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Blues and Jazz | Classical and Opera | Early American Music | Folk and Country | Gospel Music

Blues and Jazz

All about jazz
This site presents news, reviews, interviews, profiles, directories and more information about jazz.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/

Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
http://www.jazzhall.org/index.html

Blues and Jazz
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/arts-blues.htm

The Blues Highway, A Brief History of the Blues
http://thebluehighway.com/history.html

Jazz OnlineŽ
- the new voice in jazz!
http://www.jazzonln.com/

Jazzreview
Review of jazz CDs, concerts and books.
http://www.jazzreview.com/

Now what a time: blues, gospel and the Fort Valley music festivals
Library of Congress
This website presents approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/

Red Hot Jazz Archive
This site presents not only hyperlinks biographies, discographies and photos of over sixty early jazz artists and ninety bands, but also selections of their music in RealAudio format.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/b.html

The William Ransom Hogan Archive of New Orleans Jazz
Tulane University
http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/JazzHome.html

Yahoo! Music - Latin Jazz
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/ Latin/Latin_Jazz/

Classical and Opera

All Classical Guide
This site is organized by three major categories: periods, genre and top composers.
http://allclassical.com/

American Symphony Orchestra League
The League serves more than 850 member symphony, chamber, youth, and collegiate orchestras of all sizes.
http://www.symphony.org

Andante
Covers the world of classical music and opera.
http://www.andante.com

The Aria Database
http://www.aria-database.com/


Classical Music
Introduction to classical music in the United States. Features an interesting list of internet resources.
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/arts-classical.htm


Classical Net - Classical Music
http://www.classical.net/music/welcome.html

Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/

Houston Grand Opera
A leading presenter of new operas.
http://www.houstongrandopera.org

The Metropolitan Opera
http://www.metopera.org/home.html

New York City Opera
This site offers information about opera, tickets, synopses, subscriptions to magazines, etc.
http://www.nycopera.com

Opera America
This website presents information about opera schedules, conferences, artists, news, etc.
http://www.operaam.org/

Opera World
Created by Opera America to open up the world of opera to the general public. Links to news, educational materials, courses, and travel programs are provided.
http://operaworld.com/

Virtual Sheet Music
Source of classical sheet music downloads.
http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/Home.html

Yahoo! Music - Classical
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Classical/

Early American Music

American Popular Music before 1900
Kingwood College
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/music-1.html

Early Music America
Early Music America (EMA) is the not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America. Founded in 1985, and currently headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, EMA was formed by a group of passionate early music professionals led by Benjamin Peck.
http://www.earlymusic.org/

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
Library of Congress
This site presents more than 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/

Omaha Indian Music
This site from the Library of Congress presents music from the 1890s and 1980s. The collection contains 44 wax cylinder recordings, and hundreds of songs and speeches.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml/

Folk and Country

American Roots Music
Information about songs and artists, and interviews.
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/index.html

CMT
This is the website of the Country Music Television channel CMT. It features artists, songs, radio, news and multimedia files.
http://www.cmt.com/

Country Music Hall of Fame
http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com/

Folk Stuff
http://www.rogo.com/folkstuff/

Opry.com
This is the official website of the Grand Ole Opry.
http://www.opry.com/

Rock, Country and Folk
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/arts-rock.htm

Roughstock's History of Country Music
http://www.roughstock.com/history/

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
http://www.si.edu/folklife/

Gospel Music

The American Gospel Music Directory
http://www.americangospel.com/

Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Gospel Music Association
http://www.gospelmusic.org/hall_of_fame/

Now what a time: blues, gospel and the Fort Valley music festivals
Library of Congress
This website presents approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ftvhtml/

Rock and Roll

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
http://www.rockhall.com/

Rock, Country and Folk
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/arts-rock.htm

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