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Academic Search Premier - requires
activated PJC
Picture ID to search and read.
This ezine site focuses on the alternative musical world.
Billboard is a music
industry-oriented magazine.
Down Beat
This magazine focuses on Jazz
music.
This magazine focuses on Motion
Picture and Television music.
American
Federation of Musicians
American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
American
Music Therapy Association
American
Musicological Society
BMI is an American performing rights organization
National
Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
National Association for Music
Education
National
Music Publishers' Association
Biography
Resource Center - requires
activated activated PJC ID card to search and
read.
All Music Guide
This database
contains biographies on artists from a variety of styles of music. It can be
searched by artist, albums, songs, styles and labels.
World
Federation of International Music Competitions
StonaLink's
Music Competitions Database
AMS: American
Musicological Society
GMN: Global
Music Network Music - Open Directory Project Florida
State University School of Music Music School Search University of Florida School of Music CAIRSS for Music K-12
Resources for Music Educators Music
Teachers' National Association National
Association for Music Education
Internet
Broadway Database Musicals.net
Musicals
101.com
This site allows you to search by major and location.
is a bibliographic database useful for research in music education, psychology, therapy and other topics.
IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official
database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions
from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details include pertinent
people involved as well as interesting facts and production statistics.
Provides discussion forums, and (when available) songlists, synopses, links
to related resources, and other information for dozens of (mostly popular
Broadway) musicals. Search for information about South Pacific by using the
search box in the upper right.
The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film by John
Kenrick (Copyright 1996-2006) Information on South Pacific located here.
The
Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
The official web site of The Rodgers
& Hammerstein Organization, representing more than one hundred songwriters
and authors; dozens of stage musicals and concert works; and over 3000 songs.
Search for information about South Pacific by using the search box in the
lower right.
California Sheet Music
Project
Music for the Nation:
Library of Congress
Alternative
Music (About.com)
Guide
for Alternative music on About.com. Site gives a short synopsis of Alternative music and attemps to analyze the
different forms.
Alternate Music Press
This
site contains reviews and news for
music such as: acoustic, ambient, bluegrass, classical, Celtic,
electronica, world music, jazz, fusion, and avant garde.
Discography of New Age, Electronic, and
Ambient Music
This site contains a compilation of new age and electronic
music artists.
New Age Music
Contains
information about New Age artist.
New Age Music
Guide
This
site gives background information on New Age music. It contains information on
artist, new releases, styles and key albums.
About
Blues
Site contains information on blues history and artists.
Big
Bands Database Plus
A database
containing information on Big Bands.
The Blue Highway
Site has historical information on the blues and links other
blues sites
The Blues Foundation
An organization
whose goal is to perserve blues history. Sites contains information concerning
Hall of Fame inductees.
Blues Guide
Site explores
different Blues artist and styles. This site also has biographies on various
Blues artist.
The Blues/PBS
This is a companion website to PBS’s seven-part film series that discusses the history of the Blues.The site contains bibliographic resources and lesson plans.
Jazz:
A Film by Ken Burns
Site has biographical profiles and discographies of major
jazz musicians, a chronology of the development of jazz and related links.
Jazz Music Guide
This site is a
comprehensive guide on jazz artist. It
gives information on different styles, key artist, albums and new releases.
The
Jazz Review
Provides information resources on jazz news, biographies,
e-card other jazz links.
1Christian.Net
This site contains links to Christian
artist and radio stations.
All Gospel Music
Guide
This site has
information on artist, albums and new releases.
Gospel Singing.com
Contains links to
various styles of Gospel music
Gospelflava.com
A Gospel music magazine.
Southern Gospel Music Association
All Classical Guide
This site can be
searched by composer, and title of piece
or work. Site contains biographical information
Classical
Music
An article on
Classical music on About.com.
DW3:
Classical Music Resources
This site is
organized by historical periods. This site also has a wealth of other useful
music links.
Essentials of Music
This site is
divided by eras and composers. It also contains a glossary of music
terminology.
Academy of
Country Music Home Page
Country Music Association (CMA)
The Elements: Your One Stop for Hip Hop
and Rap Music
Hip-Hop (Open Directory
Project)
Cajun/Zydeco
Anything Southern:
Cajun and Zydeco
Contains links to
web sites.
A Brief History of
Cajun, Creole and ZydecoMusic
Cajun French Music Association
This site
contaions information on the history of Cajun music.
Offbeat
Offbeat is a New
Orleans and Louisiana's
music and entertainment magazine.
Electronic/Techno
Center for Research in
Electronic Art Technology
Center for Electronic and Computer
Music (Univ. of Indiana)
Electronic Music Historical
Overview
Electronic Musical Instruments:
1870-1990
Electronic Music Interactive -- Requires
Shockwave
RaveHouse
Techno: Techno Music News (About.com)
Latin
Glossary of Latin
Music Terms (Der Salsaholic)
Latin American Music Center
(Indiana Univ.)
Marching Band
American School Band Director’s Association
Metal
Association for the
Promotion of Heavy Metal Music
World/Folk
Cora Connection: the Manding Music
Traditions of West Africa
Dirty
Linen: The Magazine of Folk and World Music
English folk and
traditional music on the Internet
Ethnomusicology
(University of Washington)
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