www.music-web.org

=Music Web [|www.music-web.org]=

Authority

 * It is a .org domain, which suggests a non-profit organization. It makes sense, because there is nothing in particular being sold, nor are there any companies behind the project
 * The author is an anonymous username MaestroX, who has no visible credentials to speak of

Instructional Content

 * A Wiki containing articles on Composers, Instruments, Music History, Music terms, and Music Theory
 * Unfortunately, the author has done a very poor job of citing sources

National Music Standards Addressed
 * 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Purpose, Viewpoint
The main purpose of this website is to create a community of musicians dedicated to discussing mainly musical ideas, but the forum does contain message boards on other topics. In addition, the site maintains a music encyclopedia wiki.

Reputation

 * No particularly reputable sites refer to this site
 * Referred to by a site for collecting links to music sites

Overall Evaluation
This site has great potential. The discussion forums are well laid out, and there are plenty of members. The discussions are not deep, consisting mostly of topics asking about opinions on music. However, it is a nice place for musicians of any type to go and discuss just about anything. However, where this site really fails is in the encyclopedia. While there is a vast amount of information, especially historical information, none of the sources are documented. That should be the first thing anyone checks for when they examine a wiki. It is a fine resource for repertoire lists and music terms, as well as a decent resource for music theory, but historical information should not be gathered using this page.

Rating: ++ (2/4 stars)

Reviewer: Stephen Allen (4/4/07)