African American Music
See also: American Music, Ethnomusicology, Jazz, Pop Music
The African American Art Song Alliance
Promotes interchange of information between performers and scholars on art song composers, performers, scholars, and recordings; links, awards, and FAQs.
Darryl Taylor
http://www.darryltaylor.com/alliance.html
The African Music Encyclopedia
Information about recordings of African music, indexed by country and artist. Includes glossary and list of sources for purchase.
Janet Planet
http://www.africanmusic.org/index.html
Afrocentric Voices in Classical Music
Focuses on African American performers and composers and on the vocal music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and Negro spirituals composed for concert performance. Includes bibliography, biographies, chronology, libraries and research centers, images, and links to other sites.
Created by Randye Jones
http://www.afrovoices.com/
Archives of African Music and Culture History, Indiana University
Links to sites for blues, classical, gospel, spirituals, hip hop, jazz, pop, rhythm and blues, soul, and funk.
http://www.indiana.edu/~aaamc/links.html
Black History & Classical Music
Composers and musicians of African descent.
http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/History.html
Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago
Click on "Related Links," then "Link Archives" for links to related sites. Musical Styles and Genres gives brief style definitions of genres studied at CBMR and includes selected bibliographies and discographies.
http://www.cbmr.org/
Classical Music Recordings of Black Composers
Lists more than 800 works by more than 400 composers (mainly instrumental, from solo to orchestral). Includes record label and manufacturers number.
Richard Greene
http://astro.temple.edu/~rgreene/BlackComp/
Negrospirituals.com
Searchable database includes information on history, singers, songs, and composers.
Spiritual Workshop, Paris
http://www.negrospirituals.com/
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American Music
See also: African American Music, Composers and Composition, Jazz, Pop Music
American Music Collections
Online finding aids include links to Duke Ellington Collection and Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated Sheet Music.
Archives Center, Smithsonian National Museum of American History
http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d-5.htm
American Music on the World Wide Web
Links to sites for dramatic music, pop, sacred, classical, general.
Society for American Music
http://www.american-music.org/resources/ResourcesOnWeb.htm
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Canadian Music
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
Fulltext of second edition (1992).
Library and Archives, Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/emc/index-e.html
Go to: Canadian Music
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Choral Music
See also: Diction
ChoralNet, the Internet Center for Choral Music
Repertoire lists, reference materials, rehearsal tips, choral accessories and technology, and special sections for church music and choirs in educational institutions.
http://www.choralnet.org/choralnet/index.shtml
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Citing and Evaluating Internet Resources
Online Style Guides and Resources for Evaluating Web Sites
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/citing.html
Go to: Citing and Evaluating Internet Resources
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Competitions
Music Competitions
Links to performance competitions, primarily U.S.
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/competit.html
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Composers and Composition
American Composers Forum
Founded in 1973, as Minnesota Composers Forum. Committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music through granting, commissioning, and performance programs.
http://www.composersforum.org/about_mission.cfm
The American Music Center
National service and information center for new American music. Founded more than 60 years ago. Features monthly web magazine, online listening room, professional development program, opportunity update for members, grant listings, and catalog of the AMC collection at NYPL.
http://www.amc.net/
Classical Composers Database
Basic information about more than 2,500 composers, with links to related sites and MIDI files.
Jos Smeets
http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=_phome
Composer Homepages
More than 900 links devoted to individual composers, greatest concentration in Romantic period and twentieth century.
Music Library, Duke University
http://www.lib.duke.edu/dw3/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=78
Music Composition Resource
Lists books, articles, internet sites, sound recordings and FAQs for beginning composers.
James Fry, School of Music, University of Maryland
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/mcr/index.html
A Practical Guide to Composition
Text for student composers; discusses fundamental principles of composition.
Alan Belkin, University of Montreal
http://www.musique.umontreal.ca/personnel/Belkin/bk/index.html
Songwriter Site
Links to sites for songwriting advice, resources, organizations, and products and services. Listed in order of usefulness.
Jeff Mallett
http://www.lyricist.com/
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Concert Listings (New York)
Brooklyn Academy of Music
http://www.bam.org/
Calendar for New Music
New York City's source for information on concerts of contemporary music.
SoundArt Foundation
http://www.soundart.org/index.html
Carnegie Hall
http://www.carnegiehall.org/jsps/intro.jsp
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
http://www.stjohndivine.org/worship_concerts.html
Florence Gould Hall, French Institute
http://www.fiaf.org/events/performing.shtml
The Juilliard School
http://www.juilliard.edu/asp/calendar/calendar.php
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
http://www.lincolncenter.org/default.asp
Mannes College of Music (150 W. 85th)
http://www.mannes.edu/index.jsp
Manhattan School of Music (120 Claremont Ave.)
http://www.msmnyc.edu/
Merkin Concert Hall
http://www.ekcc.org/merkin.htm
Miller Theatre (Broadway at 116th)
http://www.millertheatre.com/
Symphony Space (2537 Broadway)
http://www.symphonyspace.org/genres/eventPage.php?genreId=1&eventId=1201
Town Hall
http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/
Vocal Area Network Concert Calendar
Focuses solely on vocal ensemble and choir performances around the New York area.
http://www.van.org/vancal.htm
92nd Street Y
http://www.92y.org/Default.asp
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Copyright
Copyright Resources
Resource Center includes a practical guide, guidelines for educators and church musicians, FAQs, and forms.
Music Publishers Association
http://www.mpa.org/
Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
Includes guidelines, resources, current issues, and FAQs.
Music Library Association
http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/
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Diction
See also: Choral Music
The Diction Domain
Lists books, websites, recordings, and software for singers learning to perform in various languages.
Candace Magner and Yvonne Dechance
http://www.scaredofthat.com/dictiondomain/DDwelcome.html
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Dictionaries
Grove Music Online
Online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed. Also includes The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed., and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. This comprehensive encyclopedia is a good starting point for most music research. To search entire database, use Full Text search under Advanced Search (search box at upper right of screen searches only article headings). Articles updated periodically. This resource is available to CUNY users only.
http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://www.grovemusic.com/index.html
Music Dictionary
Brief definitions of words and terms, based on information from a wide range of publications. Composers' biographical dictionary in progress.
http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheorydefs.htm
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Directories
Directory of Music Faculties in Colleges and Universities, U.S., and Canada
College Music Society
http://www.music.org/cgi-bin/showpage.pl?tmpl=/infoserv/facdir/facdirhome&h=63
Directory of the Music Industry
Includes manufacturers, suppliers, technical education, trade organizations, publications, and instrument collections.
http://www.musictrader.com/directory.html
Music Libraries
Selected music libraries, arranged by state; some international listings (by country).
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/musiclib2.html
Music Yellow Pages
Phones and addresses for U.S. manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers, DJs, and for information about sound reinforcement, lighting, and entertainment industries.
http://www.musicyellowpages.com
Musical America
Information accessible at no charge includes Calendar of Events, Career Center, Industry Links, and limited search of artist listings.
http://www.musicalamerica.com/
Musical Organizations and Professional Societies
Alphabetical by name: links to websites (primarily U.S.).
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/societ.html
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Dissertations
Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music
Includes both published dissertations and those still in progress; international coverage.
Geoffrey Chew
http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Archive/Disserts/
Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online
Index to dissertations in progress and a bibliography of dissertations completed (and reported) since (and including) the 1984 2d international and the 1996 2d series, 2d cumulative, print eds.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/ddm/
Music Theory Online Dissertation Index
Index to completed and in-progress dissertations announced in Music Theory Online.
Society for Music Theory
http://mto.societymusictheory.org/docs/diss-index.html
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Electronic Music
Electronic Music Interactive
Multimedia primer for electronic music that prepares students for more advanced study. Examines representation and synthesis of sound and how created sounds are played and arranged in a musical score.
New Media Center, University of Oregon
http://nmc.uoregon.edu/emi/
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Ethnomusicology
See also: African American Music, Latin American Music
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
Extensive listing of sites, grouped by organizations, bibliography, recordings or videos, and geographical region.
Music Library, University of Washington
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html
Instrument Encyclopedia
Focused around more than 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection, University of Michigan. Features musical instruments from around the world. Browse or search database (illustrations included). Resources for Educators includes instrument glossary and links to other North American collections and internet sites.
University of Michigan
http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Smithsonian Global Sound
Nearly the entire Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings catalogs of recorded sound and holdings of the International Library of African Music (Grahamstown, South Africa) and the Archives and Research Center for Ethnomusicology (New Delhi, India). Browse by geography or instrument; indexes to culture groups, instrument, and language. Downloads: $.99
http://folkways.si.edu/index.html
Virtual Instrument Museum
An online museum of the World Musical Instrument Collection of several hundred instruments at Wesleyan University. Photos, video, and audio. Search by material, type, or genre.
Wesleyan University
http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/vim
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Festivals
FestivalFinder
Details on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America. Database searchable by date, location, performers, or festival name.
RSL Interactive, Inc.
http://www.festivalfinder.com/
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Film Music
Classics from the Silver Screen
Index of classical and opera music used in feature films.
Benjamin Chee
http://home2.pacific.net.sg/~bchee/movies.html
Internet Movie Database
Listings for more than 35,000 actors, writers, and directors. Search options include movie or tv title, cast, and character.
http://us.imdb.com/
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Folk Music
Southern Mosaic: The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip
700 audio recordings and field notes from a 6,502 mile trip through the southern U.S. Approximately twenty-five hours of folk music from more than 300 performers.
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/
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Gateway Sites
DW3 Classical Music Resources
Metasite: annotated links to more than 2,700 sites. Largest categories are for composers, genres, organizations, and national or regionally oriented pages.
Music Library, Duke University
http://www.lib.duke.edu/dw3/SPT--BrowseResources.php?ParentId=177
Librarians' Internet Index: Music
Web resources identified by LII staff and arranged in topical categories.
Librarians' Internet Index staff (librarians in CA and WA)
http://lii.org/pub/topic/music
Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Description of NYPLs Music Division; also includes list of Selected Internet Resources in Music.
http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/mus/mus.html
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Metasite: major categories include sites for musicians, ensembles, performance (competitions, awards, festivals), genres, research, and commerce.
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources
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How to Read Music
The Basics of Reading Music
Discusses sound, pitch, rhythm, note durations, learning names of notes, accidentals, and key changes.
Kevin Meixner
http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/readingmusic.htm
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Identifying a Tune
Name That Tune
Whistle or sing a tune to your computer, or use the Parsons Code for Melodic Contours to identify a tune. Contains over 30,000 melodies and themes.
http://www.musipedia.org/
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Indexes to Music Literature
Music Index
Oldest periodical index to music literature. Indexes more than 725 international music periodicals. Began in 1949 (print version available in City College Music Library). Back files being input retrospectively. Covers all styles and genres of music.
This resource is available to CCNY users only.
http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://www.hppmusicindex.com/
RILM (Rpertoire International de Littrature Musicale)
Indexes and abstracts articles, books, films, reviews, dissertations, festschriften, and congress reports in more than 100 languages. Began in 1967; entire database now online.
This resource is available to CCNY users only.
http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,cpid&custid=s5896021&profile=ehost&defaultdb=rih
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Injuries
Musicians and Injuries
Tips for preventing and dealing with injuries, annotated bibliography with order information of books and tapes, annotated links to related sites, and links to messages from USENET groups.
Paul Marxhausen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://eeshop.unl.edu/music.html
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Instruments
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Click on instrument (from list of thirty-two) and see photos, brief descriptions, and listen to audio examples.
Iowa State University
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/spanogle/emusic.html#instrument
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Jazz
See also: African American Music , American Music
All About Jazz
Mission: to serve jazz and improvised music from a global perspective by advancing musicians, facilitating education, and increasing public awareness of the players and their medium. Includes reviews, guides by country, U.S. city, and topic.
Michael Ricci, founder (1995); Chris Slawecki, senior editor
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
Big Bands Database Plus
Dedicated to bands, jazz, swing history, and "American Popular Song".
Murray L. Pfeffer
http://www.nfo.net/
Blues Archive, University of Mississippi
One of the largest blues collections in the world; links to related sites.
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/files/archives/blues/
Contemporary List of Jazz Links
Includes links to artists, festivals, and internet resources.
Piotr Marek, Jr.
http://riad.usk.pk.edu.pl/~pmj/jazzlinks/
A Great Day in Harlem
Art Kanes famous August 1958 photo of 57 jazz musicians on 126th St. Explore jazz history by clicking on each image, or browse by timeline, artist, instrument, or style.
Harlem.org
http://www.harlem.org/
Institute of Jazz Studies
Homepage of largest and most comprehensive library and archive of jazz and jazz-related materials in the world. Includes Digital Jazz Greats Exhibit.
Rutgers University
http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Describes the Center and lists concerts, events, classes, publications.
http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/
Jazz Research Portal
Major meta-sites, online journals, academic jazz programs and archives, artist sites, historical sites (early, big band, bebop and beyond).
Music Library, University of North Texas
http://www.library.unt.edu/music/links/jazz.htm
Jazz Roots
Early jazz, emphasis on New Orleans, Chicago, and New York to 1930. Information about musicians, pictures, bibliography, links.
Thomas L. Morgan
http://www.jass.com/
Jazz USA
Promotes American jazz through sponsorship of an online E-zine (reviews, interviews, news), women in jazz archive, information on jazz education for youths, grant programs, and a resource center for jazz writers.
Stephen H. Watkins, Sr., and Mark A. Ruffin, Associate Editors
http://www.jazzusa.com/
JazzMarket
Emphasis on international, current jazz.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~centrale/jazz.html
Red Hot & Cool Jazz
Artist search (through Yahoo), links to CD Universe for purchasing CDs and to REEL.com for purchasing DVDs or video tapes, links to jazz sites, and sound clips.
http://members.aol.com/Jlackritz/jazz/index.html
Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz before 1930
Biographies, discographies, and photos of early jazzmen (before 1930, New Orleans). Video clips and sound examples from early recordings.
Scott Alexander
http://www.redhotjazz.com/
Styles of Jazz
Chart from Joachim Berendts The Jazz Book, with clickable links to various styles.
WWWNUR, Northwestern University
http://www.wnur.org/Jazz/styles/
William P. Gottlieb Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz
More than 1,600 digitized negatives and transparencies of jazz artists, taken by writer and photographer, William P. Gottlieb, from 1938-48, primarily in New York and Washington, D.C.
Music Division, The Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wghtml/wghome.html
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Jewish Music
Jewish Music WebCenter
Provides online forum for academic, organizational, and individual activities in Jewish music. Searchable database includes information on bibliography, discography, reviews, recorded and live performances, research, web resources, and stores; includes FAQs.
Brandeis University, Judith S. Pinnolis, Librarian
http://www.jmwc.org/
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Job Openings
American Federation of Musicians
Click on Career Corner, then on pulldown menu under Young Musicians.
http://www.afm.org/public/home/index.php
Music Educators National Conference Job Center
Available positions from early childhood education through college/university.
http://www.menc.org/industry/job/jobcente.html
Music Library Association Joblist
Openings in music librarianship.
http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/employmentanded/joblist/openings.shtml
Musical American Career Center
Searchable database by job category, keyword, and state.
http://www.musicalamerica.com/careercenter/
NYFA Interactive
Jobs and internships available in the arts (national coverage).
New York Foundation for the Arts
http://www.nyfa.org/opportunities.asp?type=Job&id=94&fid=1&sid=54
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Journals and Newspapers
Music Journals and Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals
Links to websites for subscription information; includes brief annotations.
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/journals.html
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Latin American Music
See also: Ethnomusicology
Online Resources
General and topical links to Latin American resources.
Latin American Music Center, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/links/
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Lyrics, Texts, and Libretti
See also: Choral Music, Opera
Aria Database
Searchable database of more than 1,000 arias; translations, texts; includes some MIDI files.
Robert Glaubitz
http://www.aria-database.com/
Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
Words and music to thousands of folk songs, collected over past six years by Dick Greenhaus and friends.
http://www.lyrics.com.au/directory/Detailed/6762.html
Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Archive of more than 17,300 Lieder and art song texts, as well as texts from many choral works and other classical vocal pieces. Offers translations.
Emily Ezust
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/
Opera Public-Domain Libretti and Other Vocal Texts
Also includes links to other sites with libretti or vocal texts.
Created by Lyle K. Neff
http://opera.stanford.edu/iu/librettim.html
Songtext.net
Pop song lyrics, searchable by artist, title, album, or keyword of full text (Website default language: German, but also available in English).
http://www.Songtext.net/
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Music Education
Cairss for Music (Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval Service System
Searchable bibliographic database of music research literature in music education, music psychology, music therapy, and music medicine. Citations from 1,354 journals.
Institute for Music Research, University of Texas, San Antonio
http://imr.utsa.edu/CAIRSS.html
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Links for band, vocal/choral, orchestra, classroom teachers.
Cynthia Mazurkiewicz Shirk, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
MENC, The National Association for Education
http://www.menc.org/
Music Education Online
Resources include advocacy research, bulletin boards, reading suggestions, grant information, advice about instruments, and practice tips.
Childrens Music Workshop
http://www.childrensmusicworkshop.com/#
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Music History
Essentials of Music
Overview of main periods in music history, composer biographies, glossary, and sound excerpts.
Norton/Sony Classical
http://www.wwnorton.com/classical/welcome.htm
Grove Music Online (CCNY users only)
Online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed. Also includes The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2d ed., and The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. This comprehensive encyclopedia is a good starting point for most music research. To search entire database, use Full Text search under Advanced Search (search box at upper right of screen searches only article headings). Articles updated periodically.
http://www.grovemusic.com/index.html?&authstatuscode=200
Music History 102
Guide to Western composers and their music, middle ages to present. Includes illustrations and audio clips.
Robert Sherrane, The Juilliard School, for the Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/
Music History Resources
Archive of outlines and notes compiled by Harvard doctoral student (1994-98).
Based on Grout and Paliscas A History of Western Music.
http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/index.html
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Music in Public Domain
Choral Public Domain Library
Largest website devoted to free choral sheet music. Over 300 contributors and 7,600 scores.
http://www.cpdl.org/
Free Printable Music on the Web; a Guide to Internet Resources
Martin Jenkins
http://www.wright.edu/~martin.jenkins/printmusic.html
Muse Data, an Electronic Library of Classical Music Scores
Focuses on music composed in Europe, 1700-1825, with primary emphasis on instrumental works (but also includes vocal music).
Project of the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities, Stanford University
http://www.musedata.org/
Online Scores Prototype
Selected scores from Cook Library include opera, song, orchestral, choral, chamber, piano, and other solo instrumental literature.
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/
Public Domain Music
Helps identify public domain printed and recorded songs and music.
Haven Sound, Inc.
http://www.pdinfo.com/
Sheet Music Collections
Comprehensive list of sheet music collections (nearly all U.S.), a number of which have been digitized.
Music Library Association
http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/sheetmusic/collections.html
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Music Publishers
Music Publishers Association of the United States
Includes a searchable directory of music publishers and their imprints.
http://www.mpa.org/
Go to: Music Publishers
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Musicals
Musicals 101.com
Historical information on musicals on stage, film, and television, how to obtain performing rights, chronologies, reviews, and reference sources.
John Kenrick
http://www.musicals101.com/
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Musicology
RISM (Repertoire International des Sources Musicales)
Homepage for RISM, which lists music manuscripts, early printed editions, and writings about music to 1825. Only series A/II Music Manuscripts after 1600 is online (not available at CCNY). Series A, B, and C are print only (see CCNY MusLib reference section).
http://rism.stub.uni-frankfurt.de
WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
American Musicological Society
http://www.ams-net.org/musicology_www.html
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National Anthems
National Anthems of the World
Listen to more than 180 anthems. Subscription required, but free demo available.
http://www.countryreports.org/anthems/anthemindex.aspx
Go to: National Anthems
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Necrology (Death Dates)
Find a Grave
Searchable database by name, location, and claim to fame.
http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=name
Necrology
Musician death dates since 1991 (and source where death was reported).
Washington University in St. Louis
http://library.wustl.edu/units/music/necro/
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Opera
See also: Lyrics, Texts, and Libretti
MetOpera Database; The Metropolitan Opera Archives
Data from archives of The Metropolitan Opera, New York. Searchable by performer, composer, and title of opera. Repertory and Performers' Reports list number of performances and include dates of first and last performance.
http://66.187.153.86/archives/frame.htm
Opera America
Interactive database for information about member companies (a nonprofit organization of North American opera companies or individuals), publications, conferences, education, and legislative advocacy pertaining to opera.
http://www.operaamerica.org/
Opera Broadcasts on the Internet
Comprehensive list of stations that broadcast regularly-scheduled opera programs.
E.H. and G.S. Riggs
http://www.operacast.com/
Opera Schedule Server
Links to websites for opera companies on the web (international), as well as opera-related pages.
http://www.fsz.bme.hu/opera/main.html
Operabase
Searchable database of artist and house schedules back to 1996, details of performances since fall 2003, artists, companies, city guides, and opera timelines.
http://www.operabase.com/en/
OperaGlass
Information on libretti, source texts, performance histories, synopses, discographies, and role creators.
Rick Bogart
http://opera.stanford.edu/main.html
U.S. Opera
Information on operas by U.S. composers, the operas, books about, and scores and recordings of the works.
Christopher Hapka, Editor
http://www.usopera.com/
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Pop Music
See also: African American Music, American Music, Recorded Music,Song Indexes
All-music-guide
Comprehensive database of pop recordings, searchable by name, album, song, genre, mode, theme, country, or instrument. Includes reviews, ratings, capsule biographies, and discographies.
http://allmusic.com/
Billboard.com
The Internet arm of Billboard magazine. Includes links to charts, news, reviews, artists, business tools, and entertainment.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
Black Gospel Music Clef Network
A portal to unite black gospel websites and participants. Resource directory, reviews, interviews, FAQs, and message boards.
R. McCollum, webmaster, president, CEO
http://www.blackgospel.com/
The Dutch Progressive Rock Page
Dedicated to progressive rock, progressive metal and closely related genres. Information on bands from the 70s on, concert listings, and reviews of albums, DVDs, concerts.
DPRP Team (international)
http://www.dprp.net/
International Association for the Study of Popular Music
Links to sites for international pop music.
http://www.iaspm.net/iaspm/instit.html#Databases
Internet Underground Music Archive
Dedicated to connecting independent musicians with listeners. Includes a free music archive, bulletin boards, chats, live radio and links to software and gear.
http://www.joeant.com/DIR/info/get/833/1233
Motown Alumni Association
Searchable database of Motown artists.
Billy J. Wilson, founder
http://members.aol.com/maainc/index.html
The Original Hiphop-Directory.com
Searchable database of international resources.
http://www.hiphop-directory.com/index.php
Reggae Links
Links to information on artists, record labels, promoters and producers, tour information, magazines, and festivals.
http://www.ireggae.com/reggae.htm
RoJaRo Index
Indexes articles in music magazines (international) on rock, jazz, or roots from Jan. 1992 to date. Includes record label information.
Kjetil Maria Aase
http://www.rojaro.com/
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Recorded Music
See also: African American Music, Ethnomusicology, Music in Public Domain, Opera
Classic Cat
Links to over 1500 free to download classical performances on the internet, sorted by composer and work.
http://www.classiccat.net/
The Classical Music Archives
32,147 MIDI files, by 2,066 composers.
Pierre R. Schwob, CEO and Founder
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
Digitized recordings of the UCSB Library's collection of more than 6,000 cylinder recordings (third largest in the U.S) from the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Particularly strong in pop music, but includes other genres, such as opera, band music, gospel. Free: may be streamed online or downloaded.
University of California, Santa Barbara Library
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
Scholarly resource of recordings by American composers and artists. Comprises the diverse catalog of recordings by
New World Records (which began in 1975), as well as recordings from CRI, Albany, and other labels. Includes more than 7500 compositions (with liner notes).
http://ccny-proxy1.libr.ccny.cuny.edu/login?url=http://dram.nyu.edu/
Gramophon, the Classical Music Website
Worlds largest online database of CD reviews (dates back to 1983)
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/
Public Domain Music
Includes MIDI files and text files of their lyrics. Arranged by American Composers, Song Eras, Song Styles, and Miscellaneous.
Benjamin Robert Tubb
http://www.pdmusic.org/
Record Labels on the Web
More than 5,000 links to record label websites.
A Rancid Amoeba
http://www.rlabels.com/
Record Labels, Record Producers, Recording Studios
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/recind.html
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Research Guides
Finding Information about a Musical Work
This guide, prepared by CCNY Music Librarian Prof. Ruth Henderson, will help
in finding commentary about a specific piece of Western art music.
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/divisions/Music/findinginfomusicwork.html
How to Find a Pop Song in the Music Library
This guide, prepared by CCNY Music Librarian Prof. Ruth Henderson, discusses
how to find songs in sound recordings, printed music and composers' complete
sets.
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/divisions/Music/howtofindpopsong.html
Searching CUNY+ for Music Scores, Sound Recordings, and Videos by
Composer/Title
This guide, prepared by CCNY Music Librarian Prof. Ruth Henderson, discusses
basic and guided searching as well as ways to refine a search.
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/divisions/Music/searchingcunyplus.html
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Song Indexes
See also: Pop Music
ASCAPs ACE
Song titles licensed by ASCAP in the U.S. Information for each title includes name of songwriter, artists who have recorded it commercially, and publisher contact information.
http://www.ascap.com/ace/ACE.html
BMI.com
BMI repertoire. Song title database of songs licensed by BMI. Searchable by title, artist, songwriter/composer, or publisher.
http://www.bmi.com/
Index to Arias and Art Songs in Collections
Index to anthologies (more than 100) in UW collection.
Music Library, University of Washington
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/arias.html
The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Archive of 17,384 texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs (Kunstlieder, Mlodies, Canzoni, Romansy, Canciones, Liederen, Canes, Snger, Laulua, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. Includes several thousand translations as well.
Emily Ezust
http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/
Popular Song Database
Keyword index to pop song titles in UW collection (excluding those indexed in Goodfellows Wheres That Tune?: CCNY MusLib Ref. ML/128/ P63/G66/1990)
Music Library, University of Washington
http://db.lib.washington.edu/popsong/
UT Song Index
Indexes 50,000 songs in more than 1,500 anthologies owned by UT, Knoxville.
George F. DeVine Music Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
http://www.lib.utk.edu/music/songdb
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Theory
Introduction to Music Theory and Aural Skills
Interactive online college course. May be taken for credit or non-credit.
Murray State University
http://www.murraystate.edu/qacd/cfac/music/MUS109entry.htm
Music Fundamentals
Text for online introductory music course. Chapter table of contents identifies topics discussed.
Mike Sult, Foothill College
http://www.guitarland.com/Music10/MusFund/toc.htm
Musictheory.net
Student may select lesson or trainer topic in basic/intermediate music theory and ear training.
Ricci Adams
http://www.musictheory.net/
SchenkerGUIDE
Basic principles of Schenkerian analysis for students, as developed by Austrian theorist, Heinrich Schenker, 1868-1935.
Tom Pankhurst
http://www.schenkerguide.com/
The Tonal Center
Interactive site for composers and theorists. Explains and demonstrates key concepts of tonality (chords, scales, cadences, modulation). Most examples illustrated with midi files.
Andrew Milne
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/place/aai26/
TonalityGUIDE
Covers chords, scales, progressions, modulations, chord identification, voice-leading, style, and notation basics. Includes tutorials.
Tom Pankhurst, Liverpool Hope University College
http://www.tonalityguide.com/
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Women In Music
International Alliance for Women in Music
See Resources list: links to information about individual historical women musicians, articles, historical surveys, collections, and databases.
http://www.iawm.org/
Women in Music
Links to sources for reference, organizations, composers, jazz, blues, pop, research, performers and media.
Music Library, University of Washington
http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/women.html
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