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Classical Music Pages - http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/
History, composer biographies (with portraits and sound samples), explanations of musical forms; dictionary of musical terms. For "beginners" and professional musicians. |
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Classical Net - http://www.classical.net/
A collection of information and news: articles, CD reviews, composers and their music, the basic repertoire, recommended compositions and recordings. |
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Classical Music at About.com - http://classicalmusic.about.com/
Articles, links, news, chat room. |
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Essentials of Music - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
Basic information about classical music, including eras, terms and composers, with audio examples. |
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Classical Music Navigator - http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/music/index2.htm
Brief information on composers, notable works, and forms and styles of music. |
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Karadar Bertholdi Classical Music Dictionary - http://www.karadar.it/
Dictionary of composers with brief biographies, catalogs of works, sound files: MP3, MIDI, and opera libretti. |
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Cadenza - http://www.cadenza.org/
"Resources for classical and contemporary musicians": Basil Ramsey programme note library, multi-lingual classical music glossary, musicians' directory, international events list (sorted by country). |
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Davidsbündler - http://members.aol.com/abelard2/davidsbuendler.htm
Recounts the history of "The League of David," a satirical drive by composer Robert Schumann to "smite the Philistines" of 19th Century Europe. |
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NPR Topics: Classical Music - http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=1041
News and articles from National Public Radio. |
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Fugues and Fugue Sets - http://geocities.com/dhannotte/Fugues.htm
Large checklist of fugue sets and important fugues written in the last 300 years. |
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Ensemble - http://www.ensemble.org/
Covers all areas of music as taught in school, and sung or played in churches, synagogs, and communities: Jazz, the classics, pop and show; choir, band, or orchestra. |
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ClassiCat for Windows from TDWare - http://www.tdware.com/
(Music collection cataloging software) shareware download, ordering information. |
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The Music Chamber - http://library.thinkquest.org/27110/
Resource covering chamber music. Includes instruments, music theory, historical periods, composers, repertoire and audio samples. |
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Chamber Music 2000 - http://www.chambermusic2000.com/
Project initiated by the Schubert Ensemble of London to commission a large number of works for piano and strings from leading composers, suitable for playing by young and amateur musicians. |
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Classical Music Thematic Catalogers Index - http://members.tripod.com/~musiclassical/bwv.html
Catalog of thematic catalogers (of composers' complete works), with links where available online. |
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The Classical Buffet - http://www.classicalbuffet.com/
Features biographies, articles, and other information on classical music. |
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Classica - http://eos.mercatus-doc.de//index.php5?sfwi=201&sfcr=&sfci=106581
Pay-TV classical music channel from Unitel, offered in Europe and in Japan. Links to pages in German, Italian and Spanish. |
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Chamber Music America - http://www.chamber-music.org/
National association of professional chamber music provides links, calendars, email lists, publications, and grants. |
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Institut Classique - http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~maivan/
Online museum of classical music: information and samples from great composers. |
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Classical Music Thematic Search - http://www.znet.com/~iwamura/page2.html
[requires Java] Searches on themes entered on an on-screen piano keyboard; finds composer, work, MIDI sample. |