Useful Music Sites

Here you will find some useful links I have discovered online. Some will lead you to publishers; others will lead you to free stuff. I make no promises regarding either, but you may enjoy poking around a bit to see what’s there. Occasionally a website will be taken down or otherwise disappear. Let me know if you encounter a problem, or if you can suggest additions to the collection I have assembled below.

  1. •• Friends Of Cathedral Music (links to association sites, free music, recitals, etc.)

                         http://www.fcm.org.uk/Links/Organ_Music.html


  1. •• Cantate Domino (mostly free scores and recordings)

                         http://www.cantatedomino.org/cd/index.shtml?Start.txt


  1. •• Free Scores.com (free music, easy score download, free mp3s, many categories)

                         http://www.free-scores.com


• • OrganMaster Shoes (These are cool. Bought a pair; improvement immediately.)

                      https://organmastershoes.com/


  1. •• IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project (Petrucci Music Library)

                          (a bit tricky to navigate, scores are often in original published format,

                           but a ton of free stuff in all sorts of categories. Worth it to poke around.)

                           http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page

  1. *• Royal Dutch Organ Society

                                      http://www.hetorgel.nl/


  1. •• Top Catholic Songs (free liturgical music in a variety of styles composed by contemporary writers. 

                                 The site title is a little misleading  (exclusive-sounding), but the content provides

                                  a valuable source of new music for any Christian-oriented community)

                                 http://www.topcatholicsongs.com/

                                       Me: http://www.topcatholicsongs.com/paul-f-page-free-music



  1. •• AUDIO IMPROV (all sorts of very useful information about music and electronics, some historical, some contemporary. And some exquisitely-rendered orchestrations from Henry Spragens, an absolute master at such things.         http://www.audioimprov.com/AudioImprov/Welcome.html


  1. •• Gregorian Chant — I was doing a little research this morning and  chanced  upon this on AMAZON. It is the last edition of the Liber Usualis published by the Monks of Solesmes in 1961 and before its final disuse with the advent of the vernacular liturgy in 1964. I still have my original copy. it’s now worth a lot more than I paid in 1961 (which I think was $5.) The © was not renewed when it came due, and so the entire tome is available for free in a 1400+ page pdf. HERE

                       


  1. *• HET OREL — Europe’s oldest magazine on Organ Art. A ton of articles and interesting information  about organs, organ builders, festivals, AND LOTS OF LINKS TO COMPOSERS (even me!)

                                              http://www.hetorgel.nl/eindex.html


  1. •• Keaton Music Typewriter first patented in 1936. AMAZING!

                           https://mymodernmet.com/keaton-music-typewriter


  1. •• Line Riders (Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony...like you’ve never SEEN it)

                                        https://youtu.be/vcBn04IyELc


  1. *• Oldest Organ in Holland (1518) in the city of Oosthuizen:

          https://youtu.be/tHoXn_dQQGY


• The Organ as a Wind Instrument

            https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/pipeorgan/mechanism/


ª How Pipe Organs Work: Inside the St. Paul’s  Chapel Organ

             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM3ejYnlBVY


• World’s Largest Pipe Organ at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

         https://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/12/the-worlds-largest-pipe-organ-at.html

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