- Famous Classical Composers - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/3228/index.html
A sampling of the men who composed some of the most familiar orchestral music. Includes a summary of their popular pieces and illustrations.
- Composers - http://www.hnh.com/qcomp.htm
Brief biographies with recommended recordings by Naxos-HNH.
- Classical Composer Biographies - http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html
Brief listings, some with illustrations, by Michael Norrish. Insludes a degree of informed speculation and editorializing.
- The Classical Music Pages - http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html
Excellent database of composer biographies and other music history materials.
- Classical Music Composers Index - http://members.tripod.com/~musiclassical/compcover.html
Birth and death dates, pronunciation, and nationality of composers.
- The Timid Soul's Guide to Classical Music - http://www.azstarnet.com/public/packages/reelbook/contents.htm
Arizona Republic columnist James Reel's introduction for those not familiar with the subject. Includes biographies and the essays Classical Music and Onions and A Guide to Classical Listening.
- Composers - http://infopuq.uquebec.ca/~uss1010/compo.html
Alphabetical index of names with birth and death dates. Comprehensive.
- Classical Composer Archive - http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/picgalr2.html
1500 pictures, 450 biographical sketches; alphabetical, nationality, and chronological indexes; composer of the day.
- Composers of African Descent - http://ChevalierDeSaintGeorges.Homestead.com/Others.html
A brief discography of classical music by African, African American, and African European composers.
- Classical Music Composer Database - http://members.tripod.com/musiclassical/compcover.html
Name, nationality, birth and death dates, pronunciation and links for 3000+ composers.
- The Madness Behind the Music - http://www.angelfire.com/ma/madnessbehindthemusi
Contains information about the madness and creativity of some famous composers.
- Classical Music Archives - http://www.classicalarchives.com/
Contains thousands of classical music files in MIDI format as well as live recordings. New contributions are solicited. A search engine is included. Suggests books, links to free sheet music, alphabetical index, featured composers.
- mfiles: Composers - http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers.htm
Classical, contemporary, and film Composers, with biographies, major works, influences and styles, CD reviews, free sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files.
- What to Listen for in Music - http://town.hall.org/radio/Kennedy/Broyles/
Series of Kennedy Center lectures by Dr. Michael Broyles in AU audio format with transcripts. Includes music history with emphasis on classical and romantic composers.
- Kunst der Fuge / On Classical - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/
Thousands of classical music audio files on the fugue, counterpoint and generic classical music. Over 5,000 listed fugues, fugue theories, analyses, reviews, bibliographies, and tools.
- Island of Freedom: Composers - http://www.island-of-freedom.com/COMPS.HTM
Biographies, illustrations, and links for more than 15 composers. MIDI audio on selected pages.
- Composers - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/composers.html
Basics about the major creators of classical (art) music, with terms, historical eras, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton
- Classical Composers Database - http://www.classical-composers.org/
Listing with over 2400 entries includes on-site and remote links to biographies, discographies, various analyses of style and methodology, and forums. Owner Jos Smeets accepts and solicits links and contributions accepted.
- BravoBisMusic.com - http://www.bravobismusic.com/index.htm
Works of classic music composers. Downloadable Sheet Music, complete sets of parts. Includes Virtual Performer with which each score becomes a midi instrument with interactive control.
- Famous People with Perfect Pitch - http://www.perfectpitchpeople.com
Database of well-known composers and other individuals with the musical ability of perfect pitch.
- Classical Composers - http://www.etv.state.ms.us/radio/composers/composers-a-c.htm
Links from Mississippi Public Radio.
- mycomposers.co.uk - http://www.mycomposers.co.uk/
More than thirty concise biographies from the Renaissance Period through the Twentieth Century. Each with artist's portrait or photograph.
- Composers Datebook - http://composersdatebook.publicradio.org/
Two minute program from Minnesota Public Radio and American Composers Forum outlining each day's history. Includes RAM audio, archives, and links.
- Wiener Walzer Werkstatt - http://www.wiwawe.at/en/waltz.htm
The Wiener Walzer Werkstatt are two Viennese composers, continuing the tradition of the Viennese Walzers in their works. List of works.
- Composer Profiles - http://www.eamdc.com/composers/composers.asp
Listing and links to biographies of artists represented by European American Music Corporation, Helicon Music Corporation, or Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
- Virtual Library of Musical Scores - http://paulinyi.dyndns.org:16080/biblioteca_ingles.html
Free classical, popular, and contemporary music scores from Brazilian and international composers. Archive based in Finale, PDF, SIB, and image files with some MIDI [English and Portuguese].
- Conservatory: Classical Music at Humanities Web - http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c
A carefully edited introduction to the composers, history, culture, and music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. Detailed with considerable background material, illustrations, and commentary.
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