Kay Cunningham's List: Music

'Opera has always had its appreciators, and fervent ones at that, but in recent decades the form has had to extend its appeal beyond its inner circle of die-hard fans. Some of these efforts, such as the Metropolitan Opera’s high-definition broadcasts to movie theaters around the world, have proven surprisingly successful, encouraging the lowering of opera’s barrier to entry. Now, thanks to a site called The Opera Platform, you don’t have to go to a theater of any kind; you can watch full-length performances anywhere with an internet connection'

'BMI was founded in 1939 by forward-thinkers who wanted to represent songwriters in emerging genres, like jazz, blues and country, and protect the public performances of their music. Operating on a non-profit-making basis, BMI is now the largest music rights organization in the U.S. and is still nurturing new talent and new music.'

'We are the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a membership association of more than 500,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, we also represent hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. We are the only US performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from our membership.'

'This question of the future should have great consequence for Maestro Dudamel and the orchestra. Without libraries that can collect their recording, how will it be used in classrooms in order to teach future generations of musicians? Those who study Berlioz and examine the performance history of the Symphonie Fantastique simply may not know about this performance by Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic. That performance, regardless of how brilliant it is, may get, at best, a footnote in the history of Berlioz — “In 2013 the Symphonie Fantastique was recorded by the LA Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel; unfortunately, that recording is now lost.” '

'Every Day we post 10 new Classical CD and DVD reviews. A free weekly summary is available by e-mail. MusicWeb is not a subscription site. To keep it free please purchase discs through our links.'

'Browse more than 5,000 rare, out-of-print and one-of-a-kind recordings (including unopened and imported LPs) of the music of Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Puccini and hundreds more Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century composers on almost 600 different labels.'

'Shop 800,000+ sheet music titles — from beginner to professional, bestselling Pop music books to hard-to-find Classical editions.'

'The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives.'

Explore 46,700 selected
recordings of music,
spoken word, and human
and natural environments

'The Archives collections contain material that dates back to the Philharmonic's first concert in 1842, but the first phase of our digitization begins in the middle of this long history. In deciding where to begin with our digitization project, we held a roundtable discussion that included librarians, historians, musicians, conductors, journalists, and students to evaluate the different time periods in the Philharmonic's history and to determine what might provide the most unique source material.'

'A Lyric and Music Search Engine for Music People by Music People'

Information about cast recordings.

The original website of strange and wonderful album covers

Collection of papers about the music business and how changing technology is affecting it. PDF available.

Historic recordings from the collections of the Library of Congress

'In the world of music, Creative Commons licenses continue to be used by upcoming and established musicians for everything from remix contests to album-a-month projects. And since CC-licensed music may be blaring from outerspace for the first time in history on NASA’s Endeavour mission, we thought it would be a good time to do a round-up of the recent developments in Creative Commons music land.'

Online software for catalogingl for sound records

Links to sites about sound recordings

'an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. Work on a score from any computer on the Internet, share with other users, or embed into your own pages. '

'Welcome to the Petrucci Music Library! Our goal is to create a virtual library containing all public domain music, as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge. '