Purchasing or searching for the recordings of American Music
| New World | A label that specializes American music, old and new. Deals with various genres of music. |
| Composers Recordings Inc. | The famous "CRI" Records, dealing with the 20th- and 21st-Century American serious music in various styles. |
| Delos International | Gerard Schawarz's recordings of American orchestral works have been issued from this label. |
| Bay Cities | Reissuing recordings originally created by American Recording Society, Desto, CRI, Everest, Columbia, etc. |
| Citadel | Some reissues include the rearrangement of Bay Cites CDs with nicer jackets. |
| Albany | They reissue the recordings by Desto and CRI LPs and have produced new recordings of little-heard American music. |
| Mode Records | The John Cage Edition, Morton Feldman Edition, etc. as well as other experimental composers. |
| hatHUT | A Swiss label that issues decent recordings of Feldman, Cage, and other avant-garde music. |
| New Albion | John Adams, Cage, Daniel Lentz, Feldman, Rzewski etc.
Also for some "New Age" stuff. |
| Lovely Music, Ltd. | Focusing on experimental music. Pauline Oliveros, Alvin Lucier, etc. |
| Bridge | They started reissuing the "Music in America" series, created by the Society for the Preservation of American music. The CD used to be available only at libraries. |
| OO Discs | Mostly experimental. This company imports recordings of Yuji and Aki Takahashi on the Japanese Kojima label. |
| Crystal Records | Reissues Hovhaness recordings previously released from the Poseidon Society. Also many woodwind/brass recordings. |
| Walking Frog Records | |
| Smithsonian Folkways Recordings | Mainly deals with national "folk" music, Native American music, and other world music. But John Cage's "Indeterminacy" and Henry Cowell's Piano Works are available from them. |
| Rounder Records | Mainly deals with national folk music and blues. Very informative. |
| Pheonix | Reissueing various 20th-century repartoire, including some American pieces. |
| VOX | VoxBox series includes various "Americana" and modern American music. |
| Electronic Music Foundation | For those who are interested in electronic music, computer music. |
| Pauline Oliveros Foundation Inc. Home Page | Those who are interested in experimental music should check this site out. Of course, Oliveros materials are available. |
| FROG PEAK MUSIC (a composers' collective) | Like the Pauline Oliveros Foundation, it puts many composers together to a nice catalogue. |
| CD Connection
CD Now |
Popular online mega-stores. Compare the selections, prices, and S&H. |
| Berkshire Record Outlet | A well-known outlet. It may be a good place to buy Koch International, New World, and Premier CDs. |
American "Serious" Music in General
| American Music Network | The Society for American Music, formally known as "The Sonneck Society for American Music." |
| Geometry.Net | This site gives you links on many famous American composers. The links can be interviews, reviews, or brief articles. |
| The National Association of Composers (NACUSA) | Links to various organizations, such as ASCAP and American Music Center. (Recommended by Shinji Onoe) |
| American Music Center | Members can check out up to 20 scores and 3 CDs. |
| COMPOSERS BUREAU ONLINE | Introduces composers like Francis McBeth, Owen Reed, Robert Washburn, Robert Ward, Leslie Bassett, EriottoCarter, Karel Husa. It has a Good link page. (Recommended by Shinji Onoe) |
| The American Composers Alliance | Another composers' organization. |
| Opera of America | |
| MU133: American Music | Corby College, MA. |
| Fasola Home Page: Information resources for Sacred Harp and other American Shape Note traditions |
American Composers
Leonard Bernstein
| Leonard Bernstein | Offician site. Includes unpublished materials and a good bibliography for researches. |
Ernest Bloch
| A Young Person's Guide to ERNEST BLOCH : Home Page | Comments on his works and info. on recordings. |
Paul Creston
| Ensemble Creufe | Information about Creston recordings etc (in Japanese) |
| Tequila! | For the information on Creston, go the "Josef Guttoveggio"section (in Japanese). |
John Cage
| SILENCE | Information about a mailing-list on Cage-related topics. |
| James Pritchett | Very informative site by a distinguished Cage scholar. |
Aaron Copland
| The Aaron Copland Homepage | Introduction to the music of Aaron Copland, etc. |
| Aaron Copland: American Composer |
Paul Dresher
| Paul Dresher (New Albion Records) |
Morton Feldman
| Morton Feldman Page | A very important site, where you can read Feldman's writings and get info about forthcoming CD releases |
Stephen Foster
| Stephen Foster | A Japanese site |
Gershwin, George
| ILGG'S HOME PAGE | Information on Gershwin's music and lots of midi files (in Japanese) |
Glass, Philip
| Philip Glass - Music Catalog | An official page. The discography section has MP3 files. |
| GlassPages - Philip Glass on the Web |
Lou Harrison
| Lou Harrison |
Ives, Charles
| The Charles Ives Society | |
| Charles Ives | About Ives's works and recordings (in Japanese) |
Conlon Nancarrow
| Conlon Nancarrow: A Chronology by Kyle Gann | Kale Gann wrote a biography of Nancarrow |
John Philip Sousa
| John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) | A Sousa "the march king" page. |
William Grant Still
| Still Going: An Exhibit Celebrating The Life and Times of William Grant Still | Exibition of Arkansas University's Still Archive. |
Carl Stone
| Carl Stone--The home page for The Kid | Page by the composer. Info. on his concerts and CDs, which can be purchased directly from him. |
Harry Partch
| Harry Partch lives in Corporeal Meadows | Good read for Partch enthusiastics |
Terry Riley
| Terry Riley Com | Site by the composer. He sells his music and CDs. Also you can listen to his music on Real Audio and on MP3. |
| Riley at the Other Minds |
La Monte Young
| MELA Foundation | Good place to find his materials. |
Williams, John
| John Williams Fan Club Homepage | In Japanese |