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 Websites of Interest for Music

Follow this link for help in evaluating websites.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources

Organized links to many internet music resources, from the Indiana University School of Music.

Music Resources on the Web Incredible list of all types of music links, from Yale University.

Musictheory.net

A collection of music theory tutorials. Lessons include staff, clef, and ledger lines; note and rest durations; measures and time signatures; major and minor scales; and more. The site also has a chord calculator, staff paper, and matrix generators (utilities). The interactive exercises ("Trainers") for keyboard, guitar, brass, and ear include sight and audio recognition of notes, keys, chords, and other elements. The trainers and utilities may be downloaded. (From the Librarian's Index to the Internet, www.lii.org)

Music History 102

This is a "guide to Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present, from the Internet Public Library. Includes a bibiliography of sources and sound files.

All Music Guide (AMG)

Comprehensive information resource on music recordings in all genres. Includes facts about an album or artist, including title, tracks, genre, label, credits, release date, and cover and artist images, as well as editorial comments (reviews).

Classical Net Scholarly guide to building and understanding your classical music collection.
Sheet Music Archive Free, legal sheet music downloads - over 10,000 pages of classical piano music available.
Classical Music Navigator Compiles information on important classical music composers and their works, and organizes it in a fashion making it easier for the novice or casual listener to identify additional materials similar to those you identify as something you like.
Classical Composers Database Information on over 3,000 classical composers.
Digital Mozart - complete Mozart scores "The purpose of this web site operated by the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum in cooperation with the Packard Humanities Institute is to make Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's musical compositions widely and conveniently accessible to the public..."
Billboard.com

"Daily music news, weekly charts with music samples, this day in music, new releases, and more. Also has Review Finder, with tens of thousands of original album reviews from 1970 through today. Also find many audio clips." (From the Librarian's Index to the Internet, www.lii.org)

Musicals 101

The Cyber Encyclopedia of musical theatre, TV and film.

Internet Broadway Database

The official database for Broadway theatre information - provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

OperaGlass Detailed information on many operas from Stanford University.

Grammy.com

Official website of the Grammy Awards. Lists winners since 1958; includes Latin Grammy Awards.

A Passion for Jazz! Basic information about jazz, including timelines, festivals, scales & chords, history, education, etc.
World Music Central

World music news, events, calendar. See especially "Glossaries" on the left side bar for lists of instruments and genres.

Virtual Instrument Museum Online museum of the World Music Instrument Collection of the Music Department at Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT).

African Music Encyclopedia

"Presents a resource on African music. Includes indexes of artists and countries. Contains a glossary of terms and offers access to an online bookstore. Links to other African resources, including art-related sites and the African National Congress. Also links to newsgroups." (from CONSULs)

111 Greatest (Anglo-American) Folk Music Artists One man's "best of" list, with links to websites for listed rtists.
Copyright for Music Librarians The Music Library Association explains copyright issues relating to music - especially useful for music librarians and teachers.
Public Domain Music "A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music."
iCONN Online Music Resources iCONN, research resources for the State of CT, recommends links for music.

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