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General Books about Music in NYC

Making Music Modern by Carol J. Oja
Call Number: Questia School
ISBN: 0195058496
Publication Date: 2000
All Hopped up and Ready to Go by Tony Fletcher
Call Number: 781.64 F
ISBN: 9780393334838
Publication Date: 2009
New York: Songs of the City by Nancy Groce
Call Number: 781.64
ISBN: 9780823083633
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Walking Manhattan by Ellen Levitt
Call Number: 974.7 L
ISBN: 9780899977638
Publication Date: 2015
The Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel
Call Number: 792.6
ISBN: 9780374256920
Publication Date: 2016

Background Information

TeachRock
"TeachRock is an online educational resource presented by Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and offered free-of-charge to educators, students, and individuals everywhere."

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
This resource is a massive compendium of music scholarship that includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Oxford Companion to Music and the Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Newspapers, Magazines, & Journals

Proquest Comprehensive This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive: cross-search all our ProQuest databases at once. It contains access to historical and current newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journal articles. Subject Areas: Arts & Humanities, Business, General Research, Health Sciences & Nursing, Literature, News & Issues, Science & Technology, Social Sciences
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to full-text journal articles in the arts, sciences, humanities and social sciences. While you won’t find current journal articles, you will find articles dating from 3-5 years ago to many decades ago.

Primary Sources: Images, Film, Interviews, etc.

Magnum Photos Archive
"Magnum Photos is a photographic co-operative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members."
Blank on Blank
Blank on Blank is a production of Quoted Studios. "Vintage interview tapes. New animations."
Internet Archive
"Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more."
National Jukebox
"Historical Recordings from the Library of Congress."

Ebook Databases

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A wide selection of authoritative, scholarly electronic books available through a easy to use platform with a variety of online and offline reading options.

Buildings and Locations

Place Matters
"The Place Matters mission is to foster the conservation of New York City's historically and culturally significant places. These are places that hold memories and anchor traditions for individuals and communities, and that help tell the history of the city as a whole."