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African Music Encyclopedia
Artists, links, glossary, etc.
AllMusic
Classical Music to garage rock
Bachtrack: The world's best way to find live classical music
Locations and dates for classical concerts, ballets, and opera performances
Big Bands Links
Music, informational links, etc.
Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
Sources useful to music scholars
Classical Net
Classical music web sites
Classical Net - Timeline of Composers
Composers listed for the 11th through the 20th Century
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project
Cylinder recordings held by the University of California at Santa Barbara
DownBeat Magazine
Jazz and blues artists, news, reviews, etc.
Eighteenth-Century Resources--Music
Links for general musical resources and composers/performers
Ethnomusicology-WorldMusic-Subject and Class Guides at University of Washington Libraries
Sites to music around the world
Hector Berlioz Website, The

The life, music, and works of Berlioz
Hector Berlioz Website, The

The life, music, and works of Berlioz
Historic American Sheet Music – Duke Libraries
Classical, dance, instrumental music, state songs, etc.
History of Rock ‘n’ Roll, The
1954 through 1963
How to Play the Violin and Violin Basics – Johnson String Instrument
Tips on care, maintenance, and repair
IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information
Broadway theatre information
Jazz-All About Jazz
Jazz around the world
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Sites for teacher
League of American Orchestras
Sites for orchestras, news, etc.
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music at the Johns Hopkins University, The
American popular sheet music published between 1780 and 1980
Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Page, The
Texts for classical songs and classical vocal pieces
Listen to Classical Music on Classical Archives
Recordings as well as information
Lyrics.com – your music community with the largest
searchable lyrics database
Lyrics to songs
MENC - The National Association for Music Education
Jobs, resources, and other information
Mudcat.org Traditional Music and Folklore Collection and Community
Music Resources
Music Education Online by Children’s Music Workshop
Tools that music teachers can use
Music Selection Resources on the WWW
Popular song lyrics, music resources, etc.
Music Theory Resources
Form, analysis, tonal music theory, etc.
MusicalOnline – Music Community Directory
Sites for academic research as well as for the community
Musicals101.com – The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musicals
Musical theatre, film, and TV
Mutopia Project, The
Free sheet music
National Jukebox LOC.gov
Recordings of music from the early 1900's
Operabase
International opera houses and artists
OperaGlass
Operas, opera composers, opera librettists, etc.
OPERISSIMO – The Site for the Operaworld
Performers, composers, operas, etc.
PD Info–Public Domain and Royalty Free Music
Helps identify public domain songs and music
Popular Songs in American History
Folk songs throughout American history
Sixteenth Century Ballads: A work in progress…
15th, 16th, and 17th century ballads
Songfacts: Songs About Historical Events
What is Jazz?

Dr. Billy Taylor talks about jazz
Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Musicians, composers, genres and types of music, etc.
Yale University Library: Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
Links for music theory and research, opera, early music, etc.