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Ask Joan of Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum
answers your specific questions about American art and
artists. The museum's
Researching Your Art page contains useful information
to help you learn more about the artwork you own, including
identification of signatures and markings, how to determine
value, and how to care for art objects.
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Museums
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Venues
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Great
Buildings Online
Find information, photos, drawings
and 3-D images of buildings worldwide. Search by building
name, architect or geographical location.
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Dance Links
Dance companies world-wide,
schools, performance listings, dance organizations and newsgroups.
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DC
DanceNet
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AFI's 100 Years
The American Film
Institute is a national arts organization
dedicated to preserving the heritage of film
and television, identifying and training new
talent and increasing the recognition of the
moving image as an art form. The AFI's 100
Years series includes popular lists of "top
100" films in categories such as movies, songs,
heroes and villains, and quotes to name a few.
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AllMovie
Find information on the
major films of most genres, as well as new movie
and DVD releases and movie trailers.
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Based on the Book
A list of books that have
been made into films since 1980.
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Film Festivals on the World Wide Web
A guide to American and
international film festivals.
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The Internet Movie Database
A comprehensive database of
information about movies from their earliest days
through forthcoming releases.
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Moviefone.com
A guide to theaters, movies
and show times in your zip code area. Includes top-10
lists and "pick of the week".
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MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine
Search for movie reviews
from a collection of more than 43,000.
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New York Times Movie Reviews
A free, full-text archive of all
New York Times film reviews from 1983 to the
present, with selected reviews back to 1929. Browse by
title, year, genre, critic or country of origin; or search
by title, person or keyword. Note: Free registration is
required.
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Good Starting Points
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Blues
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Classical
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Country
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Hip-Hop
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Instruments
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Jazz
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Lyrics
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Opera
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Rock
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Soul
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World
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Good Starting Points
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AllMusic
Find information on most genres
and styles of music and listen to audio clips. Topics
include genre history, artists, albums, songs, new
releases, music videos and more.
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Archives of African American Music and Culture
Links to Web sites related
to blues, gospel, jazz, hip-hop, rhythm and blues
music, rap, etc.
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Festival Finder
Search by Festival name or by music genre to
find a comprehensive listing of music festivals held throughout the
United States and Canada.
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Learn to Read Music
An online tutorial.
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Musictheory.net
More than 30 interactive music theory lessons
including notes, major and minor scales, keys and intervals. Also
includes keyboard, guitar and brass instrument trainers.
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Rock Hard Times
A growing music database. Search or browse by
artist, genre, place or label. Information includes album lists and
links to lyrics, videos, audio files, album reviews, artist and fan sites,
tablatures and more. Anyone is welcome to register to edit the database
or contribute new information.
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Blues
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Blue Highway
A collection of
links to blues news, radio listings and
both live and archived radio broadcasts.
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Blues Foundation
On this site you
will find the Blues Music Awards, the Blues
Hall of Fame and a guide to blues festivals.
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Blues World
There are several links
to blues record labels, blues artists' pages
and stores.
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Classical
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The Classical Music Pages
Information about composers
(with portraits and short sound examples), explanations
of the various musical forms and a dictionary
of musical terminologies.
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ClassicalNet — Composer Master Index
Short biographies of classical
music composers from the 15th to the 20th century
searchable by name or by time period.
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Essentials of Music
Guide to the historical
themes, musical context and style characteristics
of the six major periods of classical music. Includes
composers' biographies and an extensive glossary
of musical terms.
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Country
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Academy of Country Music
Information on the Academy
of Country Music Awards and links to artists' Web
sites.
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The Roughstock Network
You can find news links,
a lyric and chord archive, CD reviews and forums.
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Country Music Association
This site has links to the
Country Music Association Awards, Country Music
Festival and links to artists, record labels
and radio station Web sites.
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Read about hall of fame
inductees, explore the history of country music,
enjoy video and audio clips of artists'
performances and more.
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Hip-Hop
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AllHipHop.com
On this site you will
find headlines and rumors from the world of
hip-hop. Includes CD reviews and downloadable
music.
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Hip Hop-Directory
A collection of links to
hip-hop history, deejaying and emceeing, record
labels, politics and activism.
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HipHopDx
This site brings you the
latest in hip-hop news, album/video/movie reviews,
audio and video, feature articles and a Lifestyle
section with the latest fashions.
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Instruments
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CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia
You can search for
information on musical instruments of the
world by type or by country of origin.
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Musical Instruments
Find information about
the instruments that make up an orchestra.
Instruments are arranged by "family" type and
you can listen to audio clips and view photos
of each one.
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Piano
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Piano Page
Information on the
maintenance and care of pianos from the
Piano Technicians Guild.
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Piano World
This site's title really does
describe it. You'll find just about everything you
might want to know here. Tips on buying, caring for
and moving your piano; lists of manufacturers of pianos
and related equipment; pictures and descriptions showing
how a piano works; and more.
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Zebra Keys
This site has more than 50 free,
online piano lessons for all levels of practice. Lessons
include piano layout, chords, technique, music notation
and theory, and more. Designed for ages 13 and up.
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Jazz
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All About Jazz
This site offers CD and DVD reviews, artist
profiles and guides to jazz-related blogs,
festivals, labels and more.
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JazzReview.com
You can find jazz news, interviews, artist
biographies and concert information.
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JazzWeb
A good source of links to online information about
jazz and blues from Northwestern University.
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Lyrics
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Blues Song Lyrics
An alphabetical listing of blues
lyrics from Blues for Peace.
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Children's Lyrics
BusSongs.com presents a variety of
song lyrics for young children, ranging from activity
songs to TV theme songs. Lyrics are searchable by
song category, title or keyword.
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Choral Public Domain Library
Thousands of pieces of choral
sheet music, mostly in the SATB (soprano, alto, tenor,
bass) format, from the Choral Public Domain Library.
Selections are free to download and print in PDF format.
Note: Adobe Reader is required to
view these PDF files.
To obtain a free Reader, follow this link:
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International Lyrics Playground
You may search for lyrics from an
alphabetical song title list, or search the database by
artist or writer using keywords or a partial phrase.
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The Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
You can find lyrics to the top 30
hip-hop songs, favorite artists, soundtracks and
compilations, and you can add lyrics.
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Templeton Music Collection
Annotated sheet music from the early
20th century can be viewed in digitized format in the Charles
H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection from Mississippi State
University.
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Top-40 Hits of 1930-1998
Includes ultimate chart position
and lyrics for selected pop and rock songs.
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Opera
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Aria Database
An online database of more
than 1000 operatic arias that can be searched by
aria title, opera, composer, and role. Text,
translation, and audio files are available for some
titles.
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Operabase
A database of opera-related
information searchable by performance, artist or
company.
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OperaGlass
Information on operas including
backgrounds, plot synopses, libretti, discographies,
composer information, performance histories and more.
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Washington National Opera
View information on the season
calendar, performances, tickets and merchandise.
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Rock
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Soul
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Soul Music
A collection of links to
the different artists and record labels that
gave rise to soul music.
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Soul-Patrol
Find links to soul music
and its influences, a newsletter, online radio,
an event calendar and searchable databases on
black music and culture.
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Stax Museum of American Soul Music
There are links to online
exhibits, a virtual gallery tour and an online
museum shop.
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World
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CurtainUp's Address Book
Address, contact information and
links, to theater companies in the Washington
DC and Baltimore metropolitan areas.
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Directory of Outdoor Drama in the United States
Search by location or category for
Shakespeare festivals, historical dramas and religious
dramas. Produced by the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
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Internet Broadway Database
Search the Internet Broadway
Database for a person, show, theater or list of
shows
that opened in a particular season from the beginning
of New York theater to the present day.
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Playbill
Find Broadway and off
Broadway theater listings with links to seating
charts, online ticket purchasing and the latest
news stories. Includes listings for a few
cities outside the New York City area as well as
a jobs posting for a number of American cities.
A free membership is required for jobs listings
and special deals.
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Potomac Stages
A guide to live theater in the Washington DC
metropolitan area. Includes reviews of local area productions,
theater/venue information and links, and more.
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Theatre Companies, Events and Festivals
Links to companies and
festivals around the world.
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What's Playing in Washington DC Theater
See what's playing today, this week or
this month in theaters throughout the metro area. Includes
venue information and directions, ticket prices and a performance
schedule for each production. From the Washington Theatre Awards
Society.
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Art Brokerage
Links for buying original artwork
and prints.
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Art Studio Chalkboard
An online introduction to the
technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color
and painting.
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Artcyclopedia
Search the database by artist,
artwork title, or museum name or location; or browse
the database by movement, medium or subject.
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AskART.com
Information on both well-known
and lesser-known American artists, including auction
records, some short biographies and current exhibits.
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Sculptor.org
Locate sculptors by name,
country/region, material or type. Among the many
types included are carousel, ice, outdoor and
religious sculptures and carvings.
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Virtual Galleries
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CGFA: A Virtual Art Museum
This database of thousands of
images can be searched by artist's name, nationality
or time period.
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ImageBase
This searchable database contains images of more than 82,000
works representing more than 12,000 artists. For best search
results, read the suggestions on the
advanced search page.
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Olga's Gallery
A gallery of over 8,000
images. Search by artist, country or movement.
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Web Gallery of Art
Specializes in European
painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance,
Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism & Realism
periods (1100-1850). It currently contains 21,300
reproductions, artist biographies, period music and more.
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WebMuseum
Various eras and movements
of Western and Japanese art are described and illustrated
with images of paintings from the museum's collection.
Click on the images to enlarge them.
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