Music

Also on this page: Classical music | World, folk and jazz | Popular music | Music education & theory | Music business | Collections

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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 26,000 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]

Music section.

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

Music homework? See Webtastic!

 

Making Music London

Find a community music group to join, or a concert to attend.

allmusic

Search for music by artists, albums, songs, styles or labels.

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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.

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World, folk and jazz

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

An extensive guide to resources on the Internet, complied by an enthusiast.

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

Helps newcomers to the world of jazz understand more about the music, the musicians and the different styles of jazz they play.

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Popular music

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.

The Song Tapper

Can't remember a song title? Try tapping out the rhythm on your space bar and letting the Song Tapper identify it for you.

Sounds Familiar

A database of music used in UK TVadverts, searchable by company, brand, artist and track. By no means comprehensive, but useful.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Not quite what you were looking for? See also:

Biography for famous people and fan club sites

Stage & screen for other performing arts information