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All you would want to know about the Castrati
Includes FAQ, bibliography, links.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~velluti/cast.htm |
Alma Musik
History of Peruvian Classical and Folk Music, with related articles and sales of CDs.
http://www.almamusik.com/ingles/maining.htm |
Almanac of Classical Music History
Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html |
Classical Musician Recent Deaths
(from 1988 to current)
http://members.tripod.com/perfartists/obits.html |
Finnish Music in a Nutshell
Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finmusic.html |
Francis J. Child Ballads
Professor Childs, a late-nineteenth century folk music researcher, collected the oldest known Anglo-Scots ballads. The site has a biography, complete list of the Child ballads, lyrics, tune information, midis, historical background, and links
http://www.contemplator.com/child.html |
Gallery Music
(Sung by church and chapel "bands" in the UK in the 18th and 19th centuries) Includes articles, sample scores and MIDI files, links, and organizations.
http://www.westgallerymusic.co.uk/index.html |
History of Indian Music
Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.
http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/index.html |
HyperMusic -- Music History from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century
Main periods, selected subtopics, forms, composers, links.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~musichistory/index.html |
Incompetech: Music Styles
Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.
http://www.incompetech.com/music/ |
Major Musical Periods
Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2091/ |
Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.
http://www.medieval.org/ |
Music and Chess
An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.
http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm |
Music History 102
(at Internet Public Library) Very brief overview of major periods, with 20+ representative samples (RealAudio)
http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/mushist/ |
Music History Resources
Outlines and timelines on various topics in music history from the Middle Ages to the present.
http://members.tripod.com/~papandr/musicology.html |
Singing: The New Grove
Article from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/2200/intro.html |
The History of Czech Music
A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)
http://www.radio.cz/hudba/indexeng.html |
The Music of Freemasonry
Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.
http://home.earthlink.net/~threelemmings/mm/ |
This Day In Music History
Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
http://DataDragon.com/day/ |
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