Pew Learning Center and Ellison Library
Web Resources - Music
Classical Music ----
General Music Resources ----
Music Education
Popular Music and Jazz Reference ----
Other Useful Sites
Classical Music
- Andante - 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.
- Conductors' Page
- DW3 Classical Music Resources -- links to over 1600
non-commerical music pages/sites provided by Duke University music librarians.
- George F. DeVine Music Library at University of Tennessee: a very well-chosen set of links.
- 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.
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General Music Resources
- All-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 clearance house.
- Digital Librarian:Music--Seven pages of 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
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Music Education
- Brent 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)
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Popular Music and Jazz Reference Sources
- Center 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.
- the Ultimate Band List
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Other Useful Sources
- CultureFinder -- 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.
All links on this page checked June, 2000.
Send comments, or suggestions for additional links to David O. Bradshaw.