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African American Music
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A source of reviews which will provide a good introduction to African American Music. There are new reviews each month. These reviews complement Down Beat, Rolling Stone and others.
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All-Music Guide
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This site reviews and rates all music in print or out of print. The database covers both current and historical music data, everything from 10-inch LPs to cds, over 329,000 albums! All-Music also includes over 111,000 music reviews and more than 27,000 separate artist biographies.
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Andante--Classical Music
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News and reviews covering the entire spectrum of classical music. Lists upcoming concerts, operas and recitals at hundreds of venues and festivals worldwide. Searchable databases of music in print, discographies and more. Links to over 12,000 classical music Web sites.
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ASCAP
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American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers informational Web site on
licensing, awards, advice about the music industry, copyright, public performance rights,
etc.
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A-Z Lyrics
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A new site to search for song lyrics arranged by artist and song title. There are over 42,300 lyrics and 880+ artists and the site continues to grow daily.
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Billboard Online
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All the latest music charts of hits from Billboard Magazine.
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CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia
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Browse by 4 major instrument types, or by country of origin. Click on a country and then pick an instrument. The record for each instrument includes a brief description, a thumbnail image (which can be clicked on to enlarge) and a subject heading.
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Classical Net
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Classical Net features more than 6800 files including more than 5000 CD, SACD, DVD and Book reviews and over 5300 links to other classical music web sites. It includes:A guide to classic masterworks of the past 1000 years; Information on composers from Medieval to Modern; Recommended print media; and, Critical evaluations of recordings and videos.
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Cyber Hymnal (Lyrics)
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This site has over 4,100 Christian hymns & Gospel songs from many denominations. .
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Dap's Lyrics
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This site is particularly good for current hits in hip-hop and R&B. There's no real searching capability, but you can browse by the categories: New Lyrics and Top 25 Lyrics. You can also browse and A-Z artist index and an alphabetical song list.
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Digital Mozart
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This is a reproduction of the new collected edition of Mozart's works (Neue Mozart-Ausgabe) in a digitized format. This site enables you to peruse Mozart's music. You can easily magnify and reduce size.
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Essentials of Music
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A site for basic information about classical music. Includes overviews of the six main periods in music history--Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century. Contains brief biographies of nearly 70 composers.
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Festival City Symphony
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Delighting audiences for more than 75 years with casual, family-friendly classical concerts for all ages including Pajama Jamborees, a series of three free classical "pops" concerts, each one hour in length, that are geared to children.
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FestivalFinder
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Here you will discover the latest details on more than 2,500 music festivals in North America. Click on your favorite genre, or use the search feature to locate festivals by date, location, performers or festival name. Updated daily.
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Jazz Review
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Features Jazz reviews, fantasy jazz bands, guest artists. A Jazz enthusiast's dream.
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Leonie's Lyrics
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Many Slowjams, Hip-Hop, R&B, Rock, and Rap lyrics and artists are featured here on Leonie's Web site.
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Metacritic.com
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Metacritic compiles reviews from respected critics and publications for film, video/dvd, books, music, television and games
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Metropolitan Opera Archives
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Includes everything from opera synopses and historical pictures to timelines and facts. There is a complete list of operas organized by number of performances.
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Milwaukee Musicians Resource Page
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Provides area musicians with a reference site containing the history and current happenings in our local pop music scene. Contains a complete listing and brief history of all the bands that have ever performed for hire in Southeast Wisconsin. Provides a classified section for musicians looking for a band and bands looking for musicians.
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Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
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Complete calendar of events for the symphony season.
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Music from TV Commercials
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Lists song titles used in TV commercials from the current time back to 1996.
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Music in the Public Domain
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Identify music and songs in the public domain (royalty free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose) by using this site.
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Music Library
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The Music Library is a cd-rom program compiled from the OCLC Online Union Catalog and consists of bibliographic records representing sound recordings on LPs, 45 and 78 rpm records, cassettes, tape reels, CDs, and cylinders. Click and >>ADD>> both Part 1 and Part 2 for a comprehensive search.
Library subscription.
Only available for use within City of Milwaukee
libraries.
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MusicSearch
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One of the largest music-only resources with over 15,000 reviewed listings.
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National Geographic World Music
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Click on regions. From the World map, click on a continent, and then a country, to view a brief history of a country's music and arts and see a sampling of artists and related sites. You can also search by music type, genres, and artists.
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National Songs of the World
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This site contains the lyrics to the national anthems of many of the countries of the world.
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OHHLA.com
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Original Hip-Hop (Rap) Lyrics Archive with LOTS of LYRICS! Also has info on artists.
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Online Music Scores
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A collection of links to sites that have scores available that may be downloaded free of charge.
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Operabase
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This Web site lists Opera Schedules, Opera Houses, Opera Festivals, Opera Reviews, Opera Links, and much more.
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Portal Wisconsin
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Portalwisconsin.org is a non-profit Web site created by the Cultural Coalition to promote culture, arts, humanities and history in Wisconsin. Content will include a statewide events calendar, news articles, course listings, organizational listings, online chats, online galleries, and Web links. The Virtual Gallery allows you to view the works of Wisconsin Artists. In addition, it has a huge list of radio programs and performance groups in the visual arts, performance arts and cultural history.
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Royalty Free Music Libraries
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A collection of links to royalty free music, royalty free sound effects and public domain sound effects.
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Search for Songs 1960-1975
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A searchable database of links to sound clips for over 4000 songs from 1960-1975. these can be browsed both by performing artist and by song title. Currently, over 1200 bands and artists are featured.
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SongFile
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This is the place for music information. It contains: song listings for 2 million songs; a comprehensive guide to sheet music resources; the most complete CDs and tapes search on the Internet; a guide to the top music links on the Web; musical instruments classified ads; and detailed up-to-the-minute worldwide concert information. Click on the lyrics.ch link to go to the International Lyrics Server site for searching over 100,000 lyrics of all music styles for a song by artist, song or album title. The lyrics.ch site also contains "top ten" lists.
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Wisconsin Arts Board Artists File
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This directory provides information on Wisconsin artists who are available to come to your community. The Wisconsin Arts Board created this as a resource tool for presenters and groups that hire artists to work within their community. It includes dance, literature, music, theater and visual arts. Contact information included for each entry.
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Wisconsin Musical Groups
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Find a Wisconsin band, orchestra or ensemble, choir or chorus, music club or musician's union. Check the calendars of daily concerts and events. Hire live musical groups for special occasions.
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