RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, a comprehensive, ongoing guide to publications on music from all over the world, is an indispensable tool for scholars, students, librarians, performers, teachers, and music lovers. It provides broad yet detailed coverage and facilitates both focused research and browsing for readers of all levels. From hip hop to Händel, from ethnomusicology to music therapy, from elementary music education to advanced music theory, RILM is the first stop for the researcher who wants clear, verified bibliographic information, fully cited, abstracted, and indexed. Since its first publication in 1967 RILM has been a mighty ally for music researchers, and its capabilities and coverage have been constantly expanding. RILM currently contains over 400,000 entries; approximately 30,000 new records are added every year, covering all document types: articles, books, bibliographies, catalogues, dissertations, Festschriften, iconographies, critical commentaries to complete works, ethnographic recordings, conference proceedings, electronic resources, reviews, and more. Bring the full force of RILM's international database and powerful search techniques to bear on your music research projects.

RILM was established in 1966 under the joint sponsorship of the International Musicological Society and the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Centres. The publication of RILM is made possible by the efforts of some 60 national committees located in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. The committees are composed of musicologists and librarians based at major university or national libraries and research institutes. Among the current host institutions are the British Library, the Russian State Library, the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, the Bibliothèque Royale (Brussels), the National Library of Canada, and the Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin).

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Major areas of coverage include:

Western and Eastern classical
Popular music
Folk
Jazz
Historical musicology
Ethnomusicology
Instruments and voice
Librarianship
Performance practice and notation
Music theory and analysis
Pedagogy
Liturgy
Dance
Criticism
Music therapy
Acoustics
Anthropology
Sociology
Linguistics and semiotics
Literature
Dramatic arts
Physiology
Psychology

1967 - current

Monthly, with approximately 2500 new records added.

Over 511,813 records as of October 2006

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

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Article in a periodical:

TI:	Title Beethoven and Shakespeare's "Tempest": New light on an old allusion
MT:	Monograph Title Beethoven forum. I (1992)
AU:	Author Albrecht, Theodore
SO:	Source Beethoven forum. Vol. 1, pp. 81-92. 1992
IS:	ISSN 1059-5031
LA:	Language English
RW:	Related Work Related Record: RILM 1993-9868
AB:	Abstract Explores Beethoven's allusion to Shakespeare's "Tempest" in reference to the piano sonatas in D minor, op. 31, no. 2, and F minor, op. 57. Beethoven may have had in mind the fraternal strife between Prospero and Antonio, which in many respects paralleled difficulties regarding business matters between Beethoven and his brother Karl. See RILM 1989-3439 for an earlier version. [Abstractor: Robison, Brian]
SL:	Summary Language English (abstract)
DE:	Descriptors Beethoven, Ludwig van: works: sonatas, piano, op. 31, no. 2 and op. 57: relation to Shakespeare ; sonata: Beethoven, L. van: piano: op. 31, no. 2 and op. 57: relation to Shakespeare ; literature: Shakespeare, W.: : relation to Beethoven sonatas; Beethoven, Karl van: life: relation to L. van Beethoven; Shakespeare, William: literary works: : relation to Beethoven sonatas
CL:	Classification Historical musicology (Western music) - To ca. 1825 (Classic and pre-Classic); Music and other arts - Poetry and other literature
PT:	Publication Type Article in a periodical; ap
PY:	Publication Year 1992
AN:	Accession Number 1993-9871-ap

Review Record:

TI:	Title Operatic osmosis (Review of)
SO:	Source The opera quarterly. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 108-110. winter 1997-1998
IS:	ISSN 0736-0053
LA:	Language English
RW:	Related Work Review of RILM 1991-10378-ap
PT:	Publication Type Review of article; ra
PY:	Publication Year 1997-1998
AN:	Accession Number 1991-10378-ra-001

Music Recording:

TI:	Title Masters of Turkish music
AU:	Author Signell, Karl [producer]; Spottswood, Richard K [producer]; Hanim, Gülistan [performer]; Ayla, Safiye [performer]; Selcuk, Münir Nurettin [performer]; Fresan, Refik [performer]
SO:	Source Rounder Records, Catalog Number: CD 1051(1990). Baltimore, U. of Maryland Baltimore County. LP
LS:	Label/Studio Rounder Records
PH:	Physical Description LP
LA:	Language Turkish
AB:	Abstract A collection of historical recordings of Turkish music (20 items in all), originally issued by Columbia, Polydor, HMV, and Orfeon. Offers examples of vocal-instrumental genres, including five classical "gazel" (improvisation), a "durak" (mystical hymn), and three "sarkis" (light classical songs); instrumental improvisations, including "tanbur taksim" and a "halay" (dance); and three nightclub/popular dances.
SL:	Summary Language English (abstract)
DE:	Descriptors Turkey: traditional music
CL:	Classification Ethnomusicology (including history of music other than Western) - Asia
PT:	Publication Type Music recording, sound recording; mr
AN:	Accession Number 1990-8247-mr

The following field codes are found in the records of this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code.

AB = Abstract	KW = Keywords
AF = Author Affiliation	LA = Language
AN = Accession Number	LC = LC Control Number
AU = Author	LS = Label/Studio
CD = CODEN	MT = Monograph Title
CE = Collection Title	NT = Notes
CF = Conference	PB = Publisher
CL = Classification	PG = Pages
DE = Descriptors	PH = Physical Description
DS = Distributor	PT = Publication Type
ES = Edition Statement	PY = Publication Year
FE = Features	RL = Resource Location
IB = ISBN	RP = Report Number
IL = Illustration	RW = Related Work
IM = ISMN	SL = Summary Language
IS = ISSN	SO = Source
JI = Journal Issue	SP = Sponsor
JN = Journal Name	SR = Series Title
JP = Journal Pages	TI = Title
JV = Journal Volume	UD = Update

Abstract, AB=
The abstract may contain links to referenced RILM records. For example, AB: Abstract The following contributions are cited separately in this volume of RILM: Patricia Shehan CAMPBELL, "Music education in a time of cultural transformation" (RILM 2002-2153); Michael L. MARK, "A dynamic half century for music education" (RILM 2002-2151) and "A history of music education advocacy" (RILM 2002-2156); Marie MCCARTHY and J. Scott GOBLE, "Music education philosophy: Changing times" (RILM 2002-2152); Roger Ralph RIDEOUT, "Psychology and music education since 1950" (RILM 2002-2154); Peter R. WEBSTER, "Historical perspectives on technology and music" (RILM 2002-2155).
Author, AU=
Author, editor, reviewer, musical group, and other names are in this field. Names display with last name first, followed by first name(s) or/and initials, eg: Moll, Kevin N Saunders, Frederick A; Hutchins, Carleen Maley Anderson, Jack; Lido, Serge [photography] Avedon, Richard [photography]; Beatles [group] If the name you are looking for is unusual, searching for the last name only may be sufficient, eg: au=smith Because you do not know how an author's name may be entered in the database, click the Browse Indexes button in the lower left margin and choose to browse the Author Index. This is an alphabetical listing of all the names that occur in this field throughout the database and it allows you firstly, to see all the spelling variations, and secondly, to select the names that you wish to search, eg: smit ria smit sytze smith a william smith ada smith adam smith adrian smith alan Browse through the list and mark the box beside the name(s) in which you are interested. Then click the search button in the left margin.
ISBN, IB=
All ISBNs (International Standard Book Number) are entered in the database without punctuation, so to search for a particular ISBN, remove all punctuation and enter all characters without any spaces, eg: ib=(1561592846)
ISMN, IM=
All ISMNs (International Standard Music Number) are entered in the database with punctuation, eg: im=(M-706705-12-5)
Keywords, kW=
A Keywords search allows you to perform a good subject search because it looks in multiple fields that contain subject-specific words and index terms. In the RILM Abstracts Database a search of the Keywords field includes the Title (TI=) and the Descriptors (DE=) fields and also the Abstract (AB=) fields.
Language, LA=
This field will contain the language of the actual article and the language the article was translated from. The translated language will be noted by having "translated from" in parenthesis listed beside the language. Also, the article may have multiple languages listed, e.g., Spanish; English; Italian (translated from). Boolean operators can be used to exclude the translated languages from a language field search. For instance, if you wanted to search for items in English excluding items that were translated from English, you may develop your search as follows: la=english not la=(english (translated from)) You can also combine searches with the Summary Language (SL=) tag to limit results. For example, if you wanted an item written in French containing a French summary, you could develop your search as follows: la=(french) and sl=(french (summary)).
Publication Type, PT=
Both the two letter code and the full name are contained within this field. The two letter code may be used to search for a particular publication type, eg, pt=(ap) If you do not know all available publication types or their two letter codes, click the Browse Indexes button in the lower left margin and choose to browse the Publication Type Index. This is an alphabetical listing of all the full names and two letter codes that occur in this field throughout the database. ae AP article in a collection of essays article in a dictionary article in a festschrift article in a periodical article in a symposium as bc Browse through the list and mark the box beside the name(s) in which you are interested. Then click the search button in the left margin.
Resource Location, RL=
This field hyperlinks to a URL referenced in the database. In RILM this is almost always the full text of the item referenced. When you click on the highlighted URL in the RL field, the linked page will be displayed within an IDS page. To return to the IDS interface, simply click on the 'Return to Results' link located in the banner at the top of the screen.
Report Number, RP=
This field contains the UMI Dissertation Abstracts number. We precede each number with "UMI Order Number(s):". Multiple Dissertation Abstracts numbers will be included in one field separated with a semicolon. You may search individual numbers as follows: rp=(DA8924211)
Related Work, RW=
This field contains a link to the corresponding RILM record for a book, article, review or essay that is related to the information in that record. In non-review records the link will be preceded by the term "Related Record: RILM" followed by the RILM number, eg, Related Record: RILM 2002-1767. In review records, the link will be preceded by the the term "Review of RILM" followed by the RILM number, eg, Review of RILM 1998-8156-bm.
Summary Language, SL=
This contains both the language of the summary written with the work and the language of the abstract. When the language indicates a summary, it will have the term "summary" in parenthesis listed beside the language. When the language indicates the language of the abstract, it will have the term "abstract" in parenthesis listed beside the language. Multiple summary languages may appear in the field. Both the summary language(s) and the language of the abstract can appear together. An example is as follows, French (summary); English (summary); English (abstract) Boolean operators can be used to distinguish between summary languages when performing searches. For instance, if you were looking for a record that had a summary written in German, but not with an abstract in German, you could formulate a search string as follows: SL=(german (summary)) not SL=(german (abstract)). You can also combine searches with the Language (LA=) tag to limit results. For example, if you wanted to search for items in French with abstracts written in English, you could formulate a search string as follows: (la=(french) not la=(french (translated from))) and SL=(english (abstract)).
Update, UD=
A numeric code which allows you to search for information added in the latest update. Since RILM is updated monthly, the UD field is stamped in the following format: YYYYMM. You may perform a search for the latest update by entering the year and the month, e.g., ud=(200203)