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Electronic resources

See our alphabetical list below for key databases, e-books and e-journals available to RWCMD staff and students and browse for drama (D) or music (M).

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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

B

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

Online access (from 1997 onwards) to this international journal. Covers music teaching and learning in formal and informal contexts including instrumental and vocal teaching and music in community settings.

C

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

Access over 2000 e-books on a range of music and drama-related topics: ‘Film, Media, Mass Communication’, ‘Drama, Theatre, Performance Studies’, ‘Music’, and ‘Art’. Select ‘Only search content I have access to’ to see the relevant titles. Please note: these subscriptions will be reviewed in October 2022.

D

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D

Description

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

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D

Description

A collection of drama texts featuring theatre lists by Methuen Drama, the Arden Shakespeare, Faber and Faber and Nick Hern.

E

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

EThOs is a British Library resource allowing you to search over 500,000 UK doctoral research theses online.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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’.

F

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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.

G

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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

I

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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

J

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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

M

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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.

N

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

An extensive listening library of classical music tracks.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

Comprehensive collection of over 100,000 jazz tracks.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

Performing arts video library including operas, ballets, documentaries, live concerts.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

NKODA is a sheet music subscription service that can be accessed via an app on your phone, tablet or desktop. Please follow the instructions to set up your access via our RWCMD subscription.

O

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

The online version of Richard Taruskin’s 5-volume history of the evolution of Western music.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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

R

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)
Description

S

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D

Description

In addition to our print subscription, staff and students can access two years of digital editions of The Stage newspaper online.

T

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

Online access (from 2003 onwards) to this music magazine that specialises in music of the 20th century and contemporary music.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

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.

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Drama (D) Music (M)

M

Description

Online access (from 2004 onwards) to this journal disseminating research on all aspects of music in the twentieth century.

V

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Drama (D) Music (M)

D and M

Description

Browse the collection of e-books purchased by RWCMD Library. Select ‘All eBooks’ to view the list of all available titles or search by keyword. Links to individual e-books can also be found by searching the Library catalogue.


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