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(Brown University Library) "1,305 pieces of African-American sheet music..., includes many songs from the heyday of antebellum black face minstrelsy in the 1850s and from the abolitionist movement of the same period."

"Information on 475+ composers and 1250+ operas. Our goal is to provide links from each composer and opera to external web pages of interest. You can search by composer's name or opera title."

(Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress)

The official website for Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World, features the club's schedule, menu, CDs and a history of this important jazz landmark.

"Contains 145,000 song titles (mostly popular music) from 1,500 sheet music collections" (song books, magazines, etc.) & "indexes of the collections of the California Library System Reference Centers and some of the libraries in their systems."

"Indices of chants in selected manuscripts and early printed sources of the liturgical Office."

(Middle Tennessee State University). (Searchable databases for song books, sheet music and music trade catalogs held by the Center.)

Digitized images of the Chopin Early Editions collection at the University of Chicago.

("Information on important classical composers and their works.")

(Sorted by nationality and by date/year of birth/death. Includes composer timeline.)

"Directory of Music Faculties
"Directory of International Music Organizations

"Find classical music concerts anywhere in the U.S. and Canada."

(Duke University site)

"...Indexes derived from a database of musical information compiled from primary sources, covering the 250 years of the initial exploration and settlement of the United States." Over 75,000 entries sorted by text (titles, first lines, etc.) & by music incipits, with additional indexes of names and theater works."

(U. of Washington site)

"...Recognized as the leading general reference work on Canadian music...EMC aims to describe Canadas musical heritage and culture in all its breadth and depth..."

"The latest details on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America."

Select "Electronic Journal" from the pull-down menu and click Search.

A community orchestra established in 1986 featuring players from all walks of life who bring great music to audiences at affordable ticket prices. Information is provided for talented musicians looking to play with a community orchestra, people interested in volunteer work with a performing musical group, and music lovers in search of schedule information.

Digital images of 19th & early 20th century American sheet music at Duke University.

(Information on hymn tunes, hymnals, and hymn composers.) SEE ALSO link to The Cyber Hymnal (under Song Texts and Opera Librettos)

(U. of Pennsylvania site)

"The only electronic title for finding individual pieces of music printed in standard scholarly editions." (IPM is only available online and requires a subscription.)

Website of an organization which "builds awareness of women's contributions to musical life through its publications, website, international competitions, conferences and congresses, concert promotion, and presentation, and through its support of entrepreneurial and publishing activities, scholarly research and publications, broadcasts, educations initiatives, and advocacy work."

(Lewis Music Library at M.I.T.) "Popular songs and piano compositions that portray technologies (old and new alike) as revealed through song texts and/or cover art."

"The Ultimate Jazz Concert Calendar Guide for the U.S. and Canada"