Styles

AllMusic Guide: Genres
Musical : style : sort : with : detailed : definitions : from : site : maintained : by : musical : journalists. : Requires : free : registration.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=73:

American Music Center: Musical Genres
Links : to : articles : and : representative : artists : of : styles : such : as : pop, : rock, : blues, : folk, : classical, : theater, : jazz, : and : world : music.
http://www.amc.net/links/genres.html

Audiogalaxy: Glossary of Musical Styles
Hundreds : of : sub-genres : defined : in : non-technical : language : mentioning : sample : artists. : Organized : under : headings : such : as : pop, : hip-hop, : jazz, : blues, : classical, : Latin, : modern : rock, : rock, : and : heavy : metal.
http://www.audiogalaxy.com/list/glossary.php

Christian Music Place: Artists by Genre
About : two : dozen : musical : genres : including : blues, : a : capella, : dance/techno, : and : Southern : gospel, : with : as : many : as : several : hundred : links : to : Christian : music : artists : in : each.
http://www.christianmusic.org/cmp/artists/index.cgi?command=Display_Genre

DataDragon: Music Genre Sampler
Children's : site : with : simple : definitions : of : a : few : genres : including : rock, : Celtic, : and : classical : with : artist : and : site : links.
http://datadragon.com/education/genres/

Duke University Library: Women in Music By Musical Genre
Text : lists : and : links : to : library : resources : such : as : books, : periodicals : and : recordings : on : women : performers : and : composers : by : musical : genre.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/mugenre.html

Ectophiles Guide by Genre
Self-described : "Guide : to : Good : Music" : from : a : group : founded : in : 1991 : to : support : the : music : of : singer : Happy : Rhodes. : Links : to : artists, : almost : entirely : female : vocalists, : sorted : by : genre : such : as : pop, : blues, : experimental, : performance : art, : beautiful : and : fierce, : and : traditional.
http://ectoguide.org/genre

Indiana University School of Music: Genres
Categorized : links : organized : by : researchers : at : the : William : and : Gayle : Cook : Music : Library. : Unusual : categories : include : 20th-Century : music, : ancient : music, : band : music, : tango, : flamenco, : ragtime, : and : choral : music.
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/genres.html

InfoUSA: Musical Genres
Links : organized : by : genre : such : as : blues : and : jazz, : classical : and : opera, : folk : and : country, : and : early : American : music.
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/arts/genres.htm

Music Classification by Genre: System Performance
Research : project : completed : in : 2003 : by : Mitali : Banerjee : at : Rice : University : used : automatic : process : to : determine : musical : genre : of : audio : samples.
http://cnx.rice.edu/content/m11690/latest/

Music Genre Sampler @ DataDragon
Learn : about : different : musical : genres : including : rock, : Celtic, : and : classical. : Includes : information : about : artist : and : site : links.
http://datadragon.com/education/genres/

Music Web Hunter: Styles & Genres
Ken : Davies : has : grouped : resources : in : five : categories: : classical, : folk/ethnic/world, : jazz, : musicals/operas/theater, : and : pop/rock/country.
http://www.kendavies.net/musicwebhunter/stylegenre.html

Wikipedia: Musical Genre
Brief : explanation : of : the : way : styles : can : be : defined : by : region, : chronology, : technical : requirements, : marketing : trends, : or : the : ideas : of : critics. : Extensively : linked : to : sub-genres : and : examples : of : significant : artists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre

Wikipedia: Musical Genre
Brief : explanation : of : the : way : styles : can : be : defined : by : region, : chronology, : technical : requirements, : marketing : trends, : or : the : ideas : of : critics. : Extensively : linked : to : sub-genres : and : examples : of : significant : artists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_genre