General Music Sites A comprehensive music reference source.
The MFA’s collection of nearly 1,200 instruments from around the world, including numerous examples of all the basic musical instrument types, or classifications.\
Musicians Biographies Database of hundreds of biographies of classical musicians, compiled by a Jos Smeets, a Dutch
musician.
Well-illustrated biography, plus suggestions for recordings.
The life, times, and music of this prolific composer.
Short biographies on composers, plus a discography of recordings from the Naxos label.
Classical Music Explore classical music by genre, composer, or musical period.
Wondering what that classical piece was that you heard in The Titanic or other movie? Find out here.
Classical music site including overviews of the six main periods in music history, biographies of famous composers, and a glossary with audio examples.
An introduction to classical music, including biographies and discographies, suggestions for building a classical CD collection, an A to Z of opera including synopses.
A guide to Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present.
Hip-Hop and Rap See the Rap-Up top ten hit list, read the latest industry news or interviews with rap artists, check out the links to favorite artists' websites, or listen to new music cuts.
Jazz Articles, interviews, artist bios, information on jazz festivals, and more at this site.
Lyrics and Songbooks Search engine for lyrics, contains lyrics to more than 130,000 songs.
Lyrics to thousands of songs published before the year 2000, including "Top 40 Hits of 1930-1999", "#1 Songs of 1930-1999", "Top Singles by Decade" and "Artist Collections."
Lyrics and music (via MIDI files) of children's, patriotic, TV, and movies, as well as songs from musicals and oldies. Great for babysitters and camp counselors, and if you can't remember the words to the show "Casper the Friendly Ghost."
Music Theory (Reading Music, etc.) Learn about clefs, notes, time signatures, rests, and music symbols.
Music theory tutorials, plus a chord calculator and staff paper generator.
In addition to information on scales and chords, this site has great printable "chord diagrams" showing you how to play different chords on the piano.
Musicals History of musicals, how musicals are made, reviews, sample scripts, and more.
Playing Instruments Pick a chord and see what it looks like on the guitar. Also has links to lots of other sites related to guitar playing.
Learn to play the piano, from the basics through playing jazz.
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