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Copyright
Copyright for Music Librarians - from the Music Library Association
Basics of Copyright for Music Educators - National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
Copyright Resource Center - from the Music Publishers' Association
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Libraries with Music Collections
Free Library of Philadelphia
Library of Congress Performing Arts - Music
New York Public Library - Performing Arts Division
University of Pennsylvania Library Catalog
Lübeck University Brahms Digital Archive
Digitized archive of over 10,000 items related to Brahms.
Opera and Vocal Music Sites
Opera Arias Database
The Opera Database
The LiederNet Archive
Operabase - Opera Schedules, Opera Houses, Opera Festivals, Opera Reviews, Opera Links
Opera Folio - libretti in various languages
Philadelphia Events
Avenue of the Arts - visitphilly.com
Eventbrite - events in and around Philadelphia and New York City
Kimmel Center - for events at Verizon Hall, the Perelman Theater, the Academy of Music, and more
WXPN Concerts and Shows in Philadelphia and Beyond
WRTI Classical and Jazz Radio Philadelphia
Professional Associations and Societies
AFM - American Federation of Musicians
AMS - American Musicological Society
ARSC - The Association for Recorded Sound Collections
ASCAP - American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
BMI - Broadcast Music, Inc.
IAML - International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
IAWM - International Alliance for Women in Music
NAfME - National Association for Music Education
MLA - Music Library Association
SEM - Society for Ethnomusicology
SMT - Society for Music Theory
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