Music and Performing Arts

• Music
• Music Genres and Styles
• Music of Specific Countries and Groups
• History of Music
• Theater
• Drama and Dramatists

• Acting
• African American Dance
• Ballet History
• Circus History
• Dance History
• Mime
• Puppetry

Music and Performing Arts take center stage in the Questia library. Our collection offers valuable resources on various aspects of Music – from Music Genres and Styles and Music of Specific Countries and Groups to the History of Music – and on Theater and Drama.

Find rich information on African American Music, Ballads, Blues Music, Chamber Music, Country Music, Folk Music, Jazz Music, Orchestral and Symphonic Music, Protest Music, Rap Music, and much more in our comprehensive Music Genres and Styles section. Zero in on Opera to study such topics as Opera History, the Metropolitan Opera, or “Tristan and Isolde” or Religious Music to explore such subjects as Christmas Carols, Church Music, Gospel Music, Hymns, Jewish Music and Spirituals.

Our resources on Music of Specific Countries and Groups make it easy for you to research African Music, African American Music, American Music, British Music, Cajun Music, Chinese Music, French Music, German Music, Hawaiian Music, Indian Music, Japanese Music, Jewish Music, Native American Music, Oriental Music, or Russian Music.

Study the History of Music from Medieval Music through such periods as the Baroque Age, the Classical Age, the Romantic Era and the Modern Era. Learn about musicians such as Baroque notables Gibbons, Gluck and Purcell; Classical masters Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Haydn and others; Romantics including Berlioz, Chopin and Liszt, and Modern virtuosos such as Copland, Debussy, Gould and many others.