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Online Databases

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Electric Library

Description

Find newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, television transcripts, and encyclopedic material here.

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Biography Resource Center

Description

This fantastic biography resource now includes the respected Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians for accurate biographical information on popular and classical musicians.

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Title

Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Description

Spells out the pronunciation of musical terms, works, arias, instruments, composers, etc.

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Web Sites

Title

Songs in Public Domain

URL

http://www.pdinfo.com/

Description

Lists of songs in the public domain

Title

This Day in Music

URL

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/thisday/thisday.jsp

Description

This site provides a list of events that took place on specific dates.

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Tulsa Opera

URL

http://www.tulsaopera.com/

Description

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Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame

URL

http://www.okjazz.org/

Description

Located in the historic Greenwood area of Tulsa, this site honors the great jazz, blues and gospel music and musicians of this region.

Title

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

URL

http://www.tulsapac.com/

Description

In addition to five theaters, this center of Tulsa's cultural events also houses some of Tulsa's finest artwork.

Title

Tulsa Philharmonic

URL

http://www.tulsaphilharmonic.org/

Description

The Tulsa Philharmonic was formed in 1948 and offers more than 65 concerts and 235 ensemble performances each year in a variety of programs, including Masterworks and the Lollipops series, classical music designed especially for children.

Title

All About Jazz

URL

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/newbie.htm

Description

Defines jazz and tells its history and gives advice on building a jazz library.

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All Music Guide

URL

http://www.allmusic.com

Description

This is a wonderful resource for introductory essays to music genres as well as artist biographies and album reviews.

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MusicTheory.net

URL

http://www.musictheory.net/index.html

Description

An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students and teachers. Lesson topics include: staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals and more.

Title

Who Represents

URL

http://www.WhoRepresents.com

Description

Find out who is the agent for whom and vice versa at this site.

Pathfinders

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Tulsa Musicians

URL

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/tulsa/musicians.php

Description

Find local musicians with some biographies here.

Title

Song Index

URL

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/ORC_Topic.asp?ID=37

Description

This is a TCCL listing of song titles which the Research Center has in its many songbooks.

Title

Copyright Tips

URL

http://www.tulsalibrary.org/research/ORC_Topic.asp?ID=400

Description

Find out what, when and how you can use music, or how to copyright your own creations!

Multimedia

Title

Performing Arts Encyclopedia

Call Number

http://www.loc.gov/performingarts/encyclopedia/

Description

A guide to the performing arts collections and exhibitions at the Library of Congress.

Organizations

Name

Tulsa Area Music Archives

URL

http://www.preservemusic.org/projects.htm

Contact Info

P.O. Box 582 Bixby, OK 74008

http://www.preservemusic.org/contactus.htm

Description

A limited amount of biographical information on Tulsa musicians.