Library
Web Reference Sites
Music
The
All Music Guide: Current music information database.
BBC Music: Music news, history,
profiles and much more about every genre of music.
Eric Weisstein’s Treasure Trove
of Music: Online music encyclopedia.
Glossary of Rhythm and Meter
Multimedia Music Dictionary: From Virginia Tech
Music Notes: Describes musical theory, history, styles, professions and
instruments.
Online Music Dictionary
Baroque Music: Information on composers and instruments.
Classical.net: Information on composers, classical CDs, reviews and more.
Essentials of Music: Whether you're a casual listener or a serious music
student, here’s the site for basic information about classical music.
Karadar Classical Music: Broad selection of classical music resources including
composers’ biographies, opera librettos, photo gallery, MP3 archive, and much
more.
The Mozart Project: The live, times, and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
along with other Mozart resources on the Internet.
Online Music Encyclopedia
The Symphony: An Interactive
Guide: Composers, symphonies, forms, orchestra, etc.
Billboard
Country Charts
Country Music Hall of Fame
History of Country Music
All About
Jazz: Information and opinion about jazz from the
past, present, and future.
Jazz Glossary
Jazz Glossary Plus: Glossary plus bios, lessons, and more.
Ken Burns’ Jazz: Companion site to the documentary, with lots of biographies,
histories, and more.
OperaGlass: Here you can get detailed information, including libretti,
source text, performance histories, synopses, and discographies,
plus pictures, background information, and more.
OperaResource.com: Your complete resource for all things opera-related.
Billboard Online: Search for artists, get this weeks' Hot 100, find out what
songs charted in past years, and more.
Hip Hop Dictionary
The History of Rock and Roll
The Rap Dictionary
Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame and Museum
African Music Encyclopedia
CNET Music Center: Site helps users learn about and use digital music technology
effectively.
Encyclopedia of Music in Canada - This electronic version of the Second Edition
of The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1992) is designed to enable musicians,
music scholars, students, and music lovers globally to have immediate access
to information about music in Canada.
Encyclopedia of Traditional Celtic Music
Historic American Sheet Music: The Historic American Sheet Music Project
provides access to digital images of 3,042 pieces from the Duke University manuscript
collection, published in the United States between 1850 and 1920.
LyricFind.com: Searchable database of over 25,000 lyrics.
Musical Instrument
Encyclopedia: Features musical instruments from around the world.
Public Domain Music: MIDI files, and text
files of their lyrics, created by Benjamin Robert Tubb
based on original sheet music sources.
World Anthem Database: Lyrics to the anthems of countries.
