- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - http://carolinanavy.com/fleet2/f2/zclassicalmusic/ClaudioMonteverdi(1567-1643)hall/shakespeare1.html
Message board and live chat about the life and works.
- Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643), Italy - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/monteverdi1643.html
Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays.
- Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=6151
Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio with life, education, influences, family, noted achievements and innovations, and selected works.
- Classic Cat: Monteverdi - http://www.classiccat.net/monteverdi_c/index.htm
Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists.
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=5090
Listing at the Lied and Art Song Texts Page with links to Italian texts, most with English translations.
- Claudio Monteverdi - http://www.claudio-monteverdi.com/
Detailed biography, background information on "basso continuo," noted performers of his works, list of operas, and illustrations.
- Claudio Monteverdi - http://www.ipl.org/div/mushist/bar/index.htm#monteverdi
Biographical listing with others from the Baroque Period with portrait and RA audio files. From the Internet Public Library's Music History 102.
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=Composers&char=M&ComposerID=706
Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summaries of stage works and vocal and church music. Includes Naxos discography.
- Claudio Monteverdi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi
Wikipedia article positing him as a major transitional character between the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Includes portrait, summary of works, discography, internal references, and links.
- Claudio Monteverdi - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7571&pt=Claudio%20Monteverdi
Find A Grave listing with biographical material, portrait, pictures of his grave in Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (also the burial site of Antonio Canova and Titian), and interactive memorial.
- Claudio Monteverdi - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599669/
Filmography showing cinematic and televised use of his works and productions of his operas from the Internet Movie Database.
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/monteverdi.html
Karadar Dictionary entry with life, works, catalogue, portraits and other illustrations, and MIDI audio samples.
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