Music resources

For databases containing articles and other information, see our Music databases page.

Comprehensive Music Sites

American Music Center
http://www.amc.net/: A "not-for-profit contemporary music information and resource center". Has information on publications, scores, grants, artists and agencies, and jazz.

CultureFinder
http://www.culturefinder.com/: Excellent site for schedules of performing arts events worldwide, interviews with artists, performing arts news, CD reviews, etc.

Indiana University Music Library
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/: One of the finest, most well-organized collections of music sites available. Good coverage of individual musicians, groups, and composers, as well as performance, genres, research and commercial sites. Also has links to numerous magazines and journals.

Music Resources (Sibelius Academy)
http://www2.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/music.html: International coverage of all aspects of music, including opera, folk music, church music, jazz, blues, rock, etc.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Performing Arts--Dance, Music, and Drama
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artp.html: Presents a guide to online resources related to music education. Arranges sites alphabetically and provides a brief description of each one. Offers access to databases, online publications, RealAudio music broadcasts, biographies of musicians, and song lyrics. Links to educational resource directories for other topics.

Online Music Encyclopedia
http://library.thinkquest.org/10400/html/index.html: An online encyclopedia related to music with information on various composers, musical instruments and musical terms. Contains MIDI files. Links to a site search engine and other music-related Web sites.

K-12 Resources for Music Educators (Cynthia Shirk)
http://www.hickorytech.net/~cshirk/k-12music/: A web directory of online K-12 educational resources related to music. Offers access to information for band, orchestra, and vocal teachers. Provides access to study guides, electronic publications, databases, and discussion forums. Links to composer biographies, commercial music resources, related newsgroups, and other music resources.

Jazz Review
http://www.jazzreview.com/: This site gives brief reviews of new jazz releases, a longer review of the "CD of the Week" and a daily audio review in RealPlayer format. Another section includes jazz photography, interviews with musicians, biographies and a discussion forum for visitors.

JazzWeb (Northwestern U.)
http://www.northwestern.edu/jazz/: Searchable web site with links to information on artists, groups, commercial sites, jazz styles, education, instruments, etc.

Historic American Sheet Music
http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/hasm/: Digital images of sheet music from The Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University. A wide variety of music types published in the U.S. between 1850 and 1920 are represented including bel canto, minstrel songs, protest songs, sentimental songs, patriotic and political songs, plantation songs, Civil War songs, spirituals, dance music, songs from vaudeville and musicals, "Tin pan alley" songs, and songs from World War I. Also included are piano music of marches, variations, opera excerpts, and dance music, including waltzes, quadrilles, polkas, etc.