Listen to beautiful music while browsing the Web  

About.com Music Links -  with free email assistance - links to free sheet music & lyrics.    search their archives http://search.about.com/fullsearch.htm?TopNode=%2F&terms=music&type=0

Brown's Fine Art Library Music Resources
http://www.rice.edu/fondren/brown/music/

Classical Archives - a delight to the ears over 1500 files  http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Classical & Jazz music downloads (for pay), latest news & happenings - use their search  - excellent site  http://gmn.com/

CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES © 2002 Classical Archives LLC   many resources

Classical composers with music links http://home.nib.unicamp.br/~sabbatin/sabbmus.htm

Classical Music downloads -2004  excellent  http://www.amclassical.com/midi/

Classical music on the web     http://www.unc.edu/~baker/music.html

Classical Music Page:  biographies, terminology, a wealth of  information   http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html

Classical Music Search: use their search to find info  http://www.classicalsearch.com/

A commercial site, yet it contains  biographies,   discographies, new release reviews, & resources   photos, video, and sound samples.  http://www.eyeneer.com/ema.html

Free Sheet Music from http://www.freesheetmusic.net/

Harp Lesson Plan  by Ann Walkup
http://annwalkup.googlepages.com/home

Indiana University School of Music
Worldwide Internet Music Resources   http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources

Internet Piano page:  Listen to great musichttp://www.geocities.com/Paris/3486/

 Midi Land  http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/1041/MIDILAND.html

Music Resources for teachers & students K-12
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html

*Music downloads :  Listen to (& download for a fee) music over the Web & Net-radio  http://www.sheetmusicusa.com/guitar/advance.htm

Music:  Download songs from the net, re-mix them & create custom presentations   http://www.musicmatch.com/ 

Music from EMusic.com. Download free music or purchase music  http://emusic.com/

 Music from MP3.com  free downloads, musicians' mall EXCELLENT   (MP3 stands for Motion Picture Expert Group, audio layer 3 )
Note: MP3 is a way to squeeze sound files on PCs so that a  typical CD track can be compressed into a file less than  1/10 of its original size   http://mp3.com

Music from sonicnet - free downloads, music reviews, videos, purchase items  http://www.sonicnet.com/home/index.jhtml

Music Gifts from Musictreasures.com - excellent assortment of gifts - lamps, mgs, instruments, videos, tapes, medals, cards, musical links...  http://www.musictreasures.com/

Music gifts from musician's Friend  http://musiciansfriend.com/

Music Gifts from the Music Stand  - one of my favorite shopping places  http://www.themusicstand.com/

Music Gifts from Friendship House: T-shirts, chocolate CDsteachers' aides, awards...http://www.friendshiphouse.com/

Music: listen to music of great composers & read about the composers too   http://members.aol.com/learj25d

Music Search : Search artists, producers, songs, styles, labels...   http://allmusic.com/

Music in Therapy - Examines the power of using popular music, something
people already listen to, as a way for people to express their
feelings.  Includes examples of therapeutic messages in popular music
as well as original music by Freudian Slip, therapeutic rock band.

Radio: Live classical music http://classicalwebcast.com/

Radio Stations - a variety http://www.metronet.com/~chipk/radio/OH.html

Radio - Public Broadcast http://publicbroadcast.net/wgte/ppr/

Radio - Classical - lovely KBPS Classical 89.9 FM.htm

Sibelius Academy, Finland    One of PC Magazine's top 100 sites     http://www.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/music.html

Top 10 sites in popularity according to PCData:
http://real.com/
http://windowsmedia.com/mediaguide/default.asp
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http://shockwave.com/bin/shockwave/entry.jsp
http://planetofmusic.com/music/index.html
http://napster.com/
http://mp3.com/
http://netbroadcaster.com/
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Quotable

• Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the Infinite. Thomas Carlyle 
  

Music Joke:

A married couple trying to live up to a snobbish lifestyle 
went to a party. The conversation turned to Mozart. 
"Absolutely brilliant, magnificent, a genius!"

The woman, wanting to join in the conversation, remarked 
casually, "Ah, Mozart. You're so right. I love him. Only this 
morning I saw him getting on the No. 5 bus going to Coney 
Island."

There was a sudden hush, and everyone looked at her. Her 
husband was mortified. He pulled her away and whispered, 
"We're leaving right now. Get your coat and let's get out of 
here."

As they drove home, he kept muttering to himself. Finally his 
wife turned to him. "You're angry about something."

"Oh really? You noticed?" he sneered. "I've never been so 
embarrassed in my life! You saw Mozart take the No. 5 bus to 
Coney Island? You idiot! Don't you know the No. 5 bus doesn't 
go out to Coney Island?"

"I have been told that Wagner's music is better than it sounds."  Mark Twain

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Below is a copy of an interesting email I received regarding the source of Taps played at military funerals.
After reading this, I guarantee you will never feel the same way when hearing taps:

 TAPS
 If any of you have ever been to a military funeral in which taps
were  played; this brings out a new meaning of it.

 Here is something Every American should know. Until I
 read this, I didn't know, but I checked it out and it's true:

 We in the United States have all heard the haunting song, "Taps". 
It's  the song that gives us that lump in our throats and usually tears
in our  eyes.

 But, do you know the story behind the song?  If not, I think you
will be interested to find out about its humble beginnings.

Reportedly, it all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union
Army Captain Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harrison's Landing
in  Virginia.  The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow
 strip of land.

 During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moans of a soldier
who lay severely wounded on the field.  Not knowing if it was a Union or
Confederate soldier, the Captain decided to risk his life and bring
the  stricken man back for medical attention.  Crawling on his stomach
 through the gunfire, the Captain reached the stricken soldier and
began  pulling him toward his encampment.

When the Captain finally reached his own lines, he discovered it
was actually a Confederate soldier, but the soldier was dead.

 The Captain lit a lantern and suddenly caught his breath and went
numb with shock.  In the dim light, he saw the face of the soldier. It
was  his own son. The boy had been studying music in the South when the
war broke out.  Without telling his father, the boy enlisted in the
 Confederate Army.

 The following morning, heartbroken, the father asked permission of
his  superiors to give his son a full military burial, despite his enemy
status. His request was only partially granted.

The Captain had asked if he could have a group of Army band members
play a funeral dirge for his son at the funeral. The request was turned
down since the soldier was a Confederate.

 But, out of respect for the father, they did say they could give
him  only one musician.

 The Captain chose a bugler.  He asked the bugler to play a series
of musical notes he had found on a piece of paper in the pocket of the
dead  youth's uniform. This wish was granted.

The haunting melody, we now know as "Taps" .... used at military
funerals was born.

 The words are :

 Day is done.. Gone the sun.
 From the lakes.  From the hills.   From the sky.
 All is well.   Safely rest.  God is nigh.
 Fading light.   Dims the sight.
 And a star.  Gems the sky.  Gleaming bright.
 From afar.   Drawing nigh.  Falls the night.
Thanks and praise.  For our days.
 Neath the sun.  Neath the stars.  Neath the sky.

 As we go.  This we know.  God is nigh.

I, too, have felt the chills while listening to "Taps" but I have
never  seen all the words to the song until now.  I didn't even know there
was more than one verse.  I also never knew the story behind the song
and I  didn't know if you had either so I thought I'd pass it along.

 I now have an even deeper respect for the song than I did before.
 Remember Those Lost and Harmed While Serving Their Country.
 And also those presently serving in the Armed Forces..
 Please send this on after a short prayer.

 Make this a "Prayer wheel for our soldiers"...please don't break
it.

 I pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and
to
 the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible,
with
 Liberty and Justice for all.
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