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Great article on the foundation of blues music includes links to blues musicians.
http://thebluehighway.com/history.html
The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934 as a non-profit organization to advance research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship. At present, 3,300 individual members and 1,200 institutional subscribers from forty nations participate in the Society.
http://www.ams-net.org/
"Looking for ways to introduce students to one of the most influential figures in musical theatre history? These lesson plans and activities, a comprehensive glossary of terms, and additional resources will introduce students to the magical world of musicals and the legendary Stephen Sondheim."
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/mt/sondheim/artsedge.html
Teachers and students may download Audacity software for FREE at this site. Audacity is a free program that allows students to create blogs so that teachers may incorporate them into their curriculum.
http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html
This Library of Congress American Memory features musical scores, recordings, photographs, and essays on the style of brass band music that flourished in the 1850s in the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
Teachers will find a wealth of age appropriate music materials including best picks in the categories of Infants & Toddlers, Early Childhood, Older Kids, Folk Music, Holiday, World/Jazz and Poetry. Listen to music samples, browse song lyrics and read reviews of the author's recommendations.
http://www.bestchildrensmusic.com/
CHICO's Music Heritage Network (MHN) welcomes you to a dynamic community of educators, musicians, students and anyone interested in multimedia use and cultural studies. MHN is committed to providing online multicultural resources designed for curriculum development. Currently, this site features sound, text and visual materials; although created with K-12 classes in mind, everyone can enjoy intriguing sights and sounds from around the world.
http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/
This tutorial concisely covers the essential concepts of music theory from the absolute fundamentals right through to the use of advanced chords and scales. At each step you can hear the sounds as you read the text. Along the way, your understanding of music will rapidly improve as the mysteries of music all start to make sense.
http://www.chordwizard.com/theory.html
Here you will learn facts about the classical guitar history itself and also about the life of composers for it. On this Web site, you will find information from the classical guitar's early beginning until the present day. An abstract will be followed by the full version of the history. Images of guitars at different times will complete the package.
http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/history/
The Classical Archive is the largest site on the web with thousands of mostly free full length recordings.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/
The Continental Harmony Project brings composers and communities together to create new music that reflects their history, culture and hopes for the future. Click on a point to see and hear projects across the country or in your own state.
http://www.pbs.org/harmony/
Learn about electronic music files and what right you have to access and copy them.
http://www.reach.net/~scherer/p/copyrit1.htm
Online museum of a huge collection of historic musical instruments. Read about them and see photos of the instruments.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
This site charts the development of electronic musical instruments from 1870 to 1990. The main focus of the site is on instruments developed from the beginning of the century until the 1960's.
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/
This is an interactive website that uses humor and storytelling to help kids ages 8-13 learn about places and cultures around the world through a wide range of subjects, including geography, math, science, music and history.
http://www.fffbi.com