Library: Music Research Guide: Cool websites!

Music Score Digitized Collections

Early Music Online
Digitized examples of the earliest volumes of music in the British Library Collection.
Eastman Sibley Digitization
Stradivari Quartet Goes Digital!
Recordings by the world famous Stradivari String Quartet now digitized by the University of Iowa and available for your listening pleasure!
National Library of Scotland
What's the Score at the Bodleian?
The Bodleian Library wants to increase access to 64 boxes of uncataloged piano music from the 1860s - 1880s. So they're digitizing it! Bully!!
New York Philharmonic Digital Archives
Scores marked by Bernstein, Kostelanetz and others. Parts marked by NYPO musicians, printed programs and other images.

Media Digitized Collections

Bach Organ Works from Stanford
Complete organ works of JS Bach performed by University Organist Dr. Robert Huw Morgan at Stanford on the Fisk-Nanney organ.
Global Jukebox
Globetrotting ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax left a wealth of information concerning music around the world. He visited some of the most distant lands or even close, but remote areas. This website contains audio, visual and text around Lomax's journeys and findings. A fun place to explore!
Media History Project
Ever wanted to read those old movie rags from the 20's, 30's and 40's? Well now you can with this project. Hosts several major media related periodicals including Photoplay, Film Daily and International Photographer. Public Domain issues loaned and digitized from collectors all over the world!
Open Goldberg Variations
New site with lots of interactive exploration of the Goldberg Variations!

Music For Purchase Sites

Classical Vocal Reprints
Vocal music at your fingertips. Now downloadable.
RadnofskyCouper Editions (Saxophone)
Sheet Music Plus
Great place to buy sheet music. Watch for monthly sales like Henle, Barenreiter, etc.

Library of Congress Digitized Collections

Hymnary.org
Search for hymns by title, first words, hymn tune, or other options. Scores for most hymns available in PDF or Sibelius format. You can also discover which hymnals included the title, and in what year they were published.
Library of Congress Liszt Site!
In order to commemorate the bicentenary of Liszt's birth as well as to bring attention to the Library of Congress's substantial holdings of primary source material related to this composer, the present site is offered as a portal to facilitate the exploration of the Library's rich resources.
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The Library's holdings of holograph manuscripts, correspondence, first editions, as well as publications related to Liszt may be identified by consulting the Library of Congress Online Catalog and/or the card record catalogs held in the Library's Performing Arts Reading Room.
Library of Congress Music Consortia
The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and print materials, held at the most renowned music archives, in order to further research and scholarship.

Researchers can search or browse materials, access metadata about each item, and view digital images of the treasure via each custodial archive's Web site. The consortial collection will grow as members add more materials.
LoC American Choral Music Portal
American Choral Music, a collaboration of the the Library of Congress and the American Choral Directors Association, provides access to significant choral music in the public domain by the leading American composers of the time.
Music and Books on Music from the Russian Imperial Collection in the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress’s Russian Imperial Collection is comprised of approximately 2800 volumes which were originally held within the personal libraries of the Russian Imperial family. This Collection contains publications and manuscript material on a diverse range of subjects.
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The music material contained within the Russian Imperial Collection, numbering approximately 150 titles, is primarily held within the collections of the Library’s Music Division, with a handful of titles held in the Library’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division. This material is diverse in nature, ranging from smaller scale works of chamber music to full scores of operas, and encompassing liturgical music, folk song and military music.
The National Jukebox
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.

Composer Specific Sites!

Beethoven!
Mozart's Letters
Neue Mozart Ausgabe
Carl Maria Von Weber Digitized Collection
John Cage Living Archive
New York Public Library online and interactive archive of Cage's sketches and manuscripts, performances and an opportunity to upload your own performance.

Cool Blogs!!!

British Library Music Blog!
Find out what awesome things are happening in one of the oldest music libraries in the world!

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Cool Mixed Media Sites

Websites with digitally born content of all types... audio, visual, text, etc.

New Music USA
Website devoted to the creation of new music in the USA. Also grants and contests for new music!