Song
Sheets to Software
A Guide to Print Music, Software, and
Web Sites for Musicians, First Edition
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
Song Sheets Yesterday and Today
A Brief History of Printed Music, 3
Early American Religious, Folk, and Popular Music
in Print, 4
Composer Profile: Stephen Foster, 9
Vaudeville, 12
Tin Pan Alley, 12
Tin Pan Alley Composers, 13
Popular Song Sheets without Lyrics, 13
Composer Profile: Scott Joplin, 15
Popular Song Sheets with Lyrics, 18
Song Sheet Cover Art and Artists, 21
Songs in Musicals, Silent Films, Talkies, Radio,
and Records, 22
Collecting Song Sheets, 23
The Print Music Business Today, 25
Chapter 2
Print Music Royalties, Copyright Laws, Formats, and Terms
Print Music Royalties, 29
Copyright Laws, 30
Print Music Formats, 35
Sample Templates, 40
Print Music and Copyright Terms, 41
Chapter 3
Software for Musicians
600+ Annotated Listings
Children’s Music Software, 46
Music Theory Fundamentals Software, 48
Aural Skills and Ear Training Software, 54
Rhythm Skills Software, 56
Composition, Creative, and Songwriting Software,
57
Piano and Keyboards Software, 60
Guitar Software, 65
Vocal - Choral - Singing Software, 68
Jazz and Blues Software, 69
Music Appreciation, Music History, and Composers
Software, 71
Studio, Choir, and Band Management Software,
76
Notation and Scoring Software, 80
Sequencing Software, 84
Digital Audio Recording and Editing - CD Burning - Multimedia - MIDI
File Libraries - Sample Sounds and Loops-Software Synthesizers-MP3
Software, 90
Plug-Ins, 102
Chapter 4
Web Sites for Musicians
6,000+ Annotated Listings
Artists A-Z, 107
Ballet - Ballroom and Modern Dance-Ice Skating
Music, 110
Booking - Touring-Gigging-Clubs and Venues, 111
Brass and Woodwind Instruments, 114
Children’s Music, 118
Classical Music and Composers, 120
Computer and Electronic Music-MIDI-Software,
124
Conferences and Showcases-Festivals and Fairs,
141
Copyright, Legal, and Tax Information - Performing
and Mechanical Rights-Digital Watermarking-Privacy Rights, 145
Country Music - Line Dancing, 148
Drums and Percussion, 151
Film, Television, and Video Music, 153
Folk and Traditional Music and Instruments - Folk
Dancing - Bluegrass, 159
Government and Music Funding Sources, 161
Guitar and Bass-Acoustic and Electric, 162
Holiday Music, 167
International, 168
Jazz, Blues, and Swing, 171
Latin and Carribean Music - Calypso - Reggae, 175
Music Education, 177
Music and Health - Healing Music, 181
Music History, 182
Music Libraries, 184
Music Magazines, E-Zines, Webzines, and Newspapers,
185
Music on the Internet - MP3 Sites, Software and
Hardware - Streaming Audio and Video, 190
Music, Print Music, and Music Book Publishers,
201
Music Resources, References, and Research-Music
Links - Directories-Portals, 203
Music Retailers Online, 208
Music Theory and Composition - Notation - Ear Training,
211
Musical E-Greetings and Singing Telegrams, 214
Musical Theatre, 215
Networking - Newsgroups - Mailing Lists - Chat-Career
Information - Indie Music Promotion, 216
New Age and Ambient Music, 227
Patriotic Music, Marches, and Marching Bands,
229
Piano-Keyboards-Organ, 229
Popular Music and Culture - Fashion - Dance Music - Techno - Electronica - Rock-’n’-Roll- Oldies - Punk - Heavy
Metal, 233
R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop, and Soul, 238
Radio, Internet Radio, and Television, 240
Ragtime, 245
Record Labels, 246
Recording, 250
Religious and Gospel Music - Inspirational, 252
Search Engines, 255
Sheet Music-Historical Collections, 257
Songwriting-Songwriting Contests and Camps,
260
String Instruments - Violin - Viola - Cello - Bass - Harp,
267
Vocal Music - Choral and Opera-Singing, 268
World Music, 271
Chapter 5
Tech Talk: Internet Terms A-Z
470 Annotated Listings
Bibliography
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