Reviews and Press Releases
- The Boston Musical IntelligencerSelf-described as "a virtual journal and essential blog of the classical music scene in greater Boston." You will find superb news coverage featuring extended reviews, interviews, and commentary, by many area scholars and performers.
- Handel & Haydn SocietySee in particular under their Press Room and Blog.
- Blue Heron Renaissance ChoirSee under Learn More for Programs including notes and handling of translations.
- the arts fuseGreater Boston's arts coverage destination. Find deeply-informed interviews, reviews, and events calendar.
Concert and Festival program booklets
- Boston Early Music Festival & ExhibitionLocation: Music Library Stacks ML38.B7 B737Publication Date: 1981 - current (biennially)Official published program book for the internationally prestigious festival. First-rate presentation of works and scholarly commentary performance practice, preparations, instruments, staging, and musicians. Significant additional information on exhibitors and sponsors is present.
- Greater Boston programs browsing collectionLocation: Music Library Listening RoomSome recent concert programs and program booklets are kept here next to the Greater Boston audio collection in the listening room.
Prefaces, Critical Reports, Abbreviations
Observe how details within commentary are handled in scholarly edition score series such as Recent Researches (M2 .M283 and higher) and in collected works such as Debussy (M3 .D32 ) and Shostakovich (M3 .S57).
Standard abbreviations, sigla, and more are available in Oxford Music Online -- look for the "Tools and Resources" link on the right.
Dissertations in Music and the Performing Arts
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) This link opens in a new windowFind dissertations across all disciplines, the most recent decades are now available to view online or download as full text. Most doctoral-level work from Boston University is included here.
- Open BUBrowse through topics of recent Boston University Theses and Dissertations. This is a growing part of BU's own open access institutional repository.
- Networked Digital Library of Theses and DissertationsThe NDLTD is a portal to open access dissertations and theses in all subject areas. These reside in the online repositories of numerous international institutions. You'll encounter a variety of presentation styles and hopefully also works relevant to your own projects.
