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
  • WWW Virtual Library -- Classical Music Department
  • Simmons College WWW Resources for music and music libraries
  • 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
  • Metropolitan Opera
  • ChevronTexaco Opera Information Center
  • Opera Glass -- lots of opera information
  • Links to Musicals
  • 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
  • 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
  • Searching the Internet for Music Reference: Approaches and Evaluation
  • Significant Websites in Music Research, compiled by students at Brooklyn College
  • Simmons College Music Bibliographies
  • 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
  • American Choral Directors Association
  • American Guild of Organists
  • The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
  • The Cyber Hymnal
    

  Copyright Information

  • Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
  • Copyright searching and other resources by Music Publishers Association
    
    

  Lyrics and Sheet Music

  • Indiana University's Song Lyric Links
  • Historic American Sheet Music
  • Lyrics Connection
  • Lyrics of Songs
  • International Lyrics Server -- This site is back! Individual songs will be posted as approval is granted.
  • Schubertline -- The online score service for singers

  Major Composers

  • Composers.net
  • Classical Composers Database - pictures and brief biographies
  • ClassicalNet's Composer Index
  • Composers' Biographies and Works from HNH
  • 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 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
  • 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

  • Addresses of College Music Schools
  • Music Educators National Conference
  • 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
  
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  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)
  
  
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  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
• Boosey & Hawkes
• Harrassowitz Music Services
• G. Schirmer, Inc.
• Paul van Kuik Antiquarian Music and Music Literature
• Edition Peters Music Publishers
• Malecki Music -- sheet music, music search, real audio, and music chat (now J.W. Pepper)
• 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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