Kentucky Virtual Library

Fine Arts

• Art > General (This page is up for adoption.) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  Art Atlas

  This database lets you find addresses of over 5000 international art galleries.

  ArtLex

  "You will find definitions of more than 2,800 terms here, along with numerous illustrations, pronunciation notes, great quotations, and links to other resources on the Web." The author got his ` from the University of Chicago and teaches art to elementary school students.

  ArtSource

  "Welcome to ArtSource, a gathering point for networked resources on Art and Architecture. The content is diverse and includes pointers to resources around the net as well as original materials submitted by librarians, artists, and art historians, etc. This site is intended to be selective, rather than comprehensive." Included is a guide to electronic exhibitions.

  Digital Archive of American Architecture

  At this site, you are able to view images of American architecture from the 17th century through the 20th century. This is an excellent site to see images of American architecture.

  Internet ArtResources

  Internet ArtResources provides access to galleries and museums online. In addition, this site contains feature articles and reviews of art and is searchable. This first class site is designed for everyone interested in art.

  Kentucky Arts Council

  Look here for links to the Kentucky Crafted program, Arts in Education, Folklife program and others.

  Virtual Library museums page

  This site is a comprehensive directory of on-line museums around the world and museum-related resources.

  1997 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts: Summary Report

  This report describes the results of the 1997 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). This survey data is primarily national but does include data of selected states and metro areas. In addition to attendance at arts activities and participation through broadcast and recorded media, the report covers geographic and demographic differences in participation, arts socialization, music preferences and other leisure activities as well as background information on the history of the SPPA and changes introduced in 1997. (PDF format)

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  ArtsEdge

  "The mission of ARTSEDGE is to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum."

  ArtsEdNet

  "ArtsEdNet, an online service developed by the J. Paul Getty Trust, supports the needs of the K-12 arts education community. It focuses on helping arts educators, general classroom teachers using the arts in their curriculum, museum educators, and university faculty involved in art education." This is an excellent site.

• Art > History (This page is up for adoption.) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  Art History Network

  This site is "a one stop resource for Art History, Archaeology and Architecture resources on the web." It covers "Early Eastern Art" (Babylonian and Akkad) and Western art history.

  Art History Resources on the Web

  This comprehensive site provides global coverage of art history. Those studying art history best use this superior site.

  Dictionary of Art History

  This biographical dictionary of art historians, museum directors and art scholars is searchable by name, methodology, country of origin, date of death and birthplace.

• Music > General (Compliled by John Schlipp, W. Frank Steely Library, Northern Kentucky University ) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  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.

• Music > Folk & Appalachian (Compiled by Laurie MacKellar, Elizabethtown Community College ) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  American Folklife Center Online Collections

  This site contains links to several important online folk music collections, including Omaha Indian music, frontier fiddle tunes, Depression-era folk tunes, and more. Each collection contains a large number of sound recordings, plus text information about the subject, individual track information, photographs and other materials. Audio software such as RealAudio is required for playing sound files; information and download links are provided.

  Archive of Folk Culture Collections

  The Archive functions as a repository for American folk music collections. It includes over one million photographs, manuscripts, audio recordings, and moving images. The site contains general information about the collections, finding aids for individual collections, (including one for Kentucky recordings), and lists of publications. Many of the unpublished recordings may be ordered for private use or for research.

  Archives of Appalachia

  This site is searchable by keyword and browsable by subject. Click on the Browse by Subject link and click on Music to view listings of music-related materials available in the archives. The archives contain extensive collections of audio recordings, as well as oral histories, interviews and photographs. Detailed finding aids and bibliographies are included. Many materials, including audio recordings, are available for loan or duplication. Contact information is provided for each collection.

  Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music

  This site contains comprehensive lists of important websites pertaining to American, British, European and non-European traditional music. The links are organized by categories such as organizations, research centers, bibliographies, periodicals and online publications, recordings, labels and distributors, geographical headings and dance.

  Folk Music Index

  This index to recordings of tunes and songs from traditional and contemporary sources is searchable by performer or music title or browsable by subject. It also includes a publisher list.

  Old Time Music

  This site devoted to old-time music, provides news, information, a directory of musicians and related web-links.

  Traditional Ballad Index

  Search for folk ballads from the English-speaking world by title or keyword.

  Vintage Fiddlers Oral History Project

  This project, from the Kentuckiana Digital Library, provides mulitple collections of photos and recordings.

• Theatre (This page is up for adoption.) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  Actor's Theatre of Louisville

  One of the country's leading nonprofit regional theatres, from this site you can get information about current and upcoming productions and theatre news.

  American Association of Community Theatre

  This nonprofit corporation serves both individuals and organizations by providing expertise, assistance, and support for community theatres. This website includes information about books and music, plays on video, events and festivals, and play sources. Membership information and an application are also available.

  American Society for Theatre Research

  ASTR was established in 1956 to provide an organization and public voice for theatre scholars and to promote theatre as a field for serious scholarly study and research. This site provides a variety of resources from around the world.

  American Theatre

  This site provides access to American theatre sites that are not usually found via internet search engines.

  Children's Theatre Resource Webpage

  A site devoted to the support and advancement of quality children's theater, it is intended for adults doing theater for children. Includes many useful links, including a state-state directory of children's theaters.

  Dramaturgy Pages

  This site is an extensive guide to how the Internet can be used for dramaturgy. It includes an extensive index of resources for historians, databases of play scripts (including public domain texts), links to other sites about dramaturgy and general theater resources.

  International Theatre Design Archive

  This site is from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, which promotes all aspects of design and production in the performing arts. This site is an attempt to provide an electronic archive to scenic, costume and lighting designs. Indexed by title, playwright, designer and producer.

  New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

  This library houses the world's most extensive combination of circulating, reference, and rare archival collections in its field. The Research Collections include dance, music, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound and the Billy Rose Theatre Collection.

  Theatre Central

  Presented by Playbill Online, this site is billed as "the largest compendium of theatre links on the Internet". Included is a search engine for names and contact information of individuals in the business.

  Theater Resources

  This is an alphabetical, fully annotated listing of Internet resources on theater.

  Theatre Ephemera

  "The focus of this site is primarily on theatre of the United States prior to 1900."

  Theatre Library Association

  This is the website of the non-profit, educational organization established in 1937 to promote the collection, preservation, and use of theatrical and performing arts materials.

  Theatrepedia

  This is an internet Theatre library from East Los Angeles College Theatre Arts (ELAC). It includes subject links and an index to subject headings.

  WWW Virtual Library: Theater and Drama

  This site provides links to a broad range of resources across the world: professional, academic and recreational. The scope is multi-cultural and multi-lingual. It includes a section on theatre images and a search engine.

  Yahoo!: Performing Arts

  This is a comprehensive and thoroughly indexed search engine for retrieval of WWW Performing Arts and Theatre Resources.

  Aisle Say: The Internet Magazine of Stage Reviews and Opinion

  This frequently updated listing of full-text, theater reviews, includes a listing of previous reviews of current or recent attractions indexed by region.

  Didaskalia

  An electronic source for the latest developments in Greek and Roman drama, dance, and music as they are performed today.

  Playbill Online

  This is a fulltext electronic version of the print journal of the same name. It includes U.S. and international theatre news, industry news (including casting and jobs and a college database), multimedia resources and reference support.

  Stage Directions

  The online version of the print magazine of the same name, this site provides hands-on help in virtually every area of community, regional and academic theater. Also included is a subject index of articles.

• Dance (This page is up for adoption.) (click to expand)(click to collapse)

  Dance Links

  This is an extensive list of web links to dance resources, indexed by category.

  Dance Resources

  This is an alphabetical, fully annotated listing of Internet resources on dance by the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

  Dance Collection of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

  This collection is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance in all its manifestations- ballet, ethnic, modern, social, and folk.

  Yahoo! Dance Links

  This is a comprehensive and thoroughly indexed search engine for retrieval of performing arts and dance web resources.