Hastings District Libraries

Library Access

Public Access

Conditions:
Library card number required

Music lovers - this is the database for you! 

Access to multiple music reference resources in one location.  From the study of music to the way it is performed. 

Covers:

• All periods
• Composers
• Performers
• Conductors
• Individual works
• Instruments and notation
• Forms and genres. 
• from Western classical tradition to jazz, pop and rock

Includes biographies, timelines, topical guides.   

Oxford Music contains:

• Grove Music Online - leading online resource for music research
  • This includes the New Grove Dictionry of Music and Musicians - 2nd edition (2001), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera (1992) and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz - 2nd edition (2002)
• The Oxford Companion to Music (2002)
• The Oxford Dictionary of Music, 2nd edition (revised 2006) - geared to general users and undergraduates
• Encyclopedia of Popular Music - rock, pop and jazz artists, popular music from 1900 to the present

Access Notes:
Available in our libraries (no charge) or from home. Epic Database terms and conditions apply.