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Finding dissertations submitted at Indiana University

To search IUCAT, the Online catalog of the IU Libraries, for our holdings of master's or doctoral theses, dissertations, documents, and essays, click on the following: IUCAT

See also the classified list A Catalog of Dissertations, Theses, and Documents submitted by Indiana University Graduate Students in the School of Music, and Held by its Library kept in a black binder at the Reference Desk.

Finding dissertations submitted at other institutions (printed indexes)

Contents:

General listings and indexes

For North American doctoral dissertations, and international dissertations from 1972 onwards, the main listing is Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology Ref. ML128.M8 D62

The most important editions of this are:

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 7th North American Edition, 2nd International Edition (1984).
Cumulates the editions published between 1952 and 1984.

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, 2nd series, 1st Cumulative Edition (1990).
Cumulates the supplements from 1984 to 1990.

Supplement published subsequently: Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology, December 1990-November 1991 (1992)

See also Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology--Online (DDM) on the World Wide Web. URL: http://www.music.indiana.edu/ddm/

Earlier German-language dissertations

For earlier German-language dissertations, see: Richard Schaal, Verzeichnis deutschsprachiger musikwissenschaftlicher Dissertationen, 1861-1960 (1963) Ref. ML120.G3 S29. Supplement, 1961-70 (1974) Ref. ML120.G3 S293

More recent German dissertations are listed in the second issue of Die Musikforschung [ML5.M98] each year under the heading "Im Jahre 19__ angenommene musikwissenschaftliche Dissertationen."

Earlier French-language dissertations

For earlier French-language dissertations, see: Jean Gribenski, French Language Dissertations in Music: An Annotated Bibliography (1975) Ref. ML128.L3 G7

British dissertations, called theses

For British dissertations (called "theses"), see: Research Chronicle (Royal Musical Association) ML28.L8 M85. This periodical includes relevant lists in the following issues: 15 (1979): 38-116; 16 (1980): 110-34; 17 (1981): 117-38; 18 (1982): 85-118; 20 (1986-7): 59-89; 21 (1988): 57-82; 23 (1990): 149-63.

Masters' theses

For masters' theses, see: Dominique-Ren? De Lerma, A Selective List of Masters' Theses in Musicology (1970) Ref. ML128.M8 D34

See also Duckles and Keller, Music Reference and Research Materials, 4th ed., pp. 873-96. Ref. ML113.D83 1988

Selected subject indexes

Ethnomusicology (journal). "Dissertations and Theses" listing in Winter issue each year. ML1.E78

James R. Heintze, American Music Studies: A Classified Bibliography of Master's Theses (1984) Ref. ML128.M8 H44

Eddie S. Meadows, Theses and Dissertations on Black American Music (1980) Ref. ML128.B45 M4

Rebecca Shaftman, A Checklist of Music Related Doctoral Dissertations in Non-Music Disciplines (1979) Ref. ML128.L3 S4

Doctoral Dissertations in Music and Music Education (published as special numbers of Journal of Research in Music Education), 3 vols. covering 1957-77. Ref. ML120 .U5 D63

International Directory of Approved Music Education Doctoral Dissertations in Progress (most recent, 1989) Ref. ML1.A848445

Kenneth R. Hartley, Bibliography of Theses and Dissetations in Sacred Music (1966). Ref. ML118 .D48 no. 9

To find other subject indexes, check IUCAT for your subject area.
Do a keyword search, combining your subject area with the searches "and bibliography," "and index," "and guide," or "and research."
For example: k=chamber music and guide
Also check in the Reference section under the classification number ML128.

Recent dissertations

The general listings are usually the best source of recent North American dissertations. For convenience, it may still be worth checking journals and periodicals relevant to your subject: for example, ITA Journal (trombone) [ML1.I86].

For international dissertations, a few music journals of individual countries have regular listings: Revue belge de musicologie (Belgian dissertations and theses, every 1-2 years) and ?sterreichische Musikzeitschrift (Austrian abstracts every few issues).