Music Internet Resources

Subject Areas

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• Music

Internet gateways

WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists - Site maintained by the American Musicological Society, with a huge and well-organised collection of links.

AHDS Performing Arts - "supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources related to music, dance, theatre, radio, film, television, and performance". The Online Collections and Information Resources sections contain some interesting links.

PALATINE: Music - The music web resources section of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Dance, Drama and Music. Contains a wide variety of useful resources arranged by subject, many with reviews.

Yahoo! Entertainment: Music A good starting point for general UK-based music searches

University Music Departments with good collections of links

UK

Royal Holloway University of London. Department of Music

Royal Northern College of Music

Elsewhere

Worldwide Internet Music Resources - Indiana University - does not seem to be currently updated, but there are still a lot of useful links.

Music at UCC (National University of Ireland). Web resources for research in music - does not seem to be currently updated, but there are still a lot of useful links.

Sheet music

International Music Score Library Project - "IMSLP attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge". This is a US site, and copyright laws are different there - inclusion in this site is not a guarantee that the music is out of copyright in the UK - composers and named editors have copyright for life plus 70 years, and there is also 25 year copyright in the print layout of the edition.

Mutopia - a growing collection of free sheet music, either newly typeset editions of works by composers whose copyright has expired, or more recent works where the editor, arranger or composer has granted permission to download.

Musicroom - the website of Music Sales Group, claims to be the world's largest online retailer of sheet music, tutor methods, instructional DVDs & videos, music software and instruments & accessories.

Sheet Music Hound This UK online sheet music store have included quite a few publishers' catalogues in their search engine, so it is a good place to source material.

Sheet Music Plus A large US online sheet music store.

Sheet Music Warehouse "The Sheet Music Warehouse has tens of thousands of pieces of old, original and out of print sheetmusic" - based in the UK.

See also the websites devoted to specific instruments or voices for sheet music publishers and downloads.

Boosey & Hawkes - The catalogue records include very useful scoring information

Breitkopf & Härtel - The website includes their complete catalogue, with prices in Euros

ChesterNovello - Part of the Music Sales Group of publishers. The records include orchestration and timings.

Dover Publications.com - Music Catalogues of Dover music books and scores, with prices.

Alphonse Leduc - Includes publications from Heugel and Hamelle as well. Searchable catalogue with prices in Euros. UMP are their UK distributor.

Hal Leonard online - Hal Leonard claimes to be the world's largest music print publisher - a good source for pop and rock as well as classical. They distribute music in the USA for other publishers, so their search facility includes the catalogs of G. Schirmer, Associated Music Publishers, Faber Music, Ricordi, Eschig, Salabert, Durand, Sikorski and others.

Peters Edition Ltd - Access to their full catalogue, also composer information.

Schott Musik International Includes brief biographies of Schott composers, and Schott printed music catalogue details with prices. Includes Eulenburg scores.

Stainer & Bell Access to their full catalogue, with price details, and composer information.

United Music Publishers Includes access to selections from their catalogue of British composers, with prices, and some links to French publishers, information on UMP composers.

UE - Universal Edition The site includes biographical details about UE composers, with lists of works and music clips.

Classical music scene

UK

BBC Radio 3 Schedules, review, factsheets and magazine-style information on composers and artists

British Choirs on the Net Lists as many choirs of all varieties as they can find, and also has a section of useful links to related sites

Classic FM Schedules, magazine-style features, and a listening-room, if you have the necessary software

The Gramophone The magazine itself is not available from the Website, but there are still lots of useful things, such as new recordings, archives of previous recordings of the months, previous reviews of recordings and audio equipment

Association of British Orchestras Includes an orchestra directory, and general information about orchestras in the UK.

UK Amateur Orchestras Looking for somewhere to play? Start here!

Scotland

Festival City Theatres

Glasgow's Concert Halls

Edinburgh Festivals

National Youth Orchestras of Scotland

National Youth Choir of Scotland

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Scottish Ballet

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Scottish Opera

Computers and music

Palatine directory: Music: Software - Descriptions, previews and downloads of a wide range of music software, including all the major music notation packages.

Keyboard: Online edition The magazine for music and computers. Selected articles from the magazine can be viewed online.

Sound on Sound Hi-tech music recording magazine website, with some feature articles available online. Links to music industry sites

Cubase.net Website for Cubase products, including news, interviews, tips and tricks, user forums

Electronic Music Foundation "Electronic Music Foundation (EMF) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the role that electronic music, in its myriad forms and technologies, plays in our world".

Composition resources

British Music Information Centre "A resource for 20th Century British Classical Music." The BMIC's main aim is to promote new British music. The Website has information about composers, ensembles and performers and a comprehensive list of useful contacts including sources of funding.

Cadenza "Provides classical music resources and information for and about contemporary and classical music and musicians". This site seems to be popular with composers, although its content is wider than just composition and new music. Includes a database of concert programme notes

Scottish Music Centre The Scottish Music Centre, (formerly SMIC) exists to document and promote Scottish music. At present the main focus is on contemporary classical music, but other types of music are increasingly represented. Includes information on composers, recordings, music for performance and a comprehensive concert diary.

SPNM - promoting new music The website of the Society for the Promotion of New Music. Opportunities for budding composers.

Solomon's Music Theory & Composition Resources There are some potentially useful resources here, especially for anyone interested in 12-tone compositions and Music from Numbers

Music dictionaries

Grove Music Grove music is much more than just a dictionary, being the electronic version of the complete printed text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, but it is probably the best place to look up musical terms. Password-free access is available from any computer within Napier, remote access requires an Athens password.

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary Large list of music terms, with pronuniciations, midi files, and suggestions for further listening in Norton CDs.

Solomon's Glossary of Technical Musical Terms Includes general musical terms, but the emphasis is on new music

Music Company - music thesaurus This thesaurus was conceived as a resource for composers looking for a precise expressive term and groups music terms in several languages according to their English meaning.

Yesterday Service Glossary of Music Terms "A handy glossary of common but frequently misunderstood sheet music terms"

General music resources

Alexander Technique "The complete guide to the Alexander Technique" - lots of links to sources of information and electronic articles, some with diagrams

Andante "Andante's aim is to document and preserve the world's recorded classical musical heritage and to become the definitive online resource for information about classical music and opera". Development on the site seems to have halted at present. A subscription is required to access the major reference resources on the site, but there is quite a lot of other interesting material.

Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Examination syllabuses, news, forum and publications.

British Arts Festivals Association Information on festivals that are members of the association

MusicTeachers.co.uk MusicTeachers.co.uk is a free service which aims to support musicians in every aspect of education and performance. Lots of links.

British Society for Music Therapy Information on the Society, information about training, and links to international associations

Medieval Music & Arts Foundation "The Medieval Music & Arts Foundation is a non-profit public benefit corporation organized in order to nourish understanding of medieval music and related subjects." Includes Early Music FAQ, with lots of links, and World Traditional Music section.

Musicians and injuries This site reviews books and provides links to useful websites and articles, but the sources are very varied and care should be taken to evaluate any advice offered here.

Music and Vision "An Internet music magazine in daily parts... topical features, interactive studies of music's development, reviews of live and recorded music, books and printed music, contributions from all kinds of people in music, some frivolity, and ideas that are specifically planned for internet conditions and facilities." The Site Seeing articles contain a lot of useful links

Music Libraries Online Search the catalogues of major UK music research libraries in a single search. This is an ongoing project, and six libraries are currently included.

Music Minus One Ready-made orchestral or chamber music accompaniments on CD to the solo literature for your instrument. This is a commercial site, so all the items are available for purchase only. You may also be able to find MIDI accomaniments if you look at the sites listed for your instrument/voice further down this Subject Guide.

Music Theory Online The online journal of the Society for Music Theory. The journal articles are accessible free of charge

The Musicians' Union Includes a Frequently Asked Questions section with advice on Bookings and Gigs, Copyright and Publishing, Getting Permission, and a links collection

The National Sound Archive Entries for almost two-and-a-half million recordings held in the British Library National Sound Archive. It is one of the largest catalogues of its kind anywhere in the world, covering both published and unpublished recordings in all genres, helping you to confirm the existence of recordings and compile lists and discographies.

Teoría - Music theory web Includes articles about music, on-line music theory reference, music theory software, interactive exercises.

Composers

Many websites devoted to composers are written by enthusiasts and may contain surprisingly little information.

The sites below have been selected because they seem to offer a little bit more - they are either "official" websites of living composers, contain links to a wide-range of related sites, or are closely related to Napier teaching.

Careful evaluation is vital to determine the reliability of the information in each case!

J.S.Bach Home Page Does not seem to be be completely up to date, but contains useful listing of complete works.

The Hector Berlioz website Created by two UK academics, a wide range of resources.

Gavin Bryars' official home page Complete list of works, composer's notes, work in progress, concerts and events, discography.

John Cage Database Discography, catalog of music, literature index. performance information, and access to Silence, the John Cage discussion list.

MaxOpus - Peter Maxwell Davies Peter Maxwell Davies' official website - biographical information, lists of works and recordings, news. Temporarily unavailable, due to be relaunched. In the meantime some information is available on the Boosey & Hawkes Peter Maxwell Davies website.

Edward Elgar Website of the Elgar Society, Elgar Birthplace and Elgar Foundation.

Philip Glass The official Philp Glass website. Biography, music, gallery, community.

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) A page maintained by an enthusiast, but it contains a lot of information and useful links.

International Kodály Society Includes articles and links to Kodaly organisations and institutions.

John McLeod Biographical information, discography

Internetional Gustav Mahler Society, Vienna Biographical details, list of works, memorials, links to other sites.

The Mozart Project "The life, times and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart". The related-links section is very useful

Steve Reich Official website with biography, discography, complete list of works, articles, multimedia

Arnold Schoenberg Center Biography, discography, catalogue of compositions, bibliographies, photo gallery, audio-visual materials, and many links.

The Schubert Institute (UK Events, works, bibliography, articles and links.

The DSCH Journal - dedicated to the life and music of Dmitri Shostakovich Web site of the journal devoted to Dmitri Shostakovich. The journal is only available on subscription, but they are planning to make articles available online soon, and there is a good collection of links to Shostakovich sites.

Karlheinz Stockhausen Stockhausen's official website: includes photographs, reports of activities, interviews, details of courses, and Stockhausen Verlag's catalogues of videos, recordings and printed music.

The Official Website of Sir Michael Tippett Biography, list of works, photos, discography, articles, writings, list of opera productions

Richard Wagner Archive A useful site, maintained by a Finnish Wagner scholar.

Kurt Weill Foundation for Music Biographical details of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya, lists of works and recordings, photographs

Pop, rock and film music

All Music A US-based site, excellent for researching recorded music, down to individual track level, including recording credits and history. Look at the Site Map to find resources. There is a fascinating Music map (Blast from the Past), which is good for tracing the evolution of a style and identifying the key artists.

ARTISTdirect ARTISTdirect connects music fans directly with their favorite artists worldwide . Includes link to UBL (Ultimate Band List), a comprehensive music portal and search engine with a database of more than 100,000 artists and millions of links.

BBC Radio 1 Includes Podcasts, Webcam, listen live.

BPI The British Phonographic Industry's website contains statistics and business and legal information concerning the music industry, as well as links to UK charts, and the BRIT awards.

Yahoo! Music UK News, charts, free to view videos, radio stations

Eurodancehits.com Eurodance Hits WWW is the largest US-based Website devoted to European dance music serving dance community continuously since 1995. Includes a dance dictionary.

Harmony Centra "Harmony-central.com is the leading Internet resource for musicians, supplying valuable information from news and product reviews, to classified ads and chatrooms". Contains sections on guitars, bass, effects, keyboards and synthesisers, drums and percussion, software, recording and MIDI.

Institute of Popular Music Based at the University of Liverpool. The website contains information about their courses and research.

International Association for the Study of Popular Music Information about the association, and links to journals, bibliographies, organisations, links to useful sites.

Mi2N Music Industry News network

NME.com The web site of NME: New Musical Express magazine, with news, reviews, features, artists, charts, email, interaction.

Film music world US site aimed at professionals working in the industry and includes Film Music magazine, a film music broadcasting channel, news, events, magazine, network, FAQ, chatrooms.

SoundtrackNet "founded in mid-1996 as Filmmusic.com to centralize Internet resources relating to the genre of film and television music."

Jazz

Jazz Music Jazz Music is the website of Assembly Direct - promoting jazz in Scotland

Big Bands Database Plus "An ongoing project dedicated to Bands; to Jazz and to Swing History, and to the music now known to the world as American Popular Song."

Blues world A big collage of articles, adverts, weblinks, discographies. There is some good information in here, but serendipity seems to be the only way to find it.

The Gig Guide Listings of live music in Scotland

Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc. Jamey Aebersold's primary activity is publishing and selling jazz education materials, but the site includes a useful jazz handbook that can be downloaded free of charge.

Jazz FM Listen to the live web broadcasts from this London-based radio station using Windows Media Player.

TheJazz "theJazz is the sister service to Classic FM"

The Jazz site "The web site for Jazz Services, the UK's national organisation for jazz". Much of the site is devoted to promoting their various services and publications, but there is a very useful links section.

Instruments

Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments Information about the collection, and a link to the Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments. Includes a list of all the instruments in the collection, with an Electronic Picture Gallery, and some demonstration sound clips.

Brass

Brass Band World Events, competition reports, and a very extensive collection of brass band, brass and other musical links

Historic Brass Society Includes articles, interviews, reviews.

International Trumpet Guild US-based. Journal articles index and links to trumpet websites worldwide, news from the trumpet world

British Horn Society News, events, and a useful collection of links, including the International Horn Society

British Trombone Society News, features, articles, pictures and an excellent collection of links

ITEA Online The website of the International Tuba and Euphonium Association, formerly the Tubists' Universal Brotherhood Association. The product and services information is very US-orientated, but the links section contains websites worldwide

Keyboard instruments

British Institute of Organ Studies Activities of the Institute, events, journal contents and access to The National Pipe Organ Register, The British Organ Archive and the Directory of Organ-builders

Piano World - All about pianos An American site, so the information about piano shops, tuners, and events is not much use, but there are interesting articles on piano action, piano pitch, how to buy a piano and lots of snippets of information

Percussion

Marc Zoutendijk Percussion Info The website of a Dutch professional percussionist. Information on techniques, composers' use of percussion, repertoire lists, index of percussion articles, and an extensive list of links

Drum Bum US-based, covers all types of music. The site includes a lessons database with over 400 free lessons included.

National Association of Percussion Teachers

Percussive Arts Society US-based. The site is mostly devoted to society activities, but the resources section contains some workshop material for drummers, and links to other useful sites.

Strings

The Internet Cello Society US-based. Practice tips, repertoire guides, conversations with famous cellists, good collection of links

The Viola Web Site The website is US-based, but the site is the internet home of the network of all the regional branches of the International Viola Society. Events, articles, products, pictures, and links to other websites

The Strad The site includes extracts from current and back issues of the magazine, and a links section to web pages of interest

Violin Society of America Includes a few links to other organisations and violin makers

International Society of Bassists Events, publications, pictures and links to useful double bass sites

Federation of Guitar Societies a network of existing societies to offer mutual support in the interest of promoting the classical guitar and related instruments

Guitar Foundation of America Lots of worldwide links, including flamenco, and lute-related pages

The Lute Society UK society. A very comprehensive site, with images, registers of teachers and makers, for sale and wanted lists, events, and a very good set of links, which include downloadable sheet music and MIDI files

American Harp Society See the link to The Harp Page for a good selection of links, but mostly US-based.

Woodwind

British Double Reed Society Society information, events, journal contents publications, and a good list of related web sites, including the International Double Reed Society

British Flute Society Society information, events, and big list of useful web sites

Flute.com US site with a reasonable collection of useful links

Society of Recorder Players UK-based. Society information, events, publications, related web sites

Recorder Home Page A very comprehensive international collection of links

EuroCass The European Clarinet and Saxophone Society - includes the home page for The Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain. News, events, Clarinet & Saxophone choirs and a small collection of relevant links

The International Clarinet Association Information about the Association, highlights from their magazine, an anthology of clarinet articles, and a good links section which includes more articles. Check out The Clarinet Pages for further links.

The International Saxophone Home Page US based. Reviews, articles, interviews, and a large collection of links, including jazz resources.

Voices

ChoralNet - the Internet Center for Choral Music The official website of the International Federation for Choral Music. Has an extensive links section, including some useful sites for solo vocalists

Choral Public Domain Library "The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL) is an internet-based free sheet music site which specializes in choral music. Most of the scores are in the public domain, but a growing number of scores are newly composed." This is a USA site, so it cannot automatically be assumed that all of the works are also copyright-free in the UK.

OperaGlass Includes libretti, source texts, performance histories, synopses, discographies, opera composers

The Vocalist "an international mailing list for singers and singing teachers"

Vocalist "the singers resource that helps you learn to sing!"

Schubertline - the online score service for singers Actually more than just Schubert. Lieder, songs and arias which may be viewed, played and printed in any key. You can hear and view sheet music for free, but this is a commercial site so printing requires payment.

The Singing Voice "for the purpose of helping high school teachers and students to understand how the human voice works, and how we can turn the voice into a powerful and well-develped vocal instrument."

The Lied and Song Texts Page "An Archive of Texts to Lieder and other Classical Art Songs as well as many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces"