Music and Orchestra
Classical Music Pages: Composers Index- an alphabetical listing of composers.
Classical Net: Composer- an alphabetical listing of composers in this site's database with information that may include a biography, recommended works, recommended recordings, and other related reviews and articles.
this site contains information, snippets of music, opinions, recommendations of pieces, and more.
Gander Academy: Composers- includes links to various sites about the main classical composers.
Living Composers Project- information on today's composers as provided by the composers themselves.
Music Libraries: Composers- this page is sponsored by the University of Washington and contains an alphabetical list of various composers.
The Russian Five-a brief description of the five Russian composers.
Russian Nationalism in Music- an essay about the Russian Five.
William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music: Composers- this alphabetical listing of links to various composers and other sites with information about composers.
Music History
Classical Musical Pages: Musical Epochs- includes information about the major musical periods.
Music History 102- this site is sponsored by the Internet Public Library and contains brief descriptions of each of the periods in music history.
Music Notes: Music History- history of music from the Medieval times to the 20th Century.
My Sound of Music: Music History- contains information about various periods in music history and genres of music.
Yahoo.com's Music History- this site has links to various sites that deal with the different genre's found in music (i.e. country, classical, jazz, and more).
Music History Timeline- contains the history of music in a timeline format.
Instruments
Guide to Symphony Orchestra Instruments- includes history of the symphony orchestra, history and description of the instruments, and more.
Instrument Encyclopedia- Developed in cooperation with the University of Michigan School of Information and University of Michigan School of Music.
Music Room: Instruments- includes information about the instrumental families.
Music Notes: Musical Instrumentals- this site contains information about instruments that can be played in an orchestra or a band.
Play Music.org- looks at the different instruments in a symphony and more.
Viola da Gamba Society of America- includes information about the instrument and more.
Yahoo!: Music Instruments- a list of sites that lead to information about various instruments.
Styles and Forms
Blue Highway- collection of biographical information, essays, and more about the history of the blues.
Boogie Woogie- information about this genre from the History of Rock and Roll site.
Boogie Woogie Articles- links to seven articles about Boogie Woogie.
Boogie Woogie Touch- history of the boogie woogie era.
Brief History of Singing by John Koopman- included is the development of Opera and the standardization of Opera.
Golden Age of Jazz- this site has links to other sites and links to information about the history of jazz.
Jazz Roots- contains information about the history of early jazz.
Metropolitan Opera- contains links to stories of the operas and history of the met.
Music Room- contains links to information about history of music, nationalims in music, genres in music, and more.
My Sound of Music: Music History- contains information about various periods in music history and genres of music.
Red Hot Jazz Archive- contains information about jazz history before 1930.
Short Blues History- from the History of Rock and Roll site
Smithsonian Jazz- intended to preserve and promote Jazz music.
Sounds of the South: Boogie Woogie- briefly discusses the Boogie Woogie style.
Sounds of the South: Ragtime- briefly discusses the Ragtime style.
The Styles of Jazz: Ragtime- includes information about the history, composers, influence, and important dates associated with ragtime.
Yahoo!: Blues- list of sites that contain information about the Blues
Miscellaneous
Borodin- this biographical site includes information about the Polovtsian Dance and the Russia Five.
Classical Music Pages: Minuet- discusses the musical form of the minuet.
Lesson Tutor: Antonio Vivaldi- includes information about Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and "Gloria."
Minuet- contains the history of the minuet and other information pertaining to the topic.
Musicals.Net- a list of links to various brief musical descriptions.
Musicals 101- includes information about the history of musicals, how they are made, and more.
Nationalism in Music- an excerpt from Milestones of the Millennium.
Last Updated: 02/07/05
Kristina McGlaun, Librarian
Jackson Creek Middle School
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