FAQ Piano-related Resources
By Phil Tompkins, forwarded by Terry Smythe
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From: tompkins@cnct.com To: ALL Orig: MBNET
Subj: FAQ Piano-related Resourc Area: 0-sic.makers.piano Date: 08/27/95
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Here's the final final draft of "FAQ: Piano-related Resources on the Internet" for final (I hope) review. I discovered a few more useful references since Draft 2. I would appreciate comments, additions and/or corrections.
Phil
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FAQ: Piano-related Resources on the Internet
Draft 3, August 27, 1995
This document contains references to Internet resources which are piano-related or of likely interest to piano players. It is intended to answer questions of the type "Where can I find ________________ on the Internet?"
It is assumed that the reader has a fundamental familiarity with the various internet facilities, e.g., World-Wide Web, listserv, FTP, Gopher, telnet, etc.
The author welcomes any additions or corrections.
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CONTENTS
1. FAQs. 2. Newsgroups. 3. Mailing lists. 4. Organizations. 5. Automated scores. 6. Composers, performers and repertoire. 7. Copyright. 8. Instructional software references and reviews. 9. Music publishers. 10. Piano manufacturers. 11. Injuries. 12. Piano course descriptions. 13. Events. 14. Bibliographies. 15. Various special topics. 16. Starting points for Internet searches.
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1. FAQs.
1.1. FAQs for newsgroup rec.music.makers.piano.
* General Piano FAQ. In preparation by Isako Hoshino,
isako@mtl.mit.edu. Interim versions may be posted on
rec.music.makers.piano.
* Digital Piano FAQs.
General Discussion: FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is
/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-faq
Hardware Specifications: FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is
/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-list
* FAQ on Playing From Memory. FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu
is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/memory-playing-faq
1.2. RMMP FAQ retrieval.
FAQs for rec.music.makers.piano are posted monthly on
rec.music.makers.piano, rec.answers, and news.answers.
They may be obtained by FTP from
rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/
and on the WWW at
http://www.mit.edu:8001/afs/athena/user/i/s/isako/www/
rmmp-faq.html
If you do not have access to anonymous FTP or WWW, you may
retrieve a FAQ by sending an E-mail to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu.
Leave the subject blank. The text should contain
SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/xxxxxxx
(Supply xxxxxxxx based on the specific file - see above.)
The FAQ editor and maintainer for rec.music.makers.piano is
Isako Hoshino, isako@mtl.mit.edu.
1.3. rec.music.ragtime FAQ. Posted to the rec.music.ragtime
newsgroup.
1.4. Other music-related FAQs. While not piano-specific, the
following FAQs may be of interest to piano players:
* FAQ for rec.music.classical.performing. Sheet music
supplier addresses; performance anxiety; instrument
suppliers; injuries; organizations; reading list. File
name at rtfm.mit.edu is
/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/performing/faq
. . . . . . .
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2. Newsgroups.
* Piano.
rec.music.makers.piano
rec.music.ragtime
* Other music related.
rec.music.bluenote
rec.music.classical
rec.music.classical.performing
rec.music.classical.recordings
rec.music.composing
rec.music.early
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3. Mailing lists.
Subscribe by sending a message containing only:
SUB listname
to the subscription address. A site will usually require
your name in the message:
SUB listname firstname listname
* Piano-L. For pianists and piano teachers. All aspects
of performance and pedagogy may be discussed.
Subscription address: Piano-L-Request@uamont.edu
* MUSPRF-L mailing list - Music Performance and Pedagogy.
Subscription address: LISTSERV@CMSUVMB.CMSU.EDU
* HPSCHD-L. Harpsichord; other early keyboard instruments.
Subscription address: listserv@albany.edu
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4. Organizations.
4.1 Piano-specific.
* Piano Technicians Guild. On-line information for piano
players as well as piano technicians. Tuning and mainten-
ance; links to other piano, organ, general music sites.
http://www.prairienet.org/arts/ptg/homepage.html
* West Mesa Music Teachers Association, Rio Rancho, NM.
Produces "The Piano Education Page", which contains infor-
mation of interest to teachers, students and parents, plus
WWW links to numerous other music resources.
http://www.unm.edu/~loritaf/pnoedmn.html
4.2 General music-related.
* International Association of Music Information Centres.
Currently provides a homepage with links to the American,
Canadian and Norwegian Music Center(re)s, plus a list of
all the affiliated national music organizations. Watch
this homepage for new links as other music centers begin
using the Web.
http://www.ingress.com/amc/iamic.htm
* American Music Center. Library of scores (search catalog
on line, borrow by mail) and recordings; directory of
composers (arrange contacts); information on organizations
and competitions; links to other music information sites.
http://www.ingress.com/amc/
http://www.amc.net/amc/
* Canadian Music Center/Centre Musique Canadienne. Library
database (on line search of catalog of scores and record-
ings, plus loan requests); purchase scores of Canadian
music by E-mail.
http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/cmc/
* Norwegian Music Information Centre. Articles on music in
Norway; useful addresses; catalog of most of the music in
print of most of the contemporary Norwegian composers;
news and events; links to other music resources. A fine
example of integration of automated information.
http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/
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5. Automated scores.
* In PostScript format:
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/music/scores
* Preludes and "BlueStrider" by Jeff Harrington, in PostScript
and MIDI format:
http://www.parnasse.com/jeff.htm
* Music by Brent Hugh:
http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html
Site will become
http://www.cctr.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html
* In MIDI format:
ftp.cs.ruu.nl/cd/pub/MIDI/SONGS/CLASSICAL
* Sheet music collection of the Johns Hopkins Milton Eisen-
hower Library (WWW site being created). Social history of
America through its popular music.
http://musicbox.mse.jhu.edu/
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6. Composers, performers and repertoire.
* World Wide Web individual artist pages.
http://www.amc.net/amc/artists.htm
* "Unknown Composers". Biogaphical summaries and lists of
compositions of composers whose works deserve to be heard
and played more than they are. Includes "Non-standrard
Piano Masterpieces", written by members of the Piano-L
list.
http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~jimmosk/TOC.html
* Scarlatti Archive [or a beginning at least]. Recording
excerpts.
http://www.win.tue.nl/cgi/scarlatti
* Performer biographical summaries.
http://www.classicalmus.com/artist-piano.html
http://www.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/
http://www.nwu.edu/WNUR/jazz/artists/
* Composer biographical summaries.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/
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7. Copyright.
* U.S. Copyright Office. Obtain Circulars on-line.
gopher: marvel.loc.gov
telnet: marvel.loc.gov Log on as marvel.
* Article "The Copyright Law and the Musician" by David
Richards. Covers the nature and extent of copyright pro-
tection, restrictions on copying and arranging, "fair use",
recording, public performance, infringement, penalties,
licensing organizations.
http://harmony-central.mit.edu/Bands/copyright.txt
gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Library/Article/Rights
/copyrigh.mus
* Article by Sandy Jane Wong on copyright in relation to
multimedia.
http://www.dorsai.org/p-law/wong_dir/docs/wongpap4.html
* Text of copyright laws.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc/17/overview.html
gopher: palimpsest.stanford.edu/11/ByTopic/copyright/co
pyright.act
* Music Publishers' Association.
http://host.mpa.org/mpa/
* Copyright Clearance Center Online.
http://www.openmarket.com/copyright/
* Licensing organizatios.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
(ASCAP).
was: http://www.visualradio.com/ascap/as0.htm
now: ???
BMI.
http://bmi.com/
SESAC.
http://online.music-city.com/sesac.html
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8. Instructional software references and reviews.
* Technology in Music Education (TIME). Reach with geograph-
ical gopher menu via University of Texas San Antonio,
Institute for Music Research.
* Brent Hugh's music instruction software page. Has links to
manufacturers.
http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html
Site will become
http://www.cctr.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html
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9. Music publishers.
9.1 List of U.S. music publishers.
* Music Publishers' Association.
http://host.mpa.org/mpa/
9.2 Individual publishers.
* Theodore Presser, Inc.
E-mail: ???
* Maestronet. Piano sheet music for the early grades avail-
able for sale and download directly over the net. (Uses
Adobe's cross platform file format Acrobat).
http://www.maestronet.com
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10. Piano manufacturers.
* Baldwin.
http://mozart.mw3.com:80/baldwin/
* Kurzweil.
http://www.musicpro.com/kurzweil/
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11. Injuries.
* Jonas Jen's thesis on occupational problems of pianists:
injuries and other disorders. Causes, symptoms, therapies.
http://rvik.ismennt.is/~jssen/musmed.html
* Article "Musculoskeletal Problems in Musicians" covering
musculoskeletal/neuromuscular disorders as they relate to
the musician; causes and effects, preventive measures, and
an overview of current diagnosis and treatment procedures.
Prepared by the Center for Safety in the Arts.
Gopher path: gopher.tmn.com/Artswire/csa/arthazards
/performing
Via WWW: gopher://gopher.tmn.com/11%2FArtswire%2Fcsa
%2Farthazards%2Fperforming
At University of Nebraska - Lincoln:
http://www.engr.unl.edu/pub/eeshop/music.html
* Repetitive stress injuries in general.
ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub.typing-injury/
http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html.
http://www.engr.unl.edu/pub/eeshop/rsi.html
http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/music.html
SOREHAND mailing list
Subscription address: listserv@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu
* List of RSI-aware doctors, including performing arts medi-
cine clinics.
http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/findadoc.html
auto E-mail: to mpaul@engrs.unl.edu, subject "Findadoc"
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12. Piano course descriptions.
* Indiana University School of Music.
http://www.music.indiana.edu
Choose Music Resources on the Internet, Academic Sites.
Also try using the Lycos search facility. Search using
keywords "piano" and "course", "degree", or "major".
http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu
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13. Events.
* http://www.calendar.com/concerts/
Note: Every calendar of events I've seen on the net is
terribly out of date.
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14. Various special topics.
* New piano notation conventions from the International
Conference on New Musical Notation (1974).
http://next.rug.ac.be/Notatie_piano.html
* Ragtime.
http://ragtimers.org/~ragtimers/
See also rec.music.ragtime newsgroup and FAQ.
* Electronic music machines.
http://www.hyperreal.com:80/music/machines/
ftp: hyperreal.com.machines
* Hammond Organ mailing lists:
Technical discussion list. To subscribe, send an E-mail to
hammond-request@zk3.dec.com with
subscribe
in the message body.
Music, artist, and recordings discussion list. To sub-
scribe, send an E-mail to listserv@netcom.com with
subscribe groove-b3
in the message body.
* Disklavier.
http://crca-www.ucsd.edu/bobw/disklavier.html
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15. Bibliographies.
* Music Education Resource Base.
http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/merb/
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16. Some starting points for Internet searches.
The following provide numerous references to other sources
of music-related information:
* Library of Congress.
gopher: marvel.loc.gov
telnet: marvel.loc.gov Log on as marvel.
* The Piano Education Page.
http://www.unm.edu/~loritaf/pnoedmn.html
* Indiana University School of Music.
http://www.music.indiana.edu
Chose Music Resources on the Internet.
* Carnegie Mellon University Internet index. Provides a
keyword search capability.
http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu |
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