Performance

Music presented for the public's enjoyment.

Sub-headings:

Instruments

Resources in this category:

Choral Public Domain Library
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

"The largest website devoted exclusively to free choral sheet music. Begun in December 1998, the site has over 140 contributors and 3,200 scores." Search by title or composer, or browse in the following categories: chant, medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic, early-20th, or modern.

8notes.com
http://www.8notes.com/

An extensive collection of free, downloadable sheet music and lessons. Categorized by instrument and musical styles (popular, classical, film, christmas, etc.). Also includes short pieces and riffs. Site has a search function, chat forum, and newsletter.

Harmony Central
http://www.harmony-central.com/

An extremely useful and well organized guide to Internet resources for musicians. Also contains industry news. Annotated and Searchable.

Historic American Sheet Music Project
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/

"The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3,042 pieces from the collection, published in America between 1850 and 1920."

Introduction to Reading Music
http://www.datadragon.com/education/reading/

Learn about notes, clefs, rests, counting, time signatures, and more through these short, easy-to-follow lessons.

The Living Composers Project
http://www.composers21.com/

"The Living Composers Project is a non-profit database begun in 2000, which aims to provide composers, listeners, performers, and researchers with a source of information about the music of our time."

Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, 1870-1885
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/

"Consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method books and instructional materials, and music for band and orchestra." Search by keyword or browse indexes of authors, titles, or subjects. The sheet music is viewable online as page images.

Musicals 101.com
http://www.musicals101.com/

"A lovingly crafted resource for that uniquely American art form -- the musical. A former Broadway professional and devoted fan has assembled year-by-year stage chronologies from 1930 to the present, and an index of screen musicals for the same period. Opinionated, informative reviews, a bibliography, and an encyclopedic collection of essays cover the glamour and the camp." Also features a history of musicals, bios of musical stars, a musicals calendar, and a photo gallery.

PD Info: Public Domain Music
http://www.pdinfo.com/

"A reference site to help the ordinary person identify public domain songs and public domain music... royalty free music you can use anywhere and any way you choose... performance, sing-along, film, video, advertising, business, or personal." Includes info on copyright and public domain, an FAQ, and a song list of titles in the public domain.

Sheet Music from Canada's Past
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/sheetmusic/

"This site is a source of sheet music published in Canada before 1921, selected from the National Library of Canada's historical collection. This website currently features sheet music published before Confederation (1867) and during the era of the First World War (1914-1920), selected from the historical collection of the National Library of Canada. Future phases will include digitized sheet music published between 1867 and 1913." Scores can be searched or browsed, and are downloadable in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.