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Music: Journals

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The University of Manchester Library provides access to a wide range of journals relating to Music.

Peer-reviewed journal articles are evaluated and critiqued by researchers and experts in the field before being published. They are high quality academic sources of information.

E-journal Spotlight

Front cover of The Journal of Musicology

The Journal of Musicology

With arias analysed, symphonies scrutinized, and requiems revisited, The Journal of Musicology offers you an unparalleled journey into the world of musical scholarship.

Founded in 1981 by Marian Green and published quarterly, the journal furnishes comprehensive articles in music history, criticism, performance practice, and archival research. Each issue contains a selection of studies and occasional review essays representative of the full range of today's diverse approaches to the exploration of music. The Journal of Musicology is a sound forum for analysis in this still-expanding discipline, drawing a loyal readership from eminent scholars and musicians to performers and students (Provided by Publisher)

The University of Manchester Library provides access to content from this journal across multiple platforms with coverage from 1989 (Volume 1, Issue 1) to the present day.

 

Music e-journals

Search for journal articles using Library Search (you can do keyword searches for either the title of a journal or an article).

 

Relevant journals relating to Music:

 

The above list was compiled using Scopus and comprises a selection of the top journals relating to 'Music' based on SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper) ranking. For more information on the SNIP ranking metric, please visit Elsevier's Measuring a Journal's Impact page

 

You can also browse a selection of the Music-related journals we subscribe to using Browzine.

 

Browzine - Music

Google Scholar

Google Scholar can be a useful tool to use when searching for journal articles. However, it's important to be aware that Google Scholar will return results for articles, journals and other resources that the Library doesn't necessarily subscribe to and which you might not have free access to as a student at the University of Manchester.

Google Scholar Search

Library Access

In order to make it easier to identify and access content provided by the Library when searching Google (and without having to visit Library Search), we recommend that you download Library AccessThis is a useful browser extension that will pop-up and notify you when you are on a journal or website that the Library has a subscription for. 

Library Access

Order an Article

If you are unable to access an article that you need, fill in the Order an Article form and we will get it for you.

University staff should use the Order an Article (Staff) form.

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