Art, Music, & Theatre Research Resources
Databases | Videos | Online Resources
Databases
Subject Specific | General
Subject Specific
American Memory: Performing Arts, Music
32 different digital collections from the Library of Congress relating to American music.
Arts & Humanities Search (AH Search)
This citation index covers leading art journals from 1980 to the present and is available on FirstSearch.
CAMIO (on campus only)
CAMIO® — OCLC's Catalog of Art Museum Images Online — is a growing online collection documenting works of art from around the world, representing the collections of prominent museums.
JSTOR
Provides access to scholarly journals in many humanities disciplines, including art and music. Coverage begins with volume 1 for each title. Depending on the publisher, the most recent three - five years may not be available via JSTOR.
General
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOHost)(searching tips)
Academic Search Premier includes general interest and scholarly articles in a variety of areas including the humanities.
Newsbank
Access to local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Paid advertisementss and newswire articles are excluded. This database includes the Aberdeen American News, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and the New York Times.
ProQuest (searching tips)
ProQuest includes general interest and scholarly articles in a variety of areas including the humanities.
Videos
- Films On Demand (Select "Music & Dance" or "English & Language Arts" or "Art & Architecture" under Subjects)
- The Art of Sculpting (2007) -- DVD 251-253
- Broadway: the American Musical (2004) -- DVD 179
- The History of Music. Later Rromanticism (2005) -- DVD 311
- Madame Butterfly (1995) -- DVD 293
Online Resources
Art | Music | Theatre
Art
- DWU Department of Art
- AIGA: The Professional Association for Design -- AIGA supports the profession by providing free industry-leading tools and resources including industry information, ethical standards, business advice, chronicles of design excellence, insight into industry trends, and practical resources.
- Art Project, powered by Google -- Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
- ARTCYCLOPEDIA -- A comprehensive index of artists represented at hundreds of museum sites, image archives, and other online resources.
- The Beazley Archive -- digital representations of the archival collections of Sir John Beazley.
- BYU Museum of Art Collection -- A collection of almost 9,000 images from the permanent collection at the BYU Museum of Art.
- The Center for Creative Photography -- An archive and research center located on the University of Arizona campus.
- The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library -- Access to photographs, art images, and scans from selected manuscripts and rare books.
- The Iowa Gallery: Digitized Art Collections of the University of Iowa
- John S. Kiewit Photography Collection -- Digital collection from the Department of Special Collections, UC, Santa Barbara Library.
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) -- Public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts.
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) -- Independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
- New York Public Library Digital Gallery -- NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 450,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library.
- Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource -- A digitised Pre-Raphaelite collection from the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery.
- Saint John's Pottery -- A collection of images of pottery produced by Richard Bresnahan at the Saint John's Pottery, as well as work produced by selected students and colleagues.
- Smarthistory.org -- Smarthistory.org is a free multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement (or even substitute) for the traditional art history textbook.
- Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery -- Painting, sculpture, graphics, folk art, craft and photography 18th century to the present.
- Smithsosian Institution's Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Asian and a specialized collection of American art .
- Smithsosian Institution's National Museum of African Art -- Embraces the diverse artistic expressions found throughout Africa, from ancient to contemporary times.
- Smithsosian Institution's National Portrait Gallery -- Tells the story of America through the individuals who have shaped U.S. culture.
- South Dakota Arts Council -- State agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts.
- South Dakota Humanities Council -- Supports and promotes the exchange of ideas to foster a thoughtful and engaged society.
- University of Nevada, Reno Art Collection
- Vatican Museums Online -- Online access to the five hundred-year old art collections which are the destination of more than four million visitors each year.
Music
- DWU Department of Music
- All Music Guide
- American Music on the World Wide Web -- Provides links to dramatic, popular, sacred, and classical music sites including opera, jazz, blues, ragtime, gospel, and much more.
- Aria Database -- Diverse collection of information on over 1000 operatic arias.
- Bach Bibliography -- Comprehensive bibliography serving as the clearinghouse for all scholarly discourse regarding J. S. Bach.
- Beethoven-Haus Bonn Digital Archives -- Archive of primary source documents concerning Beethoven. Includes audio as well as visual digital files.
- Choral Public Domain Library -- One of the world's largest free sheet music sites.
- Classical Composers' Archive -- An extensive collection of composers from around the world, from 1500's to now.
- Classical Composers Database -- Provides birth and death dates, short biographies, and links to sites with more in-depth information.
- Classical Music Navigator -- Provides basic data, important works, and influences of 444 major composers.
- The Global Music Archive -- A multi-media reference archive and resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americas.
- J.S. Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary -- Provides translations and background material of all of Bach's vocal music.
- K-12 Resources for Music Educators - An extensive listing of resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.
- Music Publishers' Association -- The Copyright Search Center provides a step-by-step guide to researching the copyright holder or publisher of a piece of music.
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) -- Public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts.
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) -- Independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
- Petrucci Music Library -- Virtual library containing public domain music, as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge.
- South Dakota Arts Council -- State agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts.
- South Dakota Humanities Council -- Supports and promotes the exchange of ideas to foster a thoughtful and engaged society.
Theatre
- DWU Department of Theatre
- AATE Online -- The American Alliance for Theatre and Education web site.
- Absolute Shakespeare -- The essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.
- Actors' Equity Association -- The labor union that represents more than 48,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
- American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) -- A U.S.-based professional organization that fosters scholarship on worldwide theatre and performance, both historical and contemporary.
- Ancient Theatre Archive -- A virtual reality tour of Greek and Roman theatre architecture.
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education
- A Brief Guide to Internet Resources in Theatre and Performance Studies -- Annotated guide to numerous theatre web resources.
- Broadway.com -- Features online theater ticketing and phone sales through 1.800.BROADWAY for every Broadway show, most off-Broadway shows and shows in London 's West End.
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare -- This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
- The Dramatists Guild of America -- The only professional association which advances the interests of playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists writing for the living stage.
- The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive -- devoted to the operas and other works of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, and to other light operas of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Internet Broadway Database -- IBDB provides a comprehensive database of shows produced on Broadway, including all "title page" information about each production. IBDB also offers historical information about theatres and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway.
- Irish Playography -- A comprehensive catalogue of Irish plays.
- Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival -- Information about Regin 5, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
- Motley Collection of Theatre & Costume Design -- Documentation on the history of theatre, including costume and set designs, sketches, notes, photographs, prop lists, storyboards, and swatches of fabric.
- National Association of Schools of Theatre -- NAST is an association of approximately 168 schools of theatre, primarily at the collegiate level, but also including postsecondary non-degree-granting schools of theatre.
- National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) -- Public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts.
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) -- Independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
- Performing Arts Encyclopedia -- A guide to performing arts resources at the Library of Congress.
- Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) -- A national association mandated to advance the creative rights and interests of professional Canadian playwrights, promote Canadian plays nationally and internationally, and foster an active, evolving community of writers for the stage.
- Ringling Collection: Images of 19th Century Actors and Actresses -- comprised of cabinet cards, postcards and photographs of American and British actors and actresses.
- Shakespeare Online -- A comprehensive list of every Shakespeare character and the play in which he or she appears, including a spelled pronunciation guide.
- Shakespeare's Theatre -- Annotated guide to Shakespeare web resources.
- South Dakota Arts Council -- State agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts.
- South Dakota Humanities Council -- Supports and promotes the exchange of ideas to foster a thoughtful and engaged society.
- Stage Directors and Choreographers Society -- SDC is the theatrical union that unites, empowers and protects professional stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States.
- Stage Managers' Association -- A professional organization created by and for stage managers.
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