Music Web Resources

Selected List

Special Subjects

Email requests for information, assistance and training to Art.Reference@utas.edu.au

AIATSIS. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Australian Music Centre
Australian Music Web Site. A resource site, particularly bands, but also festivals,
equipment retailers, studios, subject sites (jazz, metal, folk) & reference sources.
NFRAM. The National Networked Facility for Research in Australian Music.

ArtsInfo
Maintained by the Commonwealth Dept. of Communications & the Arts. Information on grants, training & industry development programs offered by Federal, State & local governments, corporations, foundations & non-government bodies.
Arts Tas
The Tasmanian Governments arts agency. Includes information on grants, loans, & jobs.
Asialink Arts
Offers artistic and cultural programs in Asia, including residencies, touring exhibitions and communication programs.
Australia Council
The Australian Government's principal arts funding and advisory service.
Playing Australia. Dept.of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Provides Commonwealth Govt. grants to companies, producers, venues, presenters and tour organisers to tour performing arts across State and Territory boundaries.
Research College. Postgraduate opportunities, Research & Development activities.

IAML (Australian Branch) International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres.
IAML (UK).

Indiana University. School of Music & William and Gayle Cook Music Library.
Worldwide Internet Resources - includes links to musicians & groups, composers, ensembles, research, & the commercial world.
Sibelius Academy. Links to many music sites, including jazz, pop, gospel, instruments, research, composers, theory and opera.

Archive of Dissertation Abstracts in Music. International dissertations, complete and in progress. Alphabetical by author with links to abstracts.
BAMER : Bibliography of Australian Music Education Research project maintained by Deakin University. Author access to research studies completed and in process, plus links to other sites
DDM-Online : Doctoral Dissertations in Musicology. 1996+ Indiana University.
No abstracts
Register of Postgraduate Music Dissertations, 1995+ Musicological Society of Australia. Theses completed or in progress in Australia and New Zealand arranged alphabetically by author within subject categories.

Special Subjects

Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads. University of Oxford
The Mudcat Cafe. A searchable folk song database. This site will not be updated due to copyright concerns.
LISWA (Library & Information Service W.A.) Music & Performing Arts Library.
Song/Instrumental Index to songs, arias & instrumental pieces in anthologies & sheet music format. Does not cover sound recordings.

The Piano Page. Piano technicians Guild. Includes technical & industry information, plus links to music resources.

Mutopia This volunteer project has typeset editions of copyright free scores and is available for download. Browse the collection by composer, instrument, or style.
Musicnotes. A large variety of music books and digital sheet music which cover most instruments.

The Aria Database. Information on operatic arias, with translations and aria texts of most arias.
Lied and Song Texts Page. An archive of texts to lieder and other classical vocal pieces.
Opera Glass. Information on libretti, synopses, discographies, and more.