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MUSC 101 : J.S. Bach (SC)
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias:
Johann Sebastian Bach article in the New Grove Dictionary
J.S. Bach
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1999.
"More than 900 entries, arranged A-Z for ease of reference and supplemented by illustrations, music examples, and diagrams, bring together an unparalleled range of information on a vast array of Bach-related subjects, from individual works to the historical events of his day, liturgy to performance practice, the composers who influenced Bach to those who were influenced by him."
Bibliographies:
Bach Bibliography
An introduction to Bach studies
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
"This volume is a guide to the resources and materials of Bach scholarship, both for the nonspecialist wondering where to begin in the enormous literature on J. S. Bach, and for the Bach specialist looking for a convenient and up-to-date survey of the field. It describes the tools of Bach research and how to use them, and suggests how to get started in Bach research by describing the principal areas of research and citing the essential literature on each piece and topic."
Reader's guide to music
Publisher: Chicago : Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
Describes the important reference works in the field of Bach research.
Primary Source Materials & Facsimile Editions:
The new Bach reader
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, 1998.
Gathered in this volume are all the letters, reports, testimonials, complaints, thank-you notes, and other writings of J. S. Bach, together with a generous helping of performance and payment inventories, town council proceedings, court and archival records, letters of appointment, and other papers that document the fabric of the composer's daily life."
Bach Facsimilies in Tripod
Journal Indexes:
RILM abstracts of music literature
Provider: CSA
Covers material published in music and various other fields as they relate to music. Records appear in over a hundred languages. The majority of citations include abstracts. Articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, conference proceedings, discographies, dissertations, Festschriften, films, and videos are all covered by RILM. Concert reviews, recording notes, and pedagogical manuals if they are of scholarly interest.
JSTOR
Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
ProQuest Research Library
Provider: ProQuest
Provides citations and full-text magazine and journal articles in a wide variety of disciplines. Covers 1971-present.
Arts & humanities citation index
Provider: ISI
Multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities with selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals. Covers 1975- present.
International index to music periodicals
Provider: Chadwyck
Provides abstracts to music titles. Offers articles in full-text for over 80 periodicals. Covers all aspects of music including education, composition, theory and ethnomusicology. Covers 1874-present. Full-text begins in the mid-1990s-present.
Interlibrary Loan:
If something you need is not available on Swarthmore’s campus then it can be requested through our Tri-College Borrowing and Interlibrary Loan services.
Citing Sources:
Guidelines for style and the documentation of sources for scholarly papers in music and dance follow The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. The manual is not available online but thorough explanations can be found in the Chicago/Turabian Documentation section of the UW-Madison Writing Center website. Citing the notes that accompany recordings and scores can be tricky. Williams College has a good citation guide for non-book formats.