Media stock
We offer literature, sheet music, sound carriers, databases etc. from all fields of music (e.g. classical, popular music and jazz) and cultural management.
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Physical inventory
- Sheet music approx. 75,000
- Books and journals approx. 50,000
- CDs, DVDs, videos, Blu-Rays, CD-ROM approx. 15,000
- Records approx. 11,000
Digital inventory
Databases
Numerous databases are available to you online. Our online services can be used in the library rooms, within the university network, but also from outside (with login).
Flyer on the databases and their use (PDF, only in german)
You will find all digital offers via our OPAC in the gray field on the left "Databases" (DBIS).
Music Online (Alexander Street Press)
https://search.alexanderstreet.com/
The ‘Music Online’ database from Alexander Street Press comprises four parts:
- Classical Scores Library vol. I
A collection of printed music, music manuscripts and previously unpublished material from the 15th to the 20th century. Various genres of music are covered, including orchestral and chamber music, opera, song, instrumental and choral music, as well as different types of scores. The database also contains sources that are not yet copyright-free. One exception, however, is the material published by Boosey & Hawkes, for which no rights of use could be acquired.
- Classical Music Reference Library
Compilation of relevant reference works totalling approx. 55,000 pages on the history of Western classical music from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Included are factual and personal articles from renowned reference works such as ‘Baker's Dictionary of Music’ (1997), ‘Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians’ (6 volumes, 2001), ‘Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music’ (3 volumes, 1999) or ‘Women Composers’ (7 volumes, 1996-2003).
- African American Music Reference
Comprehensive reference work and collection of rare or previously unpublished materials on the history of African-American music from its beginnings to the 1970s, totalling over 45,000 pages. It covers a wide range of musical styles, genres and forms of expression such as blues, jazz, spirituals, gospel, Civil War songs, slave songs, rhythm and blues, and more.
- The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Comprehensive standard reference work with over 1200 detailed factual and personal articles and approx. 9200 pages on traditional ethnomusicology worldwide, edited by James Porter and Timothy Rice. The digital edition offers convenient access to the complete text of the 10-volume printed edition of the same name (1998-2002) as well as all illustrations, drawings, music examples, musical examples, tables and diagrams.
Direct access for private individuals
Individuals with permanent residence in the Federal Republic of Germany can register personally for free access if they do not have access via a university network or an academic library.
E-mail address for queries: nationallizenzen(at)bsb-muenchen.de
Producer: Alexander Street Press
Platform (host): Alexander Street Press
Database type: Full text database
Former title: Music Online Reference
Online journals
You can easily find online journals that we find relevant to you in our online catalogs. The journals are accessible in our buildings, but also from home (via Shibboleth).
Please note that at JSTOR the most recent volumes may not be freely accessible (=moving wall).
An overview of readable journals can be found here (PDF).
Open Access publications at the HfM in the Digital Library of Thuringia
The Digital Library Thuringia (DBT) is the joint platform of Thuringian universities for electronic publishing and long-term archiving of multimedia documents from research and teaching. More than 20,000 university publications, lecture videos and other multimedia content are currently available.
Here you will also find open access publications that have been published at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar.
https://www.db-thueringen.de/content/browse/institutes.xml
All members of Thuringian universities and universities of applied sciences can publish scientific documents in the DBT.
It is possible to submit documents under the Publish section.
Further information on the DBT:
https://www.db-thueringen.de/content/top/faq.xml#about
Everything about Funding for publications in open access journals
E-Books
The library offers you a selection of e-books. This allows you to access literature outside campus via Shibboleth.
Purchase suggestions
If you are missing a title in our collection, please send an e-mail with your purchase request to bibliothek(at)hfm-weimar.de or to katharina.hofmann(at)hfm-weimar.de .
In our discovery system CHECK LIS[Z]T you can also make a purchase suggestion easily.