Arts and Humanities > Music > General
Contributor --
John Schlipp, W. Frank Steely Library,
Northern Kentucky University
- All About Jazz
- Still considered the one of the leading virtual Jazz spots with over one
million monthly readers, this website is totally for Jazz fans prepared
by Jazz fans. Educational and historical, yet it offers current and new
information and reviews. Timeless guide are provided such as Building a
Jazz Library. There is a Global Jazz section which offers reviews from around
the world and interviews with international musicians. A Jazz Bulletin board
provides a forum for enthusiasts to express and exchange opinions. Even
legal, free mp3 daily downloads are available. A Jazz Guide provides links
to musicians, teachers, venues, festivals, record stores, and more.
- All Music Guide
- The popular web database all about pop music, now brings pop and classical
together in a single site which includes everything one needs to know about
today's commercial music recordings. From medieval to avant-garde, solo
instrumental to opera, AMG's classical music data covers thousands of albums,
compositions, performances, and millions of artist credits. For each composer
or performer there is a thorough discography, including links to where the
artist's work has appeared with other performers. The site is searchable
by name, album, song, or classical work. It provides a classical music glossary,
composer lists, music periods and genre lists. For personal use or scholarly
research of classical or popular music.
- Gramofile
- This site contains over 25,000 classical music reviews from 1983 to date.
The database is searchable by composer, album title, solo artist, orchestra/ensemble/chorus,
conductor, record company, catalogue number, reviewer or by free text search.
Also includes free podcasts of news, interviews, and music.
- LAPL's Song
Index
- Although this online Song Index was designed for finding popular songs
in books and sheet music anthologies in the Los Angeles Public Library collection,
these resources may also be found in your public or academic library. Searchable
by composer, lyricist, song title, or keyword, this index provides song
title, composer, lyricist, title of resources containing song, date song
was first published, and even the page numbers to locate the song in the
listed resources. Additional facts are listed in a note field about the
song such as singer most associated with song, show premiere, if instrumental
only, if popular more than one time period, etc. Great for popular music
fans and trivia buffs.
- Kentucky
Connect: Music
- This site provides links and searching for local music performances for
all musical tastes. The site is organized by regional locations, concert
types, and concert venues. It is a great one-stop shopping source for the
area musical scene.
- Music
Web Sites by Subject
- This is an impressive popular collection of web sites devoted to all types
of music. It is organized by topics ranging from General Music and Jazz
to Classical and Blues. The Directory also provides sites on Copyright and
Licensing, as well as links to pages devoted to song indexes, lyrics databases,
digital sheet music archives, music trade publications, regional interests,
and more.
- MusicalOnline.com: Classical Music
Directory
- MusicalOnline is a classical music directory for musicians, artists, managers,
scholars, and educators. It provides dozens of directory subject subheadings
under academic music research, performing arts, music community contacts,
and more. There is even a virtual concert hall for users to watch and listen
to performances as well as job postings.
- The Symphony:
An Interactive Guide
- For those wishing to supplement their knowledge of the symphony or classical
music in general, this interactive guide is for you. Comprehensive biographies
of major composers are arranged alphabetically and by nationality. A timeline
of musical events shows historical developments as well as explains musical
forms, structures, and provides a guide to the instruments of the orchestra.
For more symphonic music curiosity, the San Francisco Symphony’s web
site offers a simpler, yet entertaining approach to music instruction aimed
at kids that is just as fun for adults. SFS
Kids: Fun with Music is a truly interactive site for those wishing to
start with a basic introduction to music or learn more with hands on experiments
in tempo, pitch, and harmony. Users can even compose their own song and
actually hear their completed composition. This easy-to-navigate site is
a magnificent educational tool for music teachers, young students, as well
as adult music neophytes who just want to have fun.
- Worldwide Internet
Music Resources
- This is one of the most comprehensive subject directories of both scholarly
and popular Internet choices available. It is organized by genres of musicians,
composers, compositions, and music-related organizations. Different types
of music are also arranged by genre headings. Other useful features include
links to music publishers, copyrights, reviews, music journals, and more.
- World Wide Web
Subject Catalog: Music
- The University of Kentucky offers an expansive directory of both scholarly
and popular Internet music resources. It is organized by General Resources,
Classical, Journals, Local Music, Bands, Jazz and Blues, Record Labels,
and more. Included are regional interests from local schools of music at
area colleges/universities to local music listings and venues. The site
offers a choice between an abbreviated single-page of broad subject links
or a more detailed dozen pages of links to browse.
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Last Updated: Tuesday, 26-Feb-2008 15:20:12 EST
