Category results for: Music

Orlando: Women’s Writing in the British Isles

Find It Advancing our understanding of the history and present of women’s contributions to the literary, cultural and political life of Great Britain, VCU Libraries provides access to the landmark database, Orlando:  Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present. Orlando exemplifies digital humanities’ efforts to broaden access to little known or studied […]

Naxos: Streaming classical music

Find It VCU Libraries’ subscription to Naxos Music Library offers more than 1,750,000 streaming tracks from 120,000 albums. Classical music is the heart of the Naxos Music Library, but you will also find Broadway musicals, soundtracks, jazz, classic rock and world music. Check out new releases, with about 800 albums added each month. Listen to music from […]

Music Online: Audio and video music reference

Find It Music Online is the best place for music lovers to get access to more than 7 million tracks from all over the world. From bluegrass to indie, Music Online makes all genres of music available for users everywhere. Users can browse through various people, titles and instruments to find everything that they may […]

Collections Profile: Kevin Farley

Collection librarians advise on acquisitions and materials to support teaching and research as well as new course and degree development. Humanities Collections Librarian Kevin Farley serves the VCU Department of Music. Schools and Departments Served: African-American Studies, English, History, World Studies (including Philosophy, Religious Studies, and world languages), MATX, Music Expertise/education: Ph.D., English, University of North […]

African-American Music: Genres, artists and liner notes

Find It African-American Music Reference contains more than 50,000 pages of text and 17,000 pages of liner notes that offer insight into one of the many forms of African-American musical expression. The site provides essays with commentary on the various works it has to offer. It contains a variety of genres from American folk to hip-hop […]