Multi Search Add Bookmark! Make MetaStrike Your Homepage

Home:   Arts:   Music:   History

See Olso:

20th Century Pop Baroque 19th Century American Famous Works 18th Century American Castrati

Other Category:

Arts: Music: Musicology: Ethnomusicology Arts: Music: Styles: By Decade Arts: Music: Styles: C: Classical Arts: Music: Styles: E: Early Music Society: History: By Topic: Cultural History

Sites:

Almanac of Classical Music History  - http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html  Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.  Music and Chess  - http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm  An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.  Major Musical Periods  - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2091/  Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files  Medieval Music and Arts Foundation  - http://www.medieval.org/  Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.  Incompetech: Music Styles  - http://www.incompetech.com/music/  Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.  This Day In Music History  - http://DataDragon.com/day/  Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)  History of Indian Music  - http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/index.html  Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.  The History of Czech Music  - http://www.radio.cz/hudba/indexeng.html  A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)  Finnish Music in a Nutshell  - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finmusic.html  Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako.  Classical Musician Recent Deaths  - http://members.tripod.com/perfartists/obits.html  (from 1988 to current)  Gallery Music  - http://www.westgallerymusic.co.uk/index.html  (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.  Jewry in Music  - http://www.smerus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk  Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century.  Black History and Classical Music  - http://ChevalierDeSaintGeorges.Homestead.com/History.html  Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition.  Eras Online  - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/eras.html  Basics about the major periods of classical (art) music, with terms, composers, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton.  History in Song  - http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/  Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests.  Save Our Sounds  - http://www.saveoursounds.com  Describes a project by the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress to convert important collections of historical recordings to modern formats.  The Music of Freemasonry  - http://www.masonmusic.org/  Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.  Music History Resources  - http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/  Outlines and timelines on various topics in music history from the Middle Ages to the present.  International Alliance for Women in Music  - http://www.iawm.org/  Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources.  Corridos Sin Fronteras  - http://www.corridos.org/  Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos, guides and background material for teachers.