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Music/Dance Library - Nordic Music Archive

The Nordic Music Archive was established at Ohio State University in 1987 at the invitation of the eminent choral director Norman Luboff, a friend of OSU. It consists primarily of scores and recordings by contemporary composers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, though composers from previous periods are well represented also. Most of the materials have been, and continue to be, donated by the music information centers and major publishing houses in these countries. All scores in the Nordic Music Archive circulate under standard local and interlibrary loan rules. Compact discs circulate for three weeks and can be renewed unless requested by another patron. Like books, scores, and other items, most of our multimedia items can be requested online. Please specify the Music/Dance Library as pickup location. All Nordic Archive materials are cataloged to AACR2 standards on OCLC, and also appear in the OSU Library Catalog.

The scores are located in their own reserve shelving area and are organized according to the Library of Congress classification system; the recordings are interfiled in our Media Center. The OSU Library Catalog may be searched by call number, composers and performers ("author"), title, subject (form/genre) and keyword. A special sub-location code for the Nordic score collection can be used as a delimiter in conjunction with searches. For more information, please contact Stephen Long, Curator, Nordic Music Archive (long.29@osu.edu) or Alan Green, Head, Music/Dance Library (green.200@osu.edu), or send a fax to 614-247-6794.

Nordic Music Information Centers on the Web

Other WWW Nordic Music Sites

Selected Nordic Music Publishers' Websites

Selected Nordic Classical CD Labels

Composer Biographies and Work Lists Available through Music Information Centers or Publisher Websites

Web Pages for Individual Nordic Composers

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Updated 19 August 2009