Music Links

Conducting

Choral

• Choral Conducting Terms
• Choral Net

General

• Conducting Practice Techniques
• Music Conducting: Classroom Activities

Instrumental

• Internet Resources for Wind Band Conductors
• Resources for Wind Band Conductors

Theory

Analysis

• Chord Functions for Musical Analysis
• Shenkerian Analysis

Composition

• Gems of Compositional Wisdom

Counterpoint

• Principles of Counterpoint

Rhythm

• Rhythm Exercises

Ethnic and Folk Music

• Center for Black Music Research
• Ceolas Celtic Music Archive
• Digital Library of Appalachia: Appalachian Music
• Ethnomusicology, Folk Music, and World Music
• Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and America
• Negro Spirituals
• Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals 1938-1943
• Omaha Indian Music

Fundamentals and Techniques

Brass

• Brass Instruments Fingering Charts
• Brass Methods Resource Page

Percussion

• Drum Rudiments
• Percussion Information
• Percussion Instruments

Strings

• The String Pedagogy Notebook

Voice

• Choral Concepts: Diction
• The Diction Domain
• Vocal Scales
• Vocal Singing Exercises for Singers

Woodwinds

• Woodwind Fingering Guide
• Woodwind Fundementals

Jazz

Bebop

• The Cult of Bebop
• Jazz Resource Library Style Sheets: Bebop

Big Band

• Big Band And Jazz Hall of Fame
• The Origins of Big Band Music

Blues

• Comparison of Rural and Classic Blues Styles

Dixieland

• Jazz Resource Library Style Sheets: Dixieland

Improvisation

• A Jazz Improvisation Primer
• Jazz Improvisation Course
• A Passion for Jazz: Jazz Improvisation

Latin

• Latin Jazz Network

Swing

• Jazz Resource Library Style Sheets: The Swing Era
• Swing Music Net

Other Resources

• America's Jazz Heritage
• A Passion for Jazz!
• Red Hot Jazz Archive
• What Is Jazz?

Music Criticism and Reviews

• AllMusic
• Gramophone

Music Education

K-12

• ArtsWork: Music Education Sites
• K-12 Resources for Music Educators
• Music Education Online
• Music Education Webpage
• National Association for Music Education

Elementary

• Elementary Education Resources: Music
• Lesson Plans Page: Music Lesson Plans

Secondary

• ArtWorks: Music Curriculum: High School
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Programs for Teachers
• Secondary Education Music Education Resources

Music General Resources

• AllMusic Guide
• Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums
• Blank Sheet Music: Printable Sheet Music
• Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
• FestivalFinder
• Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians
• I Hear America Singing
• Librarians Index to the Internet: Music
• Pianopedia
• Sibelius Academy: Music Resources
• Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary
• Voice of the Shuttle
• Web Resources for Research in Music
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
• WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists

Music History

Composers

• Aaron Copland Collection
• Bach Organ Works (downloadable sound recordings)
• Classical Composers Database
• Composer Master Index
• Digital Mozart Edition
• G. Schirmer, Inc.
• Leonard Bernstein Collection
• Individual Composers

General Resources

• American Choral Music, 1870-1923
• Essentials of Music
• Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and Their Music

Musical Eras

Middle Ages (450-1450)

• Essentials of Music: Middles Ages
• The Gregorian Association
• Gregorian Chant Association
• Gregorian Chant Homepage

Renaissance (1450-1600)

• Essentials of Music: Renaissance

Baroque (1600-1750)

• Essentials of Music: Baroque

Classical (1750-1825)

• Essentials of Music: Classical

Romantic (1825-1900)

• Essentials of Music: Romantic

Twentieth Century (1900-present)

• Essential of Music: Twentieth Century

Russian Orthodox Music of the 19th and 20th Century

• Orthodox Music Resources
• Russian Church Music

Musical Instruments

• Casavant Freres
• Librarian's Index to the Internet: Musical Instruments
• Organ Historical Society Pipe Organ Database

Musical Theatre

Opera

• The Aria Database
• Opera Glass

Organizations

• American Choral Directors Association
• American Federation of Musicians
  • American Federation of Musicians: Clarksburg, WV Local
• American Guild of Organists
• American Music Therapy Assocation
• American Musical Instrument Society
• American Musicological Society
• American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
• American Symphony Orchestra League
• Center for the History of Music Theory and Literature
• College Music Society
• Historic Brass Society
• International Association of Jazz Education
• Music Educators National Conference
• Music Publishers Association
• Music Teachers National Assocation
• National Band Association
• Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society
• Organ Historical Society
• Renaissance and Baroque Society of Pittsburgh
• Society for American Music (Sonneck Society)
• Society for Electro-Acoustic Music
• Society for Ethnomusicology

Popular Music

• Archives of Contemporary Music
• Billboard Music Charts
• Experience Music Project
• MTV Online
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Sheet Music/Lyrics/Scores

• A-Z Lyrics Universe
• Digital Scores Collection
• Historic American Sheet Music
• J. S. Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary
• The Lied and Art Songs Texts Page
• The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
• Mutopia Project
• RockWisdom

West Virginia Resources

• Augusta Heritage Center
• Carnegie Hall
• Choral Music in West Virginia
• The Clay Center
• Morgantown and West Virginia Music Sites
• Mountain Stage
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (not really WV, but the closest major symphony)
• Tending the Commons: Folklife and Landscape in Southern West Virginia
• West Virginia Collection, WVU Libraries, Folk Music recordings
• West Virginia Music Educators Association
• "West Virginia Hills"
• West Virginia Public Broadcasting
• West Virginia Symphony
• Capital Music Hall/Jamboree In the Hills

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