Naxos Streaming Music
Don't forget that you can also stream music from Naxos.
- Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowNaxos Music Library is the world´s largest online classical music library. While the collection primarily consists of classical pieces, it also includes a selection of jazz, world, and pop/rock music. Text resources, including overviews of music history, program notes for recordings, and the complete libretti of operas, are also available. Follow these instructions to create your own playlists in Naxos Music Library.
Note: This resource is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
Composers
The lists to the right consist of books about a few selected Romantic composers and their music. Use the call numbers of these books to locate even more resources.
Example:
ML 410 .B8 has the books about Brahms and his music.
You can go right to the 2nd floor of Murphy Library and find the ML 410 section to browse for composers -- they're in alphabetical order by composer.
Composer Call Numbers
Here is a brief list of some of the primary composers.
| Beach, Amy | ML410.B36 |
| Bellini, Vincenzo | ML410.B44 |
| Berlioz, Hector | ML410.B5 |
| Bizet, Georges | ML410.B62 |
| Brahms, Johannes | ML410.B8 |
| Bruckner, Anton | ML410.B88 |
| Chabrier, Emmanuel | ML410.C5 |
| Chopin, Frederic | ML410.C54 |
| Donizetti, Gaetano | ML410.D7 |
| Dvorak, Antonin | ML410.D99 |
| Grieg, Edvard | ML410.G9 |
| Mahler, Gustav | ML410.M23 |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | ML410.M5 |
| Mussorgsky, Modest | ML410.M97 |
| Puccini, Giacomo | ML410.R8 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai | ML410.R52 |
| Saint-Saëns, Camille | ML410.S15 |
| Schubert, Franz | ML410.S3 |
| Schumann, Robert | ML410.S4 |
| Smetana, Bedrich | ML410.S63 |
| Strauss, Johann II | ML410.S91 |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich | ML410.C4 |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | ML410.V4 |
| Wagner, Richard | ML410.W1 |
Composers and their Music
Books about Multiple Composers
Notice that ML196 is a common call number. You can go to the 2nd floor of Murphy Library and browse around ML196 to find even more books about composers of the Romantic Period.
The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music by Call Number: ML196 .C36 2001Publication Date: 2001
Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, their Teachers, and their Students by Call Number: ML100 .P505 2017 ReferenceISBN: 9781442272248
