World Wide Web Sites
**Classical Music**

General Sites

• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
  http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
  It isn't much to look at visually, but this web site, created and maintained by librarians at the Indiana University Music Library, is one of the most comprehensive directories to Internet resources on music, musicians, and musical organizations. It covers all types of popular music, as well as classical music, not only from the United States and Europe, but from around the world. Containing a good mix of scholarly and popular sites, this is a good gateway to turn to first when looking for anything musical.

• Sibelius Academy: Music Resources
  http://www.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/music.html
  Produced by a music conservatory in Helsinki, Finland, this is one of the best guides to music resources on the Web. Honored in 1996 as one of PC Magazine's Top 100 Web Sites, this site offers links to useful sites on all types of music (classical and popular), composers, instruments, music software, sites with audioclips, musical publications, musical organizations, etc. (Take heart, this site is in English, though you can use it in Finnish if you want to!)

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
  The library has a subscription to the online version of this major encyclopedia. To connect to it, go to the library home page at http://www.scu.edu/library, click on Electronic Databases A-Z and select it.
  This is the major English-language encyclopedia of music and musicians from all periods and countries. It is especially strong for classical music but includes other types of music as well. This is the best place to look for scholarly, reliable articles on any musical topic. The articles include thousands of links to high-quality web sites and audio clips.

• Classical Net
  http://www.classical.net
  Devoted to classical music only, this is a good source for reviews of CDs, information on recommended books and scores, and links to over 3,800 web sites on composers, musicians, ensembles, festivals, concerts, publishers, recording labels, instrument makers, radio stations, music archives for downloading scores, educational institutions, and musical organizations and societies. If it has to do with classical music, you can probably find it here.
  

• Andante
  http://www.andante.com/
  A handy source for current news on the classical music scene, with information on upcoming concerts and webcasts, recordings available for sale, and a web directory listing over 12,000 classical music web sites. This well-organized directory categorizes links by Performers, Composers, the Music Industry, Festivals, Ensembles, Opera, and New Music Links.

• DW3 Classical Music Resources
  http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/resources/classical_index.html
  Comprehensive collection of non-commercial sites devoted to classical music. The major divisions are Composer Homepages; Chronologies and Necrologies; National and Regionally Oriented Pages; Organizations and Centers for Scholarly Research; Electronic Journals and Newsletters; Genre-Specific Pages; and Databases. Within these sections are referrals to information on musicians; computer software for ear training and music notation; music theory, performance, and education; music bibliography; opera libretti; vocal texts; record and book reviews; sound files in MIDI format; and music-related images.

• 8Notes.Com
  http://www.8notes.com
  Free classical, jazz, and traditional sheet music, as well as lessons for different instruments. Also includes a section on music history and theory and a directory of links to 1080 music sites organized by categories.

Sound Files and Sheet Music

• DW3 Sound / Image Databases and Collectionspage
  http://www.lib.duke.edu/music/resources/sidbs.html
  On this site you can find links to web pages containing tens-of-thousands of MIDI and MP3 files representing works by hundreds of classical composers.

• Classical Net: Classical Music MIDI, MP3 & Sheet Music Archives
  http://www.classical.net/music/links/midiarch.html
  Links to all the web sites where you can download classical sound files and sheet music

• The Classical Midi Collection
  http://www.midiworld.com/cmc/index.htm
  Essentials of Music
  http://www.essentialsofmusic.com
  This site offers an introduction to classical music built around Sony's Essential Classics music series. It features Eras, Composers, and a Glossary. Eras covers the six main periods in classical music history, discussing historical themes, musical context, style, and major composers. It also includes almost 200 excerpts from the series in RealPlayer format.

• Music History 102
  http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/
  An extensive original collection of text, images, and RealAudio clips of great works of Western classical music. An exhibit of the Internet Public Library.

• Discover Classics
  http://www.discoverclassics.com/
  Features free, downloadable MP3 files of complete movements/works from nearly every genre of classical music. Includes biographical information on both the performers (all of whom are Russian) and composers whose works appear on this site

• Italian Opera
  http://www.novanet.it/bianchini/english/index.html
  Free MIDI excerpts from the operas of the great composers.

• The Classical Archives
  http://www.classicalarchives.com/
  Hundreds of sound files of classical recordings as well as video clips of performances.

Music Software

• Brent Hughe's Music Instruction Software Page
  http://cctr.umkc.edu/userx/bhugh/musicold.html
  This page contains pointers to educational software of interest to music teachers and students. The main focus is freely available software on the net that will help students master the basics of music--note reading, music theory, ear training, and music history. The page also has a list of instructional material available on the internet (text files and hypertext), a list of online sheet music and a selection of web sites related to music education.

• The Classical Music Department of the WWW Virtual Library
  http://www.gprep.org/classical/
  This directory is divided in 7 sections. Scroll down to select the one you want. There is a large section on computer software.

• Music Software
  http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/software.html

Web Pages of Orchestras around the World

• Directory of Classical Orchestras
  This site has links to all the web pages of the major Orchestras. To get to it, go to the http://www.8Notes.com site, click on "Directory", then click on "Classical". Finally click on "Orchestras".

Others... (Composers, Reviews, Classical Radio Stations...)

• Classical Composers' Archive
  http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
  Over 1,000 composers are listed in nationality and alphabetical indexes. A black and white photo or drawing accompanies each entry. When available, birth and death dates, place, occupations, and a biographical sketch are provided. Other arrangements of information include Pulitzer winners, opera and classical masters, and chronologies.

• Classical Music Navigator
  http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm
  Organized for the user to find familiar composers and classical types of music. There are five subjects to choose from: Composers, Basic Library of Notable Works, Geographical Roster, Index of Forms and Styles of Music, and Glossary. Currently, 444 composers are listed in this site. Read the instructions on how to best use this site from the front page, and note the additional link to Abbreviations. Keep scrolling down for the 111 Most Influential Composers list!

• Classical Music Radio Finder
  http://www.classicaliscool.com/program2.html
  Links to classical music radio stations across the United States.

• Classics Today.com
  http://www.classicstoday.com
  Daily reviews of new classical music recordings are the main feature of this site. Ratings are on a one to ten scale (ten being best), with separate ratings for artistic quality and sound quality.