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| ONLINE RESOURCES - SUBJECT
GUIDE
MUSIC - Selected Links |
General:
- Librarians'
Internet Index -- Music - Websites selected
by librarians.
- Music to Soothe the Savage Searcher :
Classical Music Databases and Web Resources - by David Mattison, Access Services Archivist , British Columbia Archives, Royal BC Museum Corporation -- from Information Today, Inc.
- Worldwide
Internet Music Resources - Provided by William and Gayle Cook Music
Library, Indiana University School of Music .
- Yahoo!:
Music - music news and videos, interviews with
popular musicians, reviews, and more. Represented styles include pop,
hip-hop, rock, adult pop, country, and electronic/dance.
American
Heritage Music:
- Ceremonial
Music - A collection of recordings "approved
by the Department of the Air Force for use in public service broadcasting,
recruiting, educational activities, and troop morale and retention."
It includes "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
- Broadway:
The American Musical - Companion to a Public
Broadcasting Service (PBS), "documentary series that chronicles
the Broadway musical throughout the 20th century and explores the evolution
of this uniquely American art form."
- I
Hear America Singing - Provides "the diversity
of American performing arts through the Library of Congress's unsurpassed
collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs,
maps, and other materials."
- Lift
Every Voice: Music in American Life - By University
of Virginia.
- Music
for the Nation: American Sheet Music - A collection
of "more than 62,500 pieces of historical sheet music registered
for copyright".
- Poetry
and Music of the War Between the States - A
collection Union and Confederate poetry and songs indexed by title,
author, and first line. Information about some of the authors is available.
- "We'll
Sing To Abe Our Song!": Sheet Music about Lincoln, Emancipation,
and the Civil War
- From the Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana.
Classical
Music:
- Baroque
Music - Baroque music composers and rare baroque
instruments and more.
- Classical
Archives - Thousands of midi files from all
periods.
- Classical
Net - Guide to articles, web sites, and other
resources on classical music.
- Essentials
of Music - Best music of every period, including
almost 200 excerpts. Created by Sony Classical Music and W.W. Norton
& Company.
- J.S.
Bach Home Page - Musicians' biographies, portraits,
literature, complete works, recommended recordings and more.
Jazz:
- America's
Jazz Heritage - From the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibits Service; present the history of jazz through exhibitions,
performances, recordings, radio, publications, and educational programs.
- Jazz
at Lincoln Center - "Features performance
schedules; information about JALC's extensive education programs for
students, teachers, and families; news about the jazz world; and biographical
sketches of artists who perform at the center. "
- Jazz
history @ harlem.org: a great day in harlem -
Information on topics relating to jazz improvisation, "from jazz
history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group."
- A
Jazz Improvisation Primer - Online textbook
written by jazz musician Marc Sabatella.
- Jazz
on the Screen - "This searchable filmography
documents the work of some 1,000 major jazz and blues figures in over
14,000 cinema, television and video productions."
- A
Passion for Jazz! - Jazz history and jazz education.
- Smithsonian
Jazz - "preserving and perpetuating jazz
as an American national treasure -- through collections, exhibitions,
performances, recordings, publications, oral histories, and educational
programs."
Lyrics and Sheet Music:
Music
Copyright:
Music Education:
- MENC:
The National Association for Music Education -
Information on education standards, career opportunities, financial
aid, state-run festivals, suppliers of music products, teacher's guides,
early childhood music workshops and more.
- MTNA:
Music Teachers National Association - Contains
a searchableTeacher Directory, an annotated Bibliography for musicians,
information on student competitions, how to obtain MTNA Professional
Certification through examinations, etc.
- National
Standards for Arts Education -A document which
outlines basic arts learning outcomes integral to the comprehensive
K-12 education of every American student.
- NJ
Core Curriculum Content Standards -- Visual and Performing Arts
Music Theory:
- Musictheory.net
- A collection of music theory tutorials. lessons
include staff, clef, and ledger lines; note and rest durations; measures
and time signatures; major and minor scales; and more.
- teoría
- Music Theory Web - Articles, reference, interactive
exercises, software, etc. for the study of music theory.
NJCU
Music Programs:
Opera
and Musical Theater:
Popular
Music:
World
Music:
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