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Internet/Databases Resources for World Music

  • All Music Guide
    This publication has been around for quite a while, and has a print edition as well. The online version is free, and you can search geographically by country, or explore the broad World Music section.
  • Global Music Archive
    The Global Music Archive is a multi-media reference archive and resource center for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americas.
  • Global Music on Link TV
    This educational channel offers a lot of music and videos from all around the globe.
  • World Instrument Gallery
  • Oxford Music Online
    Oxford Music Online is the gateway offering users the ability to access and cross-search multiple music reference resources in one location. Log into Moodle to find ASM's username and password.
  • International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
    Freely available scores and sheet music in the public domain.
  • Sheet Music Consortium
    Access sheet music collections at UCLA, Indiana University, Johns Hopkins, and Duke.
  • American Memory
    From the Library of Congress. Access to a wide range of collections in the performing arts, including sheet music, sound recordings, and selected composers' manuscripts.
  • Texts on Music in English from the Medieval and Early Modern Eras
    From the Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln. Full-text, English language treatises on music theory and aesthetics, from the middle ages through the 17th century.
  • Smithsonian Global Sound
    Smithsonian Global Sound, produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is a virtual encyclopedia of the world's musical and aural traditions

Public Domain Sheet Music

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