Music

Website produced and maintained by Duke University. Contains biographical information, 670 composer homepages, access to music databases, organizations, and centers for scholarly research. - [Read more]

Monitors and records operatic activity since 1996. Over 185,000 performances on file. Searchable by performance, artists, managers, companies, and festivals. Access to professional tools for performance and artists on an advanced website called Operabase Professional. - [Read more]

Devoted to 20th Century Soviet Composers who lived and composed in the Soviet era. Includes bibliographies of Russian, German, and English titles. - [Read more]

Since its founding in 1939, this organization has been building a national community for new American music. It strives to foster and encourage the composition of contemporary American music and to promote its production, publication, distribution and performance in every way possible throughout the Western Hemisphere. - [Read more]

A professional music arranger shares his knowledge of music theory, including pitch, chords, and timing. Learn about musical instruments and take music lessons online. - [Read more]

Extensive website covering music of all types including contemporary and classical. Includes biographical information, new releases, music videos and reviews. - [Read more]

This is the foremost authority on music of all kinds and all time periods. The online version is by subscription and available at major libraries. It includes scholarly articles, biographies, and bibliographies. Also the fulltext of Grove works on opera and jazz. - [Read more]

A non-commercial site that contains scholarly articles, biographical information, discography, bibliographies, recommended recordings, a tourist guide, and links to Bach-related web sites. - [Read more]

Subtitled "The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theater, TV, and Film," this site includes the history of musicals, reference sources and links, reviews, "special courses," and a section on how musicals are made. - [Read more]

Site produced and maintained by the William and Gale Cook Music Library of the Indiana University School of Music. Information on individual musicians including popular, composers, groups, performance, research, journals, and the commercial world of music. - [Read more]

Administered by Stanford University. Includes composers, libretti, source texts, performance histories, opera synopses, discographies, and performers. - [Read more]

An extensive site with reviews and databases on music and books, links to other classical music sites, a basic repertoire list, CD buying guide, and recommended CDs. - [Read more]

Very extensive website of all kinds of information about folk music: performers, concerts, festivals, organizations, education, and much more. - [Read more]

This is an online music site that competes with itunes. It is a source for downloading music to MP3 players and iPods. The website provides information about subscribing and has offers for free downloads of music and videos. - [Read more]

This is the America Online site for music. Here users can find information about artists, see music videos, listen to songs, get news about the music world, internet radio, free downloads, and more. Users do not have to be AOL members. - [Read more]

This is Yahoo's music site. Users can download music, find out about artists, new recordings and videos, see videos, consult charts, access over 2 million songs, and more. - [Read more]

This website is the major source for downloads to Apple iPods, Macs, iPhones, and other Apple products. The site also contains information about all Apple products, including how to purchase refurbished iPods and other products. The music downloads include music, video, TV shows, and more. There is also information about using the products and how to download and news about new products. - [Read more]

On Jamendo artists distribute their music under Creative Commons licenses, which allows downloading, remixing, and sharing music for free. Users can listen to, download, and write reviews of the music. Writers and musicians are given an opportunity to have their music gain a wider audience. The website also contains blogs and news about new albums. - [Read more]

Live Daily: America's Concert Source, contains news in the music world and the latest podcasts. It also has reviews, interviews, a news blog, an MP3 blog, users can order tickets online, and forums. Users can also search by artist name. - [Read more]

M-Audio, founded in 1988, is a business unit of Avid Technologies, and is a leading provider of creative tools for computer-centric musicians and audio professionals. The website describes its products with illustrations, lists dealers, has an online store, specials, reviews of their products, information about support, and more. - [Read more]