Business & careers
Careers in Music

http://www.berklee.edu/careers/
Excellent site by the Berklee School of Music about career options in the music industry. Describes jobs for a wide variety of skills, supplemented by interviews of Berklee alumni in each job category, with lists of books about the music business and links to related associations.

The Music Biz Academy

http://www.musicbizacademy.com/
Music promotion tips, articles, industry news, legal aspects of music, and more for musicians interested in promoting their music on the internet.

Choral music
Aria Database

http://www.aria-database.com/
Search for arias by title words, composer, operatic role, or name of the opera. Includes translations and aria texts of most arias, plus sound files.

ChoralNet

http://www.choralnet.org/
Comprehensive reference for choral music, for locating scores, publishers, recordings, and other information.

The Lied and Song Texts Page

http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/
A database of song texts: search by composer, poet, title, or first line.

Composers
American Composers Alliance

http://www.composers.com/
The American Composers Alliance is a membership organization serving over 200 professional American composers of concert music. The ACA was founded in 1937 by Aaron Copland. ACA will publish any work submitted by a member of ACA, and the composer retains the copyright. ACA's collection of master scores and parts is now housed at the University of Maryland Performing Arts Library.

American Composers Forum

http://www.composersforum.org/
The American Composers Forum is committed to supporting composers and developing new markets for their music. Through granting, commissioning, and performance programs, the Forum provides composers at all stages of their careers with valuable resources for professional and artistic development.

Asian CultureLink

http://www.asianculturelink.net/
Asian composers, musicians and ensembles, linking to biographies, sound files, email addresses, and artists' web sites.

Composers Anniversary Dates

http://www.musicanet.org/en/annivgb1.htm
List for 2006 of birthdays of composers, in two lists, by birth and death dates.

Classical Composers Archive

http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
Biography and images of composers organized by nationality and birth year. Includes a timeline of composers, Pulitzer prize winners in music, and a calendar to find music events by date.

Classical Music Composers List

http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html
Alphabetical list of composers, organized by the Indiana University School of Music.

Composers Obituary Index

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/music/mla/necrology/
Biographical information about composers, keyed to music reference works.

Dictionary of African Composers

http://www.africancomposers.co.za/Aficomp/Index.html
A-Z list of composers born in Africa, with available biographical information, lists of works, and photographs.

Latin American Music Center

http://www.music.indiana.edu/som/lamc/
Based upon a collection at Indiana University, the Latin American Music Center web site is useful for Latin American composers of all genres of music, with links to related sources.

Women Composers

http://www.iawm.org/
A resource developed by the International Alliance for Women in Music.

Women Composers Database

http://www.kapralova.org/DATABASE.htm
Search by name of composer for biographical information. This site also includes lists of recordings.

Copyright & music publishers
Music Copyright Guide

http://www.multcolib.org/guides/copyright/
Multnomah County Library music copyright guide: includes bibliography of books in the Multnomah County Library, copyright news, how to copyright music, a directory of publishers and music rental sources, and more.

Music Library Association Copyright Guide

http://www.lib.jmu.edu/Org/MLA/
Copyright and fair use guide developed by librarians from the Music Library Association.

Copyright registration - performing arts

http://www.copyright.gov/register/performing.html
Registration forms for music, etc. from the US Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Public Domain Chart

http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
How to know when music is in the public domain.

Film music
Classical music used in films

http://www.naxos.com/musicinmovies.asp?letter=A
An extensive list organized by film title, linking to sound files and CD information.

Music from the Movies

http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/
News, reviews, film composers.

Folk music
Border Cultures: Conjunto Music

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/index.html
Introduction to the conjunto musical style of the Mexico/United States border region: its history, cultural significance, and artistry.

Folk Music Index

http://www.ibiblio.org/folkindex/
Extensive index of folk music recordings, books and scores. Search by names and keywords for song titles on recordings. Cross indexed to sources and title variations to trace song histories.

Folk World: Online Music Magazine

http://www.folkworld.de/31/e/index.html#up
European folk music journal, with articles and CD reviews, for online issues. Search archives of past issues by keyword for names of musicians, groups, types of music, instruments. See also F.R.O.G. (Folk and Roots Online Guide) for music organized by country, followed by lists of festivals, clubs, and instrument makers.

Tejano Artist Directory

http://www.ondanet.com/tejano/artists/
Search by name of musician for biography, sound files, contact and booking info.

Jazz & blues
All About Jazz

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/
Online jazz magazine: cd reviews, articles about jazz, videos, and audio.

The Blues Foundation

http://www.blues.org/
This foundation sponsors blues events, hosts an online blues radio show, and features current events and information about blues music and musicians. This site also includes a history of women blues musicians.

JazzCorner.com

http://www.jazzcorner.com
Discussion forums, reviews of recordings, sites for jazz musicians, podcasts, and news.

Downbeat.com

http://www.downbeat.com/
Downbeat Magazine's internet site.

Music history: American Music
African American Music

http://www.multcolib.org/guides/black_music/
Multnomah County Library guide to recent books and videos in the Library's collections, plus websites about the history of African American music in the US.

Alan Lomax 1915-2002

http://www.alan-lomax.com/
Web site about the life and work of Alan Lomax.

American Variety Stage

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshome.html
American Memory multimedia collection with audio files of Edison recordings of popular music and vaudeville songs--including well-known favorites from the Civil War and World War I.

The Blue Highway

http://www.thebluehighway.com/
The history of blues music.

I.W.W. Songs: To Fan the Flames of Discontent

http://www.angelfire.com/nj3/RonMBaseman/songbk.htm
Lyrics only for the 19th edition of this songbook, published in 1923.

Lomax Southern Mosaic - American Memory Project - Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/lohtml/lohome.html
The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip.

The Louis Armstrong Online Exhibit

http://www.satchmo.net/
Photographs from the Louis Armstrong Archives.

New World Records

http://www.newworldrecords.org/index.shtml
Founded with a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation with a mandate to produce a 100-disc anthology of American music encompassing the broadest possible spectrum of musical genres. This set of recordings, together with their extensive liner notes, provides a core curriculum in American music and American studies. The liner notes for these recordings include interviews and fascinating essays about American composers and music.

NPR 100

http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100.html
Based upon votes by NPR audiences, the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century, from a wide variety of genres -- classical, jazz, rock'n'roll, country, R&B, musical theatre and film scores. Audio files and related NPR stories.

The Red Hot Jazz Archive: A History of Jazz before 1930

http://www.redhotjazz.com/
Biography, photographs, and recordings of jazz musicians.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

http://www.folkways.si.edu/search/AdvancedSearch.aspx
Search the Smithsonian Folkways Collection by genre, title, artist name, track title, country of origin or other terms.

This Land is Your Land: Rural Music and the Depression

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/RADIO/c_w/cw-front.html
This site explores the evolution of traditional rural music into the commercial genre of Country & Western in the context of the Depression. It is intended to offer a look at the creation of a marketable product, the diverging trends that sprang from similar origins, and the music's appeal in a time of hardship. Created by the American Studies Division of the University of Virginia.

Trail of the Hellhound: Delta Blues in the Lower Mississippi Valley

http://www.cr.nps.gov/delta/blues/
Tour with photographs, about the bluesmen and blueswomen who created a rich legacy of American music.

Music history: Ancient - Baroque
Cantus

http://publish.uwo.ca/~cantus/
Online inventory of medieval liturgical chants from manuscript sources.

Early Music FAQ

http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/
Composers, performers, publishers, and music history for Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music.

Music history: 19th century
International Mozart Foundation

http://www.mozarteum.at/
The International Mozarteum Foundation, founded in 1880 by citizens of the city of Salzburg, celebrates the year Mozart's birth with historical background, museums, and events for Mozart's life and music.

The Mozart Project

http://www.mozartproject.org/
A site edited by Mozart scholars that lists all of Mozart's works, an illustrated biography, essays to read online, links to events for the anniversary year of Mozart's birth, plus selections of books.

NPR: Celebrating Mozart's Birthday in Salzburg

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5009844
National Public Radio weekly series of commentaries, stories and musical tributes to the classical composer, with musical excerpts, images, recommendations for recordings, and more.

Music history: 20th century
NewMusicBox

http://www.newmusicbox.org/
Quarterly online Web magazine about all aspects of American music, from the American Music Center in NYC. Each journal features new interviews of American composers, video and audio clips, and current news about music and musicians. Includes an archive of all issues.

Classical Net: 20th Century Works List

http://www.classical.net/music/rep/lists/20th.php
List of significant 20th century composers and their major works, linking to biographies and photographs of the composers.

Serial music

http://www.sci.wsu.edu/math/Lessons/Music/
Tutorial for 12 tone music, developed at Washington State University.

Musical instruments
Musical Instruments Electronic Picture Gallery

http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ucjl.html#ucjm
The Edinburgh University Collection of historic musical instruments, including folk instruments worldwide.

Musical Heritage Network: Instrument Encyclopedia

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Short essays with photographs and bibliographies.

Musical Instrument Museum

http://www.usd.edu/smm/
The National Music Museum, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, includes more than 13,500 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods. This site is particularly good for photographs of many examples of musical instruments.

The Sounds of the Orchestra

http://www.concertgoersguide.org/onstage/audios.php
Listen to the sounds of the symphony orchestra: musical samples played by musicians of the Oregon Symphony. Select the names of the musical instruments to hear the audio files.

Operas & musicals
Musical Cast Album Database

http://www.castalbumdb.com/
Online index of musicals; search by musical titles, composers, lyricists, book authors, artists, conductors and songs. Over 20,000 songs listed. Includes record album covers when available and song track listings.

Northwest Opera Schedules

http://www.scn.org/arts/nwopera/
Schedules for opera companies in the Northwest.

Operabase

http://www.operabase.com/
International site for opera schedules and reviews; touring schedules for singers; historical background of composers and works.

OperaGlass

http://operetta.stanford.edu/main.html
Opera plot summaries, performance notes, discographies, and reviews.

Opera Net

http://www.culturekiosque.com/opera/
Opera reviews are featured in this online journal.

Popular music
allmusic.com

http://www.allmusic.com
A music encyclopedia; use to identify musicians and recordings for specific types of music.

Billboard.com

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/index.jsp
Online version of Billboard magazine: popular music news, previews/reviews of new CDs, album charts, rankings for music-related activity on the internet, including sales, downloads, webcasts, and more.

Harmony Central

http://www.harmony-central.com/
For rock music: guitar tablature, musical instruments, and other information.

Popular Music in Portland: Cascadelink

http://www.cascadelink.org/fun/mus.html
Multnomah County Library CascadeLink list of concerts, radio stations, and local music events.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

http://www.rockhall.com/
The Cleveland Museum site with online exhibits on the history of Rock and Roll.

Radio/podcasts
BBC Radio 3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/
Explore BBC radio selections of music; subscribe to the BBC R3 newsletter and send comments to the message board.

Creative Commons Music Podcast Directory

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Music_Podcasts
A list of music podcasts featuring exclusively CC licensed music.

Pandora

http://www.pandora.com
Type the name of a group or musician you like to find others that are similar in style; created by the Music Genome Project

PublicRadioFan.com

http://www.publicradiofan.com/
PublicRadioFan.com features program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones. Search for what's on right now, podcast directories, type of music, and other categories.

Reference & music theory
Classicalmanac

http://www.classicalmanac.com/
A glance of what was going on in classical music history for each day of the year. Birth and death dates of composers and performers and first performances of famous works.

Encyclopedia of Microtonal Music Theory

http://tonalsoft.com/enc/encyclopedia.aspx
A-Z index of music theory terms and concepts.

Interactive Circle of Fifths

http://randscullard.com/CircleOfFifths/
The Interactive Circle of Fifths is a tool designed to help musicians figure out the key of a piece of music, easily transpose music to a different key, compose new music, and understand key signatures, scales, and modes.

Introduction to Reading Music

http://datadragon.com/education/reading/
Clearly written and useful guide for learning how to read music. For more on this subject, see: How to read music : the fundamentals of music notation made easy, by Roger Evans ( 780.148 E92h 1978 ) and other books at Multnomah County Central Library.

Key signature terms in French, German, Italian, and Spanish

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/keylang.htm
A useful chart for translations.

Music Staff Paper

http://people.virginia.edu/~pdr4h/musicpaper/
Print out blank staff paper based upon combinations of instruments, vocal/piano, or solo piano.

Musical Intervals Tutor

http://www.musicalintervalstutor.com/
The Musical Intervals Tutor is a study aid to help you learn the sounds of the basic music intervals from minor second to perfect octave.

Musictheory.net

http://www.musictheory.net/
Flash-based piano tutorials for learning about music theory with quizzes for scales, chords and other terms.

Musical Borrowing: An Annotated Bibliography

http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/borrowing/
A listing of the reworking of one or more particular musical works in new compositions, both classical and popular music.

Musical Instrument Terminology

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/instname.htm
The names of musical instruments and voices in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.

Pulitzer Prize in Music 1943-2001

http://www.american.edu/heintze/Pul1.htm
List of past winners and historical background of the Pulizer Prize.

The Symphony Orchestra

http://library.thinkquest.org/22673/orchestra.html
Chart layout of the arrangement of the modern symphonic orchestra, linking to short essays about each instrument, with illustrations and sound files.

Song indexes
ASCAP ACE Song Database: American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

http://www.ascap.com/ace/ACE.html
Search ASCAP's song database by title, writer, performer, or publisher. Both ASCAP and BMI list contact information for publishers for permissions/licensing of recordings.

BMI: Broadcast Music

http://bmi.com/
Search by song title or song writer, with writer and publisher information for songs licensed by BMI.

Supplies and Buyers' Guides
Early String Instrument Businesses

http://earlymusichicago.org/businesses_strings.htm
Excellent list from Early Music Chicago for stringed instrument sources and accessories.

World music
African Music Encyclopedia

http://africanmusic.org/
Contemporary African musicians and music guide.

African Musicians Profiles

http://www.africanmusiciansprofiles.com/
Profiles of musicians, sources for books, recordings and tour information.

Ceolas: Celtic Music on the Internet

http://www.ceolas.org/ceolas.html
Celtic music in the US and Canada. Tunes & songs online, instrument links, books, music festivals and concert schedules.

Ethnic and National Music

http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/ethnic.html
Indiana University Library's extensive site for international music.

festivals.com

http://www.festivals.com/
International music festival guide; search by title or location.

Global Rhythm

http://www.globalrhythm.net/
An online magazine featuring world music festivals, concerts, world music downloads plus music reviews from Africa, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East.

Latin American Network Information Center: Music

http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/music/
Sources for Latin American music information, organized by country.

Rootsworld

http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/
An online magazine of world music CD reviews, interviews, and music files; search by name of musical group, instrument, and country of origin.

World Music Central

http://worldmusiccentral.org/
World music news, CD and concert reviews, articles, an events calendar, and resources for music fans, industry professionals and researchers. This site includes traditional and contemporary folk and roots music worldwide, as well as cross-cultural fusions and hybrids.