- Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians UVA only
Latest edition of the classic
print reference work. Browse or search over 30,000 entries.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
-
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.
- 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.
-
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.
- The Grammy's
List of
current nominees with printed interviews and links to quick-time
interviews and performances.
- The
Ultimate Band List
Browse bands by name or genre. With links to
web pages, newsgroups, lyrics, etc.
- 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.
- Top 40 Singles
and
Albums in the UK
From the BBC.
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