ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 760/C&RL News Internet resources for music By Richard AmRhein Roll over, Beethoven— here come Yahoo 's Music and other sites Exploring the Internet for music resourcespresents a special challenge for the user. Music is a topic o f broad popular appeal and one o f intense research for all types o f people, from music hobbyist to musicologist. Conse­ quently, the Internet is the source o f a plethora o f music information, from details o f the works o f J. S. Bach ( http://www.tile.net/tile/bach/ index.html) to the latest accordion jokes (http: //w w w .m it.edu:8001/people/jcb/other- instrument-jokes.html#accordion). This article is simply an attempt to introduce the user to some music resources available on the Internet. It is not comprehensive and is cer­ tainly not exhaustive. I have not included most popular and rock and roll sites because the sheer volume o f resources in these areas would make it impossible to include anything else. Persons interested in these resources can easily find them through several o f the gateway systems listed below. Perhaps the most difficult part o f searching the Internet for music resources is that you find so many interesting paths to take along the way that it is easy to forget what you were search­ ing for to begin with. The “Other Interesting Sites” listed at the end o f this article were cho­ sen to illustrate the variety o f types o f resources available. Beginners may wish to start there. G a te w a y systems: M ajor listings and indexes o f music sites • The Ever Expanding W eb Music Li ing. An enormous listing o f music sites orga­ nized into about a dozen categories. Access: http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/music- st­ index.html, mirrored at http://woof.music. columbia.edu/~hauben/music-index.html. • Indiana University Music Library. One o f the finest, most well-organized collections o f music sites available. Access: http://www. music. indiana. edu/misc/music_resources. html. • Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA). Home to free digitized music from all sorts o f bands online. It provides a venue for artists to have global exposure via the World Wide Web. Access: http://www.iuma.com. • Library o f Congress. Through its Glo­ bal Electronic Library in MARVEL, a wide vari­ ety o f music resources are available. Access: gopher://marvel.loc.gov/ll/global/aits/music. • Library o f Musical Links. Provides thousands o f links to music-related informa­ tion— W eb pages, gop h er and ftp sites, newsgroups, and mailing lists. Access: http:// www-scf.usc.edu/~jrush/music/index.html. • Mammoth Music Meta-List. Provides a broad overview o f music resources available. It offers a What’s New link so users they can contribute. Access: http://pathfinder.eom/@@ cHnW@CFcIAIAQBBG/vibe/mmm/music.html. • W eb Wide W orld O f Music. Includes what it calls the Ultimate Chat List, an applica­ tion that helps find chat sessions online, and the Ultimate Band List, an interactive guide to thousands o f band Web pages, music and lyr­ ics servers. Access: http://american.recordings. com/WWWoM. • Yahoo’s Music. Yahoo! is a hierarchical subject-oriented guide for the World Wide Web and Internet. It is well organized and updated continuously. Access: http://www.y a h o o . com/Entertainment/Music. Discussion lists and e-journals • List o f Musical Lists. A directory o f all known music-related mailing lists. These mail­ Richard AmRhein is head o f the Technical Services Division at the University o f Nevada, Las Vegas; e-mail: amrhein@nevada.edu http://www.tile.net/tile/bach/ http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/music- http://woof.music http://www http://www.iuma.com gopher://marvel.loc.gov/ll/global/aits/music http://pathfinder.eom/@@ http://american.recordings http://www.yahoo mailto:amrhein@nevada.edu December 1995/761 ing lists are generally for the discussion o f a specific music artist or group, or music topic via e-mail. The first two parts o f the list covers hundreds o f popular music artists’ discussion lists. Access: http://server.berkeley.edu/ ayukawa/lomml.html. • Accordions. Focuses on playing and re­ p a irin g p ia n o and button accord ion s, concertinas, and all other free reeds but harmoni­ cas. Subscribe: accordion-request@cs.cmu.edu. • Bagpipes. Any topic related to bagpipes, most generally defined as any instrument where air is forced manually from a bellows or bag through drones and/or over reeds. Subscribe: bagpipe-request@cs.dartmouth.edu. Gatewayed to the Usenet newsgroup rec.music.makers, bagpipe. Archives: gopher://cs.dartmouth.edu/ 11/pub/bagpipes. • Bluegrass & Old-time Country Music (BGRASS-L). Devoted to bluegrass and old-time country music. A daily digest option is avail­ able and suggested for this active group. Sub­ scribe: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu. • Blues Music (Blues-L). For everyone w ho can’t get enough o f the blues. Subscribe: listserv@brownvm. brown.edu. • Brass. A discussion group for people in­ terested in brass musical performance and re­ lated topics, especially small musical ensembles o f all kinds. Subscribe: brass-request@geomag. gly.fsu.edu. • Choralist. A communication mechanism for the exchange o f information and ideas among practicing choral conductors. Open to anyone, but is specifically oriented toward the choral conducting professional. Subscribe: listproc@lists.colorado.edu. • Classical Music (Classical). Discusses music, musicians, composers, composition, in­ struments, performance, music history, record­ ings and all topics even remotely related to clas­ sical music from all periods. Subscribe: classical-request@webcom.com. • DOUBLEREED-L. Discussion o f all mat­ ters relating to double-reed instruments. Sub­ scribe: listserv@acc.wuacc.edu. • Drum. For discussion o f anything related to drums and percussion. Subscribe: drum- request@brandx.Rain.COM. For digest version: drum-digest-request@brandx.Rain.COM. • Ethnom usicology Research Digest (ETHMUS-L). News, discussion, and queries for anyone with a professional interest in ethnomusicology. Subscribe: LISTSERV@UMDD. UMD.EDU. • Film Music (FILMUS-L). Discussion of dramatic music for film and television. Sub­ scribe: listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu. • Flute (FLUTE-M). Discussion o f the flute, flute playing, players, and flute music. Subscribe: flute-m-request@unixg.ubc.ca. • Folk Music, N ew Am erican (FOLK_ MUSIC). A moderated discussion list dealing with the music o f the recent wave o f American singer/songwriters. List traffic consists o f tour schedules, reviews, album release info, and oth er in form ation on artists. Subscribe: listserv@nysern et.org. • Harpsichords (HPSCHD-L). Devoted to discussion o f early stringed keyboard instru­ ments: harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, virginals, and all similar instruments except the modern piano. Subscribe: listserv@albany.edu. • French H orn (H O R N ). The Interna­ tional Horn Society maillist provides a forum for electronic conversation about all things re­ lating to the French horn. Subscribe: majordomo @spock.nlu.edu. • Impulse M usic Journal (IMPULSE) A journal o f music news, reviews, information, and opinion. Published monthly. Subscribe: impulse@dsigroup.com. Also available at go- pher://enews.com and telnet://enews.com, lo­ gin: enews. • Irish Traditional Music (IRTRAD-L). Discusses all aspects o f Irish traditional music, new and old. Subscribe: listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie. • Lute. For lute players and researchers o f lute music. S ubscribe: lute-requ est@ cs. dartmouth.edu. • Music Library Association Mailing List (MLA-L). For various activities o f MLA that can benefit by wide-scale distribution, and for ref­ erence inquiries and other topics o f interest to the music library community. Subscribe: listserv@iubvm.ucs. indiana.edu. • Music-Research. Provides a means o f bringing together musicologists, music analysts, computer scientists, and others working on ap­ plications o f computers in music research. Sub­ scribe: Music-Research-Request@prg.oxford. ac.uk. Subscription requests from outside the U.K.: contact the U.S. redistributor: music-re search-request@cattell.upenn.psych.edu. • Music Theory Online (MTO). A refer­ eed e-journal covering any topics o f interest to the music theory community. Subscribe: http: //boethius.music.ucsb.edu/mto mtohome.html. • Musicals. Intended for the general dis­ cussion o f musical theater, in whatever form it http://server.berkeley.edu/- mailto:accordion-request@cs.cmu.edu mailto:bagpipe-request@cs.dartmouth.edu gopher://cs.dartmouth.edu/ mailto:listserv@ukcc.uky.edu mailto:listproc@lists.colorado.edu mailto:classical-request@webcom.com mailto:listserv@acc.wuacc.edu mailto:request@brandx.Rain.COM mailto:drum-digest-request@brandx.Rain.COM mailto:listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu mailto:flute-m-request@unixg.ubc.ca mailto:listserv@albany.edu mailto:impulse@dsigroup.com mailto:listserv@irlearn.ucd.ie mailto:listserv@iubvm.ucs mailto:search-request@cattell.upenn.psych.edu 762/C&RL News may take. This is a gateway o f the newsgroup rec.arts.theatre.musicals. Subscribe: majordomo @world.std.com. • Orchestralist. Serves the professional needs o f conductors, composers, managers, and others in the orchestral business. Subscribe: listproc@hubcap.clemson.edu. • Pipe O rgan s and Related Topics (PIPORG-L). Discusses musical, technical, and historical aspects o f organs o f all kinds— classi­ cal, theater, e lectro n ic, reed, tracker, electropneumatic, etc. Subscribe: listserv@ albany.edu. • Sacred H arp/Shape-N ote Singing (faso la). Dedicated to discussion and an­ nouncements o f Sacred Harp singing and re­ lated traditions. Subscribe: majordomo@tahiti. umhc.umn.edu. • Trombone (Trombone-L). Discusses all aspects o f trombone playing and trombonists. Subscribe: listproc@showme.missouri.edu. URL: http://www.missouri.edu/~cceric/index.html. • Trumpet. Discusses all aspects o f trum­ pet p la y in g and trum peters. Subscribe: listserv@acadl.dana.edu. For digest version: subscribe trumpet-digest. • Tuba and Euphonium (TUBAEUPH). Discusses tuba, euphonium, and baritone play­ ing and players. Subscribe: listserv@cmsvmb. missouri.edu. • Vocalist (Classical Singing Mailing List). Discussion for students, teachers, and oth­ ers interested in classical singing. Subscribe: majordomo@lists.oulu.fi. URL: http://lists. oulu. fi/lists/vocalist/. Newsgroups There are hundreds o f newsgroups devoted to the discussion o f music. The best way to ap­ proach newsgroups for music is to understand the hierarchical structure within which most musical discussion groups fall. The two main hierarchies used for music are alt.* and rec.* Within those hierarchies further division can be made and, in many cases, the subject o f the newsgroup becomes evident: alt.music.*: alt.music.african, alt.music.big­ band, alt.music.Canada, alt.music.hawaiian, alt.music.jewish, alt.music.midi, alt.music.misc, alt.music.polkas, alt.music.rockabilly, alt. music.sondheim, and countless rock groups. rec.m usic.*: rec.music.afro-latin, rec. m usic.beatles, re c .m usic.b lu en ote, rec. music.celtic, rec.music.classical, rec.music, collecting, rec.music.compose, rec.music. country.western, rec.music.early, rec.music.folk, rec.music.indian.classical, re c .music.info, rec.music.movies, rec.music.new age, rec. music.opera, rec.music.ragtime. Music newsgroups with the word .makers in the title are for people who play the instru­ ment d escrib ed — i.e., rec.music.makers, bagpipe, rec.music.makers.bowed-strings, rec.music.makers.builders, rec.music.makers, french-horn. Other alt.* subdivisions include alt.guitar, alt.banjo, alt.rap, alt.fan, alt.radio, and alt.rock- n-roll. One can also explore rec.arts.* for broader discussions and fan.* for the numer­ ous fan clubs out there. Artists’ representatives • ASCAP (American Society o f Compos­ ers, Authors, and Publishers). Representing songwriters, composers, and music publishers in all areas o f music, ASCAP distributes public performance royalties to its affiliates. ASCAP BBS allows music professionals and the public to exchange information. Its ASCAP Clearance Express Database makes the multimillion-title ASCAP repertory searchable by title, composer, publisher, and performer information. Access: http://ascap.com. • BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.). Repre­ senting songwriters, composers, and music publishers in all areas o f music, BMI distrib­ utes royalties to its affiliates for public perfor­ mance. With the assistance and support o f the U.S. Copyright Office o f the Library o f Con­ gress (http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright), BMI also provides access to forms that songwriters, com­ posers, and publishers may need in the ordi­ nary course o f their business. Access: http:// bmi.com. • Harry Fox Agency. Provides an infor­ mation source, clearinghouse, and monitoring service for licensing musical copyrights. Rep­ resents more than 13,000 American music pub­ lishers and licenses a large percentage o f the uses o f music in the United States on records, tapes, CDs, and imported phonorecords. It also licenses music on a worldwide basis on behalf o f its publisher principals for use in films, com­ mercials, television programs, and all other types o f audiovisual media. Access: http:// w w w . nmpa.org/hfa.html. Music education • Brent Hugh's Music Instruction Soft­ ware Page. Contains pointers to programs of mailto:listproc@hubcap.clemson.edu mailto:listproc@showme.missouri.edu http://www.missouri.edu/~cceric/index.html mailto:listserv@acadl.dana.edu mailto:majordomo@lists.oulu.fi http://lists http://ascap.com http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright December 1995/763 interest to music teachers. The main focus is programs that will help students master the basics o f music. Access: http://cctr.umkc.edu/ userx/bhugh/musici.html. • Music Educators’ H om epage. This homepage contains music curriculum materi­ als and links to other useful sites that may be o f benefit to the classroom music teacher. A c­ cess: http://athena.athenet.net/~w slow / index.html. Song lyrics • Digital Tradition Folk Song Database. A database containing the words and music to thousands o f fo lk songs. Access: http:// web2.xerox.com/digitrad. • The Lyrics Page. This site mirrors ftp.uwp.edu’s enormous lyrics archive. Users can submit additions to the archive. Access: http:// vivarin.pc.cc.emu.edu/lyrics.html. • Russian Club Songs Home Page. Trans literated lyrics to Russian songs. Access: http:// anxiety-closet.mit.edu:8001/activities/russian- club/catalog.html. Other interesting sites • American Music Center. Maintains a circulating collection o f over 55,000 scores and recordings and provides assistance to compos­ ers and performing groups. Access: http:// www.amc.net/amc. • J. S. Bach Home Page. Provides exten­ sive information about his works and record­ ings as well as photographs and biographical information. Access: http://www.tile.net/tile/ bach/index.html. Also provides access to the J. S. Bach Archive and Bibliography. Access: http://www.let.rug.nl/Linguistics/diversen/ bach/intro.html. • Beethoven Bibliography Database. A research project o f the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies at San Jose State Univer­ sity. Indexes books and articles about Ludwig van Beethoven and first and early editions o f his scores. Access: telnet://lib, then press D@SJSULIB1.SJSU.EDU:23 (type URL exactly as shown). Choose D › Connect to another data­ base. • Canadian Music Exchange. A compre­ hensive guide to the music o f Canadians and the industry that surrounds it. Includes the Music Industry Contact List which provides access to record labels, producers, recording studios, pro­ moters and booking agencies, etc. Access: http: //www. io.org/~cme. • Drums and Percussion Page. Includes announcements, the groove archive (drumset and hand drums), drummers and percussion­ ists on the Net, drum- and percussion-related organizations, FAQs, an encyclopedia, method books, companies, etc., not to mention drum­ mer jokes. Access: http://www.cse.ogi.edu/ Drum. • Gregorian Chant Tutorial. From the University o f Vienna, it provides basic infor­ mation in English about Gregorian chant. A c­ cess: gopher://osiris.wu-wien.ac.at:7121/11/ pub/earlym-1/gregorian. chants. • On-line Guitar Archive (OLGA). An archive o f thousands o f files containing words and music (in chord and tab format) specifi­ cally written for use by guitar players. Access: ftp://ftp.nevada.edu /pu b/gu itar, http:// www.guitar.net/olga.html,ftp://mirrors.aol. com/pub/guitar. • Renaissance Consort. Sound demon­ strations o f Renaissance instruments. Access: http://www.hike ‚te.chiba-u.ac.jp/cons 1. • Rock and Roll Hall o f Fame. Frequently adds stories about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Access: http://www. rockhall.com. • Thesaurus M usicarum Latinarum. Downloadable texts o f treatises on music theory written during the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. Access: gopher://iubvm.ucs. indiana.edu/ll/tml. • Vatican Exhibit— Music Section. “From Gregorian Chant to Opera’s Origins” is one o f a nine-part online exhibit from the Library o f Congress entitled “Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture.” Access: http: //141.142.3.130/SDG/Exρerimental/vatican. exhibit/exhibit/e-music/Music.html. • WAIS Databases in Music. A single search engine for any or all o f the following WAIS databases you want to search: BGRASS- L, bluegrass mailing list archives; MuTeX, mail­ ing list archives; Omni-Cultural-Academic-Re source, cdbase, midi, music-surveys, rec .music.early, Sheet_Music_Index, earlym-1, london-free-press-regional-index. Access: http: //www.ub2.lu.se/auto_new/auto_54.html. • Welcom e to the W orld o f Classical Music. This is an introduction to the apprecia­ tion o f classical music. Access: http:// classicalmus.com. • WNUR-FM Jazzweb. A user-built project by WNUR-FM at Northwestern University. Ac­ cess: http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz. http://cctr.umkc.edu/ http://athena.athenet.net/~wslow/ http://www.amc.net/amc http://www.tile.net/tile/ http://www.let.rug.nl/Linguistics/diversen/ http://www.cse.ogi.edu/ gopher://osiris.wu-wien.ac.at:7121/11/ ftp://ftp.nevada.edu/pub/guitar http://www.guitar.net/olga.html,ftp://mirrors.aol http://www gopher://iubvm.ucs http://www.acns.nwu.edu/jazz 764/C&RL News