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| All-Music Guide | Matrix Software. Searchable database of over 800,000 recordings and 6 million samples; 76,000 biographies; 100,000 reviews; links. |
| Archives of Text to Lieder and Other Classical Vocal Pieces | Emily Ezust. Indexes for poet, composer, first line, title, language, and pieces in English or translations. |
| The Aria Database | Robert Glaubitz. 1000 arias, searchable by name, opera, language, composer, voice type, range,keyword, and whether there is a sound file (MIDI), translation, or text available. Includes the complete operatic arias of Verdi, Mozart, and Puccini as well as selections from more than forty other composers. Also includes all characters from operas in the database, with a short description, the arias they sing, and the creator of the role; and an annotated collection of links to opera-related sites and a list of links to opera houses and companies. |
| Classical Music Navigator | Western Kentucky University. Organized for the user to find over 440 composers and classical types of music. There are five subjects to choose from: Composers, Basic Library of Notable Works, Geographical Roster, Index of Forms and Styles of Music, and Glossary. |
| Classical Music Resources | Duke University. Collection of non-commercial sites in over a dozen languages arranged in over one hundred searchable pages. The major divisions are Composer Homepages; Chronologies and Necrologies; National and Regionally Oriented Pages; Organizations and Centers for Scholarly Research; Electronic Journals and Newsletters; Genre-Specific Pages; and Databases. Within these sections are referrals to information on musicians; instrument collections and tuning; computer software for ear training and music notation; music theory, performance, and education; music bibliography; opera libretti; vocal texts; record and book reviews; sound files in MIDI format; and music-related images. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | Online Version. |
| Eyeneer Music Archives | An educational archival site that seeks to make comprehensive information about music publicly available. |
| Folk Music Index | A searchable and browsable database of nearly 30,000 song titles and 13,000 performers of recorded folk music. Entries for songs include cross references to related tunes, alternative titles, and parodies. See also Publisher List for a browsable list of record labels that issue music featured in the database. |
| Instrument Encyclopedia | University of Michigan. Searchable text, images, and selected sounds related to 140 instruments. |
| Internet Resources for Music Scholars | Harvard University. Links arranged in eight categories: Scholarly Societies and Organizations; Online Journals and Newsletters; Music Databases and Information Resources; MIDI Information and Resources; Music Information Meta-Sites; Library and Music Department Home Pages Boston Area Online Library Catalogues; Music Publishers' and Vendors' Sites. |
| Jazz | Yahoo. Information on all things jazz - composers, recordings and etc. |
| Jazz and Blues Archive | University of Chicago. Links to institutions around the world with jazz and blues archives or significant collections of jazz and blues materials, arranged in alphabetical order by the hosting institution. |
| Music Resources | Sibelius Academy. Extensive list of links for all aspects and types of music. |
| Music Selection Resources | King County Library System. Links to music publishers, music reviews, library catalogs of major music collections, and professional music librarianship websites. |
| Red Hot Jazz Archive | Uneven site that provides text, audio, and video files about Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Duke Ellington, etc. |
| Smithsonian Folkways Database | Smithsonian Institution. Database of recordings originally issued by Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways, Paredon, Cook, and Dyer Bennet labels, 1948 - 1986. >35,000 track listings, searchable by album or song title, year recorded, label, instrument, genre, or ethnic, national, and geographic attributes. Any text that appears in an entry, including notes and abstracts, is also searchable. Does not include lyrics. Sample sound files. |
| Underground Music Archive | Houses music from more than 1000 independent bands from every corner of the world. Hear CD quality songs, see images and text from the artist and in most cases, have direct access to the artists themselves via e-mail. |
| Worldwide Internet Music Resources | Indiana University. Extensive links arranged in nine categories: individual musicians (all genres) and popular groups; groups and ensembles(except popular); other sites related to performance; composers and composition; genres and types of music; research and study; commercial world of music; journals and magazines; general and miscellaneous. |