Classical music composers and C Guide - Resources and Review

Collection of material including information about composers from Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Baroque, Classic, and early and late Twentieth Century periods. Covers choral, instrumental, and electronic music, opera, instruments, and theory and composition. Also provides birth and death dates of musicians, details of local musical events in regions throughout the world, and an index of fully searchable music databases.
 
Enables users to enter melody via a Java
applet based piano keyboard. A search is then run against a database of over 1200 classical music melodies, and matches or near-matches are displayed. MIDI files of the search results are available for comparison.
 
Selection of links to resources on various contemporary composers.
 
List of links to classical music sites including British composers, orchestras, newsgroups, film music and publishers. Also features reviews of classical CDs and a section on non
classical music.
 
Extensive material and illustrations on Western composers and their music from the Middle Ages to the present. Includes RealAudio sound files.
 
Information on classical music composers including biographies, work lists, a section called 'in the composer's words', and recommended discographies. Entries can be browsed chronologically, alphabetically, or by nationality.
 
Extensive set of links to resources about classical music composers.
 
Links to resources on various composers including Robert and Clara Schumann, Berlioz and Chopin.
 
A collection of over 6000 classical music files in Midi format, from over 390 composers. Composers include Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Debussy, Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Scarlatti and Schubert.
 
Information from sources including Grove Concise Dictionary of Music on the history of classical music, composers (with portraits and short sound examples), various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
 
Brief biographies of major composers, with related links.
 
Links to 20th Century music resources covering Schoenberg, Debussy, Ravel and Britten and others.
 
Provides an insight into six historical periods of classical music, namely Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century, covering themes, musical context, and style. Biographical information is given on composers from each era, and is listed alphabetically with Real Audio files to illustrate their work. A glossary of musical terms is included.
 
Presents introductory information on classical music, including details of over 400 composers, a listing of notable works and influences, an index of forms and styles of music, and a glossary of terms.
 
Centre intended to foster and encourage the composition of contemporary American music and to promote its production, publication, distribution and performance. Offers online catalogues, and information about facilities and activities.
 
Provides a listing of significant dates in classical music history including those of births, deaths, and first performances of a range of composers and performers. The almanac is searchable by month.
 
Offers a collection of free classical sheet music for download, together with classical music MIDI files. Scores can be browsed alphabetically by instrument, ensemble type, style, or composer, a list of which include Bach, Chopin, Dvorak, Haydn, Mozart, Puccini, and Vivaldi.
 
Site celebrating the life and music of Leonard Bernstein, including lists of his works, and images and transcriptions of documents and music.
 
Provides links to numerous individual composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Brahms and to more general sites including women composers and a classical composers database.
 
Composer data arranged chronologically, by dates of birth and death, by age at death and by nationality. Also provides links to a list of works for over 60 composers.
 
Index of sources relating to over 800 classical composers.
 
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