Wayne G. Basler Library: Music: Internet Resources

Recommended Sites & Pages

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) From the site: "BMI is the bridge between songwriters and the businesses and organizations that want to play their music publicly. As a global leader in music rights management, BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music, representing more than 10.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 700,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers."
Folk Music of Britain, Ireland, and America
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
Keeping Score
Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music
Musicals 101
Popular Songs in American History
The NPR 100:The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century
OnMusic Dictionary
Virtuosos Playlist from TED Talks
Music Theory
Open Music Theory - textbook
Music TED Talks
Understanding Basic Music Theory - open access textbook
Sound Reasoning - Open Source Textbook The text offers a new approach to music appreciation for adults, focusing on style-independent concepts. While the course concentrates primarily on Western classical and modern music, the concepts that are introduced apply to music of any style or era. The goal of this text is to equip you with questions that you may ask of any piece of music, thereby creating a richer and more comprehensive understanding of music both familiar and unfamiliar. Here are some additional features of the text. 1) This text is completely listening based. No ability to read music is required. 2) The course assumes little or no musical background. A minimum of terminology is invoked. 3) Musical examples are interpolated directly into the text. 4) The course is interactive. A “listening gallery” with exercises follows each module, so that you may practice and refine your listening skills. This text is designed as both a stand-alone, self-paced course as well as a supplement to existing university classes.
Music 101 - open access textbook
IMSLP:Petrucci Music Library
Hymnary
The LiederNet Archive
teoría : Music Theory Web
The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America
Europeana: Music
The Global Jukebox
ITMA - Irish Traditional Music Archive
A Practical Approach to Understanding Music Theory - an Open textbook A Practical Approach to Understanding Music Theory is a textbook designed for the non-music performance major or music business/audio engineer who needs to professionally interface with musicians without needing to write or compose music.