Classical, traditional, folk and contemporary music by country or region
A guide to top world classical and contemporary music websites
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See also: Folk music and Composers
Country Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L N P R S T
Music Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W
Wikipedia entry on classical music from around the world.
AFRICAN MUSIC
African Music Encyclopedia
Search by artist and country.
Africlassical, a blog.
A blog on African heritage in classical music.
African Music Archives
The African Music Archives (AMA), founded in Germany in 1991, contains a collection of modern African music. It includes shellacs and vinyl-records, audio and videotapes, CD’s and DVD’s.
African Heritage in Classical Music
Addis Live: Ethiopian Music Internet Radio
Contemporary, popular, and traditional Ethiopian music, features traditional Ethiopian songs such as Tizita, Bati and Ambassel.
Music of Africa, Wikipedia entries.
African Music on the Internet
Stanford University’s annotated guide to African music sites.
Digital Collection of East-African Music, Vanderbuilt University.
International Library of African Music
A research and archival centre for traditional African music.
South African Music
An A-Z index of artists, photo gallery, news and events.
Wikipedia entries on composers of African descent.
ALBANIAN MUSIC
Aleksander Peci Reliev alpin (Rugoves (Kosova)
AMERICAN COMPOSERS, AMERICAN MUSIC
See also: Composers Index
American Music Center
An information and support center for contemporary classical music and jazz, providing a wide range of programs and services.
Historic American Sheet music
Duke University
New Music Box
An online magazine for American music.
American Composers
Composers
American composers, a web directory from The Open Directory Project.
Contemporary American composers forum.
Wikipedia entries on American composers.
ARGENTINE MUSIC
Banda Sinifnica de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Musica Clasica Argentina –
an Argentine classical music portal.
The National Symphony Orchestra (Wikipedia entry)
Wikipedia entry on Argentinian music.
Tango
Extensive information about Golden Age Tango recordings.
Argentina’s Music
Offers information on the musicians and singers of Tango.
Argentine Tango Music and Videos
Includes a list of recordings and videos featuring tango Argentino from a personal collection.
Tango History
A two page history of tango music and dance, with pictures and lists of some renowned of artists, lyricist, and songs.
Wikipedia entry on Tango music.
Argentine composers
Composers. Argentine composers.
Ginastera, Alberto
Ginastra, Alberto Alberto Ginastera
Wikipedia article.
Alberto Ginastera
Biographical material, links, and directory of MP3 audio files from Classic Cat.
Kagel, Mauricio
Kagel, Mauricio. Mauricio Kagel. IRCAM (search)
Maricio Kagel. Ubu Web
Kagel resources
Piazzolla, Astor
Piazzolla, Astor. The Astor Piazzolla homepage.
Astor Piazzolla. Wikipedia entry.
Astor Piazzolla
Last.fm. Watch videos & listen free to Astor Piazzolla music.
ARMENIAN MUSIC
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.
Composers from Armenia
Terterian, Avet. Avet Terterian,
Armenian composer.
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.
Khachaturian, Aram. Aram Khachaturian Virtual Museum
Aram Khachaturian, Wikipedia entry.
ASIAN CLASSICAL AND MODERN MUSIC
AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS/MUSIC RESOURCES
Australasian computer music,
Australian composers directory.
Australian Music Centre
Established in 1974 to facilitate and encourage the performance and understanding of music by Australian composers throughout the world.
Composers
List of Australian composers.
Wikipedia
Grainger, Percy
Percy Grainger Museum
Melbourne University
Koehne, Graeme
Meale, Richard
Meale, Richard Richard Meale
Wikipedia
Richard Meale
Australian Music Centre
Sculthorpe, Peter
Peter Sculthorpe
Wikipedia
Peter Sculthorpe
Australian Music Centre
Folk music. Australian Folk Music.
A directory of web sites about Australian folk music.
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.
National Library of Australia
Scores and the largest collection of music research resources in Australia.
AUSTRIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Viennese composers.
About Vienna
Viennese classical music concerts and events.
Vienna Classic
Wikipedia entry on Austrian music.
Austrian composers
Wikipedia entries on Austrian composers.
BALKAN MUSIC
The Rough Guide to the Music of Balkan Gypsies
Balkan Folk Music. Rate Your Music
Folk music: Serbian, Greek, Turkish, Romanian
Honey, Blood And Harmony: Jordi Savall’s Balkan Journey
Jordi Savall. The Honey and the Blood of the Balkans. Despre Opera
BRAZILIAN CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
All Brazilian Music
Movements, genres and styles.
Brazilian Music
Music culture and style: articles, interviews and it the sites of many Brazilian musicians.
Brazil beyond clichés
A vast archive of podcasts covering Brazilian music of all styles.
Audio clips: Traditional music of Brazil.Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève
Great Brazilian Music
This site is meant as an overview or a small appetizer for the most important genres of Brazilian music, as well as for some of the most essential artists, bands and albums within Brazilian music. The site also contains hundreds of sample tracks and expert recommendations of artists and albums.
Fundaco Biblioteca Nacional, Brazil.
Brazilian music archives, with links to Brazilian music websites.
Wikipedia entries on Brazilian composers.
Brazilian Music Index
A list of Brazilian composers.
Composers
Naxos recordings of music by Brazilian composers.
BRITISH COMPOSERS/IRISH COMPOSERS
See: British Music