Music: Online Resources

This resource examines and disseminates research pertaining to the life and music of Johannes Brahms. The site maintains a Brahms archive and a research center, the latter devoted to a listing of current research topics relevant to Brahms. Information on related links (including the Johannes Brahms WebSource) is provided.

An interdisciplinary group which is "...dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period," the ASECS site includes membership information and information on meetings, conferences, and seminars, as well as online book reviews and a list of publications. Affiliate societies, a graduate student caucus, and a women's caucus are featured.

The Arnold Schoenberg Center, provided in either German or English, includes an exhaustive amount of material on the seminal Viennese composer. Biographical and genealogical information, essays, paintings and photographs, information on the works (including a thematic and a chronological catalogue), a discography, bibliographical material, manuscripts, and personal writings are furnished. Exhibitions, archival and library holdings, historical clippings, research and publications, video and voice recordings, and music and recordings (the latter including music publisher's numbers) are also provided.

This site "...provides links to sites relevant to the teaching, study, and performance of poetic and musical works by Guillaume de Machaut." It includes scholarly essays, biographical material, and reference sources, and furnishes complete texts (with a few in translation) for his entire literary and musical oeuvre. Sound clips, discographies, and reviews have also been furnished.

This page is dedicated to "...the advancement of research about the life, works, historical context, and reception of Wolfgang Amade Mozart." Membership and meeting information, music events related to Mozart, and the performance, practice and study of related music, is furnished on the site. Information regarding additional North American Mozart societies is provided as well.

The premier professional organization for music libraries in the United States. This site includes information on administrative officers, awards and grants, committees, roundtables and interest groups, and publications. Links to the association's newsletter (published quarterly), copyright guidelines, and placement service, are provided.

Founded in 1974, the Royal Musical Association is one of the world's premiere musicological associations. Including among its members some of the most distinguished musicologists, composers, performers, and music theorists, the purpose of the RMA is to discuss and explore subjects pertaining to the art, science, and history of music. The RMA publishes annual proceedings, the Journal of the Royal Musical Association, specialized monographic series, the Research Chronicle, and a newsletter; additionally, the Association includes an archive of abstracts and reports on past conferences, a register of research students' dissertation topics, and information on becoming a member.

Scholarly inquiry into all aspects of music theory is provided. Music analysis, musicology, music composition, performance practice, computer-based analysis, cultural theory, film music, gender theory, ethnomusicology, music perception and cognition, music technology, music theory pedagogy, non-Western music, and popular music are just some of the topics covered.

The Society for Seventeenth Century Music is dedicated to the study and performance of seventeenth century music and related arts. The site includes a list of publications, related online resources, and links to doctoral dissertations relevant to the period.

This resource, emanating from Duke University, is well-organized and eclectic. Billing itself as the "World's most comprehensive collection of classical music links," DW3 (Duke World Wide Web) contains approximately 1,5000 web sites in over twelve languages. The site contains accurate and scholarly biographical and historical data on all musicological periods. Periods covered are medieval/Renaissance, baroque, classic, romantic, early twentieth century, and late twentieth century. There is also a link for women composers.

A resource devoted to one of the premier pianists of the twentieth century. Development by the National Library of Canada, this site is the official repository of all archival materials pertaining to Glenn Gould. Chronologies, bibliographies, audio archival tapes, and writings (written by and about Gould) are provided. The archive includes searchable databases of the National Library's Glenn Gould Papers. French and English versions of the site are furnished.

This site offers a significant collection of digitized nineteenth and early twentieth century American sheet music. Over 3,000 images are available. Works were published in the United States between 1850 and 1920. Searchable topics include subject content, illustration type, advertisements included in the sheet music, and date.

A resource devoted to perhaps the premier cellist of the twentieth century. This site provides biographical information, discographies, books and films, memorabilia, and several additional links. Particularly useful is the virtually exhaustive discography of Ms. Du Pre's often times flawless works; the catalog includes complete contents, label, and music publisher numbers for each of the recordings, as well as reviews of selected performances.

Archaeology, art, cartography, codicology, music, paleography, philosophy, and theology are just some of the subjects provided at this site devoted to medieval studies. A plethora of monographs, articles, journals, reviews, bibliographies, and information on professional organizations and scholarly publications are featured. Special topics include Arthurian studies, the Crusades (including maps), heraldry, medieval women, and the Vikings.

Part of the Institute for Greek and Latin at the University of Copenhagen, this site is devoted primarily to Byzantine chant. A significant collection of microfilms and photographs (searchable by library, signature, folia, text, provenance, and date) is available for researchers. Particularly useful is the inclusion of variorums.

One of the premiere international inventories of musical sources, this site includes graphical images of music incipits, a libretto database, a directory of over 5, 500 libraries, and a significant amount of bibliographic citations. The citations database includes a substantial number of thematic catalogues and secondary sources.

Covering virtually all aspects of humanities and humanities-related arenas of thought, this web resource provides users with a plethora of scholarly and informational links. Anthropology, art, history, literature, music, philosophy, religion, politics, science and women's studies barely scratch the surface of this extensive site. Useful features include a "New Links Suggested by Users" area and form, whereby users may suggest sites for possible inclusion.

The Indian Music Bibliography contains useful information on articles, books, music instruction, musical works, and video recordings pertaining to India. A glossary of terms specific to several genres of Indian music is included, as is information on purchasing various instruments (including descriptions and illustrations), concerts, and new and archived recordings. Segments on ragas, Indian notation, and exotic scales are included, as is information on composers, educators, instructors, and performers in the Indian and related traditions.

One of the most extensive bibliographies on tuning and temperament is included at this site. Links (included within the text for the individualized entries) are furnished for related topics, and entries are alphabetized by author and (when lacking) title. A "quick jump" grid is provided at he head of the page for ease of navigation. Publishers, additional links, and relevant periodicals are also included.

Bibliography and biographical resources on the premier female musician of the nineteenth century. Includes a list of compositions, a lengthy discography, and numerous links to sites detailing the accomplishments and influence of Clara Schumann. Chronologies, translations of her lieder, reviews, critical commentaries, and additional research tools are furnished.

Biographical information on one of the seminal musical figures of the early Renaissance. The site contains a partial (and impressive) discography at present; the hope is that it will become exhaustive in the future. The individual entries for recordings include additional links.

Established in 1983, the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies is an excellent starting point for anyone wishing to pursue scholarly Beethoven studies in North America. Manuscripts, documents, and first editions, as well as sketches autographs and ephemera are among the materials collated and organized at this site. One of the Center's greatest strengths is the Beethoven Bibliography Database, which includes monographs, articles from scholarly music and non-music journals, dissertations and theses, book reviews, recordings and scores, essays, and encyclopedia articles, as well as guides to Beethoven research such as thematic catalogs, biographies, and a works list.

A complete list of works written by the greatest composer of the English Renaissance is included at this site. An important feature is a link which includes virtually all of the keyboard music with accompanying MIDI files. Notes on the tuning system employed (quarter-comma meantone) are given, as are additional links to articles written by various scholars. An essay on the vocal music of Byrd is also provided.

The Dictionary of American Hymnology Project (DAH) provides data related to hymns and hymn writers as well as the history of congregational song in America. The site includes a bibliography of over 5,000 hymnals published in America. Includes an index of first lines of hymns composed between 1640 to 1978, with a supplementary index entailing 1978 to present.

The All Music Guide is one of the mos comprehensive resources of its kind. Virtually all types of music may be found here -- rock, country, jazz, classical, blues, world music, folk, bluegrass, rap, reggae, vocal, gospel, easy listening, and new age, among others. AMG offers "...reviews, biographies, ratings, images, titles, credits, and thousands of descriptive categories." One of the more useful features is the search bar, which allows the user to search by artist, album, style or recording label.