MUSIC

MUSIC

MUSIC RESOURCES DIRECTORY ON THE INTERNET

Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Music Library, Indiana University

Music Resources - Sibelius Academy, Finland

All-Music Guide - "Music Maps", "Music Styles", "Essays & Articles", and a "Music Glossary". Classic music is not included.

Naxos Music Library – repertoire

World Music Central – founded by Angel Romero, a world music collector, researcher and experienced producer.

DICTIONARY & ENCYCLOPEDIA

Music Dictionary – provided by the NotationMachine

Musipedia – the Open Music Encyclopedia

Instrument Encyclopedia - the Musical Heritage Network

Virtual Instrument Museum – Wesleyan University

Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music - from eNotes.com, a comprehensive online educational resource

MUSICOLOGY

Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature - a joint venture of Indiana University's School of Music and the Office of Research and the University Graduate School.

Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online - School of Music, Indiana University

MUSIC THEORY

Electronic Music Interactive - created at University of Oregon. You'll need the Shockwave plug-in.

Ricci Adams’ Musictheory.net – provides online lessons, exercises, tools, etc.

teoria – music theory web

MUSIC EDUCATION

Music Education Online - music education page for bands, orchestras, choirs, general music, etc.

PlayMusic - listen to different Orchestral instruments. You'll need the Shockwave plug-in to play the fun games.

Graded Music Exams – Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (U.K.)

MENC - Music Educators National Conference

NMEA - Nassau Music Educators Association

The Music Trainer – specially designed games for musicians

BIOGRAPHIES

Composer Biographies - a site of brief biographical sketches of some of the more well-known classical composers.

Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers - a chronological listing of famous composers of Western Music.

The J.S. Bach Home Page - a joint project of Jan Hanford (in California, USA) and Jan Koster (in the Netherlands). BWV Database, Recommended Recordings, Timeline, Upcoming Events, the links to Bach-related web and midi sites, the recordings discussion list, and the Biography section including the Bach Tourist, Bibliography.

The Mozart Project - Steve Boerner

This Day in Music – birthday of famous musicians

MUSIC SCHOOLS

The Juilliard School

Eastman School of Music

Manhattan School of Music

Boston Conservatory

Online Conservatory (Boston Symphony)

Cleveland Institute of Music

Curtis Institute of Music

New England Conservatory

The Peabody Conservatory of Music

Royal Academy of Music (U.K.)

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

New York Philharmonic

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Philadelphia Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

The Los Angeles Philharmonic

San Francisco Symphony

Orchestral News

OrchestraNET

OPERA

Operabase - powerful search engine for performances, artists, composers, schedules, etc.

Metropolitan Opera

San Francisco Opera

The Washington Opera - Washington, D.C.

CLASSICAL

Classic Music on the Web - music jobs, festivals, education, etc.

Classical Insites - music history, glossary, featured articles, and cybercast concerts.

Classical Net - reviews of CDs, links to other classical music web sites.

Classical Archives – browse by artists, composer, or album

JAZZ

Jazz Piano Online

Sarina Suno - Jazz Violin

The Red Hot Jazz Archive - jazz history, American studies, audio format of more than 1,000 recordings.

PIANO

Piano Parlor - links to many piano-related Web sites by categories including competitions, education, etc.

Piano Pedagogy Message Board - sponsored by Missouri Western State College

Piano Teachers Directory - listed by States

Piano Adventures: Teacher Locator - New York

VIOLIN

American String Teachers Association (ASTA)

American String Teachers Association - New York

The Violin Society of America

Violink - "The world of violins", violin/bow makers, news groups, MIDI files, and more.

Violin Master Class – registration required

Violin Lessons - online tutorial

Violin Lessons Online - Eric Lewis

J.S. Bach's Violin Concertos - in "J.S. Bach's Home Page" created by Jan Hanford and Jan Koster

The International Violinmakers School of Cremona - I.P.I.A.L.L. "A.Stradivari" Cremona (Italy).

Kolstein Music, Inc. – in Baldwin, Long Island, New York.

Shar Fine Instruments – a dealer specialized in rare violins, violas, cellos, and bows.

The Long Island Violin Shop

Southwest Strings - Tucson, Arizona

Johnson String Instrument - Newton Centre, Massachusetts

The Violin Site

Free Violin Sheet Music

Sheets for Violin

Free Sheet Music Downloads

CCARH Publications: Scores & Parts

Arrangements for Strings

More…

PUBLISHER & OPACs

C.F. Peters Corporation - Deutsche Version Edition Peters-Frankfurt

C.F. Peters Corporation - English version Edition Peters-London

ABRSM Publishing – Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, U.K.

Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. - sells all music, not just Boosey & Hawkes’ own publications.

Music Retailers (directory) – compiled by Hal Leonard

SHEET MUSIC

MySheetMusic - thousands of popular tunes (downloadable)

Sheet Music Plus

Virtual Sheet Music - classical sheet music downloads

The Free Sheet Music Guide - "A Comprehensive Directory of Free Sheet Music and Guitar Tablature on the Internet!"

The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music – at the Milton S. Eisenhower Library of the Johns Hopkins University.

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music - the Library of Congress. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.

Popular American Music – digital Archive of UCLA Music Library

Encore Music Company - a full-service music facility located in Woodburn, Indiana.

Music-Scores.com – “Has professionally prepared classical sheet music and midi files to download.”

Sunhawk Digital Music LLC – besides the usual stuff, you can download Free Manuscript Paper
Free Songs (Up to 4), or Free Chord Charts.

Musicastampata.com – in Italy

The Sheet Music Collection - Mississippi State University Libraries

Library Music Source - Western Classical sheet music

Sheet Music Collection - University of South Carolina School of Music

Open Source Music – free sheet music and analysis.

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) - a music library to provide music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access

MUSIC RECORDINGS, SOFTWARE. etc.

Ariama- Classical music CDs, MP3s, and more

ArkivMusic - Classical Music

CDNOW and Amazon.com - CDs, DVDs, and videos.

Sibelius - music notation software, etc.

Metronome Online - powered by EMusicInstitute.com

BBC OneMusic - Virtual Studio

Musopen – a music warehouse

MUSIC LIBRARIAN

Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians - Music Library Association (MLA)

Cataloging Sheet Music - reference sources provided by John Bewley, Mickey Koth, and Lois Schultz

Machine-Derived Name Authority Records – the Library of Congress

Music Index Online - Harmonie Park Press

Schwann Online - famous for its accuracy

Mozart Catalog

Music Library Association Joblist

All National Anthems – a collection of the world’s national anthems along with basic country information and history

Last modified: 12/28/2011

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