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MUS 380: Western Music to 1750

Resources and strategies for researching the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods

Naxos Music Database

Naxos Music Database

Tips for Using Naxos

  • Make a free personal account to save playlists of relevant tracks.
  • Look in the Resources section for writings and track listings that may relate to your work.
  • Look for the info icon next to a track name to read a short entry about the work (if available) and see what other recordings of the work are available in Naxos.

A lower-case i in a circle with the label Show Work Information

Scores and CDs

Digital Scores

The Naxos Sheet Music Library is for digital scores that you can transpose, download, and print. The scores in this collection are not listed in the catalog, so you'll need to go into the database to find them.

Finding Print Scores and CDs in the Catalog

To find scores or CDs for specific pieces of music using Advanced Search:

  • Click on the Advanced Search option in the catalog search.
  • Type in your keywords (an instrument, a composer, a title, etc.)
  • Select either Sound Recordings or Scores from the Material Type menu to the right (you can only select one)
  • Hit Search

The Material Type dropdown in Advanced Search includes options for Scores.

Alternatively, if you would rather use simple search:

  • Type your keywords  (an instrument, a composer, a title, etc.)
  • Hit the magnifying glass search icon to get results
  • Use the Resource Type filter to limit your results to Scores, Audio, or both, if you are interested in both

From the results screen you can choose either Scores or Audio or both from the Resource Type menu.