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Music by Country or Region,

Including Traditional and Folk Music

A Web Directory

Africa	Argentina	Armenia	Australia	Brazil
Britain	Central Asia	China	Celtic	Czech
Dutch	Finland	France	Greece	Hungary
Indian	Iran	Ireland	Japan	Korea
Latin America	Poland	Russia	Scandinavia	Spain
Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	USA	Venezuela

Centre of Ethnomusicology, Alberta. . Composers by region, a web directory from The Open Directory Project. . Wikipedia entry on classical music from around the world. AFRICAN MUSIC African Music Encylcopedia Search by artist and country. . African Music Group The largest independent discussion group for African Music. . Music of Africa, Wikipedia entries. . African Music on the Internet Stanford University's annotated guide to African music sites. . Archive pour la Musique Africaine Institut fŸr Ethnologie und Afrika-Studien Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitŠt Mainz . . BBC. Africa on your Street . Composers. A web directory of African composers from the Open Directory Project. . International Library of African Music A research and archival centre for traditional African music. . Music of Africa Archives, drumming, dance, instruments. From Columbia University. . Music Uganda . South African Music An A-Z index of artists, photo gallery, news and events. . University of Michigan collection of African art. Composers of African descent Wikipedia entries on composers of African descent.

AMERICAN COMPOSERS, AMERICAN MUSIC
See also: Composers Index

American Composers Alliance
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American Composers Forum
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American Society of Composers
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American Music Center
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Historic American Sheet music.
Duke University
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New Music Box
An online magazine for American music.
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UCLA Music Library, special collections.
Popular, jazz, film music, early music.


American Composers

Composers
American composers, a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
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Contemporary American composers forum.
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Wikipedia entries on American composers.




ARGENTINE MUSIC

Argentine folkoric dances.
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Argentine music history
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Argentine Tango
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Banda Sinf—nica de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
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Musica Clasica Argentina -
an Argentine classical music portal.
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The National Symphony Orchestra
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Wikipedia entry on Argentinian music.
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Tango


Argentine Composers

Composers. Argentine composers.
.
Composers. Argentine composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.


Ginastra, Alberto Alberto Ginastera
Wikipedia article.

Kagel, Mauricio. Mauricio Kagel. IRCAM (search)

Piazzolla. Astor. The Astor Piazzolla homepage.





ARMENIAN MUSIC

Audio Online,
from Armenian dance music to Armenian Classical music.
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The Archive of Armenian Music
The archive seeks to save music and aural recollections in all formats and genre, with specific focus placed on the musical traditions of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
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Composers from Armenia
Terterian, Avet. Avet Terterian,
Armenian composer.
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Andriasov, Iosif. Iosif Andriasov (1933-2000),
renowned composer and philosopher of the Armenian heritage, who was born in Moscow, USSR, and lived for the last 21 years of his life in New York City. Official web-site.
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Khachaturian, Aram. Aram Khachaturian Virtual Museum

Aram Khachaturian, Wikipedia entry.

Composers. Armenian composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.


ASIAN CLASSICAL AND MODERN MUSIC

Composers. Asian composers (by region),
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.



AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS / MUSIC RESOURCES

Australasian computer music,
Australian composers directory.
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AustralAsian Music Industry Directory
The most current, correct and comprehensive directory, updated online every week for over 8000 listings in 20 Asia Pacific music markets.
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Australian Music World Wide Web Site
A useful reference of discographies, biographies, links and news for many Australian artists.
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Australian Music Centre
Established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world.
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Composers


Folk music. Australian Folk Music.
A directory of web sites about Australian folk music.
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Grainger, Percy. Percy Grainger Museum
Melbourne University
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Music Australia
Discover historical and contemporary Australian music, view and print Australian sheet music and find full scores, listen to sound recordings or purchase digital downloads.
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National Library of Australia
Scores and the largest collection of music research resources in Australia.
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Revolve.com.au
CDs of the best Australian classical composers from the last 100 years, by Derek Strahan, composer. Includes a page of audio music files and a page of contemporary classical music links.
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Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation
Songlines in Victoria is an Incorporated Aboriginal Association that has been established to provide assistance in all aspects of the music and performing arts industry to Aboriginal muiscians.



AUSTRIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
 
Austrian Music Network
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Composers: general index of composers.
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Viennese composers.
About Vienna
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Vienna and music.
Orchestras, venues, events.
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Viennese classical music concerts and events.
Vienna Classic
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Wiener Philharmoniker
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Wikipedia entry on Austrian music.

Austrian composers
Composers. Austrian composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project
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Wikipedia entries on Austrian composers.



BRAZILIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC, BRAZILIAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

All Brazilian Music
Movements, genres and styles.
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Brazilian Music
Music culture and style: articles, interviews and it the sites of many Brazilian musicians.
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Brazilian Sound
Brazilian singers, musicians and composers.
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Brazilian Music TV
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Composers. Brazilian composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
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Fundaco Biblioteca Nacional, Brazil.
Brazilian music archives, with links to Brazilian music websites.  
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Wikipedia entries on Brazilian composers.
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Brazilian Music Index
A list of Brazilian composers.


Arnaldo Antunes, Carlinhos Brown, Marisa Monte, Metro Blue.
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Villa-Lobos Museum

BRITISH COMPOSERS / ENGLISH COMPOSERS / IRISH COMPOSERS

British Academy of Composers and Songwriters
BASCA exists to support and protect the artistic, professional, commercial and copyright interests of songwriters, lyricists and composers of all genres of music and to celebrate and encourage excellence in British music writing.
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BBC Classical music pages.
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The Land of the Lost Continent. British classical music. A blog.
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British Composers Awards
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British Composers Project
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Classical music of the United Kingdom, Wikipedia entry.
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Classical composer biographies. University of Cambridge
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The British Library Sound Archive — Classical music


Contemporary British composers

Contemporary British Composers
A web directory.
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British Composers Project
An index for contemporary music composers.
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BBC - Radio 3
Contemporary British Composers on Radio 3.

Early British popular music.
Wikipedia entry.
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English composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
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The NMC Songbook
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Faber Music Publishers
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Irish composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
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Scottish composers,
a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
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Wikipedia entries on British composers.


British Composers

Wikipedia entries on British composers.


Ades, Thomas. Thomas Ades, Wikipedia entry.
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Bax, Arnold. Arnod Bax. Wikipedia entry


Birtwistle, Harrison. Harrison Birtwistle. Wikipedia entry.
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Boyce, William. William Boyce

William Boyce. Wikipedia entry.

Britten, Benjamin. Benjamin Britten website.
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Davies, Peter Maxwell Davies. Peter Maxwell Davies
Wikipedia entry.

Peter Maxwell Davies
Chestor Novello
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Boosey and Hawkes

Elgar, Edward. Edward Elgar Society Homepage
Elgar foundation. Elgar's life and works.
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Holst, Gustav. Gustav Holst
Biography, sound clips, resources, compositions.

Gustav Holst. Wikipedia
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Gustav Holst - Free scores n the International Music Score Library Project
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GustavHolst.info. List of works, biography.
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Gustav Holst: The Lost Films (Discovered 2009)

Lambert, Constant. Constant Lambert
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Henry Purcell
Wikipedia entry.

Works by or about Henry Purcell in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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Free scores by Henry Purcell at The Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
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Free scores by Henry Purcell at the International Music Score Library Project.

Tallis, Thomas. Thomas Tallis Society, UK.
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Tavener, John 1944-. John Tavener's life and works.
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Tippett, Sir Michael. Sir Michael Tippett official homepage.
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Walton, William. William Walton website.
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Warlock, Peter. Peter Warlock
Wikipedia

Ralph Vaughan Williams.
BBC Four Audio Interviews. Ralph Vaughan Williams.