Aaron Copland Collection - The Library of Congress celebrates the centennial of the birth of the American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Spans the years 1910 to 1990 and includes 400,000 items. Manuscript and printed music, personal and business correspondence, diaries, writings, scrapbooks, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, awards, books, sound recordings, and motion pictures.
All About Beethoven - Information regarding the life and music of the great composer.
Cy Walter - Official Cy Walter web site created and maintained by Cy's family. Although sometimes categorized as a "jazz improvisationalist", Cy preferred to characterize himself as a "stylist of show tunes". Cy's musical compositions were often the subject of collaboration with talented lyricists, including Herman Ackman, Edmund Anderson, Jimmy Dobson, Richard Kollmar, Alice Michel, Maurice Rose, Andrew Rosenthal, Chilton Ryan, and Alec Wilder.
Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers - Basic and accurate biographical information on hundreds of composers. Links to additional information at other web sites, to sheet music, and to CDs and books about the composers.
Hoagy Carmichael Collection, The - Every item in Indiana University's extensive collections pertaining to the life and career of master songwriter Hoagland "Hoagy" Carmichael (1899-1981).
Josephine Baker -
American expatriate entertainer and actress. She became a French citizen in 1937. Most noted as a singer, Baker also was a celebrated dancer in her early career. She was given the nicknames the "Bronze Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations. In France, she has always been known as "La Baker".
Kronos Quartet - Presents and promotes contemporary music and expands the repertoire for string quartet. Kronos commissions about a dozen new works each season and performs more than 100 concerts a year, touring for 22 weeks to an average of 15 countries and 15 domestic states annually.
Singer-Songwriter Directory - Links to sites dedicated to singer/songwriters. Find links to official home pages and fan sites, to well known artists and starting musicians
Stephen Kent - Multi-instrumentalist and composer, master didjeridu, and radio DJ.
Usopera.com -
At the heart of the site are the detailed pages on individual American opera composers and their operas. There is also a complete list of recordings, books, and scores for the entire site, a timeline of some important events in American opera history, and some scores of American opera music for free download.
Wagner FAQs (Richard Wagner) - The list of frequently asked questions (and their answers) for the news- group humanities.music.composers.wagner.
Women Composers - Only composers of classical music whose works have been released on compact disc, have been included in this database. Composers are listed in alphabetical order, and their name is followed by their date and country of birth (which may in some cases differ from their country of residence).
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