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Music
Find music scores and sheet notes in the LMTA Virtual Library
To search for music scores, use the search filters: select Document Type – Scores; in the search field, enter the title of the work, composer, subject (e.g., “Concertos (for piano)”), etc.
Music-related publications in the LMTA Virtual Library
The most commonly used subject headings/topics for searching for music-related items include:
(Music; History and Criticism) (Music; Theory) (Music Analysis) (Musicology) (Harmony) (Tonality) (Jazz) (Folk Songs, Lithuanian) (Songs (High Voice)) (Piano Music) (Violin Music) (Orchestral Music) (Symphony) (Symphonies) (Opera) (Operas)
Using these subject headings as examples, you can formulate various search queries for finding the items.
ARTICLE DATABASES
| EBSCO | Full-text scholarly journals covering a wide range of academic fields are available (access with an LMTA email address). |
| JSTOR | An archive of scholarly journals providing full-text articles from a wide range of academic and arts disciplines. Subscribed collection: Arts & Sciences III (access with an LMTA email address). |
| Taylor and Francis | The database provides access to full-text scholarly journals covering the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, technological sciences, biomedical sciences, and agricultural sciences (access with an LMTA email address). |
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)  |
The directory provides a list of open access journals that offer free access to full-text articles. The quality of the articles is controlled by the journals’ editorial boards. The directory includes nearly 10,000 journals, including 32 Lithuanian journals. |
E-JOURNALS
Lithuanian journals
| Lithuanian Musicology | A scholarly periodical in the humanities, specializing in musicology within the field of arts research. |
| Ars et praxis | An annual publication of scholarly articles by the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, featuring research in musicology, theatre studies, education, and other humanities and social sciences related to arts research. |
| Principles of Music Composing | The journal comprises scholarly articles presented at the annual international music theory conference “Principles of Music Composition.” |
| Lithuanian Music Link | An annual journal published by the Lithuanian Music Information Centre, presenting and analyzing contemporary Lithuanian music, creative and performance practices, and public events that shape the figures, trends, histories, and context of Lithuanian music culture. |
| Folklore Studies | A scholarly journal dedicated to the dissemination of folklore research and findings. |
Foreign journals and publications
| Down Beat | Jazz journal. |
E-BOOKS
| JSTOR | LMTA subscribed e-book database. Subscribed collection – Arts & Sciences III (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Taylor & Francis eBooks |
LMTA subscribed e-book database on theatre, music, and film studies. Subscribed collections: Theatre & Performance Studies, Music, Media & Film Studies (access with LMTA credentials). |
| OAPEN Library |
Open-access academic e-books in the humanities and social sciences. |
| OpenEdition Books | Provides access to e-books from 133 publishers, about 80 percent of it are open-access publications. Here you will find more than 15 000 e-books on art-related topics, including visual arts, music, architecture, performing arts, and film. |
| Project Gutenberg | The database provides access to more than 80,000 books on a wide range of topics. |
| Getfreebooks | E-book database (music category). |
| LearnMusicTheory.net | Virtual music theory study resource. |
| Music – University of Toronto | Archive of music-related e-books from the University of Toronto, Canada. |
| Publio | E-book archive (music category). After downloading the desktop application, you can read the books for free. |
| Open Research Library | Open-access platform. It provides books on a wide range of topics, including art, biographies and autobiographies, drama, music, dance, acting, education, and more. E-books can be read online or downloaded in PDF format. |
AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES
| MediciTV | The database provides recordings of concerts, operas, and ballets (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Music and Dance Online (ProQuest) | The database provides access to videos, audio recordings, sheet music, and articles on music and dance (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Naxos Music Library | Virtual music recording library providing information about composers and their works (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Shakespeare in Opera |
Operas inspired by the works of William Shakespeare. The content commemorates the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Lithuanian National Philharmonic’s digital concert hall | Lithuanian National Philharmonic’s digital concert hall. |
| Berlin Philharmonic | “Berlin Philharmonic’s“ digital concert hall. |
| Bloomsbury Video Library | The database provides visual materials on music-related topics (access with LMTA credentials). |
| Deutschegrammophon | Audio and video recordings from “Deutsche Grammophon”. |
| NINATEKA | Audio and video platform dedicated to Polish art. It features concerts across various genres, as well as documentaries and interviews on music-related topics. |
| Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam | Recordings of concerts by the ”Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra”. |
| The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM) | The website provides access to a discography, audio files, audio recording analysis, recording history, and research projects. |
| UBUWEB | Avant-garde (films, videos, audio, dance, articles, history, etc.) |
SHEET MUSIC RESOURCES
| Music and Dance Online (ProQuest) | The database provides access to video and audio recordings, sheet music, and articles on music and dance (access with LMTA credentials). |
| NKODA | Digital sheet music database (for login instructions, click here). |
| Free-scores | PDF sheet music online. |
| Petrucci music library (IMSLP) | Virtual library of publicly available music scores. |
| Musopen | Virtual search tool for publicly available sheet music by composer, performer, instrument, form, and period. |
SONG AND ARIA LYRICS
| Aria database | Translations of opera aria texts that are not subject to copyright restrictions, with access to a collection of audio files. |
| LIEDERNET Archive | Archive of translations of vocal music texts, including solo and choral works. |
| International Phonetic Alphabet Source (IPA) | The largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and word-for-word translations of opera arias and vocal music (songs). |
ENCYCLOPEDIAS, DICTIONARIES
| Grove Music Online (Oxford Music Online) | Music encyclopedia (access with LMTA credentials). |
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Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG Online)
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Music encyclopedia (access with LMTA credentials). |
| RILM Music Encyclopedias |
Music encyclopedia covering the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory. |
| Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum | Online database of Latin treatises on music theory. |
| Thesaurus Musicarum Italicarum | Online database of Italian treatises on music theory. |
MUSIC RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS PLATFORMS
| Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) | Institute for music research, electroacoustic music, and technological development in France. |
| Portail de la Musique Contemporaine | Portal dedicated to contemporary French music, providing access to resources on music composed after 1945, including biographies, books, scores, audio recordings, and videos. |
| British Music Collection | British music collection. |
| Repertoire international d’Iconographie musicale (RIdIM) | Ikonografinių šaltinių, susijusių su muzika, šokiu, teatru ir opera, klasifikavimas, katalogavimas ir tyrimai. |
| Repertoire international de Literature musicale (RILM) |
Documents and disseminates music research. It provides an international bibliography of music literature, covering publications from the early 19th century to the present day. RILM publishes continually expanding resources, one of which is RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. Its platform offers advanced search and browsing features and also hosts the MGG Online music encyclopedia. |
| The society for education, music and psychology research (SEMPRE) |
Research and dissemination in music education and music psychology. Journals published include Music & Science (M&S), Psychology of Music (PoM), and Research Studies in Music Education (RSME). |
| Center for the History of Music Theory and literature (CHMTL) |
Centre for the history of music theory and literature, bringing together various research projects in music theory and historical musicology. Completed projects include Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (TML), Saggi musicali italiani (SMI), Texts on Music in English from the Medieval and Early Modern Eras (TME), and Traités français sur la musique (TFM). |
| Doctoral dissertations ins musicology (DDM) | International bibliographic database of dissertations in musicology, music theory, and ethnomusicology. Records include standard bibliographic information, as well as information about publication and online availability. |
| Operabase | Tickets to opera performances around the world. |
| Opening Night! Opera & Oratorio premieres | Information on more than 42,000 premieres of operas and oratorios publicly performed between 1589 and 2015. |
FESTIVALS IN LITHUANIA
| Festivals | Classical / contemporary, jazz, folk / pop / rock / hip-hop / alternative / blues, and electronic music. |
SHEET MUSIC PUBLISHING
OTHER CONTEXTS
| SOTER | Scientific articles examining topics in religion, religious studies, cultural history, and philosophy. |
| Symbols.com | Encyclopedia of symbols, signs, and ideograms. |
| Encyclopedia Mythic | Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. |