Music

Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress.

From website: ASCAP, an organization owned and run by its members, is the leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing over 435,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

From website: Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

From website: he Music Publishers Association is the oldest music trade organization in the United States, fostering communication among publishers, dealers, music educators and all ultimate users of music.

Before MP3s, CDs, cassettes and vinyl records, people listened to … cylinders. First made of tinfoil, then wax and plastic, cylinder recordings, commonly the size and shape of a soda can, were the first commercially produced sound recordings in the decades around the turn of the 20th century

A useful guide to thousands of music artists.

An archived guide to the Grateful Dead's lyrics and various scholarly essays.

A catalog of music materials at the University of North Texas.

A huge collection of music related links covering nearly every topic imaginable from Television Music to Pop Music and even scores.