Arts & Humanities: Music


  1. Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians UVA only
    Latest edition of the classic print reference work. Browse or search over 30,000 entries.

  2. Music in the Public Domain
    "reference site to help the ordinary person identify music and songs in the public domain" including a list of over 3,000 songs in the public domain.

  3. Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (TML)
    Search or browse the Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum (TML) "an evolving database of the entire corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance." From the Indiana University School of Music.

  4. Aria Database Index
    Listing of over 800 arias by nearly 40 composers. Search by aria name, composer, language, opera and voice part. Information includes character, setting, range, aria synopsis, vocal range, recordings, and midi file (if available).

  5. The Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
    Search for more than 6,500 folk songs by keyword, title or browse by keyword. More than half of the songs include midi sound files. From the Mudcat Cafe, a magazine dedicated to blues and folk music.

  6. Canadian Music Periodicals Index
    " ... database includes more than 25,000 entries indexed from 475 Canadian music journals, newsletters and magazines from the late nineteenth century to the present day." From the National Library of Canada.

  7. On-line Guitar Chord Dictionary
    Designed by Perry Roland at the Digitial Media & Music Center at UVa, this site includes a database of nearly 4,500 guitar chords. The database is fully searchable and results include both a chord diagram and a midi (sound) file.

  8. Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
    In-depth histories and photographs of nearly 50 musical instruments including the sacbut. From the Iowa State University-based Musica Antiqua.

  9. FestivalFinder
    Listings for nearly 1,500 music festivals in North America. Search by genre, location, performer, or date. Genres include alternative, blues, bluegrass, cajun & zydeco, classical, country, eclectic, folk, jazz, reggae & world music, rock, and others.

  10. Classical Net Guide to Composer Data & Works Lists
    Birth and death information on nearly 900 composers active since the late 15th century and works lists for 75 major figures.

  11. The Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
    Brought to you by Dr. Steven Estrella at Temple, this resource provides year of birth/death and nationality for everyone from Dufay to Borodin to Philip Glass. Searchable by historical period or by name.

  12. The Grammy's
    List of current nominees with printed interviews and links to quick-time interviews and performances.

  13. The Ultimate Band List
    Browse bands by name or genre. With links to web pages, newsgroups, lyrics, etc.

  14. Billboard.com
    Links to over 20 charts for "albums", "singles and airplay"", and "latin" categories. See also the "Chart Rewind" category with links to historical charts of 1, 5, and 10 years ago.

  15. Top 40 Singles and Albums in the UK
    From the BBC.

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