Pollard Memorial Library

Music Webliography

General
• All Music Guide
• American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
• A-Z Lyrics Universe - Alphabetically indexed reference to more than 50,000 lyrics by over 1,500 artists.
• Billboard.com - A source of daily music news.
• BMI - An American performing rights organization.
• Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center
• Music Education Online - Find a music teacher, buy instruments and sheet music online.
• Music Newswire - A guide to music news on the web. Links to daily headlines from sites such as Billboard, MTV, VH-1, and more.
• Musicsearch.com
• New Music Box - The web magazine from the American Music Center.
• Songfacts - Trivia, facts, and song lyrics.
• Songfile - Search for song lyrics and music information.
• Welcome to Sharon's - Music research resource.
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
Classical Music
• Classical Net - Collectors' guide, reviews & articles, composers' data, and classical music links.
• Essentials of Music - An introduction to classical music.
• The Mozart Project - The life, times, and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Music History 102 - A guide to western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present.
• Operabase - A guide to opera houses, performances and festivals around the world.
Blues/Country/Ethnic/Folk/World Music
• Blues Net - Artists, readings, and links.
• Cybergrass - The original Internet bluegrass music magazine.
• FolkLib Index - A library of folk music links.
• Folkmusic.org - A comprehensive source for folk and acoustic music resources.
• FolkNet - Folk and acoustic music resource.
• Worldbeatplanet - Links to music from around the world.
Jazz
• Bigband Database
• Contemporary List Of Jazz Links - The biggest list of jazz links you've ever seen.
• InterJazz - Offers website hosting for musicians, directory, email, chat, mailing list, and more.
• Jazz Online
• Jazz Review - A source for jazz music on the web.
Opera
• Lowell Opera Company
Rock/Pop
• Artist Direct.com
• Dotmusic - Offers reviews, links, chat, and more.
• KickInTheHead - A comprehensive database for Canadian bands, music news, and more.
• Legacy Links - A resource with links to sixties rock artists' pages.
• Musicals.net - News, forums, synopsis and links.
• Pagan Rock Bands on the Web - Links to pagan bands which have a Web presence, including folk, gothic, progressive, and industrial.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• RockSite - A directory of rock and roll music.
• Rollingstone.com
• surfbands.com - Offers links to surfbands world-wide.
Selected Books at the Library
• The best big band songs ever - 784.5 B56
• The big book of love & wedding songs - 782.4215 BIG
• Broadway platinum : 100 favorite show tunes - 782.81 B86
• Campbell, Don G. The Mozart effect - 615.8 CAM
• Dance, Stanley. The world of swing - 785.42 D17a
• Gottlieb, Robert. Reading lyrics - 782.42164 REA
• Kavanaugh, Patrick. The music of angels : a listener's guide to sacred music from chant to christian rock - 781.71 KAV
• Marks, Kate. Circle of song : chants, and dances for ritual and celebration - 781.62 MAR
• The new ultimate country fake-book - 784.52 N53
• Plotkin, Fred. Classical music 101 - 781.68 PLO
• Pogue, David. Classical music for dummies - 781.68 POG
• Smith, Richard D. Bluegrass : an informal guide - 781.642 SMI
• Smith, Tim. The NPR curious listener's guide to classical music - 781.68 SMI
• Sutherland, Susan. Opera - 782.1 SUT
• Tirro, Frank. Jazz : a history - 781.57 T59