Music Web Resources

Classical Music

• Classical MIDI Archives  AMAZING collection of over 12,000 downloadable MIDI files by a list of close to 1000 composers.
• Classical Net  Vast, comprehensive Repertoire of all eras, buying guide, reviews, articles, links, etc.
• Classical Music MIDI & Sheet Music Archives  Links to sites.
• Conductors' Page
• George F. DeVine Music Library at University of Tennessee  Set of links.
• Indiana University Music Library
• Performance Practice Encyclopedia  Edited by Roland Jackson, this is also a continuation of the journal Performance Practice Review. It is "dedicated to furthering musical performance in accord with historical criteria and composer’s intentions".
• Virtual Piano Museum  Pictures of, and text about, historic pianos. Highly recommended by our piano faculty.

• Yahoo Index to Classical Music

  General Music Resources

• BLC CD Collection  List of CD's available in the Library.
• All-Music Guide  Very complete multimedia music reference.
• American Music Center  Maintains a circulating collection for members of 55,000 scores and recordings, provides assistance to composers and performing groups.
• 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.
• Ever Expanding Web Music Listing
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars  From Harvard, a list of sites.
• Music Indexes, Abstracts, Bibliographies, and Table of Contents Services

• Music Library Reference Desk  Searchable by period, type, or performer. Includes information on ethnomusicology and world music. There are also musical samples, libretti for operas, music scholarship, and more.

  Music Education

• Berklee School of Music
• Brent Hugh's Music Instruction Software Page  Links to downloadable software, fully described here.
• Handi-Links to Music Education  Set of annotated links.
• Julliard School of Music
• 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 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  Links to many aspects of jazz history.
• International Lyrics Server
• Jazz Artists Search Engine  Links to biographies, discographies, fan pages, etc.
• 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  
• Rough Guides to Music  Online reference manual, complete with discographies and criticism, of rock music, reggae, opera, jazz, classical, and world music.
• Trouser Press Guide to Alternative Music  Text of all four previous editions, for alternative music of the 70's, 80's, and early 90's. Searchable.

• The Ultimate Band List  One-stop shopping for links to virtually any band however obscure.

Theatre Music

• Dr. Ed and His Amazing Technicolor Musical Theatre Webwage  Devoted to the 'Business' of Broadway & Musical Theater, created by a fan of Broadway and musical theater.

• Theatre.com

Other Useful Sources

• Festival Finder  Find music festivals in North America by date, location, artist, festival name.
• Music in the Public Domain  Check here for free music.
• the Soundery  A clear explanation of how sound works.

Entertainment Reviews

• 33 Rebellions per Minute  Brian Block's page of music reviews, in case you'd like to see what that librarian, much to her astonishment, hath wrought. His reviews are funny, well-written, and perceptive.
• Music Reviews  Yahoo's index.