Music libraries and M Guide - Resources and Review

Library and information service for 20th Century British classical music, which aims to promote new music and maintain a collection of scores and recordings. Site includes concert listings and composer and ensemble information.
 
Library and information service for 20th Century British classical music, which aims to promote new music and maintain a collection of scores and recordings. Site includes concert listings and composer and ensemble information.
 
The Repertoire International des Sources Musicales represents a worldwide effort to identify and describe sources of music and writings about music from the earliest times until 1825. It provides access to online databases of bibliographic records for manuscripts after 1600, libretti, libraries and citations.
 
Information on the library's music collections, special features, exhibitions and selected Internet resources in music.
 
An index of links to international music libraries and archives. Includes the American Music Centre, Finnish Institute of Recorded Sound, Italian Music Libraries and Scandinavian music databases.
 
Archive and resource centre which documents and promotes contemporary Irish concert music. Features news, publications, articles and composer information.
 
Cross
institutional project to enhance and sustain the research library base for music through the creation of computerised bibliographic records for 110,000 items of printed music. The project proposal, details of schedules and targets, and information on core bibliographic standards are available.
 
A collection of over 6000 classical music files in Midi format, from over 390 composers. Composers include Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Scarlatti and Schubert.
 
Provides access to materials documenting the history of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the present. Includes books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artefacts, as well as archives of local dance organisations. The online catalogue is both searchable and browsable, and collections cover dance, music, theatre, opera, musical theatre, and design.
 
Association representing music libraries and librarians throughout the world. Provides details of activities, committees, project groups, membership, and stock made available to paid
up members of IAML (UK).
 
Access to the Reference and Document Supply Centre collections of the British Library. The Reference collections include Humanities and Social Sciences (1975
), Science, Technology and Business (1975-), Music (1975-) and older reference material (to 1975 only). Collections can be searched individually or together. The Document Supply collections cover Books and Reports (1980-), Journals and Serials (1700-) and Conferences (1800-).
 
Catalogue of Broadside Ballads in the Bodleian collection, including scanned images of each ballad sheet, accessible by title, first line, subject, author, performer and by publisher.
 
Centre intended to foster and encourage the composition of contemporary American music and to promote its production, publication, distribution and performance. Offers online catalogues, and information about facilities and activities.
 
Information on the music collections of the British Library, including news, catalogues and a select bibliography.
 
Information on the music collections of the British Library, including news, catalogues and a select bibliography.
 
Information on the association intended to promote international cooperation and to support the interests of music libraries.
 
Worldwide network of 36 organisations promoting new music. Provides information about the IAMIC, and links to member music information centres.
 
Contains more than 62,500 pieces of American historical sheet music made available through digitisation. Includes popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra. Collection is searchable and browsable by author, subject and title. As well as providing historical sheet music, the collection aims to document social and political attitudes of a bygone era with music of many varieties and sources, and provides numerous exhibitions and commentaries.
 
Gateway to music libraries and their resources, including national collections, individual libraries and related links.
 
Gateway to music libraries and their resources, including national collections, individual libraries and related links.
 
Provides access to materials documenting the history of the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the present. Includes books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artefacts, as well as archives of local dance organisations. The online catalogue is both searchable and browsable, and collections cover dance, music, theatre, opera, musical theatre, and design.
 
Contains more than 62,500 pieces of American historical sheet music made available through digitisation. Includes popular songs, operatic arias, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra. Collection is searchable and browsable by author, subject and title. As well as providing historical sheet music, the collection aims to document social and political attitudes of a bygone era with music of many varieties and sources, and provides numerous exhibitions and commentaries.
 
Contains entries for published and unpublished recordings held by the British Library. Material covers various genres including pop, jazz, classical, world music, language, and wildlife sounds. Copies of recordings can be ordered, and, if an audio version is required, a 'listening appointment' can be made.
 
Index of music library associations and music libraries arranged alphabetically and by location.
 
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