Public Information Library - Centre Pompidou
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Music Collections
- 15,000 music CDs
- 8,500 books
- 2,000 scores
- 76 periodicals and magazines, including 16 on-line
- 130 music documentaries and 150 filmed concerts
- A selection of Internet sites (musicians, bibliographies, concerts and musical events...)
Read music in words...
Constantly updated, the collection includes numerous reference works and strives to cover the different genres and aspects of music, from Gregorian chants to electronic music, from raï to rap, from opera to musical comedy.
Some documents in this collection will make you navigate between book and music: these are "book-CDs", which make it possible for a book about a kind of music or a composer to come alive musically.
Explore the Collection by clicking on this picture.
Learn about music with the help of on-line resources
On the multimedia work-stations, you can freely access a selection of music CD-ROMs and Internet sites.
Among them, two bibliographical sites, the International Index to Music Periodicals and the Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale, give you the possibility to make detailed searches in French and foreign magazines.
The remarkable Grove Dictionary of Music is also available on-line in a constantly updated version.