Learning about music on the Web: Online resources

Exemples :

ScorSer. This site is a search engine created for musicians, allowing them to search through hundreds of Web sites for scores, sheet music, tabs, backing tracks, audio files, lyrics, MP3s, and other information. It was created by a mathematician, programmer, and bass singer named Sergey Koroler. An important note: as this site is based in Russia, it may provide access to music covered under public domain in Russia, but may be protected by copyright laws in the United States.

 

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National Jukebox. Historical recordings are made available to the public free of charge thanks to the Library of Congress and its National Jukebox site. The recordings come from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress. At its launch, the site included more than 10,000 recordings that were made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925.

 

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library. IMSLP stands for the International Music Score Library Project, which was formed by a merger of the Petrucci Music Library and InternationalMusic Database Project. The site provides access to more than 200,000 music scores from both the public domain and from composers who are willing to share their music without charge. More than 20,000 audio recordings are also available for certain titles and composers on the site. IMSLP is not only committed to providing free access to music for everyone, but also encourages the exchange of musical ideas through online forums and discussion pages for each piece. New scores and recordings are added every month.

 

Il y a plusieurs années, l’Association of College & Research Libraries avait signalé:

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The Virtual Instrument Museum. A multimedia site with audio, video, still images and some Quicktime Virtual Reality, or QTVR, images (360 degree interactive photos) of the impressive World Instrument Collection at Wesleyan University. If you ever wondered what a kagan, bouzouki, or ud look and sound like, this is a good place to find out.

Aria Database. This database has a diverse collection of information on more than 1,000 operatic arias. Designed both for singers and nonsingers, it includes translations and aria texts of most arias as well as a collection of MIDI files of operatic arias and ensembles.

Websites of Interest to Musicologists. No bells-and-whistles here, but a clean, well-organized and substantial listing of music-related sites posted off the Web page of the American Musicological Society. Grouped into more than 30 categories, this is a very inclusive list with many links I have not seen elsewhere, including academic job listings, translation, and musicology blogs. Access: