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Music - StylesMusic (By Style)
Blues:
The Blues A companion site to the film series that aired on PBS. Features include biographies, resources for teachers, and an interactive map that traces the history of the blues in the United States.
Blues on the Big Road Blues discussion forum.
Blue Highway An extensive site of styles and links for blues enthusiasts.
Blues Net Brief biographies of selected musicians and 15,000 references to articles in magazines and books.
Broadway/Show Tunes:
Musical Cast Album Database Lists of recordings of shows with songs, singers, labels, theater premier data, and associated information.
Musicals.net Forums, news, and information about Broadway shows (summaries, links, and songlists).
Theatricopia http://www.saintmarys.edu/~jhobgood/Jill/theatre.html Lyrics, biographies of composers and performers, and much more.
Internet Broadway Database IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics. Get a list of every production of Hamlet on Broadway or a list of your favorite actor's credits. Find out what played at a particular theatre or what shows opened in a specified Broadway season.
Choral:
ChoralNet Composers, music theory, voice and performance advice, chorus management, recording guides, rehearsal techniques, and concerts galore in English, French, Spanish, and German.
ChoralWiki http://www.choralwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Search by composer, title keyword, type of piece, or voices to download classical sound files and sheet music. The library is expanding to encompass religious, holiday, and barbershop music.
Gregorian Chant Home Page http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html An abundance of web resources for history, theory, and performance of medieval music.
Musica Virtual Choral Library http://www.musicanet.org/en/identen.php A database listing choral works, searchable by composer, arranger, publisher, title, genre and form, level of difficulty, type of choir, language, century, instrumentation, etc., with plans to expand beyond its 79,000 works and to provide still more access points. Requires quick (and free) registration.
Texts of Lieder / Art Songs and Other Classical Vocal Pieces http://www.recmusic.org/lieder Lyrics in their original languages (with numerous translations), accessible by poet, composer, title, and first line.
Christian/Gospel:
Black Gospel Music Clef Charts, book and video lists, forums as well as links to record companies, producers, and gospel broadcasters.
The Cyber Hymnal Over 7,400 Christian hymns and gospel songs.
Gospel Music Association The official site for the Gospel Music Association contains links to news stories, upcoming events, GMA awards, and a searchable Hall of Fame.
SongQuery http://www.songquery.com/html/song/index.html An index to books containing Christian songs.
Today's Christian Music http://todayschristianmusic.com Lyrics to contemporary songs and artists' biographies.
Classical:
All Music http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=73:c Register for free on this site. Browse by classical genre for composer, album, song, style, or label to find biographies, discographies, album tracks, albums; with style definitions, key artists, recordings, and other features. Also has classical reviews.
Analysis Index http://www.lib.utk.edu/~music/analysis/index.html Produced by University of Tennessee-Knoxville librarians, an index to analyses in books of classical compositions.
Archival Sound Recordings http://sounds.bl.uk/BrowseCategory.aspx?category=Classical-music Users can browse the site and listen to recordings but, due to copyright restrictions, not all sound clips will be available.
Baroque Music http://www.baroquemusic.org/index.html This site provides a detailed definition and history of the music, as well as biographies for many composers and samples of their music.
Classical Archives http://www.classicalarchives.com MIDI files for nearly two thousand titles from all periods.
Classical Music Navigator http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm Use this friendly database to find works by your favorite composers, forms, instruments, periods, or styles.
Classical Music Used in Films http://www.naxos.com/musicinmovies.asp?letter=A Whether it's The Hunger, Moonstruck, or Titanic, if you are wondering about the names of classical pieces in films, check this site. With many added features, such as opera synopses, suggestions on how to enjoy a live concert, and a classical music start-up kit.
Classical Net "A point-of-entry into a wide array of informational files about classical music-over 4200 files at Classical Net and over 2500 links to other classical music web sites." Notice in particular the materials about composers, listed alphabetically from William Alwyn to Sylvius Weiss.
Composers Bureau Online http://www.sigmaalphaiota.org/home/ComposersBureau/tabid/60/Default.aspx Biography and citations of works for approximately 200 modern American composers.
Essentials of Music http://www.essentialsofmusic.com Overviews of eras, lives and works of composers, and an excellent glossary are illustrated with audio clips.
Free Classical Sheet Music This site has free classical sheet music fordownloading and classical midi files for listening.
J.S. Bach Home Page Biography; list of his complete works, indexed by number, category, instrument, key, title, recommended recordings; etc.
Ludwig van Beethoven http://www.lvbeethoven.com/index_En.html List of Beethoven's works, audio clips, a bibliography, and more.
Mozart Project Biography, list of compositions, and essays by musicologists.
Muse Data An electronic library of classical music scores by Bach, Handel, Telemann, and other famous composers.
Mutopia Free sheet music and audio files of music in the public domain. Search or browse by composer, instrument, or musical style.
Official Leonard Bernstein Site http://www.leonardbernstein.com Bibliographies, biography, discography, references to films, audio clips, etc.
Pronouncing Dictionary of Music and Musicians http://iowapublicradio.org/dictionary Spells out the pronunciation of musical terms, works, arias, instruments, opera characters, etc. Primarily but not exclusively about classical music.
Still Going On: An Exhibit Celebrating the Life and Times of William Grant Still http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sgo/start.html Chronology, commentaries on the works, a discography, an overview of his contributions, and other material.
The Symphony http://library.thinkquest.org/22673 After taking a "whistle stop tour" of the history of the symphony, study the composers, browse by nation, examine symphonies, hear instruments, learn about symphonic forms, and visit links.
Country:
Country Music Television Biographies, discographies, photos, and links of current popular stars.
Grand Ole Opry The history and current workings of the venerable broadcast, with additional biographical information on the stars.
Roughstock's History of Country Music http://www.roughstock.com/history A browsable overview of country music history. Includes photos, sound files, and video.
Folk:
Folk Music Home Page http://www.jg.org/folk/folkhome.html Albums, artists, concerts, labels, lyrics, media, and much more.
Folk Music Index http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex Search by browsing, keyword, performer, publisher, or index of sources for recordings of nearly 19,400 U.S. performers and over 50,000 music titles.
Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html "Tunes, lyrics, information, historical background, and tune related links."
Folkmusic.org An impressive collection of information about contemporary artists, with additional links to organizations, festivals, and the music business.
Max Hunter Folk Song Collection http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu From the Ozark Mountain tradition, some 1,600 songs, recorded between 1956 and 1976 are being mounted here in audio, with texts of their lyrics and some sheet music.
River of Song http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/index.html Country, folk, gospel, jazz, zydeco from the areas surrounding the Mississippi River.
Hip Hop:
Allhiphop.com News, reviews, videos, and music.
B-Boys http://www.b-boys.com/index.html Features news, forums, articles, and reviews of many aspect of hip-hop culture, ranging from music to art to clothes.
Hip Hop Timeline http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=664 "The Hip Hop Timeline is an interactive chronicle tracing the development of hip hop as a musical form, from its beginnings as a Bronx-based underground scene in the early 1970s to the worldwide phenomenon that it is today." To view the timeline, select "Launch Timeline" and it will open in a separate window.
Lee Bailey's EURweb http://www.eurweb.com/categories/music.cfm "Factual online infotainment on today's hottest celebrities, events and issues in urban/black entertainment and culture."
Sohh.com Up-to-date news and articles on, and interviews with, the biggest stars in hip-hop. Other features on Sohh include a message board and ringtone downloads of popular hip-hop songs.
Vibe Online Articles about rap musicians and hip-hop culture from Vibe magazine.
Jazz:
America's Jazz Heritage From the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibits Service, this site offers a look at jazz through audio clips, photos, publications, descriptions of exhibits, and links to other sites.
A Great Day in Harlem Interactivity allows analytical viewing of this celebrated photograph of jazz greats like Mary Lou Williams and Thelonious Monk; includes brief biographies.
JAZZ (PBS) Learn about the roots of jazz by exploring an interactive map, reading historical overviews and biographies, and consulting related jazz links.
Jazz Links http://riad.usk.pk.edu.pl/~pmj/jazzlinks Impressive collection of sites about artists, jazz history, labels, photos, online sources, and information for collectors.
Red Hot Jazz Archive "A history of jazz before 1920," this site, with articles, films, and audio clips, describes the artists and bands of the Jazz Age and earlier.
Latin:
La Musica A variety of Latin American music resources in Spanish.
Reggaeton History http://www.reggaeton-in-cuba.com/en/history.htm An overview of the origins and development of reggaeton.
Opera:
Aria Database In addition to over 1,000 arias from approximately 200 operas, you will find several full opera translations into English, information about companies, sound files, and a host of links.
Arizona Opera: Learn Features include selected opera synopses and biographies of composers. "The Opera Kit" includes basic opera terminology with definitions as well as a punctuation guide. The FAQ section generally applies to opera performances by the Arizona Opera company.
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas Searchable librettos, plot summaries, audio files, discographies, pictures, etc.
Opera Glass Detailed opera information is available here, including libretti, source texts, performance histories, synopses, discographies, as well as information about composers, librettists, various kinds of information on about 250 operas, links to the home pages of opera companies worldwide, and to the home pages of opera professionals.
Operabase Opera houses, schedules, festivals, reviews, and Internet resources; available in several languages.
Reggae:
The Dread Library http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/dreadlibrary.html A collection of essays by students on Reggae, Rastafarianism and related topics.
Jammin Reggae Archives "Gateway to reggae on the Internet."
The Reggae Web Videos, news, featured artists, and information about new releases.
Rock:
The Rhythm and Blues Primer http://www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk/public/index.shtml A wide-ranging, intelligent, and opinionated exploration of R & B history, artists, labels, discography, and public domain audio by such artists as Bessie Banks, Theola Kilgore, Percy Mayfield, and Robert Parker.
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Biographies, sound clips, and daily features.
Rockabilly Hall of Fame Biographies of artists (Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, and some 5,000 others), news, and reviews about this "exciting blend of the blues, country, and gospel." Regularly updated audio clips and tour dates too.
Pitchfork Reviews, interviews, and sound files.
World Music:
African Music Encyclopedia Provides descriptions and definitions of topics in African music, including musician biographies and regional histories. The site also includes many links to additional resources.
Afromix Site dedicated to Afro-Caribbean music has information on artists, labels, styles, instruments, and countries. Viewable in English, Spanish, or French.
Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/world.html A directory of links to organizations, publications, regions, and ethnic groups about music and folk dancing.
RootsWorld: Music on the Net Articles, reviews, and more about folk, jazz, rock, and world music.
World Music "Research world music, including reggae, Celtic and other forms."
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