Music, Film and Media Studies, Performing Arts and Classics Librarian
Gaylord Exhibits
Gaylord Exhibits:
- NEW BOOK - Sound Experiments : The Music of the AACM by Prof. Paul Steinbeck
- curated by Brad Short
- Julian Eltinge : A Fascinating Show in St. Louis at the Olympic Theatre, Dec. 28, 1913
- curated by Brad Short
Table-top Display:
- Contemporary Female Composers - Celebrating Women's History Month
- curated by Kathryn Nunnally
Information about the Gaylord Music Library...
The Washington University Music collection is housed in the Gaylord Music Library located at Forsyth Blvd. and Wallace Circle Drive.
Addresses & Phone Numbers
Gaylord Hall
6500 Forsyth Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: (314) 935-5563
music@wulib.wustl.edu
US Post Mailing Address:
Gaylord Music Library
Washington University
MSC 1061-141-B
1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
Music Databases
- Entertainment Industry Magazine ArchiveAn archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. The core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are all included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Magazines have been scanned cover-to-cover in high-resolution color, with granular indexing of all articles, covers, ads and reviews.
- Music Periodicals Database - Full TextThis database provides indexing and abstracts for several hundred international music periodicals from over 20 countries, plus full text for more than 140 of the indexed journals. The database currently includes over 1.3 million records, the majority from the most recent ten years of publication. Some complete journal runs are included, with indexing back to 1874. Covers the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
- Oxford Music Online (aka Grove Music Online)The home of Grove Music Online and the access point for The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music.
- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full TextRépertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) publishes a comprehensive bibliography of writings on music serving the global music research community. Today RILM abstracts of music literature has over 875,000 records in 143 languages from 178 countries. RILM's International Center is housed at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
- RIPM Jazz PeriodicalsAn essential, unique collection of American jazz periodicals, of great importance to any lover of jazz and its history, and a primary source reference and research tool. This collection contains 119 full text American jazz journals published between 1914 and 2006.
- RIPM Retrospective index to music periodicals with full text (1800-1950)The Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals Répertoire International de la Presse Musicale (RIPM). RIPM focuses on music literature from approximately 1800 to 1950.
- RISM Répertoire International des Sources Musicale : Series A/II: Music Manuscripts after 1600 (1 user)An annotated index and guide to music manuscripts containing more than 657,000 manuscript records by over 22,500 composers found in over 800 libraries and archives in 32 countries including. The Répertoire International des Sources Musicale is the largest and only global operation that registers musical sources.
- Rock's BackpagesRock's Backpages is an online archive of music journalism, sourced from freelance contributions to the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day.
- Rolling Stone Archive(1967 - present) – One of the most influential consumer magazines of the 20th-21st centuries and a leading vehicle for rock and popular music journalism, as well as film, popular culture, politics, and society.
- WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)Information about books, journal titles, scores, sound recordings, videos, and materials in other formats owned by more than 17,900 U.S. and foreign libraries. Use the LIMIT option to search for sound recordings and scores. DOES NOT INCLUDE JOURNAL ARTICLES.
Music Department
The Music Department occupies four buildings on the Danforth Campus: Blewett Hall, Tietjens Hall, the Music Classroom Building, and the Gaylord Music Library. While our classes take place in the Danforth Campus facilities, the applied music program is housed at the 560 Music Center, a short distance north of the Danforth Campus.