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

(Indiana University site)
"Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology-Online
International database for dissertations in musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology, and "related musical, scientific, and humanistic disciplines".
"Musical borrowing: an annotated bibliography
"Ultimate aim is to create a comprehensive, indexed, and annotated bibliography of published materials and theses relating to the use of existing music in the tradition of Western music."
"Saggi musicali italiani
"Focuses on the major treatises written in Italian... will eventually comprise all printed materials from the Renaissance to the present."
"Texts on Music in English from the Medieval and Early Modern Eras
"Focuses on major treatises written in English... will eventually comprise all relevant manuscript and printed materials written in English from the Middle Ages through the 17th century."
"Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum
"An evolving database of the entire corpus of Latin music theory written during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance."
"Traites francais sur la musique
"Focuses on major treatises written in French...will eventually comprise all relevant manuscript and printed materials written in French from the Middle Ages through the 19th century."

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

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

"...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."

"The purpose of Find A Gig is to point you towards resources that have job postings or career advice for musicians."

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

(from Major Orchestra Librarians' website)

(Orchestra homepages and concert schedules.)

"The purpose of this dictionary is to help American English-speaking persons pronounce the names of music composers, the titles of their compositions, and the names of artists who perform the music." Over 30,000 entries.

(RILM Abstracts Online database requires subscription.)

"An extraordinary collection of 138 priceless autograph manuscripts, sketches, engravers proofs, and first editions, which were donated to the School in February 2006 by Juilliard Board Chairman Bruce Kovner..."

"A non-profit database...which aims to provide composers, listeners, performers, and researchers with a source of information about the music of our time." Includes links to the home pages of hundreds of contemporary composers.

Search engine "which allows searching of databases containing musical themes or incipits".