omo short introduction
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Online Resourcesfrom Oxford University Press
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This presentation gives a brief description ofOxford Music Online
It tells you
what Oxford Music Online is how it can help you
how to look for information in it
The presentation will take about 5 minutes
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The multi-award winning
Grove Music Online is the
ultimate authority on all
aspects of music
worldwide from Bach to
the Blues.
Oxford Music Online
contains over 50,000
articles, and 21,000
biographies, coveringmusic of all types, time
periods, and countries.
If your subscriptionincludes the Encyclopedia
of Popular Music, you will
be able to access it
through this page.
Oxford Music Online nowalso containsthe Oxford
Dictionary of Music and
the Oxford Companion to
Music.
You can restrict your
search to either of thesetitles with the new Search
by title box on the home
page.
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To search for a musician, acomposer, a style of music, a
piece of music, an instrument
or a festival simply type the
name into the box at the top
right.
stravinsky
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This is the introductoryparagraph to the article on
Stravinsky. Use the section
headings below to navigate
the article.
You can see a catalogue
listing of a composers
published works by clicking on
the Works tab.
As well as printing and
emailing the article, you can
simply cut and paste the
citation information.
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You can find lots of useful
learning resources via the linkat the top of the page,
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such as timelines
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and Topical Guides.
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Practice
Now you have had a brief introduction, why not
explore for yourself? Have a go at finding theanswers to these questions.
Who wrote the opera Lakm?
Where was Sir Edward Elgar born? How many operas did Giuseppe Verdi write?
What musical instrument did Joah Bates play?
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Further helpIf you want to find out more, you can
take a guided tour
read about the site
look for a live online demo
email us at [email protected]
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You can see similar presentations on:
the Oxford English Dictionary
the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
the Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Oxford Art Online
Oxford Reference Online
Whos Who
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
African American Studies Center
American National Biography
Electronic Enlightenment
Oxford Scholarship Online
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