Classical music links and C Guide - Resources and Review

Extensive listing of music resources covering dissertations, music libraries and catalogues, journals, opera, song, orchestras and composition.
 
Index of Web addresses of all music departments in higher education worldwide. Available in alphabetically ordered files or organised by country.
 
Collection of video footage of opera, classical music, ballet, and theatre performance. Material is organised by performance type, with Windows Media Player required to view footage.
 
Provides over 2500 reference and information files about classical music, including A Guide to Composer Data and Works Lists. Also offers over 2200 links to other interesting Web sites.
 
Links to music sites including bibliographies, discographies, catalogues, music libraries, periodical indexes and abstracts and artist
specific sites.
 
Searchable classical music information, offering news, concerts and vacancies listings, and a comprehensive UK directory of music addresses and links.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Searchable collection of arts resources with sections on performance television, classical music, ballet, opera, contemporary dance, and jazz. Includes a UK events guide with tickets available for sale online.
 
Index of general classical music links, covering information on several historical periods and on particular instruments.
 
Index of selected classical music resources classified under headings such as Orchestral, Chamber, Vocal / Opera, Artists, World Music and by instrument.
 
Gateway to music libraries and their resources, including national collections, individual libraries and related links.
 
Offers over 2500 information files about classical music, covering repertoire, selecting CDs, composer data, reviews and articles.
 
Extensive index of music resources, covering music licensing and publishing, libraries, archives, professional organisations and societies.
 
Extensive index of music links, many classified under subject headings.
 
Extensive collection of links, some of which are classified, to a wide range of international music resources.
 
Offers classical music news, a selection of discussion forums, a searchable collection of articles, and resources contributed by users.
 
Collection of free high
quality music in MP3 format, as well as spoken word, and audiobooks. Genres covered include blues, classical, country, folk, dance, electronic, experimental, hip hop, rap, jazz, swing, pop, reggae, ska, punk, rock, and heavy metal. MP3 is a file format which stores audio files on computer so that the file size is relatively small but the sound quality is near perfect. Typically 1 Mb is equal to one minute of music.
 
Free weekly classical e
mail newsletter. Includes reviews and previews of classical CDs, news of events in the London area, and information on selected music Web sites.
 
Large, comprehensively arranged collection of music resources covering music catalogues, church music, computer music, Finnish music, jazz and blues, music theory, rock and pop.
 
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.
 
A listing of academic institutions, music departments, faculties, commercial organisations, recording companies, video companies, instrument makers, miscellaneous organisations, and festivals.
 
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