Music

Collections

• American Music Collections - This site document this country's diverse popular music and performance traditions. The strength of these collections is the music of the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries including Big Band jazz, Gospel and African American sacred music, and folk music.
• Art and Music - Homework Helper - This site lists a collection of Art and Music sites to help you with your school work.
• Arts & Culture - Read interesting articles on art, music and performing arts topics.
• Duke's Music Class - Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974) was a multi-talented musician who would became famous as a composer, jazz bandleader, as a pianist. Learn about his life and his music.
• Fine Arts - New York Times - Explore current issues in depth or search fine arts by subject.
• Kids and Families Page - Library of Congress - View the collections, stories , webcasts and find out what happened today in history.
• Meet Amazing Americans - America's Story - Discover the inventors, politicians, performers, activists and other everyday people who made this country what it is today.
• Music - Library of Congress Collection - Recordings of a variety of types of music from the Library of Congress.
• Music Database - PBS American Masters - Learn about some of the most influential and significant American musicians like Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong, and many more.
• National Jukebox - Historical recordings from the Library of Congress.
• New York - HomeworkNYC.org - This is a great resource for kids on many different subjects - from languages to science.
• PBS Jazz - Learn more about the history of Jazz. Check out some famous Jazz musicians. Become a member of the online Jazz band.
• Performing Arts and Music - Library of Congress - Explore these collections of sheet music, books, dance manuals, and other historical items.
• Radio Africa - Listen to diverse music of Africa.
• Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music - The Sam DeVincent Collection represented evidently the largest American sheet music collection in private hands. It will be of enormous value for the understanding of our musical past: the mainstream, tributaries, and streamlets of American music.
• Smithsonian Jazz - Explore, appreciate, experience jazz.

Jobs

• Disc Jockey - Disc jockeys, sometimes called "deejays," put music on the radio; yhey also talk about the news, sports, and weather.
• Musician - Musicians and singers compose, sing, and play music. They perform solo or as part of a group. They perform in sound studios and on stage. They also perform on television and in movies. Some musicians go on concert tours, traveling all over the U.S. and the world.
• Teacher - Teachers teach children to read, write, do math, and more; they show students different skills.

Musicians

• I Hear America Singing - Have you ever thought about how American songs developed? This PBS site has a timeline covering the history of the American Concert Song as well as information on the writers, composers, artists, and movements that left their mark.
• Musicians & Composers - America's Story - Their passion was music and they shared it with the world. Features Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, and John Philip Sousa.