Top Resources For Classical, Jazz and Popular Music
"Without music, life would be an error." - Friedrich Nietzsche.
"Where words fail, music speaks." - Hans Christian Andersen.
"Music is what feelings sound like." - Author unknown.
"Schopenhauer's claim that music is superior to all the other arts." - (from "Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography" by Julian Young).
MUSIC is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek (mousike), "(art) of the Muses". The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context. Music ranges from strictly organized compositions (and their recreation in performance), through improvisational music to aleatoric forms. Music can be divided into genres and subgenres, although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle, sometimes open to individual interpretation, and occasionally controversial.
The era of Baroque music (1600-1750) began when the first operas were written and when contrapuntal music became prevalent. German Baroque composers wrote for small ensembles including strings, brass, and woodwinds, as well as choirs, pipe organ, harpsichord, and clavichord. The music of the Classical period (1750-1800) is characterized by homophonic texture, often featuring a prominent melody with accompaniment. These new melodies tended to be almost voice-like and singable. In 1800, the Romantic era (1800-1890s) in music developed, with Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert as transitional composers who introduced a more dramatic, expressive style.
With 20th century music, there was a vast increase in music listening as the radio gained popularity and phonographs were used to replay and distribute music. Jazz evolved and became a significant genre of music over the course of the 20th century, and during the second half of that century, rock music did the same. Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed in the 1960s from 1950s rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, and country music. The sound of rock often revolves around the electric guitar or acoustic guitar, and it uses a strong back beat laid down by a rhythm section of electric bass guitar, drums, and keyboard instruments such as organ, piano, or, since the 1970s, digital synthesizers. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, rock music branched out into different subgenres, ranging from blues rock and jazz-rock fusion to heavy metal and punk rock, as well as the more classical influenced genre of progressive rock.
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Classical Music & Opera
 - Account of a Very Remarkable Young Musician (1769) - The Public Domain Review.
- Apple will launch its standalone classical music app on March 28th, 2023 - "Apple Music Classical will be available from the App Store, and the company says it will provide deeper search and composer metadata that help set it apart from mainstream music services. It’ll also do spatial audio, of course."
- CHAMBER MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- CLASSICAL COMPOSERS DATABASE
- CLASSICAL MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- CLASSICAL PLACE - the social network for classical music.
- EMI CLASSIC | VIRGIN CLASSICS
- gesamtkunstwerk - definition & explanation.
- GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS
- GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE - "The world's authority on classical music since 1923."
- In Handel’s ‘Messiah,’ the Trumpet as Divine Agent - The New York Times.
- Is opera the most misogynistic art form? - The Guardian.
- KÖCHEL CATALOGUE - complete, chronological catalogue of compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- MASTER CLASS - Wikipedia.
- MOZART EAR
- MOZART EFFECT - Wikipedia.
- OPERA - Wikipedia.
- Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did - The New York Times.
- Stalking the Memory of Mozart in Vienna - The New York Times.
- TARISIO - founded in 1999 is an internet-based auction house dedicated to fine stringed instruments and bows.
- THE DEATH OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - An Epidemiologic Perspective - Annals of Internal Medicine: 18 August 2009 | Volume 151 Issue 4 | Pages 274-278.
- The Five Fingers | Les cinq doigts - piano composition by Igor Stravinsky.
- THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL | JUILLIARD - performing arts conservatory: dance, drama, music (New York City, NY, U.S.A.).
- Why can’t more music apps be like Apple Music Classical? - "While it isn’t perfect, the app embraces metadata to a degree that a lot of other apps could learn from."
Classical Artists: A-Z
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- Abdel Rahman El Bacha - performing Petrushka suite (2/2) - by Igor Stravinsky.
- ALISON BALSOM - performing Hummel Trumpet Concertos - by Joseph Haydn.
- AMAURY VASSILI - performing SOGNU.
- ANDRÉ RIEU - performing The Emperor Waltz, opus 437. - by Johann Strauss.
- ANDREA BOCELLI - performing VIVO POR ELLA.
- Andrei Gavrilov - performing Elegie, es-moll, opus 3, No. 1 - by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
- ANDRÉS SEGOVIA - performing Bach.
- Andrew von Oeyen - performing 24 Preludes, Opus 28 - by Frédéric Chopin.
- ANNA NETREBKO - performing O mio babbino caro - by Giacomo Puccini.
- ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER - performing Violin Concerto no. 1 III, Presto - by W. A. Mozart.
- ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN - performing Moonlight Sonata - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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- Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of St. Maurice & St. Maur, Clervaux, Luxembourg - performing DIES IRAE, DIES ILLA - by Thomas of Celano.
- BENIAMINO GIGLI - performing MAMMA.
- Bertrand Chamayou - performing Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
- BIRGIT NILSSON - performing Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene (end) - by Richard Wagner.
- Boris Berezovsky - performing Piano Concerto No. 2 2 - 1. movement, Moderato - by Sergei Rachmaninoff .
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- CAMILLA WILLIAMS - performing BEAU SOIR - by Claude Debussy.
- CECILIA BARTOLI - performing Agitata da due venti - by Antonio Vivaldi.
- Claudio Arrau - performing "Moonlight Sonata", Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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- DANIELLE DE NIESE - performing HANDEL ARIAS.
- DAVID FRAY - performing Piano Concertos Nos. 22, 25 - by W. A. Mozart.
- DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH - performing Waltz 2 Russian Waltz.
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- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - performing Seligkeit - by Franz Schubert.
- ENRICO CARUSO - performing O SOLE MIO - lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro, and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua.
- ERWIN SCHROTT - performing Aprite un po' quegli occhi - Nozze di Figaro - by W. A. Mozart.
- EVGENY KISSIN - performing La Campanella - by Franz Liszt.
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- GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO - performing NESSUN DORMA (Turandot) - by Giacomo Puccini.
- GLENN GOULD - performing J. S. BACH.
- GRIGORY SOKOLOV - performing Piano Concerto No. 3, 1/5 - by Sergei Rachmaninov.
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- Ignacy Jan Paderewski - performing Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 - by Franz Liszt.
- Igor Levit - performing Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No.2 - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- ISAAC STERN - performing fiddler on the roof: violin solo.
- ITZHAK PERLMAN - performing Caprices 01/ 05/ 24 - by Niccolò Paganini.
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- JACQUELINE DU PRÉ - performing Cello Concerto, 1st Movement - by Edward Elgar.
- JASCHA HEIFETZ - performing Caprice No. 24 - by Paganini.
- JOAN SUTHERLAND - performing SEMPRE LIBERA (La Traviata) - by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Joaquín Rodrigo - performing Concierto de Aranjuez.
- JOSÉ CARRERAS - performing with Sarah Brightman Amigos para Siempre - by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- JOSÉ CURA - performing with Sarah Brightman Nessun dorma (Kalaf, Turandot) - by Giacomo Puccini.
- JOSEPH CALLEJA - performing GRANADA - by Agustín Lara.
- Joshua Bell - performing Violin Concerto, Opus 35 - by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ - performing GRANADA - by Agustín Lara.
- JULES MASSENET - performing ThaÏs: MEDITATION - by Jules Massenet.
- JUSSI BJØRLING - performing O HOLY NIGHT.
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- KATHLEEN FERRIER - performing LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY - by Edward Elgar.
- KIM BORG - performing In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Die ZauberflÖte) - by W. A. Mozart.
- KIRI TE KANAWA - performing EXSULTATE JUBILATE - by W. A. Mozart.
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- LANG LANG - performing Piano Concerto No.1, Opus 11 (1/5) - by Frédéric Chopin.
- Lauritz Melchior - performing WinterstÜrme - by Richard Wagner.
- LAWRENCE BROWNLEE - performing L'elisir d'amore.
- LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - performing NESSUN DORMA (Turandot) - by Giacomo Puccini.
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- MARIA CALLAS - performing MADAME BUTTERFLY - by Giacomo Puccini.
- MARIO LANZA - performing NESSUN DORMA (Turandot) - by Giacomo Puccini.
- MARtin FrÖst - performing Clarinet concert in A (KV622) - by W.A. Mozart.
- Maxim Vengerov - performing Violin Concerto in D minor, Opus 47 - by Jean Sibelius.
- MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ - performing BARCELONA - with Freddie Mercury.
- MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH - performing Prelude from J. S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
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- NELLIE MELBA - performing Ave Maria (Otello) - by Giuseppe Verdi.
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- PABLO CASALS - performing Suite no. 1 for Cello, part 2 - by J. S. Bach.
- PAUL POTTS - performing NESSUN DORMA (Turandot) - by Giacomo Puccini.
- PLACIDO DOMINGO - performing Otello, Dio Mi Potevi - by Giuseppe Verdi.
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- RENÉE FLEMING - performing Casta Diva (Norma) - by Vincenzo Bellini.
- ROBERTO ALAGNA - performing ROTA (THE GODFATER).
- ROLANDO VILLAZÓN - performing O SOAVE FANCIULLA - with Anna Netrebko.
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- Sergei Rachmaninoff - performing his Piano Concerto No. 2.
- STEPHEN HOUGH - performing 3rd, 3rd Movement, Part 1 - by Sergei Rachmaninov.
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- THOMAS HAMPSON - performing Largo al factotum - by Gioachino A. Rossini.
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- VAN CLIBURN - performing Piano Concerto No.1 Movement I-1 - by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
- VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY - performing Etude opus 10, part 1 - by Frédéric Chopin.
- VLADIMIR HOROWITZ - performing Ballade 1 - by Frédéric Chopin.
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- YEHUDI MENUHIN - performing violin concerto - by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
- YO-YO MA - performing Cello Suite No. 1 - by J. S. Bach.
Classical Music Events
 - Classical music festivals - Wikipedia.
- List of classical music and opera festivals in U.K. - Wikipedia.
- ARENA DI VERONA - since 1913. Summer festival of opera, located in the city of Verona, Italy.
- Bach Festival - since 1904. Music festival which takes place annually in the city of Leipzig, where J. S. Bach worked as the Thomaskantor from 1723 until his death in 1750.
- BAYREUTHER FESTSPIELE | BAYREUTH FESTIVAL - since 1876. Music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.
- Chopin Piano Fest Pristina - festival established for the first time on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Chopin in 2010,in Prishtina, Kosova by the Kosova Chopin Association.
- Dresden Music Festival - Germany.
- Edinburgh Festival - since 1947. Collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August. Though the festivals are put on by various organizations unrelated to each other, and so are officially separate events, they are regarded by many visitors as part of the same event; and together they form the largest annual cultural festival in the world.
- Festival dei Due Mondi - since 1958. Annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy,
- GLYDEBOURNE FESTIVAL OPERA - since 1934. Opera festival held at Glyndebourne Opera House, an English country house near Lewes, in East Sussex, England.
- INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE FESTIVAL - since 1972.
- MALKO COMPETITION - since 1965. International competition for young conductors.
- SALZBURG FESTIVAL - since 1920. Prominent festival of music and drama. It is held each summer (for five weeks starting in late July) within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Spoleto Festival USA - Charleston, South Carolina. One of the world's major performing arts festivals. It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi (the Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy. The annual 17-day late-spring event showcases both established and emerging artists in more than 150 performances of opera, dance, theater, classical music, and jazz.
- VERBIER FESTIVAL - since 1994. International music festival that takes place annually for 2 weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland.
- Vienna New Year's Concert - Vienna Philharmonic (German: Das Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker) is a concert of classical music that takes place each year in the morning of New Year's Day in Vienna, Austria. It is broadcast live around the world to an estimated audience of 50 million in 73 countries in 2012 and 90 countries in 2015.
Concert Halls & Opera Houses
 - A Night (and Many Days) Backstage at the Metropolitan Opera - The New York Times.
- Acoustics - Wikipedia.
- Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why - The New York Times.
- Elbphilharmonie: Hamburg’s dazzling, costly castle in the air - The Guardian.
- Inside Herzog & De Meuron's Hamburg miracle - "Seven years late and 10 times over-budget, the €789m Elbphilharmonie concert hall is finished – complete with 1,000 handblown glass lamps and €300 loo brushes."
- Is opera the most misogynistic art form? - The Guardian.
- List of concert halls - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF OPERA HOUSES - Wikipedia.
 - Opera coat - ankle- or floor-length loose-fitting coat of luxurious fabric such as velvet, brocade or satin, to be worn over an evening gown or a man's tuxedo. It may be described as a fitted cloak with sleeves and is generally not as tailored as a coat. Men's opera coats are frequently worn with a walking stick and top hat.
- OPERA HOUSE - Wikipedia.
- Sydney Opera House to Undergo $202 Million Renovation - ArchDaily.
- ThÉÂtrophone - (1881/1890-1932). ("The theatre phone") was a telephonic distribution system available in portions of Europe that allowed the subscribers to listen to opera and theatre performances over the telephone lines.
- World's 20 Most Amazing Opera Houses - Fodor's.
- world's best concert halls - The Telegraph.
 - ALTE OPER FRANKFURT - since 1880. Concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880 but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt, slowly, in the 1970s, opening again in 1981.
- Auditorium Parco della Musica - since 2002. Large public music complex in Rome, Italy, with three indoor concert halls and an outdoor theater in a park setting, hence its name.
- Bayreuth Festival Theatre - since 1876. Opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated solely to the performance of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. It is the venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival.
 - BERLIN STATE OPERA | Staatsoper Unter den Linden - since 1742. German opera company based in Berlin. Its permanent home is the Staatsoper Unter den Linden.
 - BRATISLAVA OPERA - since 1920. Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. The oldest Slovak professional theater consisting of 3 ensembles (opera, ballet and drama).
 - CARNEGIE HALL - since 1891. Concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue. It is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music.
- Cologne Opera | Oper der Stadt KÖln - Germany.
 - Copenhagen Concert Hall - since 2009. "The opening of DR Koncerthuset means a national and international concert venue for Denmark and a new architectural landmark for the capital. Jean Nouvel’s unique building puts Copenhagen on a level with other cities around the world which provide the best modern acoustic and visual setting for concertgoers."
 - COPENHAGEN OPERA HOUSE - since 2005. The national opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built with construction costs well over US$500 million. It is located on the island of Holmen in central Copenhagen.
- Deutsche Oper Berlin - since 1911. Opera company located in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, Germany. The resident building is the country's second largest opera house and also home to the Berlin State Ballet.
- Dutch National Opera - Dutch opera company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its present home base is the Dutch National Opera & Ballet housed in the Stopera building, a modern building designed by Cees Dam and Wilhelm Holzbauer which opened in 1986.
 - Elbe Philharmonic Hall | Elbphilharmonie Hamburg - since 2017. Concert hall in the HafenCity quarter of Hamburg, Germany, on the Grasbrook peninsula of the Elbe River. It is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world. It is popularly nicknamed Elphi.
- Finnish National Opera | Kansallisooppera - since 1993. Helsinki, Finland.
 - GLYDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE - since 1934. English country house, the site of an opera house that, since 1934, has been the venue for the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Initially, operas were presented within the house but there is now a free-standing opera house on its grounds. The house itself, located near Lewes in East Sussex, England, is thought to be about six hundred years old and listed at grade II.
- HAMBURG STATE OPERA - since 1678. Germany opera company based in Hamburg.
- HARPA - since 2011. Concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The building features a distinctive colored glass facade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.
- Helsinki Music Centre | Musiikkitalo - since 2011. Concert hall and a music center in Töölönlahti, Helsinki. The building is home to Sibelius Academy and two symphony orchestras, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
 - Hollywood Bowl - since 1922. Amphitheater in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The bowl is owned by the County of Los Angeles and is the home of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the host of hundreds of musical events each year.
 - Konzerthaus Berlin - since 1818. Concert hall situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin housing the German orchestra Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
- LA MONNAIE - since 1700. Opera house in Brussels, Belgium.
- LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - since 1962. Complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It hosts many notable performing arts organizations, which are nationally and internationally renowned, including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet & the New York City Opera.
 - METROPOLITAN OPERA - since 1966. Opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
 - Musikverein | Wiener Musikverein | Viennese Music Association - since 1870. Concert hall in the Innere Stadt borough of Vienna, Austria. It is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra.
- New York City Opera - 1943-2013 / 2016-. American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City.
- NEW WORLD CENTER - concert hall in the South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida, that is designed by Frank Gehry. It is the home of the New World Symphony, with a capacity of 756 seats. It opened in January 2011.
- Oper Frankfurt - since 1961. One of the leading opera houses in Europe, and voted best "Opera house of the year" several times since 2003.
 - OpÉra Bastille - since 1989. Modern opera house in Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand’s "Grands Travaux", it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera.
 - OpÉra de Monte-Carlo - since 1879. Opera house, which is part of the Monte Carlo Casino located in the Principality of Monaco.
 - Oslo Opera House - since 2008. The home of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway.
 - Palais Garnier - 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica."
 - Paris Opera | OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS - primary opera company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra.
 - Prague State Opera | STÁTNÍ OPERA - since 1888. Opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. Currently it is home to approximately 300 performances a year.
 - Royal Albert Hall - since 1871. Concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, which has held the Proms concerts annually each summer since 1941. It has a capacity of up to 5,272 seats.
 - Royal Concertgebouw - since 1888. Concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Because of its highly regarded acoustics, the Concertgebouw is considered one of the finest concert halls in the world, along with places such as Boston's Symphony Hall and the Musikverein in Vienna.
 - ROYAL OPERA HOUSE - since 1732. Opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply "Covent Garden". The main auditorium seats 2,256 people, making it the third largest in London, and consists of four tiers of boxes and balconies and the amphitheatre gallery.
 - ROYAL SWEDISH OPERA | Kungliga Operan - since 1898. Sweden's national stage for opera and ballet. Located in the center of Sweden's capital Stockholm in the borough of Norrmalm. The opera company was founded by King Gustav III.
- SAGE GATESHEAD - since 2004. Concert venue and also a centre for musical education, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the North East of England.
- SAN FRANCISCO OPERA - since 1923. American opera company, based in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
 - Semperoper - since 1841. Opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra).
 - SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE - since 1973. Multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings. Designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, the building was formally opened on 20 October 1973 after a gestation beginning with Utzon's 1957 selection as winner of an international design competition.
 - Symphony Hall - since 1900. Concert hall located at 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. it was built in 1900 for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which continues to make the hall its home. Acoustically, among the top three concert halls in the world.
 - TEATRO ALLA SCALA - since 1778. Opera house in Milan, Italy. Most of Italy's greatest operatic artists, and many of the finest singers from around the world, have appeared at La Scala. The theatre is regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world.
- Teatro Amazonas - since 1884. Oopera house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.
 - TEATRO COLÓN - since 1908. The main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic, and is acoustically considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world. The other venues are Berlin's Konzerthaus, Vienna's Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, & Boston's Symphony Hall.
 - Teatro LA FENICE - since 1792. One of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre", and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several of the four major bel canto era composers - Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi were performed, but also operas from the 20th century by Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Britten & Nono.
- THE NORWEGIAN OPERA & BALLET - the first fully professional company each for opera and ballet in Norway, the only such professional organisation in the country. Its current residence is the Oslo Opera House, since the spring of 2008.
 - Verona Arena | ARENA DI VERONA - Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy built in the first century. It is still in use today and is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved ancient structures of its kind. In ancient times, nearly 30,000 people was the housing capacity of the Arena. Nowadays, for security reasons, the maximum attendance is 15,000 people.
 - VIENNA STATE OPERA | Wiener Staatsoper - since 1869. Opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The opera house was the first major building on the Vienna Ringstrasse commissioned by the Viennese "city expansion fund".
 - WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL - since 2003. At 111 South Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California. The fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and was designed by Frank Gehry. It seats 2,265 people and serves, among other purposes, as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. The hall is a compromise between an arena seating configuration, like the Berliner Philharmonie by Hans Sharon, and a classical shoebox design like the Vienna Musikverein or the Boston Symphony Hall.
 - ZÜRICH OPERA HOUSE | Opernhaus ZÜrich - since 1891. Opera house in the Swiss city of Zürich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zürich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. It is also home to the Zürich Ballet.
Conductors
 - CONDUCTING - Wikipedia.
- LIST OF FAMOUS CONDUCTORS
- ANDRÉ PREVIN - conducting Symphony No.2, Movement 3, (1/3) - by Rachmaninov.
- Arturo Toscanini - conducting Symphony No. 5, 1st movement - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- BENJAMIN BRITTEN - conducting On a Poet's Lips I Slept - music by Britten, words by Shelley.
- BRUNO WALTER - conducting Symphony No. 2 in D, Opus 73, 4th movement - by Brahms.
- CARL SCHURICHT - conducting symphony no. 3, Rheinische part 1 - by Schumann.
- CARLOS KLEIBER - conducting the Rosenkavalier Overture - by Richard Strauss.
- Clemens Krauss - conducting An der schÖnen blauen Donau, Op 314. - by Johann Strauss II.
- DANIEL BARENBOIM - conducting Symphony No. 4, 1st movement (1st half) - by Tchaikovsky.
- ERNEST ANSERMET - conducting Symphony No. 3, Movement 4 - by Brahms.
- ERICH KLEIBER - conducting Blue Danube - by Johann Strauss II.
- FABIO LUISI - conducting Symphony No. 6 Movement 1 (1/2) - by Tchaikovsky.
- Fritz Busch - conducting Don Giovanni K. 527 - by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- GEORG SOLTI - conducting Tannhauser Overture 1/2 - by Richard Wagner.
- George Szell - conducting WalkÜrenritt (Ride of the Valkyries) - by Richard Wagner.
- GUSTAVO DUDAMEL - conducting MAMBO - by Leonard Bernstein.
- Hans Knappertsbusch - conducting 9th Symphony, finale - by Beethoven.
- HERBERT BLOMSTEDT - conducting 9th Symphony, 1/6 - by Anton Bruckner.
- HERBERT VON KARAJAN - conducting Symphony No. 7 - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- IGOR STRAVINSKY - conducting LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS: THE RITE OF SPRING, PART 1.
- KARL BÖHM - rehearsing 7th symphony, 1st movement - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Karl Elmendorff - conducting Tristan und Isolde - by Richard Wagner.
- LEONARD BERNSTEIN - conducting WEST SIDE STORY - by Bernstein.
- LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI - conducting Clair de Lune - by Claude Debussy.
- LORIN MAAZEL - conducting 5th Symphony, 4. Adagietto - by Gustav Mahler.
- MYUNG-WHUN CHUNG - conducting Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, opus 67 - by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt - conducting Requiem: I. Introitus: Requiem Aeternam - by W.A. Mozart.
- OTTO KLEMPERER - conducting Beethoven's 8th Symphony, 1st Movement (Part 2).
- SERGEI PROKOFIEV - conducting Symphony no. 1 'Classical' (1) - by Prokofiev.
- SERGIU CELIBIDACHE - conducting Bolero - by Ravel.
- SIMON RATTLE - conducting Berliner Philharmoniker - Mahler Symphony No 2, 'Resurrection'
- WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER - conducting Symphony no. 1, 5/6 - by Brahms.
Film Scores & Themes: A-Z
 - 10 BEAUTIFUL SOUNDTRACKS FROM 10 BEAUTIFUL FILMS - YouTube.
- 30 MOST FAMOUS FILM SCORES - YouTube.
- 30 SADDEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS - YouTube.
- American Film Institute's list of 100 Years of Film Scores - Wikipedia.
- BEST OF HANS ZIMMER - YouTube.
- FILM SCORE - Wikipedia.
- SOUNDTRACK - Wikipedia.
- THEME MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- THE VERY BEST OF HANS ZIMMER VOL. 1 - YouTube.
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- ARTHUR'S THEME.
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- BARETTA'S THEME.
- BATMAN THEME.
- Battlestar Galactica THEME.
- BENNY HILL THEME.
- BONANZA THEME.
- Breakfast at Tiffany's Theme - the soundtrack from the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn composed and conducted by Henry Mancini.
- BREAKING BAD THEME.
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- CAR WASH SONG - the "Car Wash" title track for the Car Wash 1976 comedy film was written and produced by Norman Whitfield and was a #1 hit and was one of the biggest hit singles of the Disco era.
- Casablanca: As Time Goes By - As Time Goes By is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became most famous in 1942 when it was sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson) in the movie Casablanca.
- CANNON THEME.
- CHARLIE'S ANGELS THEME.
- CHINATOWN: LOVE THEME - Phillip Lambro was originally hired to write Chinatown's (1974) music score, but it was rejected at the last minute by producer Robert Evans, leaving Jerry Goldsmith only 10 days to write and record a new one. Parts of the original Lambro score can be heard in the original trailer for the movie. The haunting trumpet solos are by the Hollywood studio musician Uan Rasey.
- COLOMBO THEME.
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- DALLAS THEME.
- Doctor Zhivago: Lara's Theme - the lyricless tune "Lara's Theme" (later the tune for the song "Somewhere My Love") is composed by Maurice Jarre for the 1965 epic or drama-romance-war film Doctor Zhivago.
- DYNASTY THEME.
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- E.T. THEME.
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- FALCON CREST THEME.
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- GHOSTBUSTERS THEME.
- GODFATHER THEME - Nino Rota's score was removed at the last minute from the list of 1973 Academy Award nominees when it was discovered that he had used the theme in Eduardo De Filippo's 1958 comedy Fortunella. Although in the earlier film the theme was played in a brisk, staccato and comedic style, the melody was the same as the love theme from the 1972 The Godfather film, and for that reason was deemed ineligible for an Oscar. Despite this, The Godfather Part II won a 1974 Oscar for best original score, although it featured the same love theme that made the 1972 score ineligible.
- Gone With The Wind: Tara's Theme - the film score for Gone with the Wind (1939) is composed by Max Steiner and is one of the most popular film soundtracks ever written.
- Grease - You Are The One That I Want.
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- HARRY POTTER THEME.
- HAWAII FIVE-O THEME.
- HIGH NOON: The Ballad of High Noon (YOU TUBE) - or Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' is a popular song published in 1952 with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington. It was introduced in the movie High Noon, sung over the opening credits by Tex Ritter. It was awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song.
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- INDIANA JONES THEME.
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- James Bond Theme - Monty Norman has been credited with writing the "James Bond Theme", and has received royalties since 1962. For Dr. No, the tune was arranged by John Barry who would later go on to compose the soundtracks for eleven James Bond films.
- JAWS THEME - John Williams contributed the 1975 Jaws film score. The main "shark" theme, a simple alternating pattern of two notes, E and F, became a classic piece of suspense music, synonymous with approaching danger.
- Je t'aime... moi non plus - Je t'aime... moi non plus is a 1976 feature film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin, Hugues Quester and Joe Dallesandro, and featuring a cameo by Gérard Depardieu. In 1969, he released Je t'aime... moi non plus, which featured explicit lyrics and simulated sounds of female orgasm. The song appeared that year on an LP, Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg. Originally recorded with Brigitte Bardot, it was released with future girlfriend Birkin when Bardot backed out.
- JEEVES & WOOSTER THEME.
- Jurassic Park THEME.
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- L.A. LAW Theme.
- LAWRENCE OF ARABIA THEME - the score for the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia was composed by Maurice Jarre.
- LOVE BOAT - theme song from the television series LOVE BOAT.
- LOVE STORY - (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story is a popular song published in 1970, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1970 film Love Story. The lyrics were added after the theme music became popular.
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- MAD MEN THEME.
- MAGNUM P.I. THEME.
- M*A*S*H THEME (Suicide is painless).
- Maverick THEME Song.
- MIAMI VICE THEME.
- MIDSUMER MURDERS THEME.
- MISS MARPLE THEME.
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE THEME.
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- ODD COUPLE THEME - Neil Simon's The Odd Couple from 1968 with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. All music is written and perfomed by Neal Hefti and his Orchestra.
- Once upon a time in the west: Man with Harmonica (YOU TUBE) - Once Upon a Time in the West's soundtrack composed by Ennio Morricone, from the epic spaghetti Western film of the same name directed by Sergio Leone. The haunting music contributes to the film's grandeur and is considered one of Morricone's greatest compositions.
- OUT OF AFRICA - the music for the 1985 film Out of Africa, including Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and African traditional songs, also has many second-generation compositions by the Englishman John Barry.
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- PERRY MASON THEME.
- PINK PANTHER THEME - The Pink Panther Theme is an instrumental composition by Henry Mancini written as the theme for the 1963 film The Pink Panther and subsequently nominated for the 1964 Academy Award for Original Music Score.
- POIROT TV THEME.
- PSYCHO - Psycho is a 1960 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock insisted that Bernard Herrmann write the score for Psycho and later remarking 33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music.
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- Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head is a song written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song. David and Bacharach also won Best Original Score.
- ROCKY - "Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky", is the theme song from the 1976 movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti.
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- SCARFACE: Tony's Theme - the music in Scarface (1983) was produced by Academy Award-winning Italian record producer Giorgio Moroder. Reflecting Moroder's style, the soundtrack consists mostly of synthesized new wave, electronic music.
- SHAFT - "Theme from Shaft", written and recorded by Isaac Hayes in 1971, is the soul- and funk-styled theme song to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Shaft.
- SHERLOCK HOLMES THEME.
- SMILE - Smile is a song, originally used as an instrumental theme in the soundtrack for the 1936 Charlie Chaplin movie Modern Times here sung by the late Michael Jackson.
- SOPRANOS INTRO SONG - The Sopranos American 1999-2007 television drama series opening theme is Woke Up This Morning, written and performed by British band Alabama 3.
- STAR TREK THEME.
- Star Wars: The Imperial March - The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) is a musical theme present in the Star Wars franchise. It was composed by John Williams for the 1980 film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
- SUPER FLY - Super Fly is the third studio album by American soul and funk musician Curtis Mayfield, released in July 1972 on Curtom Records. It was released as the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film of the same name. Super Fly is one of the few films ever to have been outgrossed by its soundtrack.
- SUPERMAN THEME.
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- TAGGART THEME.
- THE A-TEAM THEME.
- The Affair Theme Song "Container".
- THE FUGITIVE THEME.
- The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Theme.
- The High Chaparral Theme.
- The Ipcress File Theme.
- The Odd Couple Theme.
- THE PURSUADERS THEME.
- THE SAINT THEME.
- The Streets of San Francisco Theme.
- The Stripper - instrumental composed by David Rose, recorded in 1958 and released four years later. It evinces a jazz influence with especially prominent trombone lines, and evokes the feel of music used to accompany striptease artists.
- The Third Man Theme - composed by Anton Karas and played by him on the zither for the 1949 film The Third Man.
- THE X-FILES THEME.
- TOP GUN ANTHEM.
- Top Gun - Highway to the Dangerzone.
- TWIN PEAKS THEME.
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- Un homme et une femme - the soundtrack for the 1966 French film A Man and a Woman (French: Un homme et une femme) was written by Francis Lai and earned "Best Original Score" nominations at both the BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards in 1967. The film's theme song, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Pierre Barouh, was also nominated for "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture" at the Golden Globe Awards.
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- West Side Story-Tonight - probably the most famous song from the classic American 1961 film musical West Side Story. Inspired by the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. The Stan Kenton Orchestra recorded Johnny Richards' West Side Story, an entire album of jazz orchestrations based on the Leonard Bernstein scores.
- What's New Pussycat? - the Academy Award-nominated title song by Burt Bacharach (music) and Hal David (lyrics) for the 1965 comedy film was sung by Tom Jones.
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Film Score Composers
 - COMPOSER - Wikipedia.
- FILM SCORE - Wikipedia.
- ANTON KARAS - Viennese zither player, best known for his soundtrack to CAROL REED's 1949 adaptation of The Third Man.
- CARMINE COPPOLA - American composer, flautist, editor, musical director, and songwriter, at the Internet Movie Database.
- ELMER BERNSTEIN - American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores, at the Internet Movie Database.
- ENNIO MORRICONE - SERGIO LEONE's favorite composer, at the Internet Movie Database.
- HANS ZIMMER - German composer and music producer, at the Internet Movie Database.
- James Horner - (1953-2015). Was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner's score for Titanic is the best selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time while Titanic and Avatar, both directed by James Cameron, are the two highest-grossing films of all time. At the Internet Movie Database.
- JOHN BARRY - English film score composer, at the Internet Movie Database. Best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style.
- JOHN MAUCERI - American conductor, producer and composer for theatre, opera and television, at the Internet Movie Database.
- JOHN WILLIAMS - American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, at the Internet Movie Database. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two (Duel and The Color Purple) of Spielberg's major feature films.
- LALO SCHIFRIN - Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the Mission: Impossible theme, at the Internet Movie Database.
- MAURICE JARRE - French composer and conductor best known for his film scores, at the Internet Movie Database.
- Max Steiner - (1888-1971). Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He worked in England, then Broadway, and moved to Hollywood in 1929 where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. Steiner is referred to as "the father of film music" and is considered one of the greatest film score composers in the history of cinema. Along with such composers as Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman and Miklós Rózsa, Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films. Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO and Warner Brothers, and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, Gone with the Wind (1939). At the Internet Movie Database.
- MICHEL LEGRAND - Franco-Armenian musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist, at the Internet Movie Database.
- NINO ROTA - world-renowned Italian composer and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy. At the Internet Movie Database.
- Vangelis - Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning score for the film Chariots of Fire, composing scores for the films Blade Runner, 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Alexander, and the use of his music in the PBS documentary Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan. At the Internet Movie Database.
Jazz
 - 10 of the best jazz clubs in Europe - The Guardian.
- BIG BAND - Wikipedia.
- Down Beat - since 1934. American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
- JAZZ - Wikipedia.
- JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER - official website.
- JAZZ.COM - jazz music, artists & news.
- LIST OF JAZZ MUSICIANS - Wikipedia.
- List of jazz venues - list of notable venues where jazz music is played. It includes jazz clubs, clubs, dancehalls and historic venues as well.
- Only known film of Louis Armstrong in the recording studio – video - The Guardian.
- Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1932) - Amazon.com.
Jazz Festivals
 - JAZZ FESTIVALS IN EUROPE
- LIST OF JAZZ FESTIVALS - Wikipedia.
- Brecon Jazz Festival - since 1984. Held annually in Brecon, Wales, U.K. Normally staged in early August, it has played host to a range of jazz musicians from across the world.
- Cheltenham Jazz Festival - since 1996. One of the UK’s leading jazz festivals, and is part of Cheltenham Festivals.
- COPENHAGEN JAZZ FESTIVAL - since 1979. (July) Copenhagen, Denmark.
- JAZZ À JUAN - since 1960. Annual jazz festival in Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France.
- Jazz in Marciac - since 1978. (July/August) Marciac, France.
- Malta Jazz Festival - since 1990. (July) Valletta, Malta.
- Monterey Jazz Festival - since 1958. (July) Monterey, California, U.S.A.
- MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL - since 1980. (June-July) Quebec, Canada. World's largest jazz festival.
- MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL - since 1967. Montreux, Switzerland. Second largest annual music festival in the world.
- NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL - since 1970. (May) annual celebration of the music and culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, U.S.A.
- Newport Jazz Festival - since 1954. (August) Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
- Nice Jazz Festival - since 1948. (July) Nice, France.
- Paris Jazz Festival - since 1994. (June - July). Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France.
- TANJAZZ FESTIVAL - since 2000. (September) Tangier, Morocco.
- Vancouver International Jazz Festival - since 1986. (June) Vancouver, Canada.
Popular Music: A-Z
 Awards & Prizes
 - And the loser is ... why everyone is sick of award shows - The Guardian.
- Classical music awards - Wikipedia.
- Grammy organisers to end ‘secret’ nomination committees after rigging allegations - "Recording Academy was slammed last year after The Weeknd got zero nominations despite top-selling album."
- List of music prizes & awards - Wikipedia.
- music award - Wikipedia.
- ASCAP | American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers MUSIC AWARDS - "We Create Music." Honors its top members in a series of annual awards shows in seven different music categories: pop, rhythm and soul, film and television, Latin, country, Christian, and concert music.
- AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS - annual American music awards show, created by Dick Clark in 1973 for ABC when the network's contract to present the Grammy Awards expired. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are determined by a poll of the public and music buyers.
- Beethoven Prize - (1961-1992).
- BET AWARDS - established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year.
- BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS - since 1989.
- BMI AWARDS - BMI annually hosts award shows that honor the songwriters, composers and music publishers of the year's most-performed songs in the BMI catalogue. BMI Award shows include the BMI Latin Awards, BMI Pop Awards, BMI Film/TV Awards, BMI Urban Awards, BMI London Awards, BMI Country Awards, BMI Christian Awards, and the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Luncheon.
- BRIT AWARDS - since 1977. British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards, and the British equivalent of the American Grammy Awards.
- EGOT - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.
- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize - since 1972. Annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts) on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung (Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music).
- GERSHWIN PRIZE - since 2007. The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is an award given to a composer or performer for their lifetime contributions to popular music.
- GRAMMY AWARDS - since 1959. "Music's Biggest Night." A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest. It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance arts: Emmy Awards (television), the Tony Awards (stage performance), and the Academy Awards (motion pictures).
- GRAMOPHONE CLASSICAL MUSIC AWARDS - since 1977. One of the most significant honours bestowed on recordings in the classical record industry, often referred to as the Oscars for classical music. The winners are selected annually by critics for the Gramophone magazine and various members of the industry, including retailers, broadcasters, arts administrators, and musicians. Awards are usually presented in September each year in London.
- IVOR NOVELLO AWARDS - since 1956. "The most important awards for music creators." For 65 years The Ivors Academy has celebrated excellence in songwriting and composing. Our awards shine a light on the creative talent of music creators, raising their profile and celebrating their craft. Recognised as a pinnacle of achievement since they were first presented in 1956, an Ivor Novello Award represents peer recognition with categories judged by those within the UK music creator community. The Ivors Academy presents Ivor Novello Awards twice a year to honour and celebrate exceptional songwriting and composing.
- LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS - since 2000. Award by The Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the world that were recorded in either Spanish or Portuguese and is awarded in the United States.
- LÉONIE SONNING MUSIC Awards - since 1959. Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international composer or musician.
- MERCURY PRIZE | Barclaycard Mercury Prize - since 1992. Annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS - established in 1994 by MTV Networks Europe to celebrate the most popular songs and singers in Europe.
- MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS | VMA - since 1984. Award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Originally conceived as an alternative to the Grammy Awards (in the video category), the annual MTV Video Music Awards ceremony has often been called the "Oscars for youth".
- Much Music Video Awards | MMVA - since 1990. Annual awards presented by the Canadian music video channel MuchMusic to honour the year's best music videos.
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards - since 1988. Also known as the KCAs or Kids Choice Awards, is an annual awards show that airs on the Nickelodeon cable channel, which is usually held on a Saturday night in late March or early April, that honors the year's biggest television, movie, and music acts, as voted by Nickelodeon viewers.
- PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS - since 1975. American awards show, recognizing the people and the work of popular culture, voted on by the general public.
- POLAR MUSIC PRIZE - first awarded 1992. Swedish international award founded in 1989 by Stig Anderson, best known as the manager of the Swedish band ABBA, with a donation to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. The award is annually given to one contemporary musician and one classical musician.
- THE ENVELOPE - since 1996. Los Angeles Times. The awards insider.
- WOMEX AWARDS - since 1999. (Short for WOrld Music EXpo). Each year, WOMEX presents an award to artists or professionals for special achievements in the international music industry. Since 2006 WOMEX, in coordination with World Music Charts Europe, has presented three Top Label Awards for the labels who had the most chart topping CDs.
- YouTube Music Awards | YTMA - since 2013. Awards show presented by YouTube to honor the best in the music video medium.
Media
 - American music magazines - Wikipedia.
- British music magazines - Wikipedia.
- Classical music magazines - Wikipedia.
- List of music magazines - Wikipedia.
- Music magazine - Wikipedia.
- Active rock chart - radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.
- ALLROVI - movies & music. Commercial database that compiles information about music and movies from the former services Allmovie and Allmusic.
- BANG SHOWBIZ - "Tomorrow's News Today." Entertainment news agency providing the most exciting entertainment news all over the world.
- BEATCRAVE - music news, interviews, reviews, concerts & MP3s.
- BET | BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION the latest music, entertainment, and celebrity news and fashion, TV shows and video.
- BILLBOARD - music news, reviews, articles, information, news online and free music.
- BILLBOARD HOT 100 MUSIC CHARTS - most trusted music charts in the industry.
- BLENDER - the ultimate guide to music and more.
- BLINKX - "Find Music Videos by Artist, Group of Band." Internet video search engine for video and audio content that allows searching and classification of audio files, video clips and streaming media such as Internet television and video on demand. the largest deep indexed Video search engine with 35 million hours indexed (almost 4,000 years) and agreements with over 720 content companies.
- Buzz Angle Music - Music Charts.
- CONTACTMUSIC.COM - music videos and reviews, photos, movie reviews and entertainment news.
- DIGITAL SPY - UK's largest independent entertainment website with news and features in entertainment areas such as showbiz, movies, music and television.
- Down Beat - since 1934. "The monthly "bible" of jazz, blues, and roots music." American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.
- FACT Magazine - "The world's most on-it music magazine."
- FLAVORWIRE - "Cultural News and Critique." Network of culturally connected people, covering events, art, books, music, and pop culture the world over. Highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between: if it's compelling, we're sharing it.
- FREAKY TRIGGER - pop music fanzine featuring reviews, commentary and opinionated nonsense.
- GLOBAL GRIND - "the world according to Hip-Pop."
- GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE - "The world's authority on classical music since 1923."
- GRAND OLE OPRY - the oldest continuous radio program in the United States, having been broadcast on WSM since October 5, 1925.
- HIT FIX - provides breaking news and insider analysis on what's next in Movies, Music, TV and Local Events.
- Jazz Times - since 1970. American magazine devoted to jazz.
- JUKEBOX - French monthly magazine for musical fans and collectors.
- METACRITIC - "Keeping score of entertainment. Discover what's new and notable. Compare what's new this week, what's great this year, and all-time favorites. Finding quality entertainment is easy with the Metacritic scorecard." Music reviews, articles, release calendar, and more.
- MOJO - the music magazine.
- MUSIC-NEWS.COM - "24 Hour Rolling News."
- NME | New Musical Express - "News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs." British weekly music journalism publication, published since March 1952.
- PASTE MAGAZINE - "The Best New Music, Movies, TV, Games, and Books."
- PITCHFORK - "The essential guide to independent music and beyond, and is widely regarded as the music world’s primary tastemaker."
- POP CRUNCH
- POP NEWS DAILY - hottest updates on celebrity and entertainment news.
- POPEATER - celebrity, entertainment, music & movie news.
- Q MAGAZINE - since 1986. "Music news & reviews, music videos, band pictures & interviews." Music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.
- RECORD COLLECTOR - started in 1979. "Serious About Music." United Kingdom's longest-running monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide.
- ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE - music news, reviews, photos, videos, interviews, politics and more.
- SMN NEWS - featuring the latest, daily hard rock and heavy metal news, reviews, and interviews.
- SPIN MAGAZINE - surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting.
- SPINNER - free MP3s, interviews, music news, live performances, songs and videos.
- TAPE OP - "the Creative Music Recording Magazine."
- THE SOURCE
- TOP of the POPS - British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006.
- VH1.COM - news & celebrity gossip, latest entertainment, breaking news.
- YOU TUBE - find music videos by artist, group or band.
- XXL MAG.COM - Hip-Hop magazine.
Museums
 - Music museums - Wikipedia.
- ABBA THE MUSEUM - interactive exhibition about the pop-group ABBA that opened in Stockholm, Sweden in May 2013. ABBA’s collected works are showcased in a contemporary, interactive setting at Swedish Music Hall of Fame.
- Bach museum - Leipzig, Germany.
- Beethoven House - Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association, it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
- Bob Marley Museum - Kingston, Jamaica. Dedicated to the reggae musician Bob Marley. The museum is located at 56 Hope Road, Kingston 6, and is Bob Marley's former place of residence. It was home to the Tuff Gong record label which was founded by The Wailers in 1970.
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - Nashville, TN, U.S.A. Identifies and preserves the evolving history and traditions of country music and educates its audiences.
- Fryderyk Chopin Museum - museum in Warsaw, Poland, established in 1954 and dedicated to Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.
- GRACELAND - Memphis, TN, U.S.A. "The Home of Elvis Presley."
- GRACELAND IN DENMARK - Randers, Denmark.
- GRAMMY MUSEUM - Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. "Devoted to exploring and celebrating music."
- Handel & Hendrix in London - 25 Brook St. "Separated by a wall & 200 years are the homes of two musicians who chose London & changed music."
- Mozarthaus Vienna - Mozart's residence from 1784 to 1787. This building in Vienna's Old Town, not far from St. Stephen's Cathedral, is his only surviving Viennese residence and is now a museum.
- Museo del Violino - Palazzo dell’Arte, Piazza Marconi 5, 26100 Cremona (IT), Italy.
- The Beatles Story - Liverpool, England. "Be transported on an incredible journey and see how four young lads from Liverpool were propelled to the dizzy heights of fame and fortune from their humble childhood beginnings."
- WOODSTOCK MUSEUM - Saugerties, NY, U.S.A. Formed in 1969 by a volunteer board of directors, and is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to "Preserving the Past for the Future."
Music Festivals
 - 50 best Glastonbury performances - The Telegraph.
- 50 best music festivals in the world - Time Out.
- Arts FESTIVALS - Wikipedia.
- EFESTIVALS - "The definitive guide to festivaling". Festivals news, info, tickets.
- Hitting a Summer Music Festival? Pack This Survival Gear - Wired.
- LIST OF MUSIC FESTIVALS - Wikipedia.
- List of music festivals in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia.
- These moms spend thousands on cosmetic surgery to get Coachella-ready - New York Post.
- Top 10 European music festivals for 2014 - GlobalGrasshopper.
- Top 10 jazz festivals in Europe - The Guardian.
- top 100 festivals of 2016 - The Telegraph.
- YOUROPE - European festival association including major festivals for contemporary music. Site provides a schedule, news, and links to member festivals.
- BESTIVAL - Isle of Wight.
- BIG CHILL - Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, Herefordshire, U.K.
- Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - since 1999. Annual music and arts festival. Venue: Empire Polo Club, 81800 Avenue 51, Indio, CA 92201, U.S.A.
- ELECTRIC PICNIC - Portlaoise, Ireland.
- END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL - Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, U.K.
- EXIT - in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia.
- FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BENICÀSSIM | FIB HEINEKEN - Benicàssim, Spain.
 - GLASTONBURY | Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts - since 1970. Pilton, Somerset, England. The largest greenfield festival in the world, and is now attended by around 175,000 people.
- GREENMAN FESTIVAL - Brecon Beacons, Wales, U.K.
- HOVE FESTIVAL - Arendal, Norway.
- ITUNES FESTIVAL - since 2007. Annual music festival and concert series which is held in London at The Roundhouse art centre and sponsored by Apple Inc.
- JERSEY LIVE - Jersey, Channel Islands.
- LATITUDE FESTIVAL - Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, U.K.
- LOLLAPALOOZA - Grant Park, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Annual music festival featuring heavy metal, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.
- LOVEBOX - Victoria Park, London, U.K.
- MELT! FESTIVAL - Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen Germany.
- MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP MUSIC FESTIVAL - June 16-18, 1967.
- OPEN'ER FESTIVAL - Gdynia, Poland.
- Pitchfork Music Festival - annual summer music festival organized by Pitchfork Media and held in Union Park in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. The festival, which is normally held over three days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) in July, focuses primarily on artists and bands from alternative rock, rap & hip-hop, electronica, and dance music, although it has also included acts from hardcore punk, experimental/avant-garde rock and jazz in its lineups.
- Primavera Sound - (San Miguel Primavera Sound). Annual music festival which takes place in Barcelona, Spain in late May and, in some years, early June.
- Reading and Leeds Festivals - since 1961. Apair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill.
- REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL - new international music festival.
- ROCKNESS - Loch Ness, Scotland.
- ROSKILDE FESTIVAL - the largest North European culture and music festival and has existed since 1971. Roskilde, Denmark.
- Sanremo Music Festival - since 1951. Italian song contest, held annually in the city of Sanremo, in Italy.
- SECRET GARDEN PARTY - Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, U.K.
- SÓNAR - annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain, usually starting on a Thursday in the third week of June. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art.
- SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST | SXSW - one of the largest music festivals in the United States usually in March in Austin, Texas with more than 2,000 performers.
- SZIGET Festival - since 1993. One of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe. It is held every August in northern Budapest, Hungary, on Óbudai-sziget ("Old Buda Island"), a leafy 108-hectare (266-acre) island on the Danube. More than 1,000 performances take place each year.
- TRUCK FESTIVAL - Hill Farm, Steventon, Oxfordshire, U.K.
- V FESTIVAL - annual music festival held in the United Kingdom during the penultimate weekend in August: Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire.
- WOMAD | WORLD OF MUSIC, ARTS AND DANCE - Charlton Park, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, U.K.
- WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL - August 15-18, 1969.
- WORLDWIDE FESTIVAL - Sète, France.
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- 8 Ways to Celebrate David Bowie’s Life in New York City - The New York Times.
- 27 CLUB - rock music artists who died at the age of 27.
- 60 greatest female singer-songwriters of all time - The Telegraph.
- 2016 Sunday Times Music Rich List
- A musical tour of Europe's great cities: London - The Guardian.
- A musical tour of Europe’s great cities: Rome - The Guardian.
- Active rock chart - radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.
- ALLMUSIC - a place for music fans to indulge their passion.
- ALLROVI - movies & music. Commercial database that compiles information about music and movies from the former services Allmovie and Allmusic.
- ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER - English composer of musical theatre.
- AUTO-TUNE EVO - "The Fastest, Easiest-To-Use, Highest-Quality Tool for Correcting Pitch."
- APOLLO THEATER - New York, U.S.A.
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- BACKSTAGE PASS - the stars' & celebrities' backstage (outrageous) wish lists.
- Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight - The New York Times.
- Belieber - a fanatical devotee of the Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber.
- Best Prince Videos Available on YouTube - Wired.
- Better Records - "Hot Stamper LPs - 100% Guaranteed Great Sound." A different kind of record store, specializing in finding LP pressings with unusually good sound.
- BIG BAND - Wikipedia.
- BLINKX - "Find Music Videos by Artist, Group of Band." Internet video search engine for video and audio content that allows searching and classification of audio files, video clips and streaming media such as Internet television and video on demand. the largest deep indexed Video search engine with 35 million hours indexed (almost 4,000 years) and agreements with over 720 content companies.
- BLUES - Wikipedia.
- BMI | BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. - collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers (U.S.).
- Bob Dylan - I'll be at the Nobel Prize ceremony... if I can - The Telegraph.
- Bob Dylan’s Many Influences - The New York Times.
- Bob Dylan’s Secret Archive - The New York Times.
- BOSSA NOVA - Portuguese for "new trend".
- BURT BACHARACH - American pianist and composer. He is known for his pop hits from the early 1960s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David, many of which were produced for and recorded by Dionne Warwick.
- Buzz Angle Music - Music Charts.
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- Carly Simon Says 'You're So Vain' Is About Warren Beatty - People.com.
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- COVER BAND - Wikipedia.
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- DATA TO DATE: THE RAPID RISE OF SOCIAL and STREAMING - Next Big Sound.
- David Bowie: Invisible New Yorker - The New York Times.
- David Bowie’s Style Through the Years - The New York Times.
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- EASY LISTENING - Wikipedia.
- EDDIE BARCLAY - (1921-2005). French music producer whose singers included Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour.
- ELECTRONIC CASH KINGS - the world’s highest-paid DJs.
- Elvis has left the building - definition & explanation.
- Elvis Week - Elvis event at Graceland, 3717 Elvis Presley Blvd., Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- EMI
- Emo - style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional, lyrics.
- Everything the Beatles ever did - all 226 Beatles tunes.
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- Frank Sinatra & his violent temper - The Telegraph.
- Frank Sinatra: A Hundred Years On, the Voice Resonates Still - The New York Times.
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- GANGNAM STYLE - launched on YouTube on July 15, 2012. Viewed by 1 billion people on December 21, 2012. The background story, dance and song.
- Gangnam Style statue built in South Korea's Seoul - BBC News.
- GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN - the official website.
- gesamtkunstwerk - definition & explanation.
- GLOBAL GRIND - the world according to HipHop.
- GOTTA HAVE IT! Collectibles, Inc. - "The premier resource for the highest quality collectibles and fully authenticated Sports, Entertainment, Rock & Roll and Historical memorabilia." New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- GOTTA HAVE ROCK AND ROLL - "The Rock & Roll Pop Culture Auction." New York City, NY, U.S.A.
- Grand Order of Water Rats - founded in 1899. Entertainment industry charity, and brotherhood, based in London.
- greatest record sleeves – as chosen by the designers - The Guardian.
- GRUNGE - rock music that incorporates elements of punk rock and heavy metal, often expressing a bleak or nihilistic outlook.
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- HANS ZIMMER - composer, at the Internet Movie Database.
- ‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Invalidated by Judge - NY Times.
- HARLEM SHAKE - the background story, dance & videos.
- HIGH RESOLUTION TECHNOLOGIES - "Home of the Music Streamer." Make the average laptop sound like proper hi-fi.
- HIP HOP MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- HITQUARTERS - world's largest music industry search directory, including contact information and individual track records.
- HOLLYWOOD BOWL - modern amphitheatre in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
- 'Holy Grail' Beatles record sold for £77,500 at auction - BBC.
- how musicians’ estates are the biggest earners in pop - The Guardian.
- How the world plugged into the electric guitar - The Guardian.
- HYPE MACHINE - since 2005. "Popular MP3 & Music Blog Tracks." MP3 blog aggregator.
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- If video killed the radio star, VR slayed it - "The future of the music video is here, and it's in virtual reality."
- ILIKE - "Do you love music? Get personalized concert alerts from your favorite artists in iTunes. Share playlists and recommendations with friends. Join over 50 million music lovers across Facebook, Bebo, Orkut, hi5, and iGoogle."
- Indiegogo - "The World's Funding Platform." Since 2008. International crowdfunding site where anyone can raise money for film, music, art, charity, small businesses, gaming, theater, and more.
- Is opera the most misogynistic art form? - The Guardian.
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- Jack Black & Will Ferrell 'Get Off the Stage' Oscar song - YouTube.
- Jimi Hendrix's former London flat to open as a museum - The Guardian.
- JOHN BARRY - English film score composer, at the Internet Movie Database. Best known for composing 11 James Bond soundtracks and was hugely influential on the 007 series' distinctive style.
- John Lennon letter to the Queen explaining return of MBE valued at £60,000 after being found in car boot sale - The Telegraph.
- JOHN MAUCERI - American conductor, producer and composer for theatre, opera and television, at the Internet Movie Database.
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- Kanye West's Famous video: is it art? - The Guardian.
- KARAOKE - invented by Inoue Daisuke in 1971.
- Keep your sheet music organized with Gvido E Ink reader - engadget.
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- Lady Chablis, transgender nightclub star, dies aged 59 - The Guardian.
- Larry Levan, the DJ who changed dance music forever - The Guardian.
- LAST.FM - "Last.fm is a music service that learns what you love... Every track you play will tell your Last.fm profile something about what you like. It can connect you to other people who like what you like - and recommend songs from their music collections and yours too."
- Leaning power: Spotify names its most streamed track of all time - The Guardian.
- leitmotif - a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition.
- Let’s All Obsess Over Intricate Map of Alt Music History - Wired.
- Looking For Tom Lehrer, Comedy’s Mysterious Genius - BuzzFeed.
- LYRICS SEARCH ENGINE
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- MACARENA - the background story, dance and song.
- Marvin Gaye – 10 of the best - The Guardian.
- METACRITIC - "Keeping score of entertainment". Discover what's new and notable. Compare what's new this week, what's great this year, and all-time favorites. Finding quality entertainment is easy with the Metacritic scorecard.
- Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Is First Album to Sell 30 Million Copies - RollingStone.
- Moog’s New App Is a Spot-on Recreation of a Classic Synth - Wired.
- Moshing - also known early on as "slamdancing".
- MOTOWN RECORDS
- Music Business Worldwide - "Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is a free, in-depth news, jobs and analysis platform for the international music industry."
- MUSIC RECORDING SALES CERTIFICATION - a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped a certain number of copies. Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after the precious materials gold, platinum and diamond (silver is also used in some countries).
- music that makes you dumb - (unofficial) SAT (intelligence) test based on your taste in music.
- Music Thing - "Simply the best music tech blog around."
- Music to Cats’ Ears - The New York Times.
- Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians' life expectancy - The Conversation.
- MUSICALS101.COM - "The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musicals."
- MUZAK - best known for distribution of music to retail stores and other companies.
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- NATIONAL RADIO HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM
- Never-Before-Seen Cop Reports Expose Michael Jackson’s Sick Secrets - Radar Online.
- New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’ - The New York Times.
- Next Big Sound - "Analytics and Insights for the Music Industry." Launched in 2009, Next Big Sound is the leading provider of online music analytics and insights, tracking hundreds of thousands of artists around the world. Provides a dashboard, charts, and reports to monitor popularity,
activity, and metrics for musicians across social media, sales and events.
- Nokia Theatre L.A. Live - music and theatre venue located in downtown Los Angeles, California located at L.A. Live. It is sponsored by then Finnish cellphone maker, Nokia. The theatre auditorium seats 7,100 and holds one of the largest indoor stages in the United States.
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- Obama Has a Song in His Heart … 40 of Them, on Spotify - The New York Times.
- Official Charts Company | OCC - compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.
- OMEGA AUCTIONS - Sale, Cheshire, U.K. "Specialist auction house for Vinyl Records, Music Memorabilia, TV & Film Memorabilia."
- on the road with Beach Boy Brian Wilson - The Guardian.
- One-hit wonder - often used to describe music performers with only one Top 40 hit single or for having one signature song which overshadows their other work.
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- Paul is dead - urban legend and conspiracy theory suggesting that Paul McCartney of the English rock band the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike.
- PHIL SPECTOR RECORDS
- PING -"A social network for music." Set your inner groupie free by following your favorite artists on Ping and friends to discover the music they're talking about, listening to, and downloading. Ping is built into the iTunes app on iPhone and iPod touch. So you can see artist updates from anywhere.
- Playlist - a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of radio broadcasting and personal computers.
- Playing Mozart’s Piano Pieces as Mozart Did - The New York Times.
- Pogo (dance) - dance in which the dancers jump up and down.
- POP MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- POPULAR MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- President Obama's Summer Playlist - Spotify Web Player.
- PRODUCTION MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- Puttin' on the Ritz - popular song written and published in 1929 by Irving Berlin.
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- Rap Genius - "If you don't know, now you know." Website dedicated to the explanation and interpretation of hip-hop music. The site's purpose is "not to translate rap into 'nerdspeak', but rather to critique rap as poetry." The site relies on user-generated content through a Wikipedia-like format of contribution, where contributors earn "Rap IQ" for interesting explanations. The site also includes a blog and a feature called the Rap Map.
- Reading Rock Star Obituaries - The New York Times.
- Record Store Day - annual event, founded in 2007, held on the third Saturday of April each year to to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world.
- REGGAE - Wikipedia.
- Rhapsody's VR app is a hub for live music videos - "Watch on-demand concert performances in 360 degrees."
- RHYTHM AND BLUES - Wikipedia.
- RIAA | RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA - the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. The RIAA also certifies Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum and Diamond sales awards.
- RIDER - additional clause, document, or slip of paper that adds, alters, amends, or removes the provisions of an associated or attached agreement or contract (such as an insurance policy) or a negotiable instrument.
- Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1932) - Amazon.com.
- rise of the synthesizer - "How an Electronics Whiz Kid Gave the 1980s Its Signature Sound."
- ROCK AND ROLL - definition & explanation.
- Rolling Stones: 25 defining moments in their career - The Telegraph.
- Rolling Stones deliver historic concert in Cuba: review - The Telegraph.
- RUTH FLOWERS - world's oldest DJ. Official website.
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- SCHLAGER MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- Seatwave - "Your ticket to a great time." Online marketplace where fans can buy and sell tickets for concerts, theatre, sports and just about any other live event.
- Signature songs - song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established recording artist or band is most closely identified with or best known for, even if they have had success with a variety of other songs.
- Songs of the Century - the list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. that aims to "promote a better understanding of America’s musical and cultural heritage" in American schools.
- SONY MUSIC
- SOUL MUSIC - Wikipedia.
- SOUND CLOUD - "Share Your Sounds. SoundCloud is the world’s leading social sound platform where anyone can create sounds and share them everywhere. Recording and uploading sounds to SoundCloud lets people easily share them privately with their friends or publicly to blogs, sites and social networks. It takes just a click to share sounds to Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Foursquare. SoundCloud can be accessed anywhere using the official iPhone and Android apps, as well as hundreds of creation and sharing apps built on the SoundCloud platform.
- SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST | SXSW - one of the largest music festivals in the United States usually in March in Austin, Texas with more than 2,000 performers.
- Stalking the Memory of Mozart in Vienna - The New York Times.
- Streaming is now the US music industry's biggest money maker - "It just edged out downloads in 2015."
- SUN STUDIO - the birthplace of Rock N' Roll.
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- TAPS - musical piece sounded at dusk, and at funerals, particularly by the U.S. military. It is sounded during flag ceremonies and funerals, generally on bugle or trumpet, and often at Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide meetings and camps. The tune is also sometimes known as "Butterfield's Lullaby", or by the first line of the lyric, "Day is Done". At YouTube.
- Taylor Swift: her life and career in pictures - The Telegraph.
- Taylor Swift makes one million dollars, EVERY DAY - Daily Express.
- Taylor Swift 'put brakes on' relationship with Tom Hiddleston - The Telegraph.
- THE BEATLES BIBLE - songs, albums, history, profiles, places, photos and more.
- THE HYPE MACHINE - since 2005. "Popular MP3 & Music Blog Tracks." MP3 blog aggregator.
- The most expensive album ever made? - Bloomberg.
- THE MUSIC VIDEO DATABASE - "If you're looking for music video information and resources, then look no more! This is the perfect place for you."
- THE PEOPLE'S CHART - the 75 most listened to songs of the last 75 years.
- THE RECORD COLLECTOR - 7809 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA, U.S.A. The Record collector was founded in Hollywood in 1974 and has
been in the same location for more than 25 years. You will find here unusual and extramely rare and out of print 10" and 12" vinyl LP's. The Record Collector has an inventory exceeding 500,000 records.
It consists of 300,000 classical LP's, 100,000 jazz LP's, and over 100,000 records consisting of soundtracks, vocals,comedy, spoken word, blues, ethnic music, R&B, and soul music. Search service for rare and collectible used records, specializing in classical and jazz.
- THE ROCK & ROLL POP ART AUCTION - the ultimate destination for fully authenticated Sports, Entertainment, Rock & Roll and Historical memorabilia.
- THE SMOKING GUN - large collection of public documents on crimes, celebrities, politicians, and the FBI.
- The Vinyl Factory - "The Home of Vinyl."
- The Worst Songs of the Nineties - Rolling Stone magazine.
- This is the kind of music you should listen to at work - The Telegraph.
- Top-Earning Women In Music - Forbes.
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- UNHEAR IT - "Get that damn song out of your head!" We created this site for those of you that have a song stuck in your head and you can't get it out no matter what you do. Using the latest in reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology, we've been able to allow our users to "unhear" songs by hearing equally catchy songs.
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- Vinyl buyers are lonely, middle-aged introverts, according to new study - FACT Magazine.
- VIP syndrome: why do the doctors to the stars make fatal mistakes? - "Medical professionals who treat celebrities such as Prince and Michael Jackson are as susceptible to star power as the rest of us, and the results can be deadly."
 - Vladimir Horowitz - The Unreleased Live Recordings 1966-1983 (50 CD Box Set)
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- VOLARE - the only song that originated in Italy to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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- Wall of Sound - a music production technique for pop and rock music recordings developed by record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California, during the early 1960s.
- WARNER BROS. + REPRISE RECORDS
- What's the best song to wake up to? - Today.com.
- when pop stars & politicians collide - The Guardian.
- Which Rock Star Will Historians of The Future Remember? - The New York Times.
- WINTER MUSIC CONFERENCE - weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since the mid-1980s in Miami, Florida, United States. Venues are hosted primarily in Downtown Miami and Miami's South Beach. It is aimed at professionals such as artists, DJs, record label representatives (A&R), producers, promoters, radio and the media.
- WMG | WARNER MUSIC GROUP
- WOMEX - the world music expo. Virtual trade fair for world music on the internet - open the whole year round.
- WOODSTOCK FESTIVAL - August 15-18, 1969.
- WORLD MUSIC DATABASE - a forum where musiclovers can submit their knowledge about various aspects of popmusic. Collects information such as used samples, samplesources, bands, bandmembers, pseudonyms, nicknames, credits, interesting facts about videoclips and many more.
- World's Highest-Paid Musicians 2013 - Forbes.
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- Young Performers Look to Apps for Stardom - The New York Times.
- YOU TUBE - find music videos by artist, group or band.
- 'Your Majesty, I'm returning this MBE in protest' - John Lennon - The Telegraph.
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