Music Web Resources
Classical MusicAndante – news about music, performance reviews, reference resources, event calanders, etc.
Carolina Culture Connection – created as a learning resource for those interested in knowledge of classical music and composers.
Choral Public Library – the 3,550 choral scores in this database are divided into eight chronological categories, including early twentieth century and modern.
DW3 Classical Music Resources – links to over 1600 non-commerical music sites provided by Duke University music librarians.
George F. DeVine Music Library at University of Tennessee
Indiana University Music Library
Johann Sebastian Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works
Performance Practice Encyclopedia – edited by Roland Jackson, this is also a continuation of the journal Performance Practice Review.
Virtual Piano Museum – pictures of, and text about, historic pianos.
Yahoo Index to Classical Music
20th-Century Music – offers solid preliminary information on some of the more mainstream art composers of the last one hundred years.
General Music ResourcesAll-Music Guide – one reviewer calls this the most complete multimedia music reference.
ASCAP – American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ASCAP Clearance Express database is searchable by author, title, composer, publisher, performer.
BMI – the other royalty clearancehouse.
Digital Librarian:Music – annoted links to music sites.
Early American Secular Music and its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index – combines and expands on data from two microfiche titles, the National Tune Index: 18th-Century Secular Music and the National Tune Index: Early American Wind and Ceremonial Music: 1636-1836.
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Ever Expanding Web Music Listing
Internet Resources for Music Scholars – from Harvard, a carefully chosen selective list of sites.
Music Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies, and Table of Contents Services
Music Library Reference Desk – you need audio to really appreciate this site, which you can search by period, type, or performer.
MuSICA – the Music & Science Information Computer Archive which is a comprehensive computer-based record of scientific research on music.
Music EducationBrent Hugh's Music Instruction Software Page – links to downloadable software, fully described here.
Guitar Lessons – 22 free beginner and intermediate guitar lessons.
Handi-Links to Music Education
Musical Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia – for each instrument, the encyclopedia offers history, design information, and bibliography, along with brief discussions of musical works featuring them.
MENC (National Association for Music Education)
Popular Music and Jazz ReferenceCenter for Black Music Research – the Columbia College Chicago Center for Black Music Research documents, preserves, and disseminates information about black music in all parts of the world.
Folk Song Database – the Digital Tradition is a searchable data base containing the words and music to over 6500 folk songs.
Jazz, History and Black Music
International Lyrics Server
Jazz Artists Search Engine
Jazz Resources on the Internet – links to music company labels, personal pages, mailing lists, other jazz and blues sites.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – read all about the inductees, and, if your plug-ins permit, listen to samples of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll."
Rough Guides to Music – an online reference manual, complete with discographies and criticism, of rock music, reggae, opera, jazz, classical, and world music.
Ultimate Band List
Other Useful SitesCultureFinder – features listings for concerts and events in over 1500 cities nationally.
Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine – original 78-rpm recordings from Dismuke's personal collection have been loaded onto this site to promote interest in the music of the early years of the 20th century.
Record Finder – an online music library of early American music.
Festival Finder – find music festivals in North America by date, location, artist, festival name.
M.L.A. Obituary Index – online version of the obituary citations published annually by Music Library Association.
Mojam – search for rock concerts by artists or by location.
Music in the Public Domain – check here for free music.
the Soundery – a clear explanation of how sound works.
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