Music Librarian's Choice

Reference Shelf

• Dictionaries

  • Multimedia Music Dictionary
  • English/French Dictionary
  • English/Italian Dictionary
  • English/Latin Dictionary
  • English/Spanish Dictionary

  Music Research Resources

  • Sibelius Academy Music Resources
  • Andy Holt Virtual Library -- indexes performances, theory, compositions, and music history
  • Simmons College WWW Resources -- resource library
  • Indiana University's Song Index -- includes classical, popular, and country songs
  • Home Pages of Music Libraries
  • Classical Net
  • HNH International, Ltd. -- musical terms, composer bios, how to build a classical CD collection, film music, and more
  • Opera Links
    • Metropolitan Opera
    • ChevronTexaco Opera Information Center
    • Opera Glass -- lots of opera information
  • Medieval.org -- information about early music and traditional world music
  • Corsair.Morganlibrary.org -- Images from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
  • Children's Music Web
  • DW3 Classical Music Resources -- Duke's online library
  • Magnatune: Internet Music Without the Guilt
  • Folk Music Index -- Index to Recorded Resources
  • Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America -- Tunes, Lyrics, Background, Links
  • The Red Hot Jazz Archive -- jazz history and over 1000 jazz recordings
  • Musical: International Database of Choral Repertoire
  • Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology (Online) -- international database of bibliographic dissertations concerning musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, and more
  • Searching the Internet for Music Reference -- Approaches and Evaluation
  • Significant Websites in Music Research -- compiled by students at Brooklyn College
  • Simmons College Music Bibliographies -- guide for bibliographic productions
  • Acadia Early Music Resources
  • Classical Music Archives -- Midi File Archive
  • MidiWorld -- Midi Files from Early Music to Jazz
  • World Music -- National Geographic
  • The Colonial Music Institute
  • Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index

  Church Music Resources
  

  • Church Music Research Tools -- church music in its historical context
  • American Choral Directors Association -- addresses copyright issues regarding music
  • American Guild of Organists
  • The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
  • The Cyber Hymnal
  • Index to Bach's Vocal Works in NBA
    

  Copyright Information

  • Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
  • Copyright searching and other resources by Music Publishers Association -- research copyright holders and/or publishers of music
    
    

  Lyrics and Sheet Music

  • Indiana University's Song Lyric Links
  • Historic American Sheet Music
  • Lyrics Connection
  • Lyrics of Songs
  • International Lyrics Server -- offers lyrics to 100,000 pieces from several genres
  • Schubertline -- The online score service for singers
  • IMSLP Petrucci Music Library -- Sharing the world's Public Domain music.
  • CPDL Choral Public Domain

   

  Major Composers

  • Composers.net
  • Classical Composers Database - pictures and brief biographies
  • ClassicalNet's Composer Index
  • Composers' Biographies and Works from Naxos
  • Film Score Composers Database
  • G. Schirmer's Composer Information
  • Opera Composers from Opera Glass
  • Women Composers: A Bibliography of Internet Resources
  • The Unknown Composers Page
  • The J.S. Bach Home Page
  • Bach Central Station
  • Bach Cantatas
  • The Hector Berlioz Page
  • The Hector Berlioz Website Home Page
  • The Official Leonard Bernstein Site
  • The Leonard Bernstein Collection
  • Chopin Information & Links
  • The Aaron Copland Collection: Ca. 1900-1990
  • Aaron Copland - News and Reviews from the New York Times Archive
  • The Official Delius Website
  • Links about Antonín Dvorák
  • The Elgar Society and Foundation
  • The Gerald Finzi Trust -- celebrates Gerald Finzi's music and ideals
  • Philip Glass
  • Edvard Grieg Museum - Troldhaugen
  • The Gustav Holst Page by Kenric Taylor
  • Hildegard von Bingen
  • The Mozart Project
  • Ediciones Joaquin Rodrigo
  • John Philip Sousa
  • The Schubert Institute (UK)
  • John Tavener
  • The Ralph Vaughan Williams Site
  • Vivaldi Internet Resource

  Music Education Links

  • Music Educators National Conference
  • Music Theory Tutorial
  • International Listing of Music Schools
  • National Association of Schools of Music
  • Resources

  Music Journals and Magazines Online

  • BBC Radio 3
  • Early Music America Magazine -- subscription info and one full-text article from each issue
  • Gramophone Magazine
  • Andante Magazine
  • Newslink (newspapers and magazines from America and around the world)

  Music Obituary Indexes

  • MLA (Music Library Association) Obituary Index
  • Gaylord Music Library Necrology File
  • Find a Grave -- includes many famous musicians

  Reviews and Program Notes

  • Linda Mack's Program Notes
  • Sierra Chamber Society Program Notes

Professional Music Organizations (Nonprofit)

• American Choral Directors Association
• American Composers Forum
• American Guild of Organists
• American Musicological Society
• American Music Therapy Association
• American String Teachers Association
• Association for Technology in Music Instruction
• College Music Society Inc.
• Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
• International Adventist Musicians Association
• International Association of Music Libraries
• International Trumpet Guild
• Music Educators National Conference
• Music Library Association
• Music Teachers National Association
• National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc.
• Society for American Music (formerly known as the Sonneck Society)

Events

• Festivalfinder: Music Festivals of North America
• Worldwide Opera Schedule Server
• Chicago Shakespeare Theater
• Things to Do and See in Chicago
• Lyric Opera of Chicago
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Early MusiChicago
• Andrews University Howard Performing Arts Center
• Kalamazoo Singers
• Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
• South Bend Symphony
• South Bend Civic Theatre
• DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the University of Notre Dame
• Snite Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
• South Bend Chamber Singers
• South Bend's Firefly Festival
• Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra
• Movie listings

Commercial Sites

• Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - American Folk and World Music Documentary
• The von Huene Workshop and Early Music Shop of New England
• Classical Vocal Repertoire

CDs and Other Recordings

• ArkivMusic
• Classics World Catalog
• Gemm Cds, Records and Tapes
• BMG Music Service
• Columbia House
• CD Now
• HNH International Ltd. (Naxos)
• Berkshire Record Outlet -- out of print cd's, videos and books on music

Printed Music

• Sheet Music Plus
• J.W. Pepper -- printed music of all publishers (Malecki Music has now merged with J.W. Pepper)
• Boosey & Hawkes
• Harrassowitz Music Services
• G. Schirmer, Inc.
• Paul van Kuik Antiquarian Music and Music Literature
• Edition Peters Music Publishers
• Local Resources for Southwest Michigan
• Patti Music Company -- serves piano and organ teachers and performers
• SHAR Music -- supplies for strings performers
• Musicnotes -- classical sheet music selections

Performing Rights Organizations

• ASCAP
• BMI
• SESAC

Other Music Meta-links

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