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Music Subject Guide
Learn how to search for music in our collection, access streaming media, begin basic research, and more!
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Historically Underrepresented Composers Database
Catalyst is not good at searching for scores based on a composer's race, ethnicity, gender, or other identifying characteristics.
St. Olaf alum Raina Swanson Edson has created a database of scores in our collection by female and BIPOC composers. Use the database below to search for pieces, then follow the links back to Catalyst to see the records there.
- Database for Historically Underrepresented Composers This link opens in a new windowFeaturing scores by BIPOC and women composers, the Database for Historically Underrepresented Composers complements Catalyst by providing additional metadata to make it easier to search by a composer's identity and to discover scores by instrumentation, genre, language, and more.