Music

General Music and Music History & Literature

Classical Music Navigator - composers and works; audio files available for free registration
Essentials of music a site for basic information about classical music, built around Essential Classics, the series designed to introduce the best music of every period.
The Classical Music Pages: "classical music history, biographical information about composers (with portraits and short sound examples), explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies"
Classical Music Archives 34,317 full length classical music files by 1,895 composers. Free registration for 5 files per day; subscription fee for more plus downloads.
Classical Music section of BUBL
BBC Music Magazine- "the world's best-selling classical music magazine" - current news, and the BBC Music Magazine online CD reviews with free registration to newsletter
Musical Heritage Society

Early Music America: Early Music America (EMA) is the not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America
Early Music Links: Classical & Early Music Links Page
Ethnomusicology Online: Peer-reviewed multimedia Web journal
Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Harvard University. Selected internet research resources for music
Indiana University: Worldwide Internet Music Resources: offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music -- an extensive collection of links.
Joy of Music, with Diane Bish.

Music History Gateway: Academic Info A directory of internet resources; large list of links: composers, digital libraries, professional associations.
MusicLink -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville: A guide to finding music information online.
Music Resources on the World Wide Web a gateway maintained by Yale University Music Library
Reformation of the Arts and Music "An Exploration of the Arts, Music, and the Christian Worldview"
Timelines of Composers: This list presents some 1100 composers arranged into a timeline based purely on their date of birth.
Yahoo Directory for Classical Music

HymnSite.com
Hymn Resources on the Internet: Resources related to classic Christian hymns, maintained by Douglas Anderson
Hymnology Resource Page: useful sites on the web for the study of hymns and related music. Scroll down for links.
Hymnals of the Stone Campbell Movement: "This site contains the lyrics of over 9,000 hymns from 19 hymnals. It also includes the scanned pages of the hymnals, MIDI versions of the tunes, a search engine for finding a particular hymn, as well as background information about the authors and compilers of the hymns." Introduction to the Dowling Collection.
HYMNUTS: Courtesy of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn.
Historical Periods of Hymnody by The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
Lutheran Hymnal Midi Project
Net Hymnal Christian hymns, Author Bios, Composer Biographies, Hymn Histories and Gospel songs
Shape Note Bibliography - by John Bealle: bibliographic references to materials on shape note singing
The Worship Project: Worship resources

The Association of Christian College Music Educators: ACCME is an association and collaboration of music professors from colleges associated with the Christian Churches of Christ throughout the United States. School of Music, Kentucky Christian University
National Church Music Conference exists to serve the Church by providing an annual opportunity for education, inspiration, fellowship and spiritual renewal for music and worship personnel.
National Association for Music Educators: A professional association to advance music education as a profession.
Worship Leader Magazine: "Transforming communities through worship."

Andrew Peterson: Andrew and his wife Jaime are FCC alumni. Check out who they are and where they will be next.
CCM Magazine
CCMusic
Christian Music Audio & Video
Church Music: scroll down for links to Contemporary Christian Music
Cornerstone Festival Cornerstone Festival was started in 1984; an annual event, "refreshing of spirit and vision, in fellowshipping with one another, in engaging with ideas and the arts, and in the hands-on business of camping out on 500 acres of beautiful Illinois prairie land."

March 2010