MUSICAL HISTORY LINKS
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- African-American Baseline Essay -- Music, The historical eras. Biographical information on composers from Classical to Blues.
- African-American Music, Database (large) of papers from the Western Historical Manuscript collection about African American Music.
- Ancient East Indian FAQ, In depth information on Carnatic and Hindustani music with bibliographies, information on Indian percussion, and links.
- Artist Interviews, Part of the CyberDrum site containing 4 interviews with major percussion artists that are updated regularly.
- Baroque Musicfor the New Age, Describtions of the technique, performance and the instruments of the Baroque era.
- Bobbaq's Home Page, Small site with 2 interesting academic works entitled: 'Ethnography of an Online Record Store', and 'Global Industrialization of Music', and a link to a Dejembe Drumming page.
- Chamber Music Magazine, This section of "CultureFinder" has 7 articles on topics about Music and history. Take a look at the "Ghosts And Monuments In Fin De Siecle Vienna" - about Walter Rabel (1873).
- China: Classical Music, Historical texts on East Asian music.
- Chinese Music, Historical information including Photographs of instruments and ensembles. (Exit to the contents page for an overview of Chinese society and arts.)
- Chinese Music Multimedia, Audio archive of Chinese music i.e. Historical Vocal, Taiwanese music (Pre - Liberation Era), Traditional, New Age etc. (most files are in .au format)
- The Classical MIDI Archive, A fine source for browsing MIDI files with an Index searchable by alphabet or by Composer.
- Cormorant Press Catalog, Site has midi files and sheet music of a number of classical music compositions.
- Dirty Linen, An eZine for Folk, Electric Folk, Traditional and World Music. Articles on history, technique, bios, etc.
- Drummers Hall of Fame, Info on the Legendary Percussionists: Sonny Greer, Kenny Clarke, Gene Krupa, Sonny Payne, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, etc.
- earlym-1, A 'Gopher' site with information on Early music by categories, i.e. bibliographies, Composers, Works, Photographs, a Gregorian Chant Newsletter, etc.
- Early Italian Baroque Recommendation Page, An article on Baroque composer Dario Castello's "Sonata Prima a Soprano Solo".
- Early Instrment Pages
- Early Music Links
- FAQ: rec.music.classical, A FAQ on Classical Music and many other topics. Excellent beginners guide.
- Gaelic Music, History of Gaelic music and Culture.
- Global Industrialization of Music, An article by Bobbaq Afshar (at U SoCal) on the Global Industrialization of Music.
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, The Online Medieval and Classical Library A rare text from Hymnal songs of the Middle Ages. Site has a dozen Hymns complete and fully translated into modern-day English.
- History of Country Music, Claims to be "the only country music history site on the Web". Discusses different Country styles ranging from Jimmie Rodgers to Garth Brooks and 'New Country'. Some audio samples. Slow loading due to graphics.
- Journal of 17th Century Music, and the political and social arena of that era.
- Jazz Styles
- Jazz Timeline
- Jay Lackritz's site, Red Hot and Cool Jazz.
- La Renaissance , (ca. 1450 - 1600). With some references to art and music by categories: The Renaissance in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, France etc.
- Medieval Music of the Island of Cyprus, Articles on the Middle Ages music of the island, a 'staging' area for the crusaders, as well as the social and political relations of the era.
- Musical Heritage of Eastern Europe, Music of Eastern Europe with articles on Czech Music from the Terez=EDn concentration Camp, differences in Catholic and Orthodox Musical Practices, etc.
- Music Hall, Site contains 17th Century manuscripts of Keyboard Music thought to be in the hand of the composer, Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643).
- Music Misc, A Gopher site with misc. articles such topics as Bhathkande Musicology, Rock and Roll history, Roland Instruments guide, and even a collection of Old Malayalam Songs, etc.
- MusicOrb, Important events, birthdays and deaths in music history. Our extensive archives contain over 20,000 entries and is fully searchable.
- Musical Periods, Names and descriptions of the basic repertoire along with composers of each era.
- Brazilian Music & Folklore, Roots of Brazilian music and insights into the Brazilian people.
- Music of the Civil War, Music of the encampments, both of the Union and the Confederacy.
- Musical Quarterly Articles, A scholarly journal for classical music.
- New England Jazz History Database, an active and growing library of historical materials focused on the History of Jazz in New England. It is the culmination of a partnership between: International Association for Jazz Education & Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) JazzGroup http://www.techjazzgroup.com
- A Prehistory of Industrial Music, A text by Brian, Duguid of EST Magazine, with an overview of 'Industrial Music' and it's roots.
- Renaissance Consort, Photographs and Aiff sound files of music containing Renaissance instruments.
- Renaissance Music Notation, Scores (.gif format) from Renaissance (mid-16th century) era. White Mensural notation. Types of staves, clefs notation principles etc. are discussed and illustrated.
- Richard Robinson's tune Book, Index to information on songs from England and France, South Eastern Europe, and elsewhere in the world. Site has text and often partial or full music Scores (.gif format).
- Swing Music Net, Features Jazz Music And Big Band Music Audio With Big Band Era Jazz History, Jazz Biographies, Swing Era Pics And Radio Show Audio.
- Roots World, World Folk music including interviews and sound files.
- The Song of Roland, This section of the Online Medieval and Classical Library contains rare text (translated) from a very old anonymous French epic, 'The Songs of Roland', which may date as early as the middle 11th century.
- Songs of Russian Prisoners, Simon Hawkin's site, listing songs sung by Russian criminals. Audio samples of songs are included but note that the lyrics are in Russian.
- The Sorrows of Yamba or The Negro Woman's Lamentation , This site has some interesting songs from an unknown writer, -mainly lyrics with some pictures.
- Taipei Classical Orchestra Information Center, Links to traditional Taiwanese music. Information on Chinese Musical instruments, Repertoire etc.
- Texts of Lieder and Songs , Very large list of songs written by historically significant composers.
- USA Today MUSIC INDEX, The Music articles archive section of newspaper 'USA Today' has articles and reviews of past and present musicians and composers.
- Ugly Beauty: John Zorn and the Politics of Postmodern Music, Article on Postmodern Music. Kevin McNeilly, English Department of the University of British Columbia.
- Vatican Exhibit: Early Manuscripts, 3 "rooms" representing different eras of Early music. Original scores and photos can be Viewed and downloaded. Each score page has a description of how the music was presented in it's period.
- Welcome to the Classical Music Pages , Classical Music history info searchable by time period, musical form, Composer name, etc.
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