Music
Also on this page: Classical music | World, folk and jazz | Popular music | Music education & theory | Music business | Collections
Key links
Oxford Music Online [24/7]
Huge music resource from Oxford University Press, incorporating the New Grove Dictionaries of Music & Musicians, Jazz, and Opera; and Colin Larkin's Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Naxos Music Library [24/7]
Listen to over 57,000 CDs, including the whole Naxos catalogue. Classical, jazz, nostalgia, world and pop. Read sleeve notes, glossaries and libretti, exam texts and fun stuff for kids.
Oxford Reference Online [24/7]
The music section from Oxford's great online reference resource.
Music Reference Online [24/7]
Music reference resources from Alexander Street Press, including Classical Music Reference Library, Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, African American Music Reference, and Classical Scores Library.
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Westminster Music Library
Music scores and a wealth of information available to the public. You can search the library's holdings of sheet music using the Song Index or the Catalogue of Orchestral Sets
International Index to Music Periodicals [24/7]
Indexing and abstracts for several music journals and magazines plus some full-text articles.
Music homework? See Webtastic!
Making Music
Find a community music group to join, or a concert to attend.
allmusic
Search for music by artists, albums, songs, styles or labels.
Classical music
Classical Net
Index of composers and works. Basic repertoire of recordings, reviews, articles and links to other classical music sites.
MusicRoom
Commercial site claiming to have "the world's best selection of sheet music, books about music, tuition books, music software, and instruments & accessories".
The Gramophone
Complete searchable and browseable archive of The Gramophone magazine since its start in 1923. There is a time lag before the current edition is available to non-subscribers.
Operabase
Reviews and guides to performances, guide to composers and works, and links to other opera resources.
World, folk and jazz
Garland Encyclopedia of World Music [24/7]
Comprehensive encyclopedia devoted to musical traditions from around the World.
Contemplator
Words and music (tunes on midi files) for 100s of folk songs from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America.
English folk and traditional music
A very long list of useful weblinks relating to English folk music.
World music
News, background a samples of world music, including Rough Guide introductions. Also an extensive online network of musicians and the music trade.
Songlines
Online content from Songlines magazine, covering world music, festivals and events, with good coverage of British and Irish folk.
New to Jazz
An introduction to the world of Jazz, explaining just what Jazz is and providing a bit of history from the AllAboutJazz website.
Popular music
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
The most comprehensive encyclopedia of popular music, featuring star ratings for individual song collections.
Launch!
UK music charts, news and reviews from Yahoo.
Q magazine
Music news from the popular magazine.
Sold on Song
BBC Radio 2 website, with tips on songwriting, guides to genres of pop music, and the history (with streaming audio) of the Top 100 pop songs.
Everyhit
Find out what singles and albums were hits and when: search by artist, keyword or date.
Musicals 101
The 'cyber encyclopedia of musical theatre, TV and film.
Music education & theory
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Lots of information on music examinations, and useful music links.
Music Teachers
Search for music teachers in the UK. This site also includes a range of educational resources (: downloadable manuscript paper, exam board notes).
Music gateway
From the BUBL higher education information service.
Music business
Musiclink
Large selection of links to a range of resources and companies related to the UK music industry. With musician's resources and industry information.
Music collections
Cecilia
A guide to music collections in archives, libraries and museums in the UK and Ireland.
Encore
A catalogue of orchestral sets of performance music in UK Libraries. Includes the collection held by Westminster Music Library.
Not quite what you were looking for? See also:
Biography for famous people and fan club sites
Stage & screen for other performing arts information
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