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Located within Instructional Media Resources in the Learning Resources Center, the Howard Music Library houses audio and video recordings, music scores, and books. Anyone with a valid MTSU ID may borrow scores and books. Recordings circulate only to faculty and staff but may be used by anyone in-house. The Howard Music Library's holdings are primarily classical, with jazz and popular music as well.

Library Hours
E-Mail the Librarian:


Forms to request music books, scores and recordings for:

Search our Music Library online.

Internet Resources for Musicians and Music Fans

Music Resources online including  The Revised New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians_ (2000)

Classical Music Library (streaming audio database--must be on campus)

Naxos Music Library (streaming audio database--for off campus login please contact )

Classical Music Composer Index   (for composer birth/death dates and pronunciations)

Arias (Texts and English translations of popular operatic arias)

Musical America   “The business source for the performing arts”  Directory and articles.  Contact ) for password.


Jazz Study:

All About Jazz (Guide to jazz recordings, players and history)

Jazz Resource Center  (theory, cd reviews, etc.)


Sheet Music Retailers:

Music Publishers and Dealers

J.W. Pepper

Sheet Music Plus

Southern Music Company

TIS


Recordings Retailers:

Amazon

ArkivMusic

Tower Records

CD Trackdown  (for hard to find recordings)


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Philip C. Howard Music Library
Instructional Media Resources Center, LRC 101
Mail to: P.O. Box 47
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN  37132
(615) 898-2751