Research Guides: Italian Studies: Film and Music

Film

A to Z of Italian Cinema by Gino Moliterno
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780810870598
Publication Date: 2009
A historical dictionary of Italian cinema.
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers by Tom Pendergast (Editor) ; Sara Pendergast (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781558625334
Publication Date: 2004-02-01
A dictionary of world cinema, with entries on major films, directors, actors, writers, and other creators involved in cinema production.
Italian National Cinema by Pierre Sorlin
Call Number: PN1993.5.I88 S66 1996
ISBN: 0203134664
Publication Date: 2006-08-21
Print and eBook
A comprehensive study of Italian cinema during the years covered.
A New Guide to Italian Cinema by Carlo Celli; Marga Cottino-Jones
Call Number: PN1993.5.I88 C45 2007
ISBN: 1403975604
Publication Date: 2007-06-06
Print and eBook
This is an updated and reworked version of Marga Cottino-Jones's A Student's Guide to Italian Film (1983).
The Routledge Companion to Film History by William Guynn (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0415776562
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
A collection of essays and a critical dictionary that provide an introduction to key concepts and issues in the history of cinema.

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing and preserving films. This database contains FIAF's Treasures from Film Archives; a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world, a selection of Reference volumes and the linked full-text of over 60 journals.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive index covering the entire spectrum of television and film writing and produced for a broad target audience, from film scholars to general viewers. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Film Index International This link opens in a new window
Film Index International is produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute and covers silent movies to art house classics to the latest blockbusters, indexing films from over 170 countries.

Film Literature Index (1976-2001) [eJournal]
An annual index of film and television periodicals from 30 countries, with full coverage of 150 periodicals and selective coverage of 200 others, including articles, film reviews and book reviews. Published between 1976-2001.
MoviePlayer [Online]
Useful Italian magazine with content about current and historical films and television programs (Italian and international), with a photo archive, news, box office information, etc.

Catalog of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Turin)
Catalog of the collections of the National Museum of Film in Turin, whose holdings include films, photographs, print publications and ephemera.
Cineteca Nazionale
Italy's National Film Archive, part of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, includes the Luigi Chiarini Library (see link to the library catalog to search its archival holdings and other materials). The library's digital collections include access to magazines, silent films, and ephemera.

Archivio Nazionale del Cinema d'Impresa
The digital holdings of the National Archives of Industrial Cinema in Ivrea.
Archivio Storico LUCE
The digital archive of the Istituto Luce contains many tens of thousands of film clips and nearly a half million photographs from their collection.
Ethnographic Video Online
The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides, and more. Includes 292 videos totaling roughly 192 hours.
Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (Cineteca Milano)
Users must create an account to view the assortment of digitized films offered by the Cineteca Milano.
New World Cinema: Independent Features & Shorts, 1990-Present
This resource offers access to full-length feature films from 1990 to the present, as well as shorts, from leading independent distributors such as Kino Lorber, First Run Features, Film Movement, MK2, and Global Lens.

Grove Music Online This link opens in a new window
Grove Music Online is today's most comprehensive English-language encyclopedia of music. It includes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, the The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.

Music Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Abstracts of articles in music, with some full-text available. Coverage from 1874-present.
Index to Printed Music This link opens in a new window
This database is the only electronic resource for finding individual pieces of music published in standard scholarly editions. Includes music from ancient Greece to the present.

Archivi della Musica
Portal to archives related to music that are part of the Italian Sistema Archivistico Nazionale; the website offers a search engine for archives and access to digitalized materials (visual and audio).
Archivio Storico della Canzone Napoletana
A project under the auspices of the Mediateca Santa Teresa of the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense (Biblioteca di Brera) in Milan, this archive seeks to collect, document, and preserve all available examples of Neapolitan musical repertoires, from the early 20th century to the present. Recordings are not currently available online and must be consulted on site.
Istituto Centrale per i Beni Sonori ed Audiovisivi (ICBSA)
Researchers using the catalog of the ICBSA can search for items held at the Institute and consult their growing collection of digitized audiovisual materials (music and works for the stage).

Music & Performing Arts This link opens in a new window
Music & Performing Arts provides an integrated search engine to the following online collections published by Alexander Street Press: African American Music Reference, American Song, Classical Music Library, Classical Music Reference Library, Classical Scores Library, Contemporary World Music, Dance in Video, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online, Jazz Music Library, Opera in Video.
Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new window
Naxos Music Library is a collection of recorded music with over 150,000 albums of classical repertoire, film and TV soundtracks, pop, jazz, and world music.
Naxos Video Library This link opens in a new window
The Naxos Video Library offers more than 3400 filmed performances of classical music, opera, ballet, as well as documentaries and master classes.