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Emusicquest: the Music-in-Print Series.

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Compiled by Donald Reese. http://www.emusicquest.com, [Music libraries and other institutions: $400 annually, for unlimited access with authentication by IP address. Music retailers/distributors: $300 annually (alternately $170/6 months; $30/month) for access with name and password. Accessed 25 August

The Music-in-Print Series has been a standard bibliographic tool in many music libraries since the publication of Margaret Farish's inaugural volume, String Music in Print (New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1965). Farish's involvement continued with string supplements and Orchestral Music in Print (Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1979); Musicdata, Inc., began publishing the series in 1976. By mid-2001, it became apparent that the print edition was being discontinued: Musicdata was no longer active, but emusicquest offered an alternative. (See the credits at www.emusicquest.com/cred.htm.) At present, emusicquest offers the Music-In-Print Series in a variety of formats: a suite of searchable online databases; individual CD-ROMs; the remaining stock of hard-bound volumes; and, more recently, paperback reprints of selected volumes. This review will address the online version.

Emusicquest's databases follow the pattern established by their print predecessors: String, Classical Vocal, Orchestral, Organ, Sacred Choral, Secular Choral, Classical Guitar, and Woodwind Music (due to copyright restrictions, the original volume of String Music in Print cannot be included in emusicquest). Additional database categories are available in the online offering: Piano, Recorder, Brass, Percussion, Band, Handbell, and Miscellaneous (the latter includes music for harp, and popular music). Upon close examination, only Piano is a separate...

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