Electronic resources

Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding

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Information about alternative sources of funding – especially charities – which can make awards (fees, maintenance, research costs) to any student, regardless of subject or nationality. It contains a huge database of funding opportunities, comprehensive guidance, and numerous tools to help you prepare a winning grant application.

Arts Professional

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News and information for arts managers and those with a professional interest in the arts sector.

British Journal of Music Education

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Online access to this international journal. Covers music teaching and learning in formal and informal contexts, including instrumental and vocal teaching and music in community settings.

Cambridge Core

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Access hundreds of journals across a range of academic subjects as well as thousands of e-books on music and drama-related topics: ‘Film, Media, Mass Communication’, ‘Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies’, ‘Music’, and ‘Art’. Search by keyword or browse by subject or publication.

Daniels’ Orchestral Music Online

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An orchestral music finder tool, providing access to information on more than 13,700 works by more than 2,100 composers. The advanced search allows you to search by duration, instrumentation, chorus type, and soloists. You can also search opera arias, duet choruses, and more, using the opera excerpts finder.

Digital Theatre Plus

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A collection of films of leading British theatre productions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and teaching and learning resources.

Drama Online

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A digital library of play texts from Methuen Drama, Faber & Faber, Nick Hern Books and more, plus books on theatre craft, theatre history and performance practice.

Exact Editions

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Access the digital editions of these music magazines and journals: BBC Music; Choir & Organ; International Piano; Jazzwise; The Musical Times; Opera Now and The Strad. Click on ‘Log in’ at the top of the screen and then select ‘Click here to log in as RWCMD’.

FINDit

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RWCMD staff and students can access certain e-resources from the University of South Wales. This includes databases with content on health, psychology, education and theatre.

Grove Music Online

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Full text access to the Grove dictionaries of Music and Musicians, Opera and Jazz.

IPA Source

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Transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts in several languages.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences

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Access to online articles from various music journals, including some relevant content for drama students.

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

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Medical Problems of Performing Artists provides peer-reviewed research papers covering health issues related to actors, dancers, singers, musicians, and other performers.

Medici TV

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Medici TV provides access to 3,500 musical works filmed from 1940s to the present day, and over 150 live events streamed every year from the world’s most prestigious venues. It also contains 3,000 films including concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries and master classes.

Music Online: Classical Scores Library

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A series of four volumes of music scores spanning all major classical music genres and time periods, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Click on ‘My Collections’ and select the link to ‘Music Online: Classical Scores Library’ to browse the collection.

National Welsh Instrumental Music Resource

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A searchable database of Welsh keyboard music from the 18th to 21st centuries, bringing together information held in several archives and libraries, plus links to information about Welsh composers, recordings and other useful sources. This resource has been created by Zoë Smith, pianist and Head of Postgraduate Programmes (Music) at RWCMD.

Naxos Music Library

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An extensive listening library of classical music tracks.

Naxos Music Library Jazz

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Comprehensive collection of over 100,000 jazz tracks.

Oxford Handbooks Online - Music

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The music collection of Oxford Handbooks provides access to current scholarship in all areas of music research including historical musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, pedagogy, dance and technology. Please search by keyword.

The Oxford History of Western Music

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The online version of Richard Taruskin’s five-volume history of the evolution of Western music.

Oxford Music Online

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Full text access to the Grove dictionaries of Music and Musicians, Opera and Jazz; Oxford Companion to Music; Oxford Dictionary of Music.

RILM Music

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Comprehensive international music database including abstracts and full text from a number of journals, plus other useful resources.

RISM - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

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Online catalogue of music primary sources (manuscripts (1600-1850) or printed music (published pre-1900), writing on music theory, and libretti) available worldwide.

RISM UK Catalogue

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Online catalogue of music manuscripts ca. 1600 – ca. 1800, and printed music before ca. 1800 held in UK Libraries. This catalogue is a subset of the main RISM online catalogue.

Sage journals

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We subscribe to a wide range of Sage journals including: British Journal of Music Therapy, Psychology of Music, Journal of Research in Music Education, International Journal of Music Education, General Music Today, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal.

Sing Up

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To access our subscription, please register for your own free Sing Up friend account (Click on the ‘Try Today’ button). This Sing up account is not connected to your RWCMD account, but you do need to sign up using your RWCMD email address to demonstrate that you are part of the College. When your account is set up, send us an email at library@rwcmd.ac.uk to let us know you’d like to be linked to our institutional subscription.

The Stage

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In addition to our print subscription, staff and students can access over five years of The Stage newspaper online.

Tempo

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Online access to this music magazine that specialises in music of the 20th century and contemporary music.

Theatre, Dance and Performance Training

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Online access to this peer-reviewed journal, which publishes research on performance training by practitioners, academics and creative artists.

Theatre Record

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Online access (from 1981 onwards) to this theatre publication that reprints in full all the national drama critics’ reviews of productions in and out of London, with full casts and credits as well as production photographs.

Theatre and Drama Premium

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Collections of play texts, audio and video performances, documentaries and a wealth of additional theatre-related content. Select ‘My Collections’ to browse the available resources or search by keyword. Includes access to selected National Theatre Live play recordings.

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2012

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Search more than 200 years of The Times newspaper online in full-text facsimile format. The archive contains information on multiple subjects, including business, humanities, political science and philosophy, as well as coverage of all major international historical events.

Twentieth Century Music

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Online access to this journal that publishes research on all aspects of music in the twentieth century.