The
Reference Department of the Lorette Wilmot Library at Nazareth College
RILM: A Brief Introduction
Database
Description
RILM Abstracts
of Music Literature (published by Répertoire International de
Littérature Musicale, New York) indexes scholarly and professional
literature relevant to the study of music. Over five hundred journals are
indexed in RILM, along with books, catalogues, conference proceedings, dissertations,
Festschriften, discographies, and selected audiovisual materials. Selected
concert reviews and recording notes are also included. Abstracts (brief summaries
of the content) are provided for most citations.
Literature on
the teaching of music is also included. Music education materials are usually
indexed in RILM using the terms "pedagogy" or "pedagogical".
Literature relevant to the study of music therapy is also indexed in RILM.
RILM
is an international database that includes items published in over 200 languages.
Title and abstract translations are provided in English. Be alert for alternative
spellings - the Russian composer Tchaikovsky, for example, also appears in
RILM under the spelling "Cajkovskij".
Years of coverage
are from 1967 to the present, updated monthly.
(Link
to the Nazareth library's list of licensed databases recommended for music.)
Here
is an excerpt from the search page for RILM:
Constructing
Your Search Strategy
The
search page is set up to allow you to actually construct your search and
fine-tune it to obtain optimal results. The boxes make use of “Boolean operators”
to “explain” to the database the desired relationship between concepts in
your search. Here are some examples:
AND
insures that terms on either side of the AND are included
in the same “hit”:
You
can also use “wildcards” to pick up plurals and other word variations.
For example, an asterix * at the end of the root of a word
such as child* will retrieve child, children, childhood, etc.
You
can also use a question mark to account for variations in spelling within
words - for example, wom?n will retrieve woman
and women.
For
more information about the use of Boolean operators and wildcard characters
in RILM, click on the database help icon 
located above the RILM search menu.
The
default search is the Keyword search, which searches title, abstract, and
descriptors (subject headings). However
you can direct the database to search specific "fields" by making
selections from the pull down boxes. In
the sample entries shown below, each labeled area (e.g., Author, Title,
Source, etc.) is a "field".
Limiting
Your Search
Below
the three search boxes, you will see a number of standard limiting options.
Year allows you to specify a range of years within which
the items retrieved were published. To limit by years, enter the range of
years - for example - 1998-2004.
Two
additional limiting options are Document Type (which allows
you to limit to books or articles, among other formats),
and Language Phrase. Language Phrase refers
to the language in which the items in your search results
were originally published. RILM usually provides
an English translation of the title and abstract (if available), even if
the original publication is not in English.
Options
to limit by availability include the option to limit to Nazareth's "subscriptions".
Please note that RILM does not link to all of the Nazareth library's
holdings. Verify the holdings of Nazareth's library by using either the
WebPAC or Find Journals search
boxes on the library's
home page.
The
final limiting option on the search menu is limit by "Library code".
This refers to a three-letter code assigned to identify specific libraries.
A link is provided to a search menu used to identify library codes. In RILM,
this limiting option is frequently not accurate, however, and we do not
recommend it as a limiting option.
Sample
Entries from the RILM Database
Entries
in RILM display a "Document Type" label, which identifies
the format of the item indexed - e.g. article in a periodical, book (also
called a monograph), doctoral dissertation, review or other format. In the
examples below, this information has been highlighted.
Subject
Headings or "See References"
In
a simple keyword search with no limits may result in entries that are not
citations. Typically, these "see" references (if there are any)
appear at the beginning of your list of results. The example below is alerting
you to the fact that there is an alternative spelling used in RILM
for the name of the Russian composer Tchaikovsky.
A
suggestion: Copy and paste the alternative term into your search - this
will insure that the accent marks are accurate.
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Term: |
Tchaikovsky,
Peter |
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Reference
Type: |
see |
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Suggestions: |
Used:
-- Cajkovskij, Petr Il'ic |
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RILM Year: |
?- |
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Database: |
RILM_Music_Abstracts |
Journal
Article Abstract
Source
(highlighted in red below) identifies
the journal citation, including the title of the journal, the volume number,
the issue number, the date of the issue, and the pages on which the article
appears. To find out whether or not the Nazareth library owns Acta Musicologica,
go to the library's
home page and enter Acta Musicologica as a title in the Find
Journals search box.
If
this article is not owned by Nazareth's library, it can be ordered through
ILLIAD,
the library's web-based Interlibrary Loan service.
N.B.
The ISSN number shown below is a unique number used to identify journals.
It is NOT a call number - that is, it does not identify a location
on the shelf. The ILLIAD online request form for articles ("Request
a Photocopy") has a space for ISSN number. If you can supply an ISSN
number, it may expedite your request - however, it is not absolutely necessary.
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Ownership: |
Check
the catalogs in your library.
Libraries
worldwide that own item: 435 |
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Author: |
suppress
(qqq) - Tischler, Hans |
| Title: |
On modality in
trouvere melodies |
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Source: |
Acta
musicologica, vol. 71, no.1 Jan-June 1999. p. 76-81. ISSN: 0001-6241 |
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Special Features: |
music |
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Language: |
English |
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Class: |
Theory,
analysis, and composition: Tuning, temperament, scale structures |
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Abstract: |
Analysis
of the some 2,000 melodies inventoried in the author's Trouvere lyrics
with melodies: Complete comparative edition, shows that the use of
modality in this repertoire differs considerably from way modality
is treated in Gregorian chant. The distribution of the modes shifts
(with more use of modes V-VIII and almost no use of modes III-IV);
the range is often expanded so as to combine authentic and plagal;
there is modulation from one mode to another; and transposition occurs
within every one of the modes (shifts by a fourth or fifth up or down,
or, less frequently, by a second, seventh, or octave). Five cases
in which it is difficult to determine the modality are discussed.(Skoggard,
Carl) |
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Descriptor: |
>troubadours
and trouveres -- trouveres -- modality
>modality -- trouvere melodies
>melody -- trouveres -- modality |
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Document
Type: |
ap
-- Article in a periodical |
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Accession No: |
99-01758-ap |
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Database: |
RILM_Music_Abstracts |
Book
Abstract
In the example
shown below, the author and title have been highlighted
for emphasis. Check the availability of any book in the WebPAC. A
search box and a link to the WebPAC are provided on the Library's
home page. Books not owned by the library may be ordered through ILLIAD,
the library's web-based Interlibrary Loan service.
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Author: |
suppress
(qqq) - Doss-Quinby, Eglal |
| Title: |
Songs
of the women trouveres |
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Source: |
2001.
New Haven, USA: Yale University, xviii, 283 p. ISBN: 0-300-08412-9;
0-300-08413-7. |
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Special Features: |
illus.,
port., bibliog., index, maps |
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Language: |
English,
French |
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Class: |
Historical
musicology (Western music): To ca. 1600 (Renaissance)
Music and other arts: Poetry and other literature |
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Abstract: |
[Unedited]
Presents songs attributed to eight women trouveres and includes a selection
of Old French texts, music for monophonic songs and polyphonic motets,
English translations, and background information on the historical period.(Wramage,
Gregg) |
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Document
Type: |
bm
-- Book: monograph |
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Accession No: |
01-04570-bm |
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Database: |
RILM_Music_Abstracts |
Dissertation
Abstract
In
the example shown below, the degree (PhD, Musicology), the name of the university
that granted the author's degree, and the date of the degree have been highlighted
for emphasis. The pagination (246 p.) refers to the length of the dissertation.
Most dissertations are book-length.
Dissertations
are often not widely available, and thus usually must be ordered through ILLIAD,
the library's web-based Interlibrary Loan service. However, you may want to
try searching under the author's name in RILM, and in WorldCat
(a different database). Individuals sometimes publish articles based on their
dissertation research, or the dissertation itself may be published as a book.
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Author: |
suppress
(qqq) - Haines, John |
| Title: |
The musicography
of the Manuscrit du roi |
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Source: |
PhD,
Musicology: University of Toronto, 1998. vii, 246 p. |
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Special Features: |
music,
bibliog., charts, diagr. |
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Language: |
English |
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Class: |
Historical
musicology (Western music): To ca. 1400 (Middle Ages) |
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Abstract: |
Provides
a model for describing and classifying medieval square notation by examining
the famous 13th-c. Manuscrit de roi and related MSS. The MS, F-Pn f.
844, is the only extant book to contain troubadour and trouvere songs
as well as motets.(author) |
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Descriptor: |
>manuscripts
and prints--by location -- Paris -- Bibl. Nat. -- MS f. #844 -- notation
>manuscripts and prints--by title -- Manuscript du roi (Paris)
>notation and paleography -- square -- France -- 13th c.
>troubadours and trouveres -- manuscripts -- notation
>motets -- France -- notation -- 13th c. |
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Document
Type: |
dd
-- Doctoral dissertation |
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Accession No: |
99-23872-dd |
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Database: |
RILM_Music_Abstracts |
Abstract
for a Review of a Recording
According
to the publisher of RILM, reviews are included only if they are deemed
to be of "scholarly interest". RILM, therefore, is not
a comprehensive index of reviews. Academic Search Elite, Humanites
Abstracts, and the New York Times Backfile are three databases
that you may want to search if you are searching for reviews. The search engine
in the database JSTOR also allows you to limit your search to reviews.
(Link
to the library's list of licensed databases recommended for music.)
In
the example below, the Source information has been highlighted
for emphasis. This example is a little confusing, because Romance Philology
is identifed as a "series". Search for the series title in the WebPAC,
the library's catalog. A search box and a link to the WebPAC are
included on the library's
home page.
This
review appeared in volume 38 (XXXVIII), issue number 3 (1985), on pages 419-21.
Any review not owned by Nazareth's library may be ordered through ILLIAD,
the library's web-based interlibrary loan system.
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Author: |
BECK,
Jonathan |
| Title: |
Review of recording:
Troubadour music. |
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Source: |
Series:
Romance philology Vol. XXXVIII/3 (1985) 419-21. |
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Language: |
English |
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Class: |
HISTORICAL
MUSICOLOGY - To ca. 1400 (Middle Ages): |
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Abstract: |
A
review of Troubadours, recorded by the Clemencic Consort and directed
by Rene Clemencic (Harmonia Mundi HM 389-8, 1977; 3 discs). |
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Descriptor: |
>troubadours
and trouveres -- sound recordings
>performers-conducting -- clemencic, r.
>clemencic, rene -- performances
>performing organizations -- austria -- clemencic consort |
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Document
Type: |
rr
-- Review of recording |
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Accession No: |
85-01138-rr |
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Database: |
RILM_Music_Abstracts |
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