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Arab, Polish, Jewish Music Project

Reference Books in the Anderson Library at OCC

REF The New Oxford Companion to Music
780.3
NEW

REF The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

780.3

NEW

REF Dictionary of Contemporary Music

780.904

DIC

Non Fiction Books in the Anderson Library at OCC

789          Barber, Nicola & Mary Mure. The World of Music.
BAR

780.19      The Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments
DEA

780.4       Siegmeister, Elie, ed. The Music Lover’s Handbook.
MUS

Music Styles

Open Directory: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/

Ex. The Polka: http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Styles/R/Regional_and_Ethnic/Polka/

Ethnic Groups

Arab Gateway: www.al-bab.com/arab/music/music.htm

Arab Music Internet Reference: http://www.amiref.com

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Story of Arabic Music.”

Czechmusic.net: http://www.czechmusic.net/index_e.htm
Czech and Slovak music guide with Rock & Pop& Jazz A -- Z,Classical Music Composers,Charts, Comments & Links to music online.

The Czech and Slovak Music Society: http://www.music.ucsb.edu/projects/csms/
This site is loaded with information about Czech and Slovak music, some of it not in English.

American Jewish History Internet Resources:

www.ajhs.org/reference/Links.cfm

Music Judaica: www.jmwc.org/MusicaJudaica/asjmindex.html

Research in Jewish Music: http://www.jmwc.org/jmwc_resmusic.html

http://www.jmwc.org/jmwc_webres.html

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook:

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html

Milken Archive of American Jewish Music:

www.milkenarchive.org/index.taf

Levantine Cultural Center (Arab Music Festivals in the US)

http://www.levantinecenter.org/pages/khaliji_event.html

Instrumentation

Klezmer Modes: http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/horowitz/horowitz.klezmodes.html

Arab Scales: http://www.princesssultanascircle.com/saudi_arabian_music.htm

Arab Musical Instruments:http://almashriq.hiof.no/lebanon/700/780/fairuz/legend/instruments.html