MUSIC

MUSIC

MUSIC RESOURCES DIRECTORY ON THE INTERNET

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

Music Resources - Sibelius Academy, Finland

Naxos Music Library - repertoire

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

Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Music Library, Indiana University

DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA & INDEXES

CAIRSS (Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval System) - University of Texas at San Antonio

Music Dictionary - provided by the NotationMachine

Musipedia - the Open Music Encyclopedia

RoJaRo - "The World's Largest Free Music Magazine Index" created by Kjetil Maria Aase, a librarian at Norwegian Academy of Music.

Virtual Instrument Museum - Wesleyan University

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

Music Theory Fundamentals - music theory, ear training, quizzes, and more

Musictheory.net - by Ricci Adams, provides online lessons, exercises, tools, etc.

teoria - music theory web by Jose Rodriguez Alvira of Puerto Rico

MUSIC EDUCATION

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

The Music Trainer - specially designed games for musicians

NAFME - National Association for Music Education

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

BIOGRAPHIES

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

This Day in Music - birthday of famous musicians

MUSIC SCHOOLS

Boston Conservatory

Cleveland Institute of Music

Curtis Institute of Music

Eastman School of Music

The Juilliard School

Manhattan School of Music

New England Conservatory

The Peabody Conservatory of Music

Online Conservatory (Boston Symphony)

Royal Academy of Music (U.K.)

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

The Berlin Philharmonic

Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

The Los Angeles Philharmonic

New York Philharmonic

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

San Francisco Symphony

Shanghai Symphony

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

OrchestraNET

Orchestral News

OPERA

Metropolitan Opera

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

San Francisco Opera

TheWashington Opera - Washington, D.C.

CLASSICAL

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

Classical Archives - browse by artists, composer, or album

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

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

PIANO

Piano Adventures: Teacher Locator - New York

The Piano Teachers Congress of New York - a non-profit organization since 1926

VIOLIN

American String Teachers Association (ASTA)

American String Teachers Association - New York

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

Violin Master Class - registration required

Violin Lessons Online - Eric Lewis

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

Johnson String Instrument - Newton Centre, Massachusetts

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

Southwest Strings - Tucson, Arizona

CCARH Publications: Scores & Parts

The Violin Site

PUBLISHER & OPACs

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

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

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

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

Music Retailers (directory) - compiled by Hal Leonard

SHEET MUSIC

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

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

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

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

Library Music Source - Western Classical sheet music

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

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

Musicastampata.com - in Italy

Mutopia Project - classical music for free download

MySheetMusic - thousands of popular tunes (downloadable)

Open Source Music - free sheet music and analysis

Popular American Music - digital Archive of UCLA Music Library

Sheet Music Collection - University of South Carolina School of Music

The Sheet Music Collection - Mississippi State University Libraries

Sheet Music Plus

Sunhawk Digital Music LLC - besides the usual stuff, you can download free Manuscript Paper, free songs (Up to 4), or free Chord Charts

Virtual Sheet Music - classical sheet music downloads

MUSIC RECORDINGS, SOFTWARE. etc.