Music performance / composition

• Search in Oria: Printed scores are shelved according to the German SMM-system. Remember to select "Music" under "Material type", and use "Composer" instead of "Author" when specifying your search terms.
• IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library: A Wiki-based digital library of scores that are public domain.
• Nkoda: Digital app service that provides access to a large selection of standard repertoire for most instruments. Steps for setting up your account:

1. Make sure that you are connected to the eduroam network, and use this link to register. 

• Digital Scores Collection - Loeb Music Library: Large archive of digitised rare and unique scores.

Important on copying music: 

In general it is prohibited to copy music. The University of Bergen has an agreement with Kopinor that grants students permission to copy a certain amount:

• 15% of a score, but
• maximum 10 pages.

The agreement regards "internal use" for students. This means that you can make practice copies of repertoire you want to try out, but if you are performing it, you need to either purchase it or use the library's scores.

Video:

The University Library has access to Alexander Streets Academic Video Online, providing you with 84'000 videos, including a wide variety of concert recordings and documentaries on composers and performes across a number of genres.

• Search in Oria: Select either "Audio" or "Video" under "Material type", and specify your search terms under "Title", "Composer" or "Performer." For composers or performers you usually only need the surname.

Remember hat you can always combine several search fields. For instance: "Performer" = "Rattle" combined with "Composer" = "Wagner" will give you recorded performances of works by Richard Wagner conducted by Simon Rattle.

Audio:

The University Library also has access to Naxos Music Library where you'll find around 200'000 albums from several of the most prominent record labels in classical music, as well as some jazz and folk music.

Go to the Oria.no database list, enter "Naxos" and click the link.

You're welcome to browse the University Library's catalog of 2700 CDs, as well as music collections of other music institutions in Norway, and it's possible to loan in from other libraries.

Search in Oria to get information on access and shelf location for printed and digital books and journal articles.

Printed books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal classification system, and 780 is the classification for music. These are the most important topics for music:

• 780.7: General music pedagogy. Instrument specific pedagogy is listed under the different instrument numbers.
• 780.92: Composer biographies.
• 781: Music theory.
• 782: Vocal music.
• 782.1: Opera.
• 783: Vocal music for single voices.
• 784: Instruments and music for large ensembles.
• 785: Chamber music.
• 786: Keyboard instruments and percussion.
• 787: String instruments.
• 788: Wind instruments.

You'll find the number by clicking on the title in the result list in Oria:

Photo:

Daniel Henry Øvrebø

Digital books and journal articles are available by clicking the link next to 

Photo:

Daniel Henry Øvrebø

All students and staff at the Grieg Academy have access to RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature. This is the largest database of texts about music, whether it's essays, articles, books, concerts/record reviews, or other texts about music. Whether you're studying a composer, works, performance techniques, music philosophy, or any other music-related topic, this is an indispensible source!

Go to the Oria.no database list, enter "RILM" and click the link.

Basic search tips:

• Use the filters under "Select a field" to narrow your search. For example, if you want texts written BY Theodor Adorno, use "AU Author." But, if you want texts ABOUT Theodor Adorno, you should use "SU Subject."
• If you are unsure about the subject terms and which ones to use, you can browse the RILM thesaurus (list of keywords).
• Combine fields with OR if you want to expand your search. For example: AU Author "Theodor Adorno" OR SU Subject "philosophy of music" = a very broad search that includes either texts by Theodor Adorno or general texts about the philosophy of music.
• Combine fields with AND if you want to search more specific. For example: AU Author "Carl Dahlhaus" AND SU Subject "opera" = a narrower search that includes texts written by Carl Dahlhaus about opera.
• In the result list, you can filter your search by language or year on the left side. Although the subject terms are in English, the articles may be in other languages. You can also filter by material types, such as books or articles.

Master students in music performance will have a course in literature searching during their first semester.

Note that some of these requires a VPN connection in order to get access. Follow the link in the box on the right-hand side for instructions on how to set up a VPN connection on your machine.

• Oxford Music Online: Here you get a quick overview of composers, works, musicians, instruments, and much more.
• MGG Online: The online edition of the comprehensive German-language encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ("Music in the Past and Present").
• Oxford Reference - Performing Arts: Here you will find a range of Oxford's reference works in music and the performing arts.
• Bokmålsordboka and Nynorskordboka: Shows spelling and inflection in accordance with Norwegian orthography. The dictionaries are published and updated by the Norwegian Language Council and the University of Bergen.
• Oxford English Dictionary: Comprehensive dictionary of the English language, indispensable if you want to look up the etymology (word history) of technical terms.
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has entries on general philosophy of music, as well as the history of Western Philosophy of Music both Antiquity to 1800 and since 1800.
• Oxford Handbooks Online / Music: Around 1'100 handbooks on various topics in music, written by scholars and researchers across the globe.