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Free Internet Resources

A very brief listing of (mostly) free online tools

Contents

Composer Dates
Festivals
Lyrics
Music Publishers
Music Sources
Sheet Music Collections
Themes and Tunes

Composer Dates

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Library Resource)
• Classical Composers Database
• Grove Music Online (Library Resource)
• Necrology Database (Washington University)

Festivals

• Festival Finder
• Musical America Directory
• Summer Festivals List: UIUC College of Fine and Applied Arts Career Services Office

Lyrics 

• Aria Database
• Lied and Song Texts Page
• Negro Spirituals

Music Publishers

• AcqWeb List
• Harrassowitz (see Reference Librarian for user name and password)
• Music Publishers Association
• Musical America

Music Sources

• Arkivmusic.com
• Used CD and LPs Sources

Online Sheet Music Collections

Classical/Art Music

• American Choral Music (LC)
• Choral Public Domain Library
• International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Sibley Digital Scores
• Juilliard Manuscripts

Specific Composers

• Bach Gesellschaft edition available through IMSLP (above)
• Händel scores online (via IMSLP)
• Mozart scores online

Historic Popular Song (may contain some art music)

• U of I's U.S. Sheet Music Collection
• Performing Arts Encyclopedia (Library of Congress)[including The March King: John Philip Sousa and much more]
• Sheet Music Consortium
• Sheet Music Collections Directory (Duke/MLA)
• Harvard's Guide to Digital Scores
• Yale's Guide to Sheet Music Online

Sheet Music Information

• Sheet Music History and Information (Duke)
  
• Sheet Music Bibliography (Duke)

Themes and Tunes

• HymnTune Index
• ThemeFinder

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Last modified by: Kirstin Dougan on 12/17/12