Music

Indiana University project whaose mission includes "To establish a unique collection of primary and secondary source materials on African-American music and culture where such materials are scarce or nonexistent."

The #1 resource for free music and royalty free music.

"This library contains over two hundred thousand free digital recordings ranging from alternative news programming, to Grateful Dead concerts, to Old Time Radio shows, to book and poetry readings, to original music uploaded by our users. Many of these audios and MP3s are available for free download."

"The Center, which opened on September 8, 1971, continues its efforts to fulfill President Kennedy's vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, world, and folk music, and multi-media performances for all ages. Every year the institution that bears President Kennedy's name brings his dream to fruition, touching the lives of millions of people through thousands of performances".

This Library of Congress reference center archives many collections of recorded sound and recorded sound related items, including the "National Jukebox", "Band Music from the Civil War Era", "The March King: John Philip Sousa" , and "Ragtime", among many others.

The University of Oregon has compiled a list of professional music organizations and associations. This page provides links to those organizations' sites.

"Founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the New York Philharmonic is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. It currently plays some 180 concerts a year, and on May 5, 2010, gave its 15,000th concert — a milestone unmatched by any other symphony orchestra."

" NPR creates and distributes award-winning news, information, and music programming to a network of 944 independent stations. Through them, NPR programming reaches 26.8 million listeners every week."

Search the University of Michigan's Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments.