MUS 7800

INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN MUSIC

Dr. Dan Isbell: disbell1@lsu.edu

Library Assignment
Historical Research
Name: Andrian Harabaru

PART I (40pts)
SEEK and FIND your topic:

1. Select a topic of interest in Musical Performance: chamber music

a. List 2 peer-reviewed scholarly journals that would be beneficial sources of

information to learn more about this topic
 ”New music performance and chamber music / National Endowment for the Arts” National
Endowment for the Arts
 ”Journal of Research in Music Performance”

2. Select a topic of interest in Musicology: musicology practice in our times

a. List 2 peer-reviewed scholarly journals that would be beneficial sources of

information to learn more about this topic
 “Current musicology ” Columbia University. Dept. of Music
 “Critical Musicology”

3. Select a topic of interest in Music Education: current approaches in music education

a. List 2 peer-reviewed scholarly journals that would be beneficial sources of

information to learn more about this topic
 ”Contributions to music education” Ohio Music Education Association
 “Philosophy of music education review” Indiana University. School of Music

4. Identify a book in your field using the main library catalog. List it. Go to the stacks and
find it. What are the authors and titles of the three books on either side of your book?
What do these books have in common? How do they differ?
 “Toward a new music, Music and Electricity” Carlos Chavez
 Computer music, synthesis, composition and performance” Charles Dodge;
Thomas A. Jerse
 “Handmade electronic music, the art of Hardware hacking” Nicolas Collins
 “Recording Spaces” Philip Richard Newell
 “Electronic Music Production “ Alan Douglas
 “The Synthesizer” John Bates
 “Jukebox, the golden age, 1937 through 1948” Lynch Vincent
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INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH IN MUSIC
Dr. Dan Isbell: disbell1@lsu.edu

PART II (10pts)
GENERAL:
1. Where are the music resources located?
- Second floor Middleton library
2. What are the hours for the LSU Music Resources?
- Mon-Thur 8AM-10PM, Fri 8AM-5PM, Sat. Closed, Sun. 2PM-10PM
3. What is the name and phone number for the Music Resources supervisor?
- Mikel LeDee, 225-578-4674
4. What is the difference between resources with an “M” call letter and those with “MT”? -
-M stands for Music, meaning sheet music and scores. MT stands for music theory
but also contains resources in pedagogy.
5. A resource that consists of articles written in honor of a particular person is called
Dedication
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PART III (20pts)

SPECIFIC:
1. Locate Sophronia Lois Thomas’ LSU Doctoral Dissertation

a. What is the title?

-An Instructional Sequence in Music Education Using Vocal and
Instrumental Music of Five World Cultures
b. What year was it completed?
- 1984
c. Who was the Chair/Advisor of the committee?

2. Where would a person find a streaming audio recording of a conch shell trio from the
Australia and Pacific Islands?
- Naxox

3. Oscar Davis is Baton Rouge Blues musician whose oral history is captured and stored at
the LSU Library. On what date was he interviewed?
- 1997

4. What two databases can be used to access dissertations?

- Groove, jstore

5. The call number for the Library’s collection of Pedagogical Materials begin with what
two letters?
- MT

6. What was the recommended approach for locating items only found at the LSU library?
- LSU special collections, LSU music library

7. What is a Boolean Search?

- A search method which implies the use of words “ and” when you want
to add coordinates in the search box and/or “not” if you want to avoid
certain topics related to the main one. In result the search is more
accurate.

8. Visit the “Music Webliography” How many collections of African American Music are
listed?
- 5

PART IV: Historical Research Complete after visiting the RARE COLLECTIONS (30 pts)

Access the following document:

(https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/written_document_analysis_worksheet.pdf)
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Dr. Dan Isbell: disbell1@lsu.edu

Locate an item (antiquarian or rare book, archival document, score, sheet music) and then answer
all questions on the document. IMPORTANT: DOWNLOAD FIRST, then TYPE YOUR
ANSWERS, SAVE AND SUBMIT. If you type your work directly on the website, it will not
save your work. Of course, you can also choose to print, fill out a hard copy, scan and submit.