2. Online Resources from Oxford University Press

3. This presentation gives a brief description of Oxford 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

4. 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, covering music of all types, time periods, and countries. If your subscription includes the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, you will be able to access it through this page. Oxford Music Online now also contains the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music. You can restrict your search to either of these titles with the new Search by title box on the home page.

5. To search for a musician, a composer, 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

6. This is the introductory paragraph to the article on Stravinsky. Use the section headings below to navigate the article. You can see a catalogue listing of a composer’s 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.

7. You can find lots of useful learning resources via the link at the top of the page,…

8. …such as timelines…

9. …and Topical Guides.

10. Practice Now you have had a brief introduction, why not explore for yourself? Have a go at finding the answers to these questions. Who wrote the opera Lakmé? Where was Sir Edward Elgar born? How many operas did Giuseppe Verdi write? What musical instrument did Joah Bates play?

11. Further help If 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 onlinemarketing@oup.com

12. 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 Who’s Who Oxford Language Dictionaries Online African American Studies Center American National Biography Electronic Enlightenment Oxford Scholarship Online Click here to open these presentations

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