name of a musician do a subject search with the last name first. For example: Veloso, Caetano. If you are looking for recordings by a particular composer do an author search with the authors last name first. For example: Veloso, Caetano.
Databases
- Academic OneFile
- Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas.
- Academic Search Complete
- This database offers thousands of full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines.
- Grove's Dictionary Of Music And Musicians Online
- Includes the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.
- JSTOR
- JSTOR is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
- New York Times and New York Times Historical
- Comprehensive coverage from 1851-present.
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