MIDI or MP3
music files to listen to on line or download
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Government or university or educational organization

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/music.htm#index    Sing Along Songs (Midis and Lyrics), NIEHS Kids' Pages
  Why Does The Sun Shine? (The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/whysunshine.htm

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicchild.htm   specifically music for children


http://www.usafband.af.mil/   band of the US Air Force
has music and photos.

http://people.nnu.edu/wdhughes/     Walden Hughes compositions for piano and playing music of others. Not specifically for children, but some children may be interested.


http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/music/audio.html   audio clips from folk / protest / patriotic songs


Independent organizations

Collection sites

http://www.openmusicarchive.org/index.php    open music archive.  The faq page says "The Open Music Archive aims to gather together information about and recordings of public domain music. This is music whose copyright has expired. This music can be used by anyone for any purpose."  But that this applies to the UK.

http://pdmusic.org/    public domain music,  midi files, played by Benjamin Robert Tubb


Musopen   http://www.musopen.com/   collection of public domain music


Independent people or organizations

http://www.piano-midi.de/    classical piano midi
 

http://asa.aip.org/sound.html    some interesting sounds from the American Acoustical Society. Some whale, musical instrument, and also Blue Danube extract, adn a piano etude.

http://www.trachtman.org/    piano, ragtime other
 

http://pianomidi.org/    Classic piano MIDI & MP3 Concert by Saya
 

http://home.att.net/~jorgeguillen/    classical guitar archives, by Jorge Guillen. Click on sounds to hear his recordings.

http://ccmixter.org/   ccmixer, music available under creative commons. Most of the time you can download and share, as long as you attribute and don't sell it.


http://www.asband.org/sounds/    sounds of the Austin Symphonic Band


Brevard Music Center   http://www.ibiblio.org/brevardm/   is a summer institute and festival in western North Carolina. Recordings of all sorts of classical music.


goldband   http://www.ibiblio.org/sfc/goldband/   southern music, blues, etc


Chinese music   http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/chinese-music/    all kinds, classical, modern, childrens.....


http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/class/armstrong/kit/kit.asp    Louis Armstrong Education Kit  and also a few music bits by others.


Commercial


http://www.africaguide.com/anthems.htm    African national anthems.  
 

http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au/calls.html    Australian song birds, these mp3 sounds vary from 3 to 14 seconds.


http://www.richardtrythall.com/index.html   Richard Trythall, classical and compositions.
 

http://music.download.com/   free downloadable music, from download.com


MusOpen   http://musopen.com/   The site says "Musopen is copyright free classical music."

http://www.tripletsandus.com/disney/music.htm    Disney Music - Midi files of Disney Classics and Movie Themes. Brought to You by Triplets r Us
 

http://www.geocities.com/chi_girl3205/midi-page1.html    midi-page1
 


Links to Links
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http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Music/Online_Listening/?il=1    googles short list of on line listening for kids.
 

http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/muspe.htm    links to music links, and art and physical education
  

http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/SMF.html    Composers Offering MIDI Files on the Net

http://www.pipeband.com/    links to bagpipe bands.


Ibiblio's sites   http://www.ibiblio.org/collection/collection.php?second=48   all sorts of music

 

For teaching music
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valuable resources for music educators and students of all areas and educational levels.  http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html


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last updated and verified  10/1/04
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http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html    folk music of england scotland, wales and america  (doesn't seem to play any music, check again some time.)