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Subject Guide: Music Web Sites
Music Home | Books | Databases | Periodicals | Scores | Web Links | Faculty Interests

General

Music, Music, Music! - extensive list of links to web sites in music history as well as many other aspects of music.

Internet Music Resources - comprehensive list of WWW sites with a section on music history.

Classical Music Dept. of the "WWW Virtual Library" - searchable database of  WWW resources.

Classical net - many links to music information and sound bites.

Midi Emporium - a wide selection of popular and classical music, including music for holidays and occasions; audio, using Midi plug-in.

Music History

Composers - extensive links to composer biographies, recordings information, and much more.

Composers - a virtual library of information about composers, arranged in historical order, plus additional music links.

20th Century Music Composers - biographical information plus links to other sites.

Baroque Composers and Musicians - individual biographies and survey of developments in different countries.

Women's Early Music - biographies of women composers from ancient times to the present; extensive list of links to articles,  web sites, sound bites, and CD sources.

Music Library Association Obituary Index - browsable and searchable database with entries from 1966 to present.

Gregorian Chant Home Page - comprehensive list of WWW links to sites covering history, performance and theory.

"Music History 102" - a concise guide to different periods in music history; includes sound bites.

Music Theory

Music Theory Online: a Journal of Criticism, Commentary, Research, and Scholarship - a free online peer-reviewed journal.

Eunomios - an open forum for discussion of music theory, analysis and semiotics.

Popular, ethnic, and world music

The Rough Guide to Rock - short biographies, information about performers, music, and recordings.

Music Traditions magazine - articles, web links, reviews, and much more about traditional music from around the world.

Ethnomusicology and World Music - links to information about the music of many cultures around the world.

Rootsworld magazine - articles, reviews and other information about music from many countries and cultures.

Blue Flame Cafe - biographies of jazz musicians and singers, plus photos and sound bites.

Worldwide Internet Music Resources - links to many sites; especially useful for genres and types of music (e.g., bluegrass, jazz, folk).

Music Instruction

Music Teachers National Association - guide to the organization's online resources, including  membership and conference information and Musician Wellness Bibliography of Musician Wellness Bibliography of books, media and Web sites.

Music Fundamentals on the Web - discussion of pitch, meter, notation, scales, etc., with detailed information for keyboard and guitar; includes audio examples.

Ear Training - an entertaining way to learn about chords, scales and intervals.

Big Ears - an interactive online ear trainer.

The Land of Music - educational games, online lessons, and resources for teachers in the elementary classroom.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators - a wealth of material for the classroom.

Performing Arts: Music - a collection of lesson plans and other teaching materials for K-12.

Technology for the Music Classroom - a guide to Internet resources.

Music Classroom's Bookmarks - links to a large number of sites for music teachers.

Sheet Music

Free Sheet Music - links to many sites.

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