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Finding Music Information on the Internet

Contents

• First --> Notice Quality!
• Large Internet Music Guides
• Classical Music Guides
• Composers
• World Music
• Music Reviews
• For Performers
  • Piano
  • Voice
  • Guitar
  • Wind Instruments
  • Strings
  • Percussion
• Electronic Music
• Jazz
• Music Copyright
• Music Education
• Music Stores
• Music Industry and Organizations

FIRST --> NOTICE QUALITY!

ASK YOURSELF:

• What person or organization is providing the information?
  
• Is it provided by an expert or other reliable source? [.gov .edu .org ]
  
• Are they trying to sell you something? [.com .net ]
  
• What is their "agenda" or political perspective?
• How complete is it? Consider what information may be missing.
• Notice the date of the information or when the web page was created or last revised.

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Large Internet Music Guides

• Allmusic
  Includes reviews of recordings and biographical information on composers and performers
• Harmony Central
  Includes reviews of recordings and biographical information on composers and performers
• Internet Resources for Music Scholars
  from the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University
• Library Guide for Music
  from UC Santa Barbara Music Library
• WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists
  Sponsored by the American Musicological Society and the University of Pennsylvania
• Yahoo's Music Index

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Classical Music Guides

• Classical Archives
• Classical (National Public Radio Music)
• Classical Net
• Electronic Dictionary of Musical Themes
  Search Classical music themes by notes, by composer and by genre.

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Composers

• Artists Directory (American Music Center)
• Composers (G. Schirmer, Inc.)
• Composers (Wikipedia)
• Composers Bureau Online (contemporary American composers)
• Grove Music (accessible to Cal Poly Pomona students only through Oxford Music Online) includes excellent and authoritative information on classical composers.

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World Music

• Ethnomusicology - World Music
  From the University of Washington.
• Garland Encyclopedia of World Music (accessible to Cal Poly Pomona students only)
• Music by Countries
  (From Yahoo)
  World Music
  (From National Geographic)
  
• NIU World Music Instrument Collection
  Photos of instruments from around the world, including some sound samples.
• World Music Central
• World (National Public Radio Music)

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Music Reviews

• All Music
• Amazon.com Music
• Barnes & Noble Music

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For Performers

• Piano

  American Pianists Association
  Keyboard (online edition)
  Piano Technicians Guild Resources
  PianoNet (National Piano Foundation)
  Pianopedia
  

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• Voice

  American Choral Directors Association
  The Aria Database
  ChoralNet "the Internet Center for Choral Music"
  Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
  Musicals 101.com: Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film
  IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
  IPA Source.com (International Phonetic Alphabet translations)

  Lied and Art Song Texts
  Lyrics (from Yahoo)
  Lyrics and Music
  

• Metropolitan Opera Archives
  Operabase
  OperaGlass
  Vocalist "international singers discussion"
  

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• Guitar

  Chord Dictionaries
  Classical Guitar Links
  Guitar Player (online edition)
  Guitarists.net
  Guitarra Magazine
  ultimateGuitar.com
  

  
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• Wind Instruments

  Bassoon.org
  The Clarinet Pages
  International Clarinet Association

  National Flute Association

  International Double Reed Society

  Sax on the Web
  Virtual Saxophone Museum

  Trumpet Related Resources (chosen by Professor Dave Grasmick)
  International Trumpet Guild

  ITA (International Trombone Association)
  IHS (International Horn Society)
  ITEA Online (International Tuba Euphonium Association) 

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• Strings

  American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
  Violin Society of America
  The Violin Site
  International Viola Society
  The Viola Web Site
  The Internet Cello Society
  International Society of Bassists
  

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• Percussion

  Drums and Percussion (Yahoo)
  Modern Drummer Online
  Percussion Information
  Percussive Arts Society
  

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Electronic Music

Electronic Music (Yahoo)
Electronic Music Foundation
Electronic Musician (online edition)
International Computer Music Association
MIDI Tools and Resources (Harmony Central)

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Jazz

The Blues (PBS)
Jazz & Blues (National Public Radio Music)
Jazz Improvisation Primer
Jazz Links
Jazz Research Guide (University of Oregon)
Jazz Research Portal (University of North Texas)

Music Copyright

Copyright and Fair Use (Stanford University)
Copyright Crash Course (University of Texas)
Copyright for Music Librarians (Music Library Association)
Copyright Resource Center (Music Publishers' Association)
United States Copyright Office (Library of Congress)

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Music Education

California Association for Music Education (CAME)
Children's Music Resources
Wind Conductor - The Online Resource for Band Directors & Jazz Educators
International Society for Music Education (ISME)
K-12 Resources for Music Educators

ERIC (Education Data Base)
MENC (National Association for Music Education)
Music Education Online/Children's Music Workshop
Music Teacher's Association of California
TI:ME Technology for Music Education

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Music Stores

General

Amazon.com's Music Store
Barnes & Noble Music Store
Lark in the Morning: World Musical Instruments, Books, Recordings and Videos
AMATI: The Marketplace for Stringed Instruments

Recordings

CD Universe
Tower Records

Sheet Music

Virtual Sheet Music
EveryNote - for online Classical sheet music
Online Sheet Music
IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library - Free public domain sheet music
J.W. Pepper - "World's largest sheet music retailer"
MusicNotes.com
Sheet Music Plus

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Music Industry and Organizations

Music Industry

• Billboard.com
• Billboard.biz
  
• Electronic Musician - "The magazine for recording musicians"
  
• Harmony Central "The leading Internet resource for Musicians"
  Music industry news, new product reviews, classified ads and chat rooms.
• IFPI Music Market Statistics - covers recording industry numbers, annual digital music report, recorded music sales, piracy statistics, and top selling albums globally; issued by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
• Mix Online - "Professional audio and music production"
• Music Connection - a monthly music trade publication referred to as "the musician's bible" - "for Artists, Musicians and Players (not fans)"
• Music Industry Research Guide (USC Marshall School)
• Music: Shopping and Services (Yahoo)
• Music Yellow Pages - Music, Pro Audio, Lighting and Entertainment Industries. 

Music Organizations

• American Music Center -   Promoting new American music and jazz
• ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
  A performing rights licensing organization.
• BMI - Broadcast Music Incorporated
  An American performing rights licensing organization. Also available on the web is BMI's MusicWorld magazine.
• MPA - Music Publishers' Association
• NAMM - International Music Products Association
• NARM - National Association of Recording Merchandisers
• NMPA - National Music Publishers Association .
  NMPA is dedicated to the protection of music copyright. This web site also includes a link to SongFile, a database of over 2 million songs, and a link to NMPA's licensing subsidiary service for licensing musical copyrights, The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) .
• RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America - provides statistics on piracy, demographics, consumer profiles and more in its IFPI - Recording Industry in Numbers publication.
• SESAC - A performing rights licensing organization.
• SPARS - The Society of Professional Audio Recording Services

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Danette Cook Adamson
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