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Welcome to the Alfred Whitehead Music Library!

Music Library News

Virtual book display to celebrate International Women's Day

Virtual book display to celebrate Black History Month

We are proud to announce that we now have nKoda. Please email the Music Library for your unique link and instructions to set up your account.

Music Library Quick Links

Book a Seat
Music Subject Guide
This guide is designed to help you find resources and research assistance for topics in Music.
Useful Databases for Music
Find music reference sources, journal articles, streaming audio, music scores online, and more!
Journal Finder
Music Department, Mount Allison
Visit the website of the Mount Allison Music Department to find out about events and programs.
Mount Allison Libraries & Archives
Go to the main page of the Libraries and Archives.
Interlibrary Loans
Order books or other materials from outside the Novanet consortium.

Music Library Hours

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Research Help

The Music Library is now closed for the summer.

If you require material, please make a request through the catalogue or by email.

For all other inquiries, please contact Anne LePage, Acting Music Librarian.

If you have a research question, please email us at music@mta.ca or contact the Research Help Desk at infodesk@mta.ca.

Contact the Music Library

Phone: 506 364-2561

Email: musiclibrary@mta.ca

Find us: Lower floor, Marjorie Bell Young Conservatory of Music, 134 Main Street Sackville, New Brunswick

Novanet: Start your research here.

Quick search for books, ebooks, articles, movies, music & more.

Looking for a specific musical work?
Tip: Search using composer name and title words. Example: mozart AND nozze (with AND in upper case).

Novanet Advanced Search

Novanet searches many but not all library databases (details). Databases not included in Novanet can be accessed from the A-Z List of databases.

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Mount Allison Concert Recordings
An index to the music recorded since 1980 on audiocassette or compact disc of Department of Music concerts by faculty, guests, departmental ensembles, and students. Concert programs are included with each recording. Recordings are available in the Alfred Whitehead Music Library.
Sheet Music Collection (Alfred Whitehead Music Library, Mount Allison)
An index to the 7000-piece collection of sheet music in the Music Library. Holdings, not entered into the Libraries’ catalogue, include choral sheet music, popular songs, and pieces of classical sheet music organized by type (either keyboard, solo vocal, or instrumental pieces).

Novanet: Start your research here.

Quick search only for books.

Novanet Advanced Search

Searching for a particular book by title or author? Try Browse searching.

Switch to: Novanet Classic (aka the Library Catalogue)

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Novanet: Start your research here.

Quick search only for articles.

Novanet Advanced Search

Novanet searches most but not all library databases (details). Databases not included in Novanet can be accessed from the A-Z List of databases.

Help: Which Search Tool Should I Use? | Novanet Search Tips

Alfred Whitehead Music Library

Located on the lower floor of the Marjorie Bell Young Conservatory of Music (near the Swan Pond), our collections and services include:

Printed music (scores, chamber music parts, sheet music)
Books and journals about music
Sound recordings (CDs, LPs, cassettes)
Video recordings (DVD, VHS)
An extensive music reference collection
Sound and viewing equipment
Public computers and study tables
Friendly staff to answer your questions and help you find what you need

New & Notable Music Books

The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville by Lynn Abbott; Doug Seroff
Call Number: ML3521 .A23 2017
ISBN: 9781496810021
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
Music Lessons by Pierre Boulez; Jonathan Dunsby (Editor, Translator); Jonathan Goldman (Editor, Preface by, Translator); Arnold Whittall (Editor, Translator); Jean-Jacques Nattiez (Foreword by)
Call Number: ML 410 .B773 A5 2019
ISBN: 9780226672595
Publication Date: 2019-10-17
Sex, Death, and Minuets:Anna Magdalena Bach and Her Musical Notebooks by David Yearsley
Call Number: ML 410 .B09 Y43 2019
ISBN: 9780226617701
Publication Date: 2019-07-09
Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers by Laurel Parsons (Editor); Brenda Ravenscroft (Editor)
Call Number: MT 90 .A55 2020
ISBN: 9780190077136
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Hit Factories: A Journey Through the Industrial Cities of British Pop by Karl Whitney
Call Number: ML 3650.5 .W45 2019
ISBN: 9781474607407
Publication Date: 2019-10-08
The Never-Ending Present: the Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip by Michael Barclay
Call Number: ML 421 .T63 B37 2018
ISBN: 9781770414365
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Move on Up by Aaron Cohen
Call Number: ML 3537 .C63 2019
ISBN: 9780226176079
Publication Date: 2019-09-25
The Voice as Something More: Essays Toward Materiality by Martha Feldman; Judith Zeitlin; Mladen Dolar (Afterword by)
Call Number: ML 3877 .I68 2015
ISBN: 9780226647173
Publication Date: 2019-09-30