Online Resources

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Online Resources
from Oxford University Press
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• 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

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The multi-award winning Grove Music Online is the
ultimate authority on all aspects of music
worldwide from Bach to the Blues.
You can restrict your search to either of these
titles with the new Search by title box on the
home page.
Oxford Music Online now also contains the Oxford
Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to
Music.
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.
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stravinsky
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.
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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 composers
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.
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You can find lots of useful learning resources
via the link at the top of the page,
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such as timelines
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and Topical Guides.
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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?

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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_at_oup.com

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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
• Whos 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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