LIB-Subject based websites
Musical Instruments
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Located in the Faculty of Music close to Christ Church College Oxford. The Bate Collection web site provides a checklist of instruments, arranged into the following categories: flutes, reeds, percussion, strings (keyboards) and brass with sound samples. The collection also includes the Javanese gamelan Kyai Madu Laras.
Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection
Digital collection of musical instruments from the ethnomusicology archives at the University of Washington Libraries. Sound recordings and performance clips may also be available
A very useful encyclopedia with illustrated articles on musical instruments of the world, arranged by instrument type, by Sachs-Hornbostel classification headings and by country of origin.
International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections
This Directory is jointly provided by Comité International des Musées et Collections d'Instruments de Musique CIMCIM) and the American Musical Instrument Society.
Virtual museum, displaying examples of 19th and 20th Century musical instruments. Collections currently concentrate on various types of guitar.
Brief descriptions of a range of musical instruments, arranged alphabetically by name, and accompanied by an illustration.
Sibelius Academy: Musical Instruments
Index to selected resources related to a wide variety of musical instruments.
Traditional Instrument Resource by Geographic Location
This page introduces some of the most popular traditional musical instruments and where they came from. The instruments are categorised into three main categories: percussion for rhythmic sounds, and wind and string instruments to provide melody.
Online museum of the World Musical Instrument Collection of the Music Department, Wesleyan University. Visual, audio and video presentations with written text.
National Anthems
Collection of national anthems for countries throughout the world arranged alphabetically. Includes travel information, news, and details of flights and accommodation for each country.
Index to the words of over 200 national anthems from around the world. Includes information for each country.
Lyrics to National Anthems of Countries Words (with English translations) to the national anthems of the world.
Religious music
Buddhist sound files provided by the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Provides Coptic music literature by different scholars and Coptic music audio links.
A collection of links to Muslim music resources. Includes links to the judgements of Islamic scholars on music.
A selection of articles related to Shinto music.
RealAudio collection of Sufi music from Sindh.
Others
Information about public domain materials, facilitating the identification of freely available music and songs. Includes details of individual music, collections and compendiums, and also Features an alphabetical list of royalty-free music.
