Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (RIPM) provides access to eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century periodical literature dealing with music. RIPM focuses on music and musical life from approximately 1800 to 1950.
Journal titles and years of coverage in RIPM can be found here: Journal Titles in RIPM
You can even click on individual titles to bring up *every* article from that journal (if you want...)
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RIPM is a citation index. A database of full-text exists, but is not carried by the University of Kentucky Libraries.
COVERAGE is from approximately 1800 to1950.
FORMATS INDEXED are musical periodicals from Europe and North and South America.
SUBJECTS focus on music and musical life.
FULL TEXT may be available online for some materials. Look for the "Get Text @ UK" icon or select the "Linked Full Text" option on the search page.​
Search Strategy |
Form/Symbols Used |
Sample Search |
Retrieves--- |
Boolean Operators |
AND OR NOT |
mozart AND requiem
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records with both terms
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opera OR musical |
records with at least one of the terms |
jazz NOT blues | records that contain "jazz" but exclude "blues" | ||
Truncation |
* |
symphon* |
symphony, , symphonic, symphonisches, etc. |
Wild Card : Alternate Spelling |
# |
sch#nberg |
schonberg, schönberg, schoenberg |
Wild Card: Unknown Character |
? |
despre? |
despres, desprez |
Phrases |
“ ” |
“figured bass” |
the EXACT phrase; good for song titles |
Nesting/Parentheses |
( ) |
(nijinsky AND ballet) NOT stravinsky |
items that exclude "stravinsky", but contain both "nijinsky" and "ballet" |
Proximity |
n# |
machaut n5 virelai |
results within 5 words of each other, any order |
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w# |
machaut w5 virelai |
results within 5 words of each other, in order specified |
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