Women in Music:

Amazon Radio!  (WPKN 89.5 FM - Bridgeport, CT):  links to other musical, cultural, and activist sites.
http://www.wpkn.org/wpkn/amazon/index.html

Archive of Syllabi in Women’s Studies in Music:  (Department of Music, Royal Holloway, University of London), starting in 1994, with links to the IAWM Women in Music Syllabi and a general link to the Society for Music Theory’s Committee on the Status of Women, as well as additional links to courses in women’s studies outside of music.
http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Archive/Women/

Bibliographic List of Published Songs Composed by American and British Women, ca. 1890-1930:  (UC Davis Department of Music),  a limited but useful site.  The information in the bibliography includes title, composer, publisher, date and city of publication, and the existence of an accompaniment other than piano.
http://musdra.ucdavis.edu/FMPro/women.html

Bibliography of Sources Related to Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Feminism, and Music:  (Society for Music Theory:  Committee on the Status of Women), "promoting gender equity and feminist  scholarship in areas related to music theory, and serving as a repository of information about women and music."  Categories include:  Feminist Theories and/of Music, Music Theory and Feminist Theory  Issues in Feminist Theory and Music, Basic Resources, Historical Texts/Sources, Bibliographies, Anthologies and Sources for Music, Reviews, Conference Reviews, Book and Article Reviews; Review-Essays, Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Theory, Feminist Analyses of Music, Analyses of Compositions by Women (forthcoming), Women, Feminism, Opera, Music History, History, Images of Women, Women Composers and Scholars, Canon Issues, Patronage, (Other) genres, Film, Jazz and Blues, Pop, Rock, Rap, Feminist Music Pedagogy, Status Issues, Cultural Studies/Social Function of Music, and Ethnomusicology.
http://home1.gte.net/esayrs68/CSWBibIndex.html

The Coalition of Women Improvisers and Composers:  A coalition of women who play many different kinds of music, ranging from jazz, free improvisation, and improvised avant-garde music to composers to rock and folk musicians, and highlighting communication, festivals, and jam sessions.  Includes the CWIC Music Archive:  Articles, Records, Links, a Forum for discussion, and a Women in Music link.
http://www-personal.umuch.edu/~katt/cwic.html

Early Music by Women Composers:  Provides information on women composers born before 1900, including chronologies, CD discographies, MIDI soundfiles and reference sources, featured illustrations by historical women artists and a special section on Editions Ars Femina & the Ars Femina Ensemble.
http://150.252.8.92/www/iamw/pages/

Feminology - Women’s Resources on the Net:  Music:  extensive listing of pages devoted to composers and performers, most of whom are in the popular arena.
http://www.einet.net/editors/Stephanie-Walker/women.music.html

Gendering of Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective, The:  MUSC242 SP:  Crosslistings: WMST240 (Wesleyan University):  "This course presents a critical examination of issues explored and debated in recent studies of gender, power, identity, and music from diversified music traditions, including the Western art music, popular music, and the world musics. Drawing upon the interdisciplinary discourse on theories of feminism and gender, as well as the new gay and lesbian musicology, through case studies and analysis of various musical examples, we will investigate the following topics:  women's multiple roles in the historical and contemporary practices of music; desire, sexuality, and women's images in music; and how gender ideology, contextualized by sociocultural conditions, both constructs and is constructed by musical aesthetics, performance practice, creative processes, as well as the reception of music."
http://www.wesleyan.edu/course/musc242s.htm

Harmony Ridge Music:  a site dedicated to female singer songwriters.
http://www.rahul.net:80/hrmusic/

The International Alliance for Women in Music:  (Abilene Christian University), a resource on women composers and women in music topics, including  information on The IAWM Journal, Women and Music: a Journal of Gender and Culture, links to journal articles and other women in music periodicals, an advocacy page for women in music, links to bibliographies, discographies, and course syllabi on women in music, catalogue listings by music publishers, composition lists by instruments, links to online materials about historical women composers, information about festivals, concerts, calls, radio programming, organizations, ensembles, and resources for composers.
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/home/html

The Internet For Women In Music (and those curious about them):   Beth Anderson’s page.
http://www.users.interport.net/~beand/ifwm.html

Ladyslipper, Inc:  Publishes the world's most comprehensive Catalog & Resource Guide of Music by Women.  Their annotated catalog contains information about an expansive variety of female musicians, writers, performers and composers, plus a section devoted to the musical contributions of non-sexist men, as well as video recordings, songbooks and music-related books -- over 1500 titles altogether.
http://www.ladyslipper.org/

The Life and Works of Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179):  Biography, listing of major works, links to official celebrations marking the 900th birthday of Hildegard, a bibliography, discography, links to web  resources, and a glossary.
http://tweedledee.ucsb.edu/~kris/music/Hildegard.html

Music Resources on the Internet:  Women in Music:  (UCLA), excellent annotated site listing of a variety of topics on Women in Music.
http://wwwstage.library.ucla.edu/libraries/music/web/women.htm

New York Composers, Inc.:  A not-for-profit corporation of women composers of serious concert music, and women in musical occupations who support the composers in their efforts to be recognized.   The goal of New York Women Composers, Inc. is for music by women to succeed because of merit, regardless of a composers' gender.  Includes extensive database of catalogues.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/nywc/

Netscape Open Directory Project Links:  an excellent and frequently-updated grass-roots community project with categories including:  Women's Radio and  Women's Music Festivals.
http://directory.mozilla.org/Society/Women/Womens_Studies/Music/Festivals/

Oyens, Tera de Marez.  "Futue of Women in Music," Introduction to Panel, Future of Women in Music, presented at musicALASKAwomen, 14 August 1993, as published in the ILWC Journal, October 1993, p. 21.
http://music.acu.edu/www/IAWM/articles/oct93/marezoyens.html

Putumayo World Music:   catalogues include: Laura Love Collection, Women of the World Celtic Collection, Women of the World Celtic 2, and Women of the World International, and Women’s Work, among others.
http://www.sensia.com/putumayo.htm

Romantix:  Women Composers 1760-1899:  A Chronological Index by Decade with links to an alphabetical CD Discography & MIDIfiles.
http://150.252.8.92/www/iawm/pages/romatix.html

Third World Women Bibliography / Webliography: Music:  Music:  Latin America and the Caribbean:  Puerto Rico.  Aparicio, Frances R. Listening to Salsa:  Gender, Latin Popular Music and Puerto Rican Cult.
http://www.chenpeyi.com/tww/music.html

WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists:  (American Musicological Society), maintained by UC Davis Music Department Library, extensive listing, including a links to a Women in Music category.
http://musdra.ucdavis/Documents/AMS/musicology_www.html

Women and Performance:  A Journal of Feminist Theory:  A forum for discussion on gender and representation, Women & Performance features essays, scripts, interviews and articles on performance from interdisciplinary feminist perspectives. Dialogue is encouraged between varied fields of performance scholarship (ethnography, dance and theatre history & criticism, performance studies, cinema studies, cultural studies), and explore emerging feminist critiques of race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, technology and nation.
http://www.echonyc.com/~women/

Women Composer’s Collection:  (University of Michigan Music Library), includes a special collection of scores by women composers of the art music tradition from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~celliker/MusicLibrary/WCC.html

Women Composers:  A Bibliography of Internet Resources:  Excellent site, includes categorized links to Bibliography & Reference Tools, Listings of Composers, Research & Study, Publishers & Vendors, discographies, Repertoire & Performing Ensembles, Journals, Listserves, & News Groups, Valuable Resources & Links, Miscellaneous Resources, Individual Women Composer Pages, and Women Performers' Personal Home Pages.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7282/women.html

Women Creating Music and Dance Through the Ages:  (Mariya Barash, Library Technician, Cataloging and Database Management, and Kris McLonis, Assistant Librarian, Cataloging and Database Management, 1997 University of Detroit Mercy):  Excellent, well-organized and comprehensive site that ties together all the sources for women's role in the music and dance of indigenous and folk cultures.   "This includes songs and dances performed by women as parts of FESTIVALS, RITES OF PASSAGE, and PRIESTLY AND SHAMANISTIC functions.  The main point is that women as a whole have played a major role in creating and making the music of folk and indigenous cultures."  Print Resources and Internet Resources.  Resources include music and biographical links to artists and their info/recording sites.
http://www.udmercy.edu/htmls/Academics/library/womenflk.mus

Women in Music:  A Pathfinder for Sources:  (Duke University Libraries), A bibliography which has been prepared based on the sources available in the Duke University Libraries System, with links to:  Women in Music:  General Sources; Women in Music:  Sources by Musical Genre; and Women in Music:  Resources Beyond Duke.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/mutoc.html

Women in Music Discographies:   recordings of music by women composers from the IAWM Journal: Discography, recent recordings of music by women composers compiled by Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth, "Currently Available Women's Classical/Experimental Music on Compact Disc: a compilation," first published in the IAWM Journal, October 1995 , pp. 15-23, and updated by the author (3/96).
http://music.acu.edu/WWW/IAWM/discographies.html

Women in Music Guide (Allen Library, University of Hartford):   Excellent resource site with extensive bibliography and links to: Suggested Subject Headings, Women's Music Literature in the Library, Women's Music Periodicals, Women's Music Anthologies, and Women-Related Web Sites.
http://libaxp.hartford.edu/llr/music_guides/womenmus.htm

Women in Music Links:  A listing of web pages of resources in women’s popular music, including the following categories for Women Musicians and Bands:  Record Labels, Magazines, Radio Stations and Shows, Organizations, and Recommended Links.
http://users.neca.com/rsmith/womusic.htm

Women's Studies Database (University of Maryland):  Syllabi on Women in the Arts, Review: Links to related issues by Lydia Hamessley, Hamilton College.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/Syllabi/ArtMusicFilm/music+women

Women's Studies: Music:  From WPKN, Bridgeport CT - "Women's Music for all who color outside the lines!"  Compiled for the Society for Music Theory -- Committee on the Status of Women (CSW).
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/music.html

Women-Related WWW Sites in the Arts and Humanities:  Sites containing resources and information about women with an emphasis on sites in the arts and humanities, including the following topical sub-sections:  Multidisciplinary Sites, Ancient Studies/Classics, Art, Communication, Film, French Language and Culture, German Language and Culture, History, Language/Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, and Religion/Theosophy.
http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_arts.html

Worldwide Internet Music Resources:  Links to musicians, composers, research sites, journals, magazines and MUCH more. Every genre in included, from classical to folk. William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/

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