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"I've worked with Kevin Fryer since 1999, and together with the client we enjoy creating an overall visual scheme designed to compliment, but not compete with the instrument itself. I've applied the same sensitivity to the integrity of tonal and visual qualities in a number of highly successful collaborations with other instrument makers. " ...

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Oct 29, 2005 | Hits: 1896

" La Belle Danse Baroque Dance Company was founded in 1996 under the artistic direction of choreographer and dancer Daniel Gariépy. The company is devoted to bringing to life the beauty of baroque dance.

Using original 18th century sources as our starting point, we also create unique, innovative works that honour the spirit and traditions of the past while building bridges to new audiences today. Our performances have been hailed by the critics as: "stylistically flawless and lovely to behold."

"The eight dancers of La Belle Danse were perfectly in tune with the period style, and enhanced and illustrated the emotions of the music."

Combining the ethos of baroque dance with our own contemporary creativity, we seek to foster an understanding and appreciation of this unique art form. We strive to create and perform works that are accessible, enlightening and inspiring. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Sep 07, 2008 | Hits: 1749

This is a forum for serious fortepianists, professional and amateur, as well as builders and restorers of fortepianos. Other topics could include performance practice,interpretation and technique, tuning, care and maintenance of historical pianos, recordings on historical pianos. Courtesy and respect toward all participants is encouraged. ...

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 1647

... in this o­nline shop you will find all strings you need for your plucked or bowed instrument

• strings for historical plucked instruments: lutes, Theorboe, baroque guitar,
  romantic guitars, renaissance guitares, Vihuela, baroque mandolin
• strings for historical bowed instruments: viols, pardessus, violone , baroque violin, baroque viola, baroque cello
• strings for Aoud & Saz
• strings for modern bowed instruments
• guitar strings
• harp strings
• some predefined search pages will help you to need o­nly a short time to find the correct strings "
  
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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 1616

Clavichord discussion list/forum.

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: May 14, 2008 | Hits: 1601

“Hello, welcome to the Hurdy-gurdy Forum. We are an online group for hurdy-gurdy players and enthusiasts. Hopefully you will make some great gurdy friends here, chat about tunes, events, workshops and strings and fluff. Swap information and stories and so on, and learn more about the best instrument ever!“

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Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Jun 05, 2010 | Hits: 1599

"Philippe Grisvard was born in Nancy in 1980. There he studied piano and oboe before entering the harpsichord class of Anne-Catherine Bücher. In 1999 he got into the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where he studied harpsichord and basso continuo with Jesper Christensen, and pianoforte with Edoardo Torbianelli. From 2002 he's called to join La Cetra (Barockorchester Basel) where he has played under the direction of René Jacobs, Jordi Savall, and participated as continuist and répétiteur to Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea and Rameau's Les Paladins with Konrad Junghänel. After getting his diploma in 2003, he becomes the regular harpsichordist of the ensemble Harmonie Universelle, leaded by Florian Deuter; with this group he plays as continuist and soliste threw Europe and US and made two recordings for eloquentia - Telemann and Fasch quartets and quintets (EL 0502) and Pachelbel's works for strings (EL 0606). Now Philippe lives in Paris and plays regulary with Vincent Dumestre's Le Poème Harmonique, with whom he participated since 2006, among other projects, to Molière and Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", staged by Benjamin Lazar, and plays with Le Concert d'Astrée (Emmanuelle Haim) and The Chamber Orchestra of Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 1592

"Vox Sæculorum is an organisation devoted to the custodianship of the Baroque Revival in contemporary art music.

Taking inspiration from the Accademia dell'Arcadia, a 17th century Italian scholarly society that counted Arcangelo Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Georg Friedrich Händel as some of its more notable members, Vox Sæculorum offers composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival a forum to showcase their work and offer criticism to other like-minded artists. It is intended as a guild to maintain the integrity of a unique, living tradition ensuring its development and sustenance.

Vox Sæculorum is a natural outgrowth of an informal association between founding members Mark Moya, Giorgio Pacchioni, Michael Starke, and Roman Turovsky dating back to the early 1990s. As leading composers of the contemporary Baroque Revival, these four often shared musical knowledge, engaged in collaborative efforts, and offered constructive criticism of each other's work.

Unlike similar organisations that have been formed in the past, there is no ideological or philosophical slant to our activities. Our members share a common passion for writing music according to the æsthetic precepts of the Baroque era. As an organisational entity, Vox Sæculorum maintains its neutrality in the ongoing conflicts between the various currents of contemporary Western art music and does not assert the superiority of one type of music over another. There is plenty of room in the air for musical variety and it is hoped that, through the establishment of this society, the Baroque Revival takes its rightful place as a legitimate artistic movement. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 1579

"Carolina Pro Musica Early Music Ensemble

* Established in 1977 to promote performance of music written before 1800 * Performs with historic instruments and/or copies and voices * Uses performance styles of the period in which the music was written * Has presented a concert series in Charlotte since 1978. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 1468

"Born in the summer of 2004, thanks to the historical dance courses organised by Alia Music and conducted by Lucio Paul Texts, Alt (r) Dança is a group of ancient dance that seeks the reconstruction of original music and choreography taken by first treated the "masters of dance" (Dominic from Piacenza, William Jew, Antonio Cornazano, Fabrizio Caroso, Cesare Negri, etc.)

Since its inception the group has participated in dinners, events and exhibitions of medieval and Renaissance music, and now works steadily with Alia Music, occupying an important role in the Review devoted to "Music in the places of ancient Via Francigena." (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: May 17, 2008 | Hits: 1242

"A discussion list for those interested in historical (pre-Boehm) flutes: renaissance, baroque, classical or romantic. Postings must be related to the history, performance, or making of historical flutes. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 1221

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 1149

"Hannelore Devaere studied historical harp at the Akademie für alte Musik, Bremen, with Andrew Lawrence-King. Her main focus is on music of Spain and Italy from the Renaissance and Baroque periods . As a soloist she can be heard in many recordings and is often featured on national radio. As a continuo player, she records regularly with many national and international ensembles, including Zefiro Torna, Romanesque, Elyma and Al Ayre Espanol. Hannelore is also a musicologist specialized in 16th- and 17th-century iconography and organology; as such, she has worked for the Museum of Musical Instruments in Brussels. She is a very active lecturer at symposia and music festivals, and is a published scholar.

Hannelore teaches the harp, continuo, improvisation and primary-source reading at the music schools of Tielt, Knokke and Woluwé (Brussels). She is often invited to give masterclasses in Belgium (Festival Van Vlaanderen) and abroad.

Hannelore was the first harpist on record to perform on the ice cap in the Antarctica and has a landing spot under her own name. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 15, 2008 | Hits: 1097

"Marieke Spaans (b. 1972) strives for the maximum in musical expression and dialogue, combined with a thorough knowledge of early music practice. The result is a sparkling performance, full of spontaneity and deep emotions, driven by a boundless passion for the music of the 17th and 18th century.

Last student of Gustav Leonhardt, in 1997 she received her Concert and Teaching diplomas, after five years of study with this grand master of the harpsichord. Coming from this school of harpsichord playing, the keys to her performances are a refined and dynamic touch, historical awareness and respect for the composer and his intensions. Besides her harpsichord studies she studied organ and church music with Hans van Nieuwkoop and Wolfgang Zerer. She attended many master-classes, and received important impulses from musicians such as Lars-Ulrik Mortensen and Jesper Christensen. Currently she is also concentrating on fortepiano.

She was prizewinner at several renowned competitions, in 1997 at the harpsichord competition of NDR Hamburg, in 2000 at the Musica Antiqua Competition of the Flanders Festival in Bruges and at the Competition “Premio Bonporti” in Rovereto.

Marieke Spaans performs in Europe as soloist and as partner of the outstanding violinists John Holloway and Anton Steck. Her recording of W.A.Mozart's opus 1 together with Anton Steck received many rewards of the press (f.ex. "an absolute discografical highlight!" – www.klassik.com)

Marieke Spaans is Professor for Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Institute for Early Music of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen (Germany). Before her appointment in Germany she taught at the Conservatories of Amsterdam (1994-2000) and Rotterdam (1997-2000). She teaches regularly at courses all over Europe."

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 26, 2008 | Hits: 1082

“Activities:

• We play fortnightly at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 207 Davey St
• We have an Annual Concert, normally in Hobart
• We usually have one or two Weekend Workshops per year and recent instructors have been:
  • Anthony Roland-Jones (UK)
  • Robyn Mellor (Canberra)
  • Glyn Marillier (Perth)
  • Ruth Wilkinson (Melbourne)
  • David Bellugi (Italy)
  • Roy Sansom & Roxanne Layton (USA)
  • Colin Touchin (UK)
  • Drora Bruck (Israel)

  These are also Culinary extravaganzas (if you don't like the music, come for the food)“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Apr 18, 2009 | Hits: 1080

"The mission of the Gotham Early Music Scene (GEMS) is to promote and enrich public understanding and appreciation of early music in New York City.

GEMS will achieve its mission by

♦ providing administrative, marketing, and financial services to professional and amateur early music organizations based in the City;
♦ increasing the public's awareness of and access to early music events;
♦ producing concerts, seminars, lectures, master classes, exhibitions, and scholarly forums by New York City based individuals and organizations;
♦ acting as a liaison among performers, presenters, instrument builders, scholars, teachers, the general music industry, and educational institutions interested in early music; and
♦ disseminating information concerning the publication, performance and recording of early music."

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 1052

“Peter Kooij started his musical career at 6-years-old as a choir boy and sang many solo soprano-parts in concerts and recordings. He started his musical studies however as a violin student. This was followed by singing tuition from Max van Egmond at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam, which led to the award of the diploma for solo performance.

He has been an active soloist in many concerts all over the world in the most important concert-halls like Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Carnegie Hall New York, Royal Albert Hall London, Teatro Colon Buenos Aires, Berliner and Kölner Philharmonie, Palais Garnier Paris, Suntory and Casals Hall Tokyo, where he performed with famous conductors like Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Frans Brüggen, Gustav Leonhardt, René Jacobs, Sigiswald Kuijken, Roger Norrington and Iwan Fisher.

His wide repertoire contains all kind of music from Schütz to Weill and he has made over 130 CDs for Philips, Sony and Virgin Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, EMI and BIS. He was invited by BIS to record the complete Bach cantatas, passions and masses with the Bach Collegium Japan under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki.

Peter Kooij is the artistic director of the "Ensemble Vocal Européen". From 1991 to 2000 professor at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. From 1995 to 1998 Lehrauftrag at the Musikhochschule in Hannover. Since 2000 Professor at the Tokyo University of fine Arts and Music. From September 2005 professor at the Royal Conservorium in Den Haag. He was invited to give master classes in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Finnland and Japan. “

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: May 09, 2009 | Hits: 1049

"hough officially founded in 1973, the publishing firm of Arnaldo Forni began its operations back in the early sixties. Ever since then, owing to the quantity and quality of its output, it has held a leading position in the facsimile reprinting market.

The basis of the firm's publishing activities was the long and wide experience of the antique books market of its founder, Arnaldo Forni. The main incentive to transfer this experience from the commercial sector to that of industrial production was the increasing scarcity of antique books in the post-War years, as well as a growing demand, which could never hope to be satisfied by the available supply of original editions. Hence the decision to reproduce the original texts in limited editions, to be sold slowly over the years. Those were also years in which people were rediscovering the pleasure of reading, and particularly of reading books about one's "roots". From the very start, therefore, many of the Forni reprints were historical volumes on the towns, cities and regions of Italy." See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Mar 11, 2008 | Hits: 1028

"Johan Hofmann studied the harpsichord with Jacques Ogg and Siebe Henstra . His repertoire encloses works from the 16th, 17th, and 18th century as well as contemporary, although he specializes in music from the early and mid baroque period. His interpretations are grounded in thorough theoretical and organological knowledge and are at the same time renowned for their spontaneity and purity of style. He gave concerts in Austria , Denmark , France , Germany , Italy , Scotland , Spain , The Tsjech Republic, The United States and Sweden . In the Netherlands he regularly plays with ensembles and orchestras like The Northern Consort, Cappella Groningen, the Brabants Kamerkoor, Ensemble Occhio di Falcone (with Judith van Wanroij, Susanne Braumann and Bert Honig), the Combattimento Consort and cappella Frisae. Johan Hofmann also performed with distinguished players like Michael Chance, the Egidius Quartet, Emma Kirkby, Paul Leenhouts, Xenia Meijer, Robert Muuse and Marc Pantus. ...

Johan Hofmann teaches an international harpsichord class at the Prins Claus Conservatoire in Groningen. At the same institute he teaches thoroughbass and chambermusic. At the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Johan Hofmann teaches harpsichord and thoroughbass as minor subjects, and lectures the course “Harmony in Performance Practice”. He is also regularly invited by the conservatories in Tilburg, Zwolle, Arnhem and Enschede and gives courses in the Netherlands as well as abroad. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 16, 2008 | Hits: 1019

"Annette Bauer, a native of Germany, studied medieval and renaissance music at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, specializing on recorder techniques with Conrad Steinmann (2001). She holds an MA in music from UC Santa Cruz (2004), and has been a student at the Ali Akbar College of Music in California since 1998, where she studies North Indian classical music on sarode, a stringed instrument. As a recorder player, Annette regularly performs with Baroque ensemble Les graces, Istanpitta medieval music ensemble, Farallon recorder consort, and has appeared at the Santa Cruz Baroque and the Carmel Bach Festivals, as well as with Texas Early Music Project, Chamber Music San Francisco, the Catacoustic Consort, and the California Bach Society. She has served on the recorder faculty for several of the San Francisco Early Music Society summer workshops, Amherst Early Music Festival, as well as for the Texas Fall Toot, and the San Francisco Orff Certification Course. Annette currently also teaches music at a K-8 school in Oakland, CA, and regularly conducts recorder workshops and classes in medieval notation in the San Francisco Bay Area. She plays Brazilian percussion with Maracatu Luta, and is the co-founder of Magic Carpet, a duo dedicated to the art of improvisation. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Aug 15, 2008 | Hits: 1002

"Tatsuo Takahashi was born in 1952 in Tokyo. His grandfather was a master furniture artisan who lived through the Art Deco period in his youth, and his two uncles are also furniture artisans of the highest level.

In such an environment, Takahashi was able to develop woodworking skills and an intimacy with the spirit of wood from a young age. He took interest in the harpsichord as a 17 year-old high school student, and gradually began researching the instrument. He was only 20 years old when he finished building his first harpsichord, during his days as a student at the Musashi Institute of Technology. Since then, he has continued to build harpsichords and clavichords using his own unique methods. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Apr 09, 2007 | Hits: 1001

"Polyphony.com is a Web based concert listing of all early music and historically informed performances held within the greater New York City metropolitan area, including New York State, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

We define early music as all European influenced music, both vocal and instrumental, composed prior to 1900's and performed on original instruments or historically informed replicas.

Polyphony.com is dedicated to the advancement and promotion of historical performance by providing services and information that empowers performers and enhances the audience experience. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Aug 05, 2008 | Hits: 999

"Amherst Early Music is the largest and most comprehensive teaching music festival for historical performance in the world. Held at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut, for two weeks in July, our diverse programs include Recorder, Viol, Voice, Baroque Strings, Harpsichord, Reeds, Brass, Lute, Harp and Historical Dance. International faculty and staff provide high quality instruction and concerts for early music at all levels. In addition, audition-only special programs such as the Amherst Baroque Academy and Virtuoso Recorder provide advanced training for the serious amateur and the pre-professional musician. Weekend workshops are provided year-round featuring the world's finest early music artists. " ...

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 972

"Welcome to Early MusiChicago -- your source for news and information about Early Music in the Chicago area and elsewhere.

Learn about Early Music at the Composers, Instruments, Genres, Organizations, Web Resources, and Publications pages.

Get to know area performers at the Musicians, Ensembles, People, PhotoAlbum, and Recordings pages.

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Apr 15, 2007 | Hits: 961

"TMT's mission is to bring the centuries-old art form of the masque alive for contemporary audiences. TMT presents multimedia performances combining elements of theatre, music, and dance from the Renaissance to today." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Apr 13, 2007 | Hits: 955

"Spaenaur is recognized throughout North America as a leading wholesale distributor for industrial fasteners, hardware components and tools. Spaenaur operates out of a 115,000 sq. foot warehouse in Kitchener, o­ntario and has positioned itself as a master distributor serving Distribution, MRO and Production markets.

One of Spaenaur’s key strengths is its catalog. Spaenaur’s catalog consists of 1,784 pages that contain over 70,000 standard and hard-to-find products and is regarded as o­ne of the best fastener resource guides in the industry." ...

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Oct 31, 2005 | Hits: 937

“Friends of Square Pianos is a sort of on-line club for owners, potential owners, and friends of - Square Pianos!

  We are also happy to welcome owners of very old grand pianos – say before about 1840 – as they do not seem to have a website of their own. 

Our aim is to encourage ownership and enjoyment of these historic instruments, and to help owners to keep them in playing condition.  There is a special pleasure in playing (and hearing) music played on the instruments for which it was composed. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: May 14, 2009 | Hits: 928

"What you are listening now are a few compositions I've written over the course of 20 years. I make my living as a musician, playing mandolin in a duo called The Kombis and writing/producing for an original project with Michele Rene. If you want to check those out, they should be in my top 8. Meanwhile, my passion has always been classical music, mostly 17th-18th century music. I've written some books for Mel Bay, but only other people's music transposed for modern-day instrumentation. Lately, I've been back to writing some original compositions and wanted to post them up for others to hear. Maybe I can get them played in a movie or something. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 919

“The Bach Competition in Leipzig is one of the world's major competitions for young performers. He was first issued in 1950, carried out from 1964 to 1996 in the four-year cycle with five compartments and is since 1996 every two years instead of three in varying subjects. ..“ (Google Translate)

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jun 20, 2010 | Hits: 916

(Previously known as "Nota Bene Period Orchestra")

" Nota Bene Period Orchestra was founded in 2001 by Daniel Zondervan, Michael Purves-Smith and Richard Cunningham. Their intention was to treat Waterloo Region (Ontario, Canada ed.) music lovers to 17th and 18th century music as audiences experienced it at the time. Playing on authentic or replica instruments, Nota Bene's professional musicians come as close as possible to recreating what Bach, Vivaldi and others from the early Baroque to the early Classical period intended us to hear."

Note: “Nota Bene Period Orchestra” underwent a name change on September 10th, 2011 -- Admin

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 15, 2007 | Hits: 890

The EarlyMusicNews.org website (created July/2005) is meant to be a community driven website where news items concerning early music news are posted and discussed. Through its networked membership, EarlyMusicNews.org, will act as a central clearing house for news to the early music community.

You are presently on this site. Many thanks for your visit as well as your submissions.

Marc Paré, Admin

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Aug 02, 2008 | Hits: 887

"Folkers & Powell make professional-quality baroque flutes and other historical transverse flutes closely modeled on excellent original designs from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

We believe that music, instruments, and playing styles are all interconnected, so that music has the best effect when realized with sympathy, using instruments and performance conventions current when it was created.

For this reason we make every effort to capture the unique qualities of tone and intonation in the original instruments we copy. Since our partnership began in 1984 our flutes have earned a worldwide reputation for uncompromising accuracy and faithfulness of spirit. Our customers range all the way from beginners on the baroque flute to the world's leading exponents.

Research on contemporary music and playing styles also plays a large part in our work. We have built a separate educational site at flutehistory.com to give information on historical matters not directly related to the flutes we make.

If you are new to the world of historical flutes, begin at our start page. If you would like help staying in touch with the latest ideas and research, we suggest you subscribe to the quarterly newsletter TRAVERSO. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 885

"Ronn graduated with honors from Shenandoah Conservatory and continued studies at Peabody Conservatory before turning his full attention and energy to the lute in 1978. The following year, Ronn performed his first solo recitals on the lute and became a member of the Baltimore Consort. Since that time, he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe with the Baltimore Consort and as a soloist. Ronn was a faculty member of the Peabody Conservatory from 1984 to 1995, teaching lute and lute-related subjects. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music from Shenandoah Conservatory for his achievements in bringing the lute and its music to the world. Ronn has numerous recordings on the Dorian label including solo recordings, lute song recordings with Julianne Baird, soprano and Frederick Urrey, tenor, over ten CDs with the Baltimore Consort and ballad recordings with Custer LaRue and members of the Baltimore Consort. Recently, Ronn has been engaged in composing new music for the lute, building on the tradition of the lutenist/composers of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new music is the focus of his new solo CD, Indigo Road. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 11, 2009 | Hits: 866

Richly-illustrated magazine published quarterly by the Oxford University Press; the leading periodical devoted to performance practice from the Middle Ages to the Romantic Era. Substantial articles and extensive reviews of books, music and recordings, read by amateurs and professionals, scholars and performers, instrument makers and listeners. Advertising contact Jane Beeson em.adverts@btopenworld.com

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Feb 19, 2008 | Hits: 858

“Václav Luks (1970) fully developed his passion for early music while studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, studying keyboard performance in the studios of
J.–A. Bötticher and J. B. Christensen. Among his activities there was the co-founding of the wind octet Amphion, and he played principal horn at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
After returning to the Czech Republic, in 2005 he transformed the ensemble Collegium 1704 into a full-time baroque orchestra, and he founded Collegium Vocale 1704. He has earned renown in the world of early music not only as an outstanding player of orchestral and chamber music on the harpsichord and French horn, but also foremost as an exceptionally conductor gifted with unerring intuition and a feel for the interpretation of the works of such old masters as J. D. Zelenka, J. S. Bach and G. F. Händel.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 24, 2011 | Hits: 847

"The Belgian Lute Academy is an association formed to promote contacts between people interested in lute activities taking place in Belgium. "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 840

"1987 Diploma in pianoforte, sotto la guida di Velia De Vita. Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” - Roma

1992 Diploma in clavicembalo con il massimo dei voti, sotto la guida di Paola Bernardi. Conservatorio “Santa Cecilia” - Roma

Durante il corso della sua formazione musicale si è dedicato allo studio dell’organo, con particolare approfondimento della musica sacra con il mons. Domenico Bartolucci. " See site for more info. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Feb 02, 2008 | Hits: 837

“Harmonia Sacra was founded in September 2002 and is comprises of the young singers and musicians of the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais under the musical direction of Yannick LEMAIRE. ..“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 22, 2009 | Hits: 834

This site contains a list of harpsichords, spinets, virginals, clavichords and pianofortes that are for sale throughout the whole world.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 833

"Ibrahim (Ibi) Aziz was born in Malaysia and began music lessons when he was eight. In 1999 he went to Trinity College of Music London to study the viola da gamba under Alison Crum. During his studies he was also privately taught by Sarah Cunningham, and attended various master classes in the UK and Europe given by Jordi Savall and Wieland Kuijken. He is the recipient of many awards and prizes: while at Trinity he became the first winner of their Early Music Prize, and was the first person in the college’s history to win its prestigious Gold Medal on a period instrument over all other mainstream instrumentalists. Mr Aziz now divides his time performing and teaching. He plays with a number of period groups and ensembles in the UK and abroad, most notably Sestina Consort, Charivari Agreable and The Maresienne Consort, with whom he has recorded for Signum Classics. He is a member of the internationally acclaimed Rose Consort Consort of Viols. As a young player he recently helped found ‘Chelys’, a young professional viol consort based in the UK. Mr Aziz is the viol tutor at Morley College, London, and regularly teaches at The Dartington International Summer School, The Benslow Early Music Courses, The Ascot (and Irish) Early Music Courses, among others. Recent engagements include appearances in concerts at the City of London Festival, The York Early Music Festival, Italy, Ireland and on BBC Radio 3's In Tune with Sean Rafferty. Forthcoming events include performances in Switzerland, at the Brighton Festival, Greenwich International Early Music Festival, The Snape Maltings concert hall in Aldeburgh, and a broadcast on the Early Music Show on BBC Radio 3 with The Rose Consort of Viols. Mr. Aziz plays a seven-string bass viola da gamba by Jane Julier after Nicholas Bertrand, and a treble viola da gamba by Kazuya Sato. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 830

"Opera Atelier holds a unique place in the North America theatre community, producing opera, ballet and drama from the 17th and 18th centuries. These productions draw upon the aesthetics and ideals of the period, featuring soloists of international acclaim, period ballet, original instruments, elaborate stage décor, exquisite costumes and an imaginative energy that sets Opera Atelier apart. Opera Atelier is not in the business of “reconstruction”, rather each production is original providing a thrilling theatrical experience for modern audiences." See the website for more information.

Category: Early Opera

Added on: Apr 10, 2007 | Hits: 825

Early Music supply house -- large number of titles for recorder, strings and guitar, vocal music, very large number of chamber works for various combinations of instruments, manuscripts etc. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Mar 27, 2008 | Hits: 823

"Welcome to the new Lute Song website.

The lute song, particularly the English lute song is the passion of those involved with this website. Composers from Dowland to Rossiter and Campion wrote songs for solo voice accompanied by the lute which have become immortal.

Join our quest to make this art form more accessible and to encourage discussion and debate on matters pertaining to the lute song. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 822

"Timesyle is an association of craftpeople and academics dedicated to producing an accurate view of the past. Informed by academic research and the examination of artefacts in museums and private collections, the following craftspeople are Timestyle associates;

ARMOURERS, BLACKSMITHS, BRIDLEMAKERS, CALLIGRAPHERS, CANEMAKERS, CARPENTERS, CORSETTIERES, CUTLERS, DYERS, GLASSBLOWERS, HATTERS, HORNERS, JEWELLERS, JOINERS, LOST WAX CASTERS, MILITARY TAILORS, MINIATURISTS, PAINTERS, POTTERS, SADDLERS, SEAMSTRESSES, SHOE MAKERS, SILVERSMITHS, SWORDSMITHS, STONEMASONS, WEAVERS, WOODCARVERS AND WOODTURNERS. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Sep 06, 2008 | Hits: 819

Italian Music Treatises. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jul 03, 2008 | Hits: 810

"Baroque Etcetera is an instrumental and vocal group that strives for historically-informed performance practice. We play at baroque pitch (A=415) on historical wind instruments, including flute, recorder, oboe and bassoon, and our string players use gut strings, baroque bows and baroque bowing techniques. But we've been known to slip in some Mozart and Shannon under the umbrella of "etcetera"! " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 799

"Les Voix Baroques is a professional chamber ensemble dedicated to historically informed performances and recordings of unexplored 17th and 18th century repertoire for voices and instruments. Founded in 1999, the group has a regular concert series of baroque vocal and instrumental programs. The ensemble regularly invites both young singers and world-renowned guest artists and singers to perform with them. Les Voix Baroques has been the ensemble in residence at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal since January 1999. In January 2004 Les Voix Baroques was awarded the 2004 Cannes International Classical Award for their 2003 release Elegeia, produced by Analekta. In March 2004 the group, fronted by Canadian soprano Shannon Mercer, participated in Prarie Debut that saw them perform in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Les Voix Baroques has toured in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, has performed at The Ottawa Chamber Music Festival, The Ponticello Music Series, the West Brome Concert Series, CBC McGill, CBC o­nStage, and Le Festival de l’Art Vocal" ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jul 06, 2005 | Hits: 798

“Arion Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1981, is the only early music orchestra performing on period instruments in Québec and one of the most renowned early music ensembles in North America. Led by the enlightened artistic vision of flutist Claire Guimond, the orchestra offers a prestigious concert series in Montréal featuring more than twenty musicians and with the participation of internationally known guest conductors. The clarity and freshness of Arion’s interpretations have been remarked through the concert tours in Japan, United States, Europe and Mexico. Arion has also put together an impressive recording collection with 26 titles both as an ensemble and as an orchestra, distributed internationally and on the web.”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Sep 26, 2011 | Hits: 794

"Mixed chamber choir Cantio antiqua Praha was establish in the end of 80's by ex-members of student choir Cantus semper vivus, which was run by Grammar school Budejovicka in Prague 4 and which was conducted by Mrs. Vera Jankovicova. In the present structure Cantio antiqua Praha performs from cca 1999.

Cantio antiqua Praha is mainly concentrate on renaissance and early baroque polyphonic music. The repertoire is build from up to octovoiced secular and sacred vocal works from Italian, French, British, German and Spanish composers. The independent part of our repertoire are Christmas songs, which represent character of this music in Bohemia and Moravia from beginning of 15th century until works of early baroque composers.

Cantio antiqua Praha's chamber cast (four sopranos, one mezzo-soprano, three altos, one tenor and one bass) enables to approach to period interpretative practise, when every voice went about perhaps only one singer or instrumentalist. Cantio antiqua Praha occasionally collaborate with instrumentalists who play recorders, lutes, guitars, stringed instruments or harpsichords. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 790

"I am a swedish composer and I´m living in Tyresö, which is about 20 km southeast of Stockholm, Sweden.

I compose in different early music styles (before 1800). In 2003 I established an assemblage of music in different ancient styles, all composed by contemporary composers. I´ve named it Scharffeneck Collection Of Contemporary Early Music, after the area where I´m working as a church music director, Skarpnäck. Scharffeneck is the 17th century spelling of the name Skarpnäck. The collection includes music of 22 composers from different parts of the world, and at the moment there is some 800 works registred. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 789

"Over a 25-year history, the Exultate Chamber Singers have garnered praise from all quarters for sensitive, precise and seamless performances. The choir was established in 1981, when conductor John Tuttle brought together a group of graduating university students who wanted to continue performing choral music at a high standard. The choir is enriched not only by the excellent musicianship of its members but also by their varied academic and professional backgrounds. Together, they form a passionate, committed ensemble with a wide-ranging repertoire." ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 03, 2007 | Hits: 788

"I began studying piano with my mother at age three on the Niagara Peninsula (Canada). I later studied violin with Artur Garami and keyboard with Eric Dowling. My childhood inspiration was a series of articles about Vladimir Horowitz in Etude Magazine.

By the age of sixteen I was an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. I was introduced to the harpsichord and Fenton House by Thurston Dart in London England, to gamba making by Juliet Beamont of Cambridge, and to the baroque violin by Alice Harnoncourt.

For a variety of reasons, I took time out from a music career to raise five wonderful children: a minister, a teacher, a scientist, a guitar maker and a writer. When they were grown up, I cashed in my pension and returned to my music.

Originally, I planned to record all copyright-free works for the harpsichord in General MIDI format for free distribution on the Internet. If you enjoy the trip, who cares if you get there! But, something happened on the way - the trip got nasty.

I play for myself now. " See site for more info. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Feb 02, 2008 | Hits: 783

“Inspired by the meeting of Martine Fleith, Isabelle Sainte-marie, Rachel Mathis and Alan Cowderoy during the “Journées de la Flûte Traversière de Stuttgart” in 2005, the creation of the ensemble stems from the common desire to rediscover the original structure of the consort of Renaissance flutes. ..“

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Sep 20, 2009 | Hits: 781

"Medieval music ensemble "Universalia in Re" was founded in 2001 with a view to revive a medieval attitude to music as an internal experience capable to change a man. This aim determinates unusual instrumental stuff of the ensemble as well as its repertoire (mostly European music of XIII-XIV centuries).

Together with careful study of musical treatises and analysis of medieval European manuscripts, which keep traces of a unique minstrel culture, the ensemble pays a significant attention to living verbal professional musical traditions of Central Asia and Middle East

The ensemble members participated in workshops of leading medieval music teachers and musicians. The ensemble made concerts in Russia,Ukraine, Switzerland, Estonia, Poland and took part in international early music festivals in Lviv (Lviv Early Music Festival, Ukraine, 2002), Tartu (VI Tartu Early Music Festival, Tartu, Estonia, 2003) and Nizhniy Novgorod (Russia, International Machaut Festival, 2004, EARLYMUSIC, 2005). " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jul 24, 2008 | Hits: 775

"Il Cantiere delle Muse, founded in 1990 at the initiative of its director, Roberto Caravella, is among the most esteemed and refined music ensemble in recent years. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Aug 02, 2008 | Hits: 775

"Gruppo Seicento early music ensemble was established in 2002 by the effort of musicians dedicated for a long time to the early music in the will to face the baroque repertoire, with a special interest in Seventeen century Italian music, using original instruments or copies, studying the original sources of this period and performing on historical tunings.

The Gruppo Seicento has played in several early music concert seasons and festivals in Italy, Spain, United Kingdom and South America obtaining unanimous approval from the public and the critic. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jun 29, 2008 | Hits: 773

"Ian Watchorn began his professional career as a maker & repairer of instruments in Sydney, Australia in 1976, moving to Canberra in 1979.

1982 received grants from Australia Council and NSW Premiers Department to study musical instrument conservation at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany under Friedemann Hellwig and John Henry van der Meer.

1984 accepted the post of conservator at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, and was later acting senior conservator there before returning to Australia in 1987.

1987 - 1990 worked on the conservation and collection development for the musical instrument collection at the Power House Museum, Sydney, and later as curator of the same collection.

1990 - present working privately as maker, conservator & consultant in Melbourne, Australia.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Mar 06, 2008 | Hits: 772

Visit the music museum of Barcelona to see its collection of early music instruments. (ed.)

Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

Added on: Apr 20, 2009 | Hits: 772

Site listing composers of early music written in the traditional early music styles. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary Early Music Style

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 763

" NewOlde.com has arisen from a personal housekeeping project. To improve the accessibility of early music resources, I decided to organize interesting material in web format for my personal intranet. As the pages began to take shape, I realized that others might find them helpful and posted the results to date on the Internet.

The main point of the website is to provide fast access to important information resources. Most of the originality is in the organization and compilation, although, as time permits, I will add additional reviews and comments on recordings, books, music, instruments and performances.

Since this is a personal website gone public, it strongly reflects personal tastes and interests and does not purport to be comprehensive. My own principal interests are historic stagings of early opera, historically-inspired (or restored antique) keyboard instruments, historic pitch and temperaments, and recordings of little-known works that deserve to be better known.

If you have a website and would like to deep link to some specific place on a page of NewOlde.com, please let me know and I will be happy to add a bookmark for your convenience.

John Wall New York " ...

Category: Links to links

Added on: Nov 17, 2005 | Hits: 755

"Celebrating 29 years in business. Our customers say that we have the best catalog in the business. We Specialize in Muzzle loading guns, kits, parts, accoutrements, rendezvous gear & primitive Americana." Of particular, their inventory of period screws and nails may be of interest to some. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Oct 31, 2005 | Hits: 743

“early-dance.de is dedicated to early dance. It covers dances from Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century Periods.

The mission is to bring lovers of early dance together!”

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Category: Early Dance

Added on: Aug 20, 2008 | Hits: 743

“Angela Malek received her Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Baylor University and her Master of Music degree in vocal performance from Indiana University. In addition to singing operatic roles in the renowned Indiana University Opera Theatre, she was the assistant to the legendary Thomas Binkley in the Early Music Institute appearing frequently as soprano soloist in the baroque operas, cantatas, oratorios and ensembles at the school. Ms. Malek attended the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland on a Rotary Scholarship from Texas, sang in baroque opera productions at the Basel Theatre and recorded for Swiss National Radio. Ms. Malek was a soloist for the Dale Warland Singers, the Ex Macchina baroque opera, the Minnesota Chorale and The Schubert Club in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. She was also a teacher at the Minnesota School for the Performing Arts and the director and founder of both the inner-city music program, Musicapolis, and the chamber opera company, Opera Millennium. Between 1999 and 2007, Ms. Malek lived in northern Germany and France performing in baroque operas and chamber music.

Since returning to the States, she has been a regular soprano soloist in San Antonio, including a recent  performance with Houston's Mercury Baroque Orchestra. This May she will appear in the Rienzi Concert Series in Houston with harpsichordist Christina Edelen. Ms. Malek is the recipient of the 2009 George Cortes Award for Classical Singing from the Artist Foundation of San Antonio.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Apr 18, 2010 | Hits: 742

“Having initially studied classical guitar at Napier University, Gordon Ferries went on to study at the RSAMD where he specialised in lute and early guitar music. He has now established himself as one of the UK's leading exponents of the baroque guitar. Gordon has worked for both television and radio: arranging and performing music for Radio 4; featuring on 'Scotland's Music' with Concerto Caledonia, and for BBC 2 television. He has performed in venues and festivals across the UK both as a soloist and in ensemble and has appeared with The Scottish Ensemble, The Scottish Early Music Consort and the Edinburgh Quartet, amongst others. Gordon directs his own group, Symphonie des Plaisir.

Gordon has been awarded two grants from the Scottish Arts Council towards study at the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, reasearching the baroque guitar; the fruits of which appear on his recordings. He lectures in lute and guitar at Napier University in Edinburgh, and is involved in teaching young people in many musical styles.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 24, 2009 | Hits: 741

“A very dynamic company, which in a very short time has become an important point of reference for organizers and artists alike in the field of classical music. Studiomusica is responsible for the promotion and management of concert activities of the musicians represented, overseeing every aspect linked to the production of concerts and events, from artistic to logistic- administrative. Over time, Studiomusica has diversified and strengthened its fields of action and today, in addition to managing the activities of its own artists - around 250 - it develops and coordinates special projects and recordings, offers business advising and takes care of the press agency and advertising planning for artists, festivals, exhibitions, theaters, event organizers, and conventions. Studiomusica also deals with the production of shows and concerts throughout all of Italy.

Studiomusica collaborates frequently with some of the foremost international companies and with important agencies and musical institutions in the planning and promoting of projects. For a long while now Studiomusica has had an established relationship with California Music Productions, Inc., a company based in Los Angeles that handles promotion of Italian artists in North America. ..“

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Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: May 17, 2009 | Hits: 735

"EMI Classics was formed in 1990 to provide a single overall trademark for the marketing of EMI's classical recordings worldwide. Previously, EMI's classical product had appeared on a number of different, albeit famous, labels such as His Master's Voice, Columbia, Angel, Odeon and others, but some of these were not available to EMI in every territory, while others had strong regional associations. The creation of EMI Classics, and the introduction of a uniform record numbering system, enabled all of EMI's classical releases, now with tri-lingual notes, to be included in a single international catalogue available throughout the entire world. EMI Classics' heritage goes back a hundred years, ... "

Category: Recording/Music Labels/Music Distributor

Added on: Oct 16, 2005 | Hits: 730

"Since 1964, the Montreal Recorder Society (MRS), a non-profit organization, has been providing amateur musicians of all ages the opportunity to play music together under the leadership of professional musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 729

“In the year 1963, to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Tyrolean apartenage to Austria, the Innsbruck musician Prof. Otto Ulf (1907 - 1993) presented the first Ambras Castle Concert, and every August since 1976 Innsbruck with its Festwochen has been a mecca for Early Music fans. Famous conductors such as René Jacobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, John Eliot Gardiner and Alan Curtis have performed here, opera stars such as Jennifer Larmore and the counter-tenor Derek Lee Ragin have enthralled audiences, musicians such as Jordi Savall and Sigiswald Kuijken have given spellbinding concerts in Innsbruck.”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 22, 2008 | Hits: 724

"In the fall of 1997, a group of Atlanta musicians met to organize the first permanent period instrument orchestra in the Southeast--the Atlanta Baroque Orchestra. The ABO gave its premiere concert in January 1998, and since then the ABO has grown to be one of the best orchestras of its type in North America ... " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Mar 03, 2008 | Hits: 723

“Founded in 2004, the ensemble works on harpsichord music of the 20th century, particularly Italian. It focuses on music ranging from the early 20th century to the avant-garde, right up to works composed today.

Novecembalo has worked with important contemporary musicians, including Enzo Porta, Dario Intrigo, Mariolina De Robertis and is currently studying under Annamaria Morini and Annelie De Man (Holland).

Composers who have written music for Novecembalo include: Ermanno Bacca, Andrea Basevi, Roberto Bonati, Mauro Bonelli, Fulvio Caldini, Andrea Cremaschi, Marco Ciannella, Silvia Colasanti, Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Fabrizio Fanticini, Enzo Galdi, Paolo Geminiani, Jiri Gemrot, Enrico Marocchini, Livio Minafra, Andrea Nicoli, Paolo Perezzani, Gianluca Podio, Stefano Taglietti, Daniele Venturi and Luigi Verdi.

Novecembalo edited the research catalogue "Il Clavicembalo nella Musica Contemporanea Italiana" ("The Harpsichord in Contemporary Italian Music") published in 2005 by the Associazione Clavicembalistica Bolognese (Bologna Harpsichord Association), which lists over 700 works by about 300 composers.
Novecembalo gives concert-lectures on the modern harpsichord repertoire (Italian conservatoires including Cremona, Bologna University Music Faculty Aula Magna; Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense).

Novecembalo also performs at music festivals in towns such as Bari, Bergamo, Bologna, Cremona, La Spezia, Genova, Milano, Modena, Parma, Reggio Emilia, Roma, and Torino. Our programmes of contemporary music receive critical and public acclaim.“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music / Contemporary New Music

Added on: Jul 06, 2009 | Hits: 723

"The main purpose of the Gregorian Chant Home Page is to support advanced research on Gregorian chant, particularly in the graduate seminar "Problems in Early Christian Music" (Music 511) taught at Princeton. The scholarly study of Gregorian chant is a wide-ranging, multi-faceted venture that interacts with many other areas of study, just as the liturgy for which it was created influenced many other areas of individual and social life. "

Category: Links to links

Added on: Aug 15, 2007 | Hits: 722

Facebook site for Gustav Leonhardt.

“Gustav Leonhardt (born 30 May 1928, 's-Graveland) is a highly acclaimed Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. Leonhardt has been a leader in the movement to perform music on period instruments. The keyboard instruments on which he has performed and recorded include the harpsichord, pipe organ, claviorganum (a combination of a harpsichord and an organ), clavichord, and fortepiano. .. “

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Jun 05, 2010 | Hits: 720

"Born in Melbourne, Australia, Rosemary Hodgson has lived and worked abroad, performing in Britain, Portugal, Sweden, Germany and Venezuela.

Since her return to Australia in 2000, Rosemary has been in constant demand. Her recent engagements include Richard Mill's opera Batavia with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Vespers in the Melbourne Early Music Festival, Monteverdi Madrigals with e21, Backgammon Baroque Tasmanian tour, Bach St John's Passion with the Australian Baroque Ensemble, Vivaldi Vespers with The Choir of Newman College and guest soloist in the Palestrina Project's Victoria Requiem.

As a freelance musician, Rosemary balances accompanying, solo and continuo performances and teaching. She has appeared frequently on ABC television and radio, Channel Seven and 3MBS and is featured on La Compania's CD Music of the Spanish Renaissance (Move). Her debut solo recording, rosa, was released in March 2004. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Apr 20, 2008 | Hits: 718

"Jean-Luc Boudreau has been making recorders since 1980, after having studied science and music! His main interest is the development of instruments inspired by early recorders found in various collections. These handmade recorders are classified into two families, baroque and renaissance, and allow all repertoire written for the recorder to be explored.

Two years ago we added a line of "whistles", diatonic instruments to play folk repertoire. And there's more to come...

As well, the workshop does a lot of research into manufacturing methods using the latest technology, and offers its expertise for specific projects related to the manufacture of wind instruments. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Mar 03, 2008 | Hits: 710

The Association of Clavecin en France is a collection point for professional/amateur harpsichordists, makers, musicologists, composer on a national scale in France. Please see site for more information. / "Ce site s’adresse aux clavecinistes professionnels ou amateurs, luthiers, musicologues, compositeurs... Vous trouverez dans la rubrique Association une présentation de l’association, ses prochaines activités, et un bulletin d’adhésion à télécharger. "

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Feb 14, 2006 | Hits: 709

The lists that you can join are:

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Aug 15, 2007 | Hits: 709

"The National Early Music Association of the UK has existed since 1981 to bring together all concerned with early music and to forge links with other early music organisations in the UK and around the world. Nema also acts to represent musicians in the early music field to outside bodies, when required." NOTE: This entry will lead you to NEMA's "Links" page. (ed.)

Category: Links to links

Added on: Feb 19, 2008 | Hits: 708

“Les Sacqueboutiers, an ensemble based in Toulouse, playing on early brass instruments. Les Sacqueboutiers have been in existence for just over a quarter of a century, during which time they have built up a reputation as one of the finest early music ensembles on the international scene.

Regarded by specialists and the public alike as a reference in the interpretation of seventeenth-century instrumental music, particularly that of Italy and Germany, the ensemble has reaped the highest awards for its recordings.

When they decided to form Les Sacqueboutiers in 1974, Jean-Pierre Canihac and Jean-Pierre Mathieu were among the first to embark on the adventurous rediscovery of early instruments. The quality if their work soon attracted attention, and they took part in the groundbreaking recording of Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine, conducted by Michel Corboz. Since then, they have performed music ranging from the Renaissance to Mozart, with many prestigious ensembles including Les Arts Florissants (William Christie), La Chapelle Royale (Philippe Herreweghe), A Sei Voci (Bernard Fabre-Garrus), Elyma (Gabriel Garrido), La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (Jean-Claude Malgoire), and the Clément Janequin Ensemble (Dominique Visse). ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

Added on: Jul 27, 2009 | Hits: 708

"The ensemble I Virtuosi delle Muse, founded in Cremona in 2002 by Stefano Molardi, was established with the intent of interpreting and recording the vocal-instrumental Italian and German repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries using period instruments and by examining the stylistic aspects of antique execution practices. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 13, 2008 | Hits: 705

"The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is universally recognized as a leader in the field of early music. Since its founding in 1980 by leading practitioners of early music performance in the United States and abroad, BEMF has promoted early music through biennial Festivals featuring newly revived baroque operatic masterpieces, concerts by the world’s leading soloists and ensembles, scholarly symposia, performance masterclasses, and fringe concerts by emerging artists. Through its programs, BEMF has earned its place as the nation’s premier presenting organization for conservators and performers of music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods and has secured Boston’s reputation as “America’s early music capital” (Richard Dyer, Boston Globe.)"

Summer workshop is also offered.

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Jun 17, 2005 | Hits: 704

Artist Management

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Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Oct 11, 2011 | Hits: 703

"Named after the 19th century baryton virtuoso Vincenzo Hauschka, the Hauschka Ensemble has been amazing audiences for the last ten years. It specialises in the remarkable repertoire of works for self-accompanied baryton, from 17th century works in modified lute tablature through to contemporary works written especially for them. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Apr 16, 2008 | Hits: 702

"We are a group of dancers, "The Jane Austen Dancers" who meet at Bath Trinity Hall (map here) at Monmouth Place near Queens Square on Wednesday evenings. The class begins at 8 PM, and all are welcome no matter what experience they may have. We dance primarily for pleasure but engage in performance and also narrated demonstrations. Much research has been carried out on the Regency Period by members of the group and is continuing. A costume ball is given by the dancers annually. Our musical director Sue Law is without doubt unique and vastly experienced. We are also extremely fortunate in having Valerie Webster as director of dance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Sep 07, 2008 | Hits: 700

"Flying Forms – To be a presence that transforms communities and inspires expression through excellence in performance, innovative education and creative collaboration.

Flying Forms consists of members Sang Joon Park (traverso), Marc Levine (baroque violin), and Tami Morse (harpsichord). Already experienced modern instrument musicians with Doctor of Musical Arts degrees we formed Flying Forms out of our passion for performing early chamber music. In order to broaden our repertoire choices, and to experiment within the chamber music concert genre, Flying Forms collaborates regularly with other musicians and artists, including gambist Martha McGoughey and baroque dancers Dorothy Olsson and Mark Mindek.

Flying Forms performs regularly on the St. Mark’s Concert Series in Islip, and has upcoming concerts throughout the New York metropolitan area and in Boston. They regularly give lecture demonstrations at Stony Brook University, in the Islip Public School System, and Long Island museums and libraries.

In addition, Flying Forms has many on-going projects including performing the modern premieres of Carlos Canobio’s duos for violin and flute, recording and performing the complete Telemann “Paris” Quartets, recording a companion CD to a book written by baroque dance specialists Dorothy Olsson and Kaspar Mainz, and collaborating with singers and dancers in a fully-staged chamber opera performance. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Aug 06, 2008 | Hits: 699

"BUBL uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system as the primary organisation structure for its catalogue of Internet resources. The Dewey Decimal Classification is (c) 1996-2005 OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Used with permission. "

BUBL Information Service, Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, Scotland Tel: 0141 548 4752 Email: bubl@bubl.ac.uk

Category: Links to links

Added on: Aug 17, 2007 | Hits: 697

"Since 1992 the Early Music Forum of Scotland has been bringing together players, singers, dancers, makers and listeners from all over Scotland. It runs and sponsors courses and playing days for its members, run by leading professionals.

EMFS members receive an annual membership list, with details of each member's interests, and lists of names classified by activities. This is a useful way of making contact with other people of similar interests. In addition, the membership secretary and other members of the committee are always delighted to help members make useful contacts.

EMFS members receive a regular newsletter with details of early music events in Scotland, participatory events elsewhere, regular reviews of early music CDs and occasional articles.

Each year EMFS organises a Museum Weekend, two days of continuous music-making by early music groups from all over Scotland. Most often held in the National Museum of Scotland, but also on occasion in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, it gives the general public a chance to sample a wide variety of early music and gives the players a chance to meet fellow enthusiasts.

EMFS is also part of the network of Early Music Fora which covers the whole of the British Isles. Members of EMFS can participate in the activities of the other Fora and advertise in their Newsletters, normally at reduced rates. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 697

Early Music Vancouver has gained international acclaim as one of the foremost organisations in North America devoted to the performance and study of music from the Middle Ages through the late Romantic era. Through its winter & summer concert series featuring both local and international talent, through its extensive range of summer courses & workshops as part of the Vancouver Early Music Programme & Festival, and through its many other activities and innovative programming, Early Music Vancouver has been an important force in the development and growth of early music. ...

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 695

"The Trigonale is now entering its sixth year, and is thus in comparison with other festivals a young enterprise. Nevertheless, since its inauguration, the Trigonale has noticeably made a difference to the Carinthian music scene. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jul 20, 2008 | Hits: 694

"I started my training as violin maker in Jochen Voigt in 1979.

I gained more valuable experience from many abroad including the violin builder Alexander Krylov at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

With my longtime companion Jens-Uwe Ott I work in my workshop. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Jul 23, 2008 | Hits: 694

"The Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute is led by some of the world's finest musicians in the field of baroque performance. The Institute is held at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. The comprehensive training program includes orchestra and choir rehearsals, masterclasses, opera scene study for singers, chamber ensembles, private lessons, lectures and workshops, and concerts by both participants and faculty. We invite advanced students, pre-professional and professional musicians to apply. "

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Mar 17, 2007 | Hits: 693

"Deborah Booth plays Renaissance, Baroque, and modern flutes and recorders. Her training in flute performance was taken at Cincinnati Conservatory, the University of Kentucky, the Mannes School of Music - Historical Performance Program, and she has studied with Marion Verbruggen, Sandra Miller, Thomas Nyfenger, and other noted teachers in Amsterdam and New York. Ms. Booth played in several orchestras, including the Louisville Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Aug 06, 2008 | Hits: 692

"The Baroque Trumpet Shop is owned by Baroque Trumpet specialist Barry Bauguess. Offering the highest quality instruments, cases, mutes, mouthpieces, Baroque trumpet music and books, as well as impeccable service, we are the first shop in the U.S. to cater exclusively to Early Brass players. We offer Baroque trumpets, sackbuts, modern trumpets, cases, and accessories from the world's finest makers including Egger, Naumann, Tomes, Münkwitz, Brass Bags, ProTec, Marcus Bonna Cases, Holmgren Mutes, & Schilke. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Brass Instruments

Added on: Apr 20, 2008 | Hits: 691

"Les Musiciens de l´îlot Royal was established 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden by harpsichordist and composer Miguel Robaina.

The ensemble are mainly into music from the baroque era. Their repetoir primary consists of french music in the spirit of Lully and music from the Swedish great powerperiod. Les Musiciens are also frequently performing music from the Scharffeneck collection of contemporary early music.

The ensemble are playing on historical original instruments or replicas of such. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 691

"Red Priest is one of the major success stories on the international Early Music scene today. Named after the flame-haired priest, Antonio Vivaldi, this extraordinary English ensemble has re-defined the art of baroque music performance, combining the fruits of extensive research with swashbuckling virtuosity, creative re-composition, heart-on-sleeve emotion and compelling stagecraft. The group performs largely from memory, allowing an operatic level of freedom and interaction, and its highly imaginative programmes are drawn from myriad baroque sources to create a kaleidoscopic range of moods and colours.

Formed in 1997, Red Priest now gives over 60 concerts a year in some of the most prestigious festivals and venues in Europe, Australia and the USA (see below), together with regular Radio and TV broadcasts (notably ITV's South Bank Show) and a series of highly acclaimed and brilliantly original CD recordings on the Dorian label - including their baroque-horror epic, Nightmare in Venice and a best-selling, post-modern take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In February 2005 the ensemble pushed the boundaries of baroque performance yet further with the launch of the Red Hot Baroque Show at London's Hackney Empire - a dramatic fusion of 18th century music with 21st century sound, light and video technology. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Apr 08, 2008 | Hits: 685

"... Following a year of national service as an auxiliary fireman, I began my apprenticeship in the Milan workshop of the master violinmaker Celestino Farotto in 1979. I left my university studies to enrol in the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria (IPIALL, the International School of Violinmaking) in Cremona and in the Professional Training Courses (CPF) of the Lombardy Region; the latter courses were directed by the master bowmaker Giovanni Lucchi in Cremona. After receiving my diploma as a BOWMAKER in 1982, I stayed on for an additional year of post-graduate training under Maestro Lucchi. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Jul 06, 2008 | Hits: 684

Harpsichord & Fortepiano, published twice a year, is intended for everyone interested in the world of early keyboard instruments: devotees -- the professional and the amateur -- players, makers, restorers and listeners. Since its relaunch, the 9 published issues of Harpsichord and Fortepiano have included over 50 articles, covered 10 major festivals, reviewed over 40 books and musical scores and over 130 recordings. Articles are about: ... collections (for example, the Neumeyer Collection in Germany), ... instruments (a survey of the keyboards in use in Haydn's Vienna), ... performers, both historical (Isolde Ahlgrimm) and living (Igor Kipniss, Jane Chapman), ... performance practice (a special edition focusing on continuo), ... repertoire (John Field and contemporary music), ... building, making and restoring instruments etc. Our contributors are from around the world -- from, for example: Argentina, the States, Canada, Europe, Australia -- and include established scholars such as Richard Maunder and Philip Pickett, as well as younger scholars such as Giulia Nuti and Robert Webb. Articles can be short and informal, or long and scholarly -- whatever best suits the subject. We have covered festivals from Boston to Bruges, Melbourne to Montreal. H&F is essential reading for all those interested in early music and early keyboard instruments (including the clavichord). In addition, it is able to provide a forum for new ideas and new thinking. ...

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 683

"Special page for early music, with over 1200 MIDI and MP3 files for pieces by over 220 composers. [requires JavaScript]. " (You must also register as member to make use of the midi files. Ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 679

"The I Febiarmonici, an orchestra founded in 1999 and operating on the principles of historical performance practice, draws its members from musicians of international origin and renown. Ist Initiator, the violinist Jochen Grüner, was educated at the Academy of Early Music in Bremen.

The Ensemble takes its inspiration from Italian musical troupes of the eighteenth century which in their time toured their country as so-called I Febiarmonici and obtained an outstanding reputation owning to their quality music and love of traveling.

In the short time since its founding, the orchestra has already gone on to gain notice with its fascinating projects. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Mar 13, 2008 | Hits: 678

Carey Beebe is probably the most traveled and best known Australian harpsichord maker. After a music degree and three performance diplomas he became more interested in harpsichord construction, and trained at the prominent American workshop of D. Jacques Way. In 1982 he was made the youngest ever International Agent for Zuckermann Harpsichords Inc, but since 1999 has been working exclusively with Marc Ducornet and THE PARIS WORKSHOP.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 675

"Welcome to Harpsichords Wiki!
Begun by: Patrick Frye III
composer/performer/teacher

NOTICE: Please contribute SEPARATE pages for opinions that might differ from existing posts. Changing a WIKI is NOT just for an opposing viewpoint--Besides EVERYONE would want to see ALL or BOTH positions before a final decision on the subject. Prove your better academic approach and respect for the work of others with YOUR OWN Contribution, rather than simply altering someone else's contribution. After some time and many involved, a MUCH better site and resource regarding the harpsichord will be created by EVERYONE and less bias will be observed as well as all the historical permutations that have existed and have been used and studied involving the instrument, the music and tunings.

Patrick Frye III "

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Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Dec 07, 2008 | Hits: 674

"An acclaimed series of summer courses and concerts jointly sponsored by Early Music Vancouver & the School of Music, University of British Columbia”

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 671

"A discussion group for lovers of harpsichord, clavicytherium, clavicordo, spinet, virginal, muselaar, lautenwerk, tiorbino, claviorgano. The group also wants to become a site of reference for anyone who is approached for the first time these facilities or people who want to know more. In this regard, it will seek to have all internal site files and links of interest to the investigation and added for this purpose, by members, photos, documents, scores, sites and reviews of concerts. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Jul 02, 2008 | Hits: 671

“This course is meant especially for professional musicians, music teachers, students and all music-makers who wish to widen their experience. Chamber music, Orchestra, lectures and concerts in the wonderful hall of the baroque castle of Zell/Pram.“ Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 22, 2009 | Hits: 668

German Viola da Gamba Society ... site is in German. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 667

"Ensemble Vermillian was founded to explore the potential for color and texture possible in transcribing the virtuosic repertoire of the seventeenth and eighteenth century for recorder, cello and continuo. Based in Davidson, North Carolina, and Berkeley, California the members of EV, sisters Frances Blaker (recorders) and Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (Baroque cello) joined by Katherine Heater (harpsichordist and organist) have traveled to meet, research, rehearse and perform together since 2000. The ensemble is expanded to include other musicians depending on the project at hand. Viola da gambist Elisabeth Reed joined Ensemble Vermillian for the two-CD Stolen Jewels project. Having studied at conservatories in Denmark, the Netherlands, Ohio and Indiana, the performers blend their approach to the music to create a sound which inspired one audience member to write, “A beautiful performance. The chemistry between you is special.”

EV explores less-familiar repertoire from the 17th and 18th centuries and makes it their own through transcription for their particular instruments. The very special group chemistry that these players create together makes for compelling performances, both for the audience and the performers. The combination of music research and vibrant performance are what make Ensemble Vermillian stand out from the crowd. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 667

“As a recorder player being principally autodidact, Antonio Politano took Salvatore Sciarrino and Heinz Hollinger as his musical models - the former in the innovative concept of the form, the time and the sound in music, the latter as a performer of the wind instruments, and also as an integrated musician which means a performer and a composer at the same time. Since he left the school at the age of 14 and didn't get any institutional diplomas, he took some private recorder lessons with Amico Dolci, Conrad Steinmann and Kees Boeke.

From the very beginning, he has been attracted to the new music, which naturally led him to experiment on the instrument to discover many new sounds of the recorder. Meanwhile, he has always continued to play and study the early music through reading various treatises applying them thoroughly in the most practical way in performing.

His approach to the early music as a performer whose first aim is to convey the expression in music has rendered him the most essential realization in his playing -the sound of the instrument as a human voice. No matter what music he plays - either early music or contemporary music, his reference to the human voice made him develop unique technique and phrasing. The technique never separate from music, the sound being realized only after the musical intention.“

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Category: Contemporary Early Music

Added on: Mar 01, 2012 | Hits: 667

“The International Inventory of Musical Sources - Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) - is a crosscountry
non-prof it joint venture which aims at comprehensive documentation of the w orldw ide existing musical
sources.

Musical sources are manuscripts or  printed music, w orks on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections.

The organization, founded in Paris in 1952, is the largest and the only global operation that registers w ritten musical sources.

RISM documents what exists and w here it is stored. On the one hand the musical traditions are protected through cataloging in a comprehensive encyclopedia and on the other made available to musicologists and musicians.

Archiving is thus not an end in itself, but leads to practical application.“

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Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

Added on: Jun 10, 2009 | Hits: 666

“ArkivMusic specializes in the efficient delivery of the broadest selection of classical music titles in the U.S., direct to the consumer. There are currently over 90,000 CD, DVD, SACD, Blu-ray Disc, and 320-kbps MP3 titles in the ArkivMusic database, shipping from over 20 distribution centers around the country. This distribution network allows ArkivMusic to have more titles in stock every day than any other online retailer, assuring the most expeditious delivery and largest selection of classical music.

In addition, ArkivMusic has more than 8,000 titles in its ArkivCD reissue program. These are recordings that have previously been out of print or otherwise unavailable.

The design for ArkivMusic emphasizes the ability to quickly and intuitively find classical music recordings. The peculiarities of classical music do not always lend themselves to standard search tools used on the Web. Spelling inconsistencies, differing search syntax designs, and databases not specifically oriented to the parameters of classical music can often lead to very confusing results. At ArkivMusic, we take a lot of the guesswork out of finding music by letting you click down a logical and well-categorized path to the works and recordings that you want.

The ArkivMusic staff is made up of experts in Internet technology, direct-to-consumer operations and logistics, customer service -- and most importantly, classical music! This unique combination enables ArkivMusic to provide exceptional service to classical music lovers in ways not available anywhere else.

ArkivMusic also publishes LISTEN: Life with Classical Music, America's quarterly lifestyle magazine about classical music.

ArkivMusic is a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.”

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Category: Recording/Music Labels/Music Distributor

Added on: Nov 14, 2005 | Hits: 664

"The Early Opera Company is a vibrant, young professional ensemble. Founded in 1994 the company made its debut with a production of Handel's Agrippina at Mannes College New York, with a London debut of Handel's Serse in 1996. ... " See the website for more information.

Category: Early Opera

Added on: Apr 10, 2007 | Hits: 663

"Hautbois are a lively and talented duo that use music as a vehicle for historical entertainment.

They have worked for many years alongside English Heritage, Historic Royal Palaces and National Trust and also appear at many other historical venues.

They have made many appearances performing for television, radio, and films, weddings, concerts and schools. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 662

" ... The serpent was invented in 1590 by a Frenchman, Edme Guillaume, making it one of the oldest instruments currently in use today. Conceived as the bass member of the cornett family (the group of instruments - including the cornett, bass horn, serpent and ophicleide - that preceded today's modern keyed brass instruments), the serpent immediately found a home accompanying the plainsong of the Church. It became popularized in England in the eighteenth century where in addition to being used in church services, it became the bass of the military wind band.

The serpent has a tone quality unlike any instrument in the modern orchestra. When played loudly, its powerful sound carries easily and with authority; quietly, it blends well with bassoons and voices. But with only six open holes and no keys, the serpent lives up its name in more than just its appearance - it is as treacherous as its namesake from the Garden of Eden. While numerous fingering charts for the serpent have been published, no printed matter can disguise the fact that playing the serpent is an inexact science at best, relying on the steady lip of the performer to get a firm grip on the intonation of any given note. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 661

"The event aims to return with scientific methodology - philological and through concerts, conferences and recordings vocal technique known as the "Cantar lontano". The objective of this project is to shed light over the years on this important aspect of seventeenth-century practice voice not yet studied, both as to its origin, to be placed in Pesaro in 1612 and its development in the Marche in Italy and abroad all its forms and characteristics. ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 661

Bagpipe-maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Jul 23, 2008 | Hits: 660

"The Thames Valley Recorder Orchestra (TVRO) is the UK's newest recorder orchestra. It was set up in March 2007 by Anne Helmore, with Helen Hooker as Musical Director.

TVRO currently has around 20 members but is interested in recruiting more players. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 659

"The Bach Consort performs the music of J.S. Bach, exploring the riches of his more than 200 secular and religious cantatas. Formed in 1992 by bass player Timothy Dawson and baritone Gordon McLeod, The Bach Consort includes a core of members from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Tafelmusik, as well as some of Canada's most sought-after singers and instrumentalists. Soprano Monica Whicher, baritone Russell Braun, alto Elizabeth Turnbull; tenors Michael Shade and Benjamin Butterfield; baritones Brett Polegato and Kevin MacMillan---have appeared with the Canadian Opera Company, with most Canadian Orchestras, and with major opera companies in North America and Europe.

These artists have lent the gift of Bach's music, performing for community groups such as Camphill Village Ontario and L'Arche--- communities for adults with disabilities---and Settlement House Music School. As well, the ensemble has helped in the fundraising activities of Out of the Cold and Share the Warmth. Their concerts provided these organizations with a musical forum from which they reached out to the public. To that end, the group has recorded two compact discs in aid of charity: The Bach Consort at Camphill and The Bach Consort at L'Arche. In designing its programme, The Bach Consort chooses music to highlight the performers in a variety of solo and ensemble works. This follows the Baroque tradition of creating an obbligato or instrumental solo, which interweaves with the vocal line. The ensemble often performs without a conductor, reaching a musical consensus during rehearsals prior to their concerts. Once this artistic agreement has been forged, The Bach Consort is ready to share the depth and joy of Bach's music with its generous audience.

Timothy Dawson, Founder
Timothy is a member of the string bass section of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He began his studies in Edmonton with Peter Marck, who is now Co-Principal Bass of the Israel Philharmonic. Timothy continued his education at the University of Toronto with Tom Monahan (then Principal Bass of the TSO). He graduated in the Spring of 1979 and started with the TSO thereafter. Since joining the orchestra, Tim has been actively involved in organizing concerts. Two groups have grown out of this love of chamber music; The Bach Consort and BASStiality." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Academies/Academia/Early Music Study/Institutions

Added on: Feb 20, 2009 | Hits: 659

"The Ensemble Villancico was formed in 1995 for the purpose of performing and spreading the renaissance music collection "Cancionero de Upsala", and is conducted by Peter Pontvik. The ensemble has given more than a hundred concerts, in 25 countries (Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Baltic states and Latin America). " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 658

“EarlyPianos.org is dedicated to the worldwide cataloging of historic pianos from before 1860. The project furthers the work first published by Oxford University Press in  Makers of the Piano, 1700-1820 and  volume II (1820-1860) by Martha Novak Clinkscale.

The database of early pianos has been continually updated since its publication in 1993 and 1999. It now contains over 6350 historic pianos, with more being added daily. Various options for future publication of the material are under review.

The database tells piano historians about instruments for their research. It also helps owners get in touch with people who have specialized expertise in piano history and preservation.

If you have a piano, or know of one that is not already included in the database, please use this link for several ways to register your piano.

EarlyPianos.org results from a collaboration between Martha Clinkscale and John R. Watson, illustrator of volume 2. This website was launched in May, 2007.

Questions or comments? Please contact us and tell us if you would like occasional email updates about the database and our publications.“

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: May 14, 2009 | Hits: 658

"Laura Vaughan is gaining a reputation as Australia’s most exciting viola da gamba and lirone player of the rising generation and has had a distinguished list of teachers including Wieland Kuijken, Philippe Pierlot, Miriam Morris and Anneke Pols. Following her return to Australia from studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in 2004, she has established a busy schedule of teaching and performing from her base in Melbourne and performs a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire across Australia, Europe and the United States. Passionate about the sound world of the viol, Laura is committed to bringing this exquisite repertoire to audiences around the world." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Nov 08, 2008 | Hits: 657

“Masques is a Montreal-based early music ensemble founded in 1998, performing vocal and instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries. The name of the ensemble is inspired by the masques of Elizabethan England - mystical performances that fused poetry, music, dance and drama.

The ensemble has become a meeting point for Canada's young musicians. Masques also collaborates regularly with up and coming European talents, thereby maintaining close ties with musicians of diverse backgrounds.

All of the musicians of Masques have enviable concert experience and regularly perform as soloists and chamber musicians throughout Canada, the United States and Europe with such ensembles as Capriccio, Stravagante, Tafelmusik, La Petitie Bande and Les Voix Humaines. While maintaining a core ensemble, Masques varies in size according to the demands of each project it presents. ...“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Aug 18, 2007 | Hits: 655

"The Guild is a society for recorder players and for all who enjoy recorder music.

The Victorian Recorder Guild is located in Victoria, Australia and many of its activities are based in Melbourne. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Mar 05, 2008 | Hits: 655

"With local roots and a passionate interest for the city's own musical history, and yet with its ears, eyes, and hears open to the rest of the world, the members of Elbipolis stand prepared to partake upon musical adventures. The young ensemble, the core of which is made up of musicians from Bremen, Hamburg, and Berlin, has achieved a great deal in a short period of time. Invitations to the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Music Festival at Potsdam Sanssouci, the Rheingau Music Festival, as well as an exclusive appearance at the Yellow Lounge in Berlin (a club operated by Universal Music,) are just some of the milestones of the orchestra's history. In 2005 the ensemble received an invitation by DeutschlandRadio to give a performance together with the star recorder player Maurice Steger at the Cloister Neuzelle in Brandenburg. In 2007 NDR (North German Radio) in Hamburg dedicated an entire wekend for the ensemble to explore the theme of Orpheus in music, and in November of 2007 the orchestra gave its successful debut at the Kölner Philharmonie. The North German musicians have made themselves noticed again and again through their refreshing combination of high caliber technique and unconventional appearances.

The ensemble's debut CD 'Don Quichotte in Hamburg', recorded on the Raumklang label in 2005 and featuring music of Telemann, Mattheson, and Conti, ws met with great public enthusiasm. The next recording is planned for the beginning of 2008.

The driving philosophy and motto behind the ensemble has been borrowed from Georg Philipp Telemann, who once wrote: 'Will and industry can break even the deepest paths, and a keen sense of daring will always win over what appears impossible. Do mountains immdediately appear before you? Take them on with zeal, and regard difficulties as dwarves against the giant within yourself.' " Visite website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jul 16, 2008 | Hits: 655

“For more than fifty years, Melvin Kaplan, Inc., has represented the world’s finest musicians, specializing in extraordinary chamber ensembles and soloists. The artists on our roster are known for their artistic excellence, fertile imaginations, limitless creativity, and warm personalities. They are emerging stars and established, household names.“

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Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Oct 23, 2011 | Hits: 655

CAMMAC (CANADIAN AMATEUR MUSICIANS/MUSICIENS AMATEURS DU CANADA) "The beginnings of CAMMAC go back to 1953, on the shores of Otter Lake near Huberdeau in Argenteuil County. The idea of the founders, George and Carl Little as well as their wives, Madeleine and Frances, was to find a place in the midst of nature where all who love music could participate in it under the direction of professional musicians. Active participation rather than passive listening was to be favoured.

Thus the first CAMMAC music center was born in the Laurentians, named Otter Lake Music Centre. The beginnings were modest - 26 participants registered in the first session, which lasted two weeks." ...

CAMMAC offers summer workshops for various musical instruments, most notably the recorder, harpsichord and baroque dance. Please see website for more information.

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Jul 22, 2005 | Hits: 654

"In 1551 the Dutch publisher Tilman Susato issued a book with tunes: "daer inne begrepen syn alderhande danserye". These words "a lot of dances" are the source of our name Danserey, under which we already demonstrated our dances on a lot of historical festivals throughout Bavaria/Germany.

The Danserey Landshut is a group which is performing demonstrations of dances and music out of the Renaissance in historical costumes.

We are meeting regularly in the VHS Landshut to learn new dances and to work on our program. For sure, we also enjoy just having fun. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Sep 06, 2008 | Hits: 654

"This site and its affiliates make available the research, editions and transcriptions of a number of musicologists and performers around the world. We invite submissions for inclusion from anyone interested in the field, encourage discussion of issues concerning the genre as well as any related issues.

We specialise in publishing works which are difficult to find or have not been reproduced in modern editions. All of our editions are based upon the original manuscripts or period printings and editorial changes are clearly marked so that performers are able to make informed choices in preparing the works. Most of the music in the catalogue has never before been available in modern editions or recordings - we invite you to enter the world of this great vocal music.

Cantata Web editions are high quality but incredibly low-priced, presented with informative prefaces and translations where appropriate/available. All Cantata Web editions are printed on heavy (100gsm) paper, comb-bound for easier reading and protected by card and plastic covers. Continuo lines are not realised due to the importance of interpretation for each individual. All editions are provided with a single copy of the score and all instrumental parts. Parts are generally single-sheet except for collections where parts are similarly bound. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 652

Den Ciul & Dawn Lyons -- "We build, sell, service, repair, rent, restore, tune, and transport harpsichords, clavichords, spinets, virginals, forte pianos and other historical keyboard instruments. Our shop is in Toronto, Ontario Canada, but our "territory" is much larger. With our trusty Van Strype we travel regularly to visit our clients and their instruments in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the states of Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana; New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and both Carolinas (we really like that, do call us if you are from a warm place!). We also do consulting and appraisals as well as sales and service. If you are looking for a harpsichord, or just want to find out more about them, you've come to the right place. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 651

CD Distributor
(a Classic Concert Music Group)
Geschäftsführer: Michael Preibisch

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Category: Recording/Music Labels/Music Distributor

Added on: Mar 18, 2010 | Hits: 651

“Robert Eisenstein is the director of the Five College Early Music Program,and conducts the Early Music Collegium and Euridice Ensemble, a 17th and18th century chamber ensemble. He teaches music history and directs the Madrigal Singers at the University of Massachusetts, and performs regularly on the viola da gamba with colleagues and in his capacity as founding member and programming director of the Folger Consort in Washington, DC. Mr.Eisenstein has performed with the New York Renaissance Band, Cappella Nova, the New York Consort of Viols, the Washington Bach Consort, and the National Symphony.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: May 03, 2010 | Hits: 650

" ... I spent three years at Eric's (Eric Herz) workshop and then three additional years at Hubbard Harpsichords. I never met Frank Hubbard; he had died several years before. However, the firm continued in his tradition, nurtured by his widow Diane and by Hendrik Broekman, the workshop's master craftsman and himself a former apprentice of Frank's.

Eventually I decided I was ready to set up my own workshop. My first commissions were the fruits of a partnership with another ex-Hubbard employee. Finally, in 1997, with the help of my wife Marina I established my own business as David Werbeloff Harpsichords.

I have learned my craft the old-fashioned way: by apprenticing in established workshops and by soaking up the knowledge, wisdom, and experience of my teachers. I like to think of myself as a third generation representative of the Boston School of harpsichord making.

A craft tradition is not static; each craftsperson contributes a new understanding and fresh ideas to the field. In the case of harpsichord making, the practices were lost at the end of the 18th century and innovators such as Dolmetsch, Chickering and Hubbard helped bring them to life again. Now it is the task of workshops like mine to build on their pioneering work and take the harpsichord building tradition another step forward (or rather, backward) toward its golden age. " Visit site for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Mar 24, 2008 | Hits: 649

“As an instrument builder, I am not very sensitive to contact through Internet. For those who love to touch wood and other natural materials, to hear a sound, a voice, for those whose daily life is composed of nuances, sensitivity, and, it must be confessed, subjectivity, the screen seems cold, anonymous and even arrogant by its pretentions to bring everything to us, served at home. What is more, to try to describe our activity would be to limit it. Each instrument is a unique creation and we are continually designing new models, and engaging in projects, restaurations, repairs, or supplying instruments for major music festivals, concerts and recordings. We are also continually researching historic and new materials. .... So this site will not be exhaustive. It will, however, provide you with some simple information on our instruments, presenting you with different models and some photos. ..“

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 646

"Leeds Baroque is a period-instrument performance group based in West Yorkshire. It is directed by Peter Holman (Professor of Historical Musicology in the University of Leeds School of Music), who is renowned as Director of the Parley of Instruments and Opera Restor’d).

Members of Leeds Baroque are drawn from professional and non-professional players with students from the region’s music colleges. Free workshops given by leaders in the field of baroque performance practice provide training, and the funds available are used to enable members of the orchestra to perform concerts with internationally renowned soloists. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 646

"Since playing her first CBC radio gig at the age of 20, Alison Melville's career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral player has taken her across Canada from Whitehorse to St. John's and to the US, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand and Europe. Her extraordinary breadth of experience as a performer comprises solo and chamber music recitals; music for dance, theatre, film and television; orchestral playing with modern and period instrument orchestras; music from the 12th to 21st centuries, composed, arranged and improvised; and music from Celtic and Scandinavian traditions." ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Dec 18, 2005 | Hits: 645

Vast site on the subject of Baroque Opera (French language only).

Category: Early Opera

Added on: Nov 17, 2005 | Hits: 644

"For over twenty years the Georgian Concert Society has brought musicians specialising in the field of Early Music to Edinburgh. The GCS is dedicated to the promotion of the highest standard performance of historically-informed playing on period instruments and in period settings. The GCS has built up an audience base of over 600 people who attend at least one concert per season, and a core audience of over 100 subscribers. It regularly attracts capacity audiences at St Cecilia’s Hall, drawn mostly from the Central Belt, but with some subscribers travelling from as far away as Aberdeen, Newcastle and Dumfries.

St Cecilia’s Hall, Scotland’s oldest concert hall and home to the internationally-famous Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments, provides an appropriate setting for many GCS concerts. The opportunity to use an instrument from the Collection uniquely suited to the repertoire being played is relished by the artists and their audiences alike. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Concert Series

Added on: Apr 09, 2008 | Hits: 644

"The Clarion Music Society is a period-instrument orchestra committed to performing lost or neglected works from the 18th and 19th centuries in addition to well-known masterworks from these periods that are rarely heard on authentic instruments.

What Sets Clarion Apart from Other Orchestras?

The Clarion Music Society is unique among American orchestras in three fundamental areas:

Rediscovery and Performance of Lost Masterworks – Clarion performs 18th and 19th-century works that have been lost or that are rarely heard by American audiences, works rediscovered through the most intensive and discerning musicological research.

Breadth of Repertoire – Unlike most other American period-instrument orchestras, Clarion includes in its repertoire music from not only the Baroque, but also the Classical and Romantic periods. Clarion performs these works on period instruments and following the performance practice of the time.

International Artists – Clarion frequently features international soloists of the highest caliber, particularly young artists who have not yet had the chance to perform in New York. " Visit website for more details. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Aug 05, 2008 | Hits: 644

"We have been making iron, brass, red brass, copper and tinned copper wires for keyboard instruments since 1981, and they are in use by makers and restorers throughout the world. Their formulation is based on research work begun in 1976 into the wires used in Europe from the late 17th to the mid 19th century. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Mar 24, 2008 | Hits: 641

"La Nef is a musical and production company that creates and produces concerts, music theater shows and recordings in various musical styles. The company works in three different sectors : Early music and world music on acoustic instruments; New music, presenting musical productions, multi-disciplinary and multi-media productions; Youth, presenting music theater productions and school workshops.

Founded in 1991 by Sylvain Bergeron, Claire Gignac and Viviane LeBlanc, La Nef has become one of the most unusual and dynamically evolving group of musicians and singers in Montreal. For years, La Nef has presented early, traditional and new music programs based on historical and literary themes performed "live" by singers and musicians. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Production Companies

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 640

Historical flute maker. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: May 05, 2008 | Hits: 638

"Formed in 1991 and led by László Borsódy, Sonatores Pannoniæ Brass Ensemble plays 16th-17th century festive music on replicas of the musical instruments of that era. With the members having found a common voice both as musicians and friends, Sonatores is dedicated to play early music with an authentic feel that offers their audience the experience of a true journey in time as opposed to that of visiting a museum or a dusty archives of sheet music.

Sonatores Pannoniæ is the only historical brass ensemble in Hungary and is one of the few such groups in Europe. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 636

Link dedicated to the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Visit website for multimedia view of the composer. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Jul 13, 2008 | Hits: 636

"Johann Adolph Hasse Il Sassone (1699 - 1783) was for a number of decades the most prolific and popular composers of opera seria in Italy and German-speaking countries. He was '...a German with the musical passions of an Italian...' A close association with Metastasio and a series of important positions in the musical world meant that his works were presented in an appropriate manner in some of the major theatres of the time from London through Italy and Germany to Vienna.

The Hasse Project plans to make more of his music available through invaluable access to both autograph and copy scores of Hasse's works.

The emphasis will be on his vocal works, initially cantatas and arias, but hopefully we will include some of his major works at a later date. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 635

The Huelgas Ensemble is a vocal and instrumental groupe specializing in medieval and renaissance music. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jul 14, 2008 | Hits: 634

"Founded in Oslo in 1997, trio mediaeval has developed three distinct strands of repertoire: polyphonic medieval music from England and France, contemporary works and Norwegian medieval ballads and songs. The group's initial phase was inspired by intense periods of work at the Hilliard Summer Festival in England and Germany, and subsequently with Linda Hirst and John Potter. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Apr 20, 2008 | Hits: 633

"I design und build exclusive, reliable portative organs in different styles, in small series or individually according to my customers’ wishes.

Due to my personal knowledge and experience with music from the middle ages, I´m able to offer absolutely reliable instruments for everyday use as well as for the stage.

Following renovations, my small, but very fine organ workshop here in Koetz, (about 80 km from Munich), is ready for new adventures.

I offer: building and sale of instruments, consultation, service, lessons, instruments on loan and much more. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Jul 23, 2008 | Hits: 633

"The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition was conceived of and founded by Robert Cole, then Director of Cal Performances, and the late Joseph Spencer, proprietor of the Musical Offering and then SFEMS president. Over the years, the Festival has presented unique and amazing events: Mark Morris Dance Group’s interpretation of Rameau’s Platée; Le Carousel du Roi, featuring dressage horses and riders executing elaborate ballets from seventeenth-century France accompanied by shawms and sackbuts in their natural setting (outdoors); and the North American premiere of a longlost Mass by Alessandro Striggio for 40 and 60 voices. …” 

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Jun 02, 2008 | Hits: 632

“"Grey Aengus" is Jim Petersen

Rewind back to 1990, early fall. It's nighttime at a buckskinner's camp. Jim and a
small group are gathered around the warmth of the campfire singing songs and
carrying on. A stranger pulls a most unusual-looking instrument from its case,
attaches a single leg to the back, and, balancing it on his knees, proceeds to
produce the most hauntingly beautiful tunes by hammering its strings with what
appear to be little wooden spoons. This was Jim's introduction to the hammered
dulcimer, an instrument that would soon become an obsession.

Upon researching the instrument and finding out how much one would cost, Jim
decided that building one would be the better option. Proceeding with plans by
Sam Rizzetta acquired at the local library, armed only with ninth-grade
woodworking skills and very few tools, he built his first instrument. (Hey, nobody
told him he couldn't do it.)

Three years later after teaching himself to play (hey, nobody told him he couldn't
do it), he was hired at the "Bristol Renaissance Faire" in southeastern Wisconsin.
It was there that he taught himself to play mandolin and later hurdy-gurdy. (By
now you would think somebody would have told him he couldn't do it.)

"Grey Aengus" now plays at many little weekend "Renaissance Faires" throughout
the Midwest, occasionally doing studio work for other musicians and playing for
special events and gatherings. His repertoire is heavily laced with the
compositions of Turlough O'Carolan, the renowned 17th century blind Irish
harper, his absolute favorite composer, followed closely by Robert Burns the
well-known Scottish poet. (go ahead ask him).

Jim also plays the hurdy-gurdy and has recently renewed his high school romance
with the guitar, working on developing a small repertoire of traditional
Irish/Scottish/Celtic songs. Jim's thought on the idea is "Hey, you don't really
need a good voice to sing 'Trad'. Besides, nobody told me I couldn't do it."“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Sep 20, 2009 | Hits: 632

"The Bozen Baroque Orchestra was founded in 2006 by conductor Claudio Astronio. On the international scene since 1996, the group was formerly known as “Harmonices Mundi”. Based in Bolzano, members of the orchestra reside in Northern Italy, performing regularly in the leading European early music ensembles. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jul 12, 2008 | Hits: 629

Recorder maker.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Feb 08, 2010 | Hits: 629

“As a singer and musician, Thor Ewing works with musician Anne Marie Summers in the duo Squeake’s Noyse, performing songs and music from a wide variety of historical periods on an equally wide variety of instruments (bagpipes, hurdy gurdy, harp, lyre, bone flutes, recorder, percussion etc.).  Thor also performs with the bands Misericordia and Gaïta.  Thor also works as a historical storyteller, telling tales appropriate to a variety of eras.

Research and performance are combined to produce performance sets on specific themes, such as the life of Admiral Lord Collingwood, General Wolfe, Scandinavia in British traditional music, wisdom poetry from medieval Wales and Ireland etc.  Thor Ewing is also available to lecture on subjects associated with his research.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: May 11, 2009 | Hits: 626

“After 21 successful years introducing Early Music to the Leicestershire public, we have decided to expand to an all-year event! Plans for this include concerts (both free and paid) throughout the year; talks (musical and non-musical); a Quarterly Newsletter with reviews, articles and concert diary of events in the area; all the regulars - workshops, junior competition, tastings and more.  …”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 625

"The Tilford Bach Festival is held annually in the Great Hall of Farnham Castle and All Saints Church Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, and specialises in performances of Baroque music using authentic instruments and orchestration.

Denys Darlow, who established the Tilford Bach Society in 1952, directed the London Handel Festival and became well known as a conductor and interpreter of 17th and 18th century music. Following the 50th Festival in 2002, Denys Darlow retired as Director. Laurence Cummings and Adrian Butterfield are now the Music Directors of the Society. Laurence works with many well-known period ensembles as director, conductor and harpsichord player and Adrian is a very prominent baroque violin player and teacher.

Throughout the year the TBS organises concerts of baroque, classical and contemporary music played by young and exciting professional musicians in the Great Hall of Farnham Castle. Temporary members are welcome at all concerts. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: May 31, 2008 | Hits: 624

"Giovanna Pessi was born in Basel, Switzerland, and began playing the harp at age 7. At the age of 13, she began to play on an instrument by Erard, built in 1800. The experience with this historical harp, its light touch, and unique sound, motivated her to focus her studies towards early music and historical instruments. From 1993 to 1995, Ms. Pessi studied the 18th century pedal harp with Edward Witsenburg in Den Haag. Beginning in 1994, she also studied with Heidrun Rosenzweig at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 1998, she won the Basler Hans Huber Stiftung prize and, in 2000, she received the diploma for historical harp of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. From 2000-2002, Giovanna Pessi studied with the Norwegian Lutist, Rolf Lislevand, at the “Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen”, Germany. Studying Lute literature from John Dowland to Johann Sebastian Bach allowed her to cultivate and develop her own musical language. She has participated in master classes given by Mara Galassi and Andrew Lawrence King. As a soloist and accompanist Giovanna Pessi performed with groups and conductors such as Ricercar Consort, Christian Wallumrod Ensemble, Ensemble Kapsberger, Concentus Musicus, Les Flamboyants, La Fenice, Konrad Junghänel, Philippe Pierlot, Rolf Lislevand, Harry Bicket, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Marc Minkowski. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 623

"Thanks to our long-time cooperation with international musicians we have been able to continually improve the pitch and the efficiency of our instruments. We never forget about the characteristic sound and we are well aware that the perfect instrument has not been made yet. We see ourselves as mediators between the musician and his music.

Each of our instruments is 100% handmade and unique. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Apr 13, 2008 | Hits: 622

"Damian Dlugolecki enjoys an international reputation as a designer and craftsman of the highest quality gut strings for renaissance, baroque, classical and modern performance. His innovative designs are based on historical practices and methods and are sought after by many prominent artists. Included in his String Catalog is a complete selection of gut strings for the violin, viola, cello and for the viola da gamba. Also available are custom made strings for double bass and violone and for all bowed stringed instruments. Mr. Dlugolecki combines quality with prompt efficient service aided by advanced information and delivery systems. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 622

“Many years ago I saw a black & white Spencer Tracey Film Called “Captains courageous”.  Spencer’s character played a bizarre mechanical fiddle called a Hurdy Gurdy. From that point this instrument fascinated me. Finding one to play was not very easy, so it was sometime before I was courageous enough to make one. I had never seen a hurdy gurdy in the flesh before. This made troubleshooting a long and sometimes painful process. My intension was to make a quick and dirty hurdy gurdy by converting an old guitar. In the end I put more work and detail into it and ended up with a very playable instrument that I named George. From then on I was hooked. ..“  (Graeme McCormack) Hurdy-gurdy plans are also offered on the site.

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Sep 20, 2009 | Hits: 622

The programme of the course includes individual lessons, group teaching of techniques, ensemble playing, listening workshops, lectures, and concerts of lecturers and participants and lots of chances to play with fellow participants (instrumentalists as well as vocalists) from all over the World.

Prachatice is situated in the southern part of Czech Republic, c. 30 km east of České Budějovice, 130 km south from Prague, 200 km north-east of Munich and 200 km north-west of Vienna.

The town is fascinating primarily because of its large medieval fortifications, entrance gate with battlements, dominant late Gothic church, the Old Town-Hall with inner porticos and a number of Renaissance buildings.

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jul 22, 2005 | Hits: 619

“Ana Paula Segurola Pita started her harpsichord studies with Eduardo Gilardoni (scholarship of the Mercedes Olivera Foundation, 1990-91), and has since then attended master-classes with renowned harpsichordists like Jacques Ogg, José Luis González Uriol, Mario Videla, Edmundo Hora, Alessandro Santoro and Françoise Lengellé among others, and with musicologists like Bruno Turner and Kelley Harness.

She studied with Edmundo Hora at the State University of Campinas and with professor Ilton Wjuniski and his assistant Maria Eugênia Sacco at the Magda Tagliaferro Foundation in São Paulo.

Former piano student of Raquel Boldorini, she took lessons with Eliane Richepin (Annecy, France, 1997), and attended master-classes with foreign pianists performing in Montevideo, between 1991 and 2000.

At present, she studies Organ as a disciple of Cristina García Banegas at the University in Uruguay. ..”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Apr 12, 2010 | Hits: 619

"The music publisher Universal Edition, which was founded in 1901 in Vienna as a publisher of classic instructional literature, developed rapidly within a few short years following its establishment into a future-oriented publishing house serving many of contemporary musical life's most creative talents. Today, Universal Edition's catalogue encompasses over 30,000 items and is inseparably linked with the great composers and musical developments of the 20th and 21st centuries." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 618

Early music festival in the region of Valenciennes (FR). Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 22, 2009 | Hits: 617

"Bach Concentus was founded in 2007 by Ewald Demeyere (Artistic Director) and Giulio D'Alessio. Devoted to the instrumental and vocal repertoire of the Baroque and Classical periods, this period instrument orchestra with vocal soloists specialises in works by the Bach dynasty: Johann Christoph, Johann Bernard, Johann Sebastian, Wilhelm Friedemann, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann Christoph Friedrich and Johan Christian. Repertoire by lesser known composers, for example Arne, Becker, G. Benda, Böhm, Furchheim, Meder, Penzel, Platti and Roman as well as lesser known compositions by illustrious composers such as Handel, Mozart, Salieri, Telemann and Vivaldi will also be performed. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Mar 12, 2008 | Hits: 616

"Cinco Siglos is a society devoted to the study and diffusion of medieval music. Sociedad Cultural Cinco Siglos sponsors concerts and recordings. Both activities are carried out by Grupo Cinco Siglos. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Jul 12, 2008 | Hits: 616

"Early Music America (EMA) is a not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America. Founded in 1985, EMA's goal is to expand awareness of, and interest in, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. EMA's members receive a quarterly magazine, bulletins, and benefits including access to reduced-rate insurance, discounts on publications, concerts, and festivals, and eligibility for awards and scholarships. With its broad membership, including professional performers, ensembles, presenters, instrument makers, amateur musicians, and audience members, Early Music America serves as an advocate for the field throughout the continent. Find out more about becoming a Member of EMA. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 615

“Here are some lutes for sale. I am posting this as a service, and I can not make any recommendations, as I have never seen these instruments nor met the sellers. They are listed with the most recent contributions on the top. Please reply to the sellers directly, and not to me. If you buy or sell one of these lutes, please notify me so I can take it off the list! If you are looking at instruments to buy be aware that people don't always tell me when they sell their instrument. ..“ Site maintained by Wayne Cripps.

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jan 02, 2010 | Hits: 615

“Les Violons du Roy came into existence as the dream of a group of young musicians. We wanted to take a new and different approach to the performance of works written for chamber orchestra, especially during the Baroque period. For over twenty years, we have been pursuing this vision with the support of all those who attend our concerts and buy our recordings. I would like to invite you to discover the other facets of our work, and to join us in achieving our dream.” ...

Bernard Labadie
Artistic and Music Director

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jul 06, 2005 | Hits: 614

Festival ANTIQUA
Via Dalmazia 60
I-39100 Bolzano
Italy 

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Jul 22, 2005 | Hits: 614

"ARS ANTIQUA AUSTRIA, director: Gunar Letzbor Ars Antiqua Austria was founded in Linz in 1995 with the aim of introducing audiences to the roots of specifically Austrian baroque music played on period-instruments. The music performed at the imperial court in Vienna at this period shows the strong influence of Italy and later of French forms, while Spanish court ceremonials also shape the character of the works. The typical Austrian sound of the period also betrays the influence of the many Crownlands. The political and social boundaries of Austria in the baroque era were far wider than in the 20th century. Elements of Slav and Hungarian folk music mingle with alpine sounds and can be heard in the art music of the period. The Austrian sound also reflects the temperament and character of the Austrians of that period - a unifying element in the melting-pot of many different cultures: the joie de vivre of the South, Slav melancholy, French formality, Spanish pomp and the Alpine character of the German-speaking regions. This fusion of court- with folk music and a strong element of dance music form the typical Austrian sound.

The core of Ars Antiqua Austria comprises 8 musicians directed by Gunar Letzbor. The ensemble is readily augmented to accommodate a still wider repertoire.. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Mar 12, 2008 | Hits: 614

"WELCOME! Musique Royale is a summertime celebration of Nova Scotia's musical heritage. A cross-province festival now in its 23rd season, Musique Royale brings performances of early and traditional music take place in settings of historic and cultural significance in communities ranging from the small fishing towns of the South Shore to the magnificent highlands of Cape Breton. Just as the french and english overtones in the festival's name refer to the presence of more than one cultural force in Nova Scotia's musical development, Musique Royale pays tribute to the province's diverse musical heritage. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 614

“ Our publishing mission is to seek out and publish compositions by women composers which display the highest level of excellence and musical merit. Because works by women composers have been historically overlooked and undervalued, our hope is to make these gems more widely available for concert performance. Our publishing mission reaches to all centuries including the present day and extends to a wide range of musical forms and genres. ..“

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jun 17, 2010 | Hits: 614

Harpsichord maker. Follow his latest construction on a well documented blog. Photos of construction added for detail. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Apr 06, 2008 | Hits: 613

"After having worked for more than 20 years in Holland I moved in May 2007 my workshop to Spain. By now I have made almost 200 harpsichords and clavichords, some for institutions (e.g. Royal Conservatory of the Hague and Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Holland, Royal College of Music London, U.K.) others for professional performers (e.g. Trevor Pinnock, Richard Egarr, Siebe Henstra) and amateur musicians. Many instruments can be heard on CD (e.g. G.B. Giusti 1681: J.J. Froberger/complete keyboard works/Richard Egarr/Globe GLB 6022 and Toccate Partite e Passacagli/Siebe Henstra/Ricercar RIC 167136. J. Ruckers 1638 and H. Hemsch 1754: Fr. Couperin/4 livres de pièces de clavecin/Michael Borgstede/Brillant classics 93082. J. Ruckers 1638: J. S. Bach/Sonates pour flûte/Pierre Hantaï a.o./Virgin Classics VC 5 45350 2. J. Ruckers 1624: J. S. Bach/Sonates pour flûte/Pascal Dubreuil a.o./Arion arn 268386)

I prefer to copy well documented main stream instruments from the 17th and 18th century. This choice enables me to experiment within the tradition of the time in a series of instruments and reduces the building costs as well. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Apr 16, 2008 | Hits: 611

"Concerts, courses, demonstrations, conferences, articles etc. ... All on traditional dance and ancient dance (Baroque, Renaissance and New France)." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Apr 17, 2008 | Hits: 610

All Baroque music listening online.

Category: Web Radio/Television

Added on: Jul 28, 2009 | Hits: 610

"The vocal and instrumental consort Capilla Flamenca takes its name from the choir of the court chapel of Emperor Charles V. When Charles left the Low Countries in 1517, he took his best musicians with him in order to accompany him as 'living polyphony' to Spain.

Today's Capilla Flamenca recruits its specialized musicians mainly from Flanders so as to bring to life again the unique timbre of this brilliant 15th-16th century music in its full authenticity. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 609

" * You can search on one of these names at a time: o Arrangers o Dances o Dance steps o SCA Sheet music * Usefull, case sensitive, search names: RealAudio, MP3, CD (audio CD), PS or PDF (sheet music), Book, MIDI, Arranger, LOD, NWC, Steps " ...

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Nov 08, 2005 | Hits: 608

" Le Triomphe de l'amour is a chamber music ensemble performing Baroque music on original instruments.

Our concerts are more than just music: each is an exploration of music and cultural history, and a window into life in the 18th century. Illustrated pre-concert talks, focused program themes, and insightful program notes help to lead the audience to a deeper appreciation of the music.

Based in Princeton, NJ, Le Triomphe de l'amour presents an annual series of concerts performed in intimate surroundings by members of the ensemble and guest artists. Le Triomphe de l’amour is known for imaginative programming of both familiar and seldom-heard works of the 17th and 18th centuries. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: May 10, 2008 | Hits: 608

"French pianist Claire Chevallier (°1969) combined the study of the piano at the musical academies of Nancy, Strasbourg (Hélène Boschi) and Paris (Bruno Rigutto) with her traditional studies in mathematics and physics.

She then continued her musical education at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden and Guy Van Waas, where she was awarded first prize in piano and chamber music. She became fascinated with the fortepiano during her studies via a master class given by Jos van Immerseel. She began to concentrate on the historical background and the evolution in the "construction" of the fortepiano, and for a number of years studied the specific characteristics and maintenance requirements (tuning, strings, etc) of the instrument completely on her own. She thus developed extensive expertise in historical keyboards as fortepiano specialist and as pianist.

As musician-researcher, she began her own collection of French historical keyboards, which has grown in the meantime to 5 instruments covering the time span 1842-1920. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Jul 16, 2008 | Hits: 608

"Chatham Baroque, western Pennsylvania's only professional baroque ensemble playing on period instruments, excites audiences with dazzling technique and artful interpretation. In recent years the trio has taken its performances and educational programs to Montreal, Mexico City, the British Virgin Islands, California, Texas, Ohio, Maryland, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama and Washington, DC. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 606

“

Mattters offers easy, single-click access to high quality, real-time, news and stories about the thousands of topics that the major news organizations ignore, but which really, really matter to the rest of us.

Each website and tweep is hand-picked by our staff after laboriously researching, examining, poking, probing and dissecting it/them. Those that are consistantly the most interesting, the most relevant, that have the nicest photos and in-depth news or interesting speculations are preferred.

We don't care if a website is a major website or just has a few dozen visitors each month - if they have great content, we love them!

Its all about helping everyone 'follow their interests'. We hope to make this so easy and fun that we can follow interests we never knew (or had forgotten) we had!“

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jun 28, 2010 | Hits: 606

"The Clemencic Consort is an early-music ensemble comprised of international artists under the direction of René Clemencic. It performs in varying combinations of voices and instruments, depending on the programme.

Singers and instrumentalists from around the world have made it their task to interpret music from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period on historical instruments. They set great store on lively authenticity, but at the same time they consciously avoid "the wagging finger". The programmes are structured in such a way that they convey a colourful overall impression of the respective period. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Mar 12, 2008 | Hits: 605

"Aquila USA is the U.S. representative for Aquila Corde Armoniche, manufacturers of the finest gut strings and synthetic strings, for historical and modern musical performance. " View website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 02, 2008 | Hits: 605

"As a specialist on Italian harpsichords and maker of other string keyboard instruments, I offer a synthesis of research on their history with the building of new instruments to meet your requirements.

You can inform yourself about my thesis and other publications on Italian instruments including stringing with Nuremberg wire."

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Apr 10, 2007 | Hits: 604

"The Sydney Society of Recorder Players was formed in 1956 to promote the playing of the recorder, and to foster interest in the musical repertoire of the instrument from medieval to modern times.

The Society provides opportunities for recorder players throughout Sydney and surrounding districts to meet and play the recorder. The Society supports other associations with similar aims. We sponsor the composition of original music for recorders.

There is a wide range of performance and competence on the recorder within the Society. Membership is open to all. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Mar 05, 2008 | Hits: 604

"Anneke Scott is “rapidly emerging as one of the outstanding younger exponents of the natural horn”. Having begun her studies at The Royal Academy of Music, London she was awarded prestigious scholarships to further her study in France and Holland where she concentrated on the various aspects of period horns. ...

For many years she has had a keen interest in chamber music which led to her becoming a founder member of The Etesian Ensemble. Through this ensemble she met the fortepianist Kathryn Cok with whom she formed a duo specialising in classical and romantic repertoire for horn and fortepiano. Kathryn and Anneke have recently been selected as two of Makng Music’s Concert Promoters Network Artists for 2008/2009.

An integral element of Anneke Scott’s career has been research. During 2005-2006 she undertook research at the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Early Music Performance where she currently teaches period horns. In 2005 she received the great privilege of being invited by The Bate Collection, Oxford to perform in concert on one of their magnificent original Hofmaster horns dating from the mid 18th century and in 2006 was interviewed by BBC TV for the BBC2 series The People’s Museum discussing the Hofmaster horns housed at Edinburgh University. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

Added on: Apr 08, 2008 | Hits: 603

"I carry garklein, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, great bass, contrabass, subgreatbass and subcontrabass recorders by Aesthe, Dolmetsch, Ralf Ehlert, Küng, Moeck, Mollenhauer, Paetzold and Yamaha. I have gemshorns, Moeck historical woodwinds, optimized crumhorns, as well as Wendy Gillespie (Lu-Mi) and Charlie Ogle Chinese viols and vielles by Puchalski. I also have Baroque and modern violins, violas and cellos. Sheet music, music stands and other accessories are also available. " ...

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Wind Instruments

Added on: Aug 18, 2007 | Hits: 602

"Canadian Bowmaker Michael Vann was trained in New York City in the shop of the world renowned master Bowmaker William Salchow. Since embarking on his career in 1975 he has won six international and more than a dozen Canadian awards for his bows which have been acquired by such notables as Pierre Fournier, Ruggiero Ricci, Steven Dann, Steven Staryk, Eugene Fodor, Sidney Harth, Gwen Hoebig, Gabriel Magyar, (Hungarian String Quartet), The New Brunswick String Quartet (Canada), The Franciscan String Quartet (U.S.A.) The Colorado Strings Quartet, (U.S.A.), The Manfred String Quartet. (France), The St. Lawrence String Quartet, The Miro String Quartet, just to name a few.

They are in use by members of symphony orchestras in Amsterdam, Chicago, Montreal, New York, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Tokyo, Paris, Toulouse, Nice, Copenhagen, Salzburg, Dusseldorf and many others.

He has also made bows for the Royal House of Denmark.

He also makes Conductor Batons for such maestros as Mario Bernardi. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Jul 06, 2008 | Hits: 602

Festival of Early Music

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: May 17, 2009 | Hits: 602

"After training as a pianist and organist, Emmanuelle Haïm studied the harpsichord with Kenneth Gilbert and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) with several premiers prix. Her love for the human voice led her to concentrate after that on conducting vocal music, first of all at the Versailles Centre for Baroque Music (CMBV), then at the Paris Conservatoire. She was soon invited to accompany many distinguished singers in recital, and she developed a regular activity as a continuo player as well. ...

In 2000 Emmanuelle Haïm gathered together a group of accomplished singers and instrumentalists who shared not only a great musical experience, but also a common temperament and a stylistic approach that is both expressive and natural. Thus she formed her own Baroque music ensemble, Le Concert d’Astrée. And within three years she had taken it from success to success, appearing at venues from Paris to New York, as well as at festivals in France and abroad. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Feb 24, 2008 | Hits: 601

"The membership of the Society is made up of people who are interested in the music of the bagpipes, the playing of the instruments and also a growing number of instrument makers who produce a wide range of instruments.


Membership of the Society is open to anyone with an interest in the bagpipes and offers:

• Four Newsletters a year which include information o­n technical issues, recording reviews, notated music suitable for the bagpipes, band profiles, details of festivals and events where bagpipes will be present, an area for members to advertise instruments for sale and a Society shop selling society goods.

• The opportunity to attend the Society's "Blowout" weekend. This is a now annual event held at the end of May and includes workshops, concerts, dances and competitions amongst other "bagpipey" happenings.

• Periodical publications of the details of bagpipe makers and teachers, a discography and a bibliography."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Apr 20, 2008 | Hits: 601

“We are an international trading company specializing in natural materials, decorative synthetic materials and rigid composite laminates for knife handles, gun grips, pens, musical instrument inlays, pool cue inlays and many other creative applications. Several of these materials are exclusive to us. Our customers include major manufacturers, artisans and hobbyists.

Our line of natural material includes Pearl (White Mother of Pearl, Black Lip Pearl, Gold Lip Pearl and many kinds of Laminated Pearl Veneer), Stag, Bone Horn and Exotic Woods. We also offer Rigid Composite Laminated sheets (Canvas, Linen and Paper Micarta, G-10's and Carbon Fiber).

Our decorative synthetic materials include Ivory Alternative and many other decorative Polyester materials in sheet, rod and bar, Acrylic sheet and rod, Reconstituted Stone slabs and blocks and Corian slabs and sheet. There are literally hundreds of colors and patterns available. ..“

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Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Jun 06, 2009 | Hits: 601

"Formed in 1995, the Society continues and extends the activities of the former West Australian Recorder Guild. The Society aims to:

• promote an interest in early music (pre-1800) played o­n all instruments, and all music for recorders, early to modern;
• encourage the study of the performance and interpretation of early music;
• stimulate community interest in, and appreciation of, recorder music and early music -- listening, playing and composing;
• promote fellowship and musicianship of players of all early instruments. ..."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 600

"Luciano Contini was born in Sassari, Sardinia, in 1958.

After completing his guitar studies with A.Marrosu and O.Ghiglia with awards in various competitions, he began, in the 1980's to dedicate himself to performance practice of renaissance and baroque music, and began playing the lute, exclusively.

From 1982, after graduating cum laude in musicology from the University of Bologna, he continued his studies at the famous Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel, Switzerland, with H.Smith, E.Dombois and J.Christensen.

He began an intense concertistic career which carried him to Europe, the two Americas and Japan, performing for such prestigious institutions as the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Staatsoper in Berlin and the Teatro alla Scala in Milano with musicians like A. Curtis, B.Dickey, C.Banchini, J.Christensen, R.Clemencic, J.Savall, R.Muti. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 600

"Jed Wentz began his flute studies with Walter Mayhall in Youngstown, Ohio, and continued studying with James Walker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied modern and historical flutes at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music with Robert Willoughby and Michael Lynn, and received a Soloist's Diploma from the Royal Conservatory in The Hague after three years with Barthold Kuijken. He has performed and recorded with groups such as Musica Antiqua Koln, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Capriccio Stravagante Paris and the Gabrielli Consort. In 1992 he founded Musica ad Rhenum, with whom he has recorded more than 20 CDs both as flutist and conductor. His recording of the complete flute sonatas of Locatelli was awarded the prize for the Best Recording of Italian Music 1995 by the Fondazione Cini Venetia. Mr. Wentz teaches at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music, and lectures regularly on performance practice at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He has published articles in Early Music, Concerto, and Tijdschrijft voor Oude Muziek. He is pursuing his doctorate through Leiden University, with his research centering on the relationship between 18th-century staging and tempo in the tragedie en musique. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: Jul 16, 2008 | Hits: 600

“Duquesne University Press, founded in 1927, has a long and rich tradition of scholarly publishing in a variety of subject areas. Over the years, Duquesne’s editorial program has included award-winning titles in literary studies, philosophy, psychology, and religious studies; its early entry into fields such as existentialism and phenomenology long ago cemented its reputation for books that shape and influence serious thought.

In the early 1970s, The American Scholar commented on “the series of high level books on philosophy which Duquesne University Press has issued,” and America magazine wrote: “Duquesne has concentrated on making a contribution in restricted areas. . . . The overall achievement of this relatively small operation has been extraordinary. . . .”

More recently, the Sixteenth Century Journal declared, “For several decades now, Duquesne University Press has been one of our best sources of solid, substantial work in English Renaissance studies. . . .” And the editors of the Ben Jonson Journal have singled out our publications for their overarching high quality, commenting on titles that are “handsome in the ways we have come to expect of books produced by Duquesne University Press,” but noting their “real value [which]lies in impressive content and intelligent design.”

As we continue through our ninth decade in academic publishing, Duquesne University Press titles continue this tradition, representing a continuing commitment to scholarship, innovation, and the sharing of valuable ideas.”

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Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: May 20, 2011 | Hits: 600

"45 years old is this festival, but still quite alive and kicking. We have chosen a new common name (Festival of Flanders - Bruges, Musica Antiqua - from now on MAfestival) and a new graphic presentation as part of an evolving context. MAfestival is fitting in with the historically informed performance practice, which acknowledges the important role of contemporary music like that of Benjamin Britten, Gavin Bryars, Dick Van der Harst, Eric Sleichim and Hans-Jürg Meier. " Visit website for more information on this year's festival details. (ed.)

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Apr 28, 2008 | Hits: 599

"Early Music Fredericton is an organization which strives to bring live professional and amateur performances of classical, renaissance and baroque music to the audiences of New Brunswick." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Jun 22, 2008 | Hits: 599

"Harpsichord and viol - old music played on old instruments is growing in popularity. Laymen as well as professional musicians interpret music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque increasingly today with replicas of musical instruments from the time when the music was played.

For over twenty-five years, I offer a wide range of such historical instruments: cheap replicas for beginners as detailed copies for the layman and professional musicians and kits for customers who wish to build instrument themselves, along with accessories, literature, music and CDs .

On this website I can currently only a small part of my bid. My whole catalogue with tools, kits and accessories can I send you on request (or download in pdf format on site. (ed.) ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Jul 23, 2008 | Hits: 599

“Ensemble Baroque de Nice is composed of a core of twelve musicians who perform on period instruments. The Ensemble has quickly become one of the main performing early music ensembles specializing in French baroque music. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jul 27, 2009 | Hits: 599

"The Historic Brass Society Journal is an annual peer-reviewed journal by internationally recognized scholars.

Members of the Historic Brass Society can read an increasing number of the articles from our backissues online! " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Mar 02, 2008 | Hits: 597

"Capella Leopoldina was founded in 1992 by Jörg Zwicker.

Following the musical tradition at the Viennese court during the reign of Leopold I. the ensemble includes a variety of musicians from Austria and the most important European music metropolises.

The work focuses on oratorio and orchestra literature of the 17th and 18th century. Furthermore, programs with chamber music instrumentation are part of their repertoire. Capella Leopoldina also plays in simple continuo instrumentation combined with one or several singers.

In January of 2000 Capella Leopoldina took over the instrumental part of the project BACH XXI. In co-operation with the Grazer Dommusik all cantatas by J. S. Bach will be brought to the stage. The timeline for this project is 18 years and it thus represents one of the major projects of Austrian music history. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jul 14, 2008 | Hits: 597

"Welcome to "Online Guide to Requiem", here you can find all the information your want to know about the music and the history for the requiem mass.

Requiem Mass, Totenmesse, Messe Des Mortis, or Missa pro Defunctis is a variant of the Mass, named after the beginning of the Latin of the Introit, "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine" (Grant them eternal rest, O Lord).

The polyphonic composition for the requiem mass differs from the normal mass in that it not only includes certain items of the ordinary mass, but also contains the Introit and Gradual from the Proper. A tract, followed by the sequence Dies irae, is substituted for the Alleluia and often is a major dramatic element in the composition. Sometimes responses and other text are added from the burial service, which follows the mass.

There were numerous different versions of the Mass for the Dead, and it was not until 1570 that Pope Pius V established the form that is still valid today. Only the Dies irae sequence was abandoned in 1972, since it was felt that its words, which include a graphic account of the terror of the Last Judgement, were no longer appropriate from a theological point of view.

The Requiem Mass is sung on All Souls' Day, November 2, in memory of the faithful departed, but may also be celebrated on other days in memory of a particular individual. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Jul 25, 2008 | Hits: 597

"The word is German and means “table music” or “music for the feast.”

The name is apt because Tafelmusik has produced a feast of firsts and bests and has won admiration throughout the musical world.

Through its extensive national and international tours, its critically-acclaimed recordings and TV broadcasts, its new media initiatives and growing web of community and artistic partnerships, Tafelmusik is one of most prolific orchestras in the world.

Tafelmusik, Canada’s award-winning period instrument orchestra, was founded in 1979 and has long been renowned in North America and internationally for its distinct, exhilarating and soulful performances.  Under the outstanding leadership of Music Director Jeanne Lamon, C.M., it has excelled equally in music ranging from the baroque and classical eras and beyond, including adventurous cross-cultural reinventions of baroque classics.  In the words of Gramophone, Tafelmusik is “one of the world’s top baroque orchestras.” 

The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, specializing in baroque performance practice and vocal technique, was formed in 1981 to complement the orchestra. Under the direction of Ivars Taurins, the choir has been praised for its clarity and brilliance and has been described as “the best period-performance choir anywhere in the world…”(The Globe and Mail).  

Tafelmusik performs 50 concerts each year in Toronto at Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, a historic church in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto, performs community outreach concerts, tours extensively in Canada and throughout the world, and has a discography of 76 CDs that have garnered many national and international awards. 

At the heart of Tafelmusik is a group of remarkably talented, enthusiastic and dynamic musicians, each of whom is a specialist in historical performance practice. …”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jun 17, 2005 | Hits: 594

"The mission of early-music.com is to provide an international marketplace for world-class professionals involved in all aspects of early music and particularly baroque music: artists, record labels, instrument builders, agent, promoters, festivals, music publishers, teaching institutions - and of course the interested public. It is intended that the marketplace will evolve to increasingly meet your wants. Initially we are only supporting artists and record labels but intend to extend the membership range shortly when we will be updating the site. The site is structured to make the content readily accessible and encourage familiarity. For information about joining us on the site please e-mail: membership@early-music.com."

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Apr 15, 2007 | Hits: 594

A site with early comics (cartoons). See website for more details. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Feb 18, 2008 | Hits: 594

"Hideki just moved to Portland, Oregon to pursue more performance opportunities. He would like to thank all his fans in Central Oregon for their support and friendship. He will still visit Bend on a regular basis to teach lessons and for engagements, and is still taking students and bookings there.

Hideki Yamaya is a guitarist and lutenist who has been active as a performer and teacher in the West Coast for over 12 years. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon, and is actively teaching and performing in the Portland area and in Central Oregon. He has a B.A. in Music and an M.A. in Ethnomusicology from University of California, Santa Cruz, and an M.F.A. from University of California, Irvine, in Guitar and Lute Performance. His primary instructors have included Paul Beier, Mesut Ozgen, John Schneiderman, Anita Sheer, Robert Strizich, and James Tyler; he has had master classes with Robert Barto, Ronn McFarlane, Richard Savino, Stephen Stubbs, and Benjamin Verdery. He is an internationally acclaimed musician and has performed in Canada, Japan, Great Britain, and Italy.

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Mar 04, 2009 | Hits: 594

"Ulrike Hofbauer was born in Bavaria and studied voice and voice teaching at the Universities of Wurzburg and Salzburg, and at the ‘Schola Cantorum Basiliensis’ in Basle. The teachers who influenced her most profoundly were Sabine Schutz, Evelyn Tubb and Anthony Rooley; further musical insights were provided by Christina Pluhar und Andrea Marcon.

Ulrike now lives in Basel and as a soloist has worked with conductors such as Christoph Hammer, Konrad Junghänel, Daniel Reuss, und Philippe Herreweghe. The soprano is a member of several vocal ensembles including the ‘Collegium Vocale Gent’, ‘Cantus Coelln’, ‘L’Arpeggiata’ and sang with the acclaimed German vocal sextett ‘Singer Pur’ for several years.

Her versatility as a singer is documented not only in recordings and live performances on the radio, but in a number of CD recordings.

Currently she is devoting much of her energies to her own baroque ensemble ‘savādi...’, with whom she won the Early Music Competition in York in 2003 and also the Van Wassenaer Concours in The Hague in 2004. (www.savadi.net).

Teaching is also an important part of her life and has taken her to, inter alia, the Universities of Bogota (Colombia), Minsk (Belarus) and the "Bayersische Theaterakademie" in Munich.

She enjoys exploring new and unusual repertoires covering different epochs and styles. Ulrike is particularly interested in the “recitar cantando” style as well as the use of dramatic theatrical techniques to heighten the emotional impact of the text and music. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: May 04, 2008 | Hits: 593

“

Australia's first Baroque Music Festival is coming to Perth from 18th - 21st September 2009. A celebration of the music of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and other greats of the Baroque era.

Go for Baroque - it's the New Music of the 21st Century!

Why an Australian Baroque Music Festival?

Baroque music, composed between 1600 and 1750, is the New Music of the 21st Century. Over the last 40 or so years, music scholars, performers and audiences have been discovering just how vibrant, elegant and relevant to our lives this music is.”

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Australia

Added on: May 16, 2009 | Hits: 593

The Fredericton Baroque Music Festival presents concerts and workshops with a focus on music from the 16th to 18th centuries. Held in the Christ Church Cathedral and other historic locations of downtown Fredericton, the festival features concerts by local, regional, and international perios instrument specialists. Past festivals have included performances by musicians from such locations as Fredericton, Montreal, and Boston. Students and amateur musicians are invited to participate in workshops and public master classes.

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Jun 22, 2008 | Hits: 592

"The agency - represented with offices in Hamburg and Wiesbaden - provides the programs and projects of the ensemble in concert organizer and is also responsible for the implementation of its own concert series. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Aug 03, 2008 | Hits: 592

Acadia University (CA) early music archives online. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Aug 15, 2007 | Hits: 591

"As a harp maker I recreate early harps as facsimile or copy after well chosen originals. Extended researches are followed by careful handcrafts. More than 30 years of experience in musical instrument making guarantee each harp as a masterpiece. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Apr 18, 2008 | Hits: 591

" The Seville Baroque Orchestra (OBS) was founded by Barry Sargent and Ventura Rico in 1995, with the desire to create an ensemble able to perform XVII and XVIII century repertoire vivaciously and with a clear sense of communication. OBS has since then become a major reference on the Spanish music scene.

From its first performances onwards, OBS has always enjoyed the support of the audience and the specialised press. The quality of its performances, as well as the high interest of the programmed works, have always received unanimous critical acclaim.

Amongst the nearly 50 programmes that OBS has offered at the most important venues in recent years, feature works such as Mozart’s Requiem or the Coronation Mass, Haendel’s Messiah, symphonic programmes dedicated to Haydn and C.P.E. Bach… as well as unedited works of great interest, such as the Oratorium “Colpa, Pentimento e Grazia” by A. Scarlatti and many other works by XVIII century Spanish composers (Baguer, Buono Chiodi, Moyá, Moreno, Garay…).

Highlights in the operistic field include OBS’ production of Haydn’s Lo Speziale and Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea in the Maestranza Theatre (Seville) or Purcell’s Dido and Eneas in the Teatre Principal (Palma de Mallorca). ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Jul 15, 2008 | Hits: 591

"Hatchlands, a property of the National Trust, stands in a handsome, wooded park, landscaped by Humphrey Repton, and is just 23 miles from London. Splendid rooms designed c. 1758 by Robert Adam are furnished with the Cobbe Collection of Old Master paintings and composer instruments.

Alec Cobbe formed the collection of some 50 historic keyboard instruments during the last forty years, his purpose being to assemble instruments by makers who were highly regarded or patronised by composers. Eighteen of the instruments were actually owned or played by some of the greatest creators of classical music, such as Henry Purcell, Johann Christian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fryderik Chopin, Franz Liszt, Georges Bizet, Gustav Mahler and Edward Elgar - the largest group of such composer-related instruments to be seen in one place anywhere in the world.

The instruments are maintained in playing condition and are used for concerts. In 1997 they were given to the Cobbe Collection Trust, a charity which aims to enable musicians and audiences to hear music sounding as nearly as possible to what the composers themselves would have heard."

Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

Added on: Feb 02, 2008 | Hits: 588

"Manufacturers of fine gut strings and Nylgut strings for historical and modern musical performance. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Mar 06, 2008 | Hits: 588

“Dominique Visse began his singing career at the age of 11 as a chorister in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. At the same time he began studying the organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory.

Already passionate about Renaissance and Mediaeval music, in 1976 he met the grand pioneer of the countertenor voice, Alfred Deller, and became his pupil. He also worked with Nigel Rogers, René Jacobs and William Christie.

In 1978 Dominique Visse founded the Ensemble Clément Janequin with whom he has made a series of benchmark recordings of French polyphonic chansons of the 16th Century. The following year he became one of the founding members of Les Arts Florissants and edited much of the ensemble's repertoire in its early years.

Since that time Dominique Visse has become one of the most popular lyric artists in the world of Baroque opera, working with René Jacobs, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, William Christie, Alan Curtis, Nicholas McGegan, Christophe Rousset, Ivor Bolton and Robert King, in the opera houses of Paris, Berlin, Cologne, Amsterdam, Lausanne, Tel-Aviv, Montpellier, Houston, Barcelona, Munich, Versailles, at the Monnaie in Brussels, at the Châtelet and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, on tour in Japan and North America, and at the Festivals of Aix en Provence, Innsbruck and Edinburgh. ..”

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: May 18, 2009 | Hits: 588

“Theresia Bothe & Peter Croton (voice, lute & guitar) have been performing together regularly since 2003. They have performed and recorded a wide variety of music ranging from the Baroque and Classical periods, to folk music, boleros, jazz standards and original songs. Their first recording, "Love Songs From Five Centuries - from Baroque to Folk" was released in 2006 by Centaur Records, their second CD "I'll sing a song for you", exclusively with songs by Peter,  was  released by Zah Zah (Guild), and their most recent CD, with special guest Derek Lee Ragin, "Remembrance of Things Past", lute songs and solos by John Dowland & Peter Croton, has been released by Guild.“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jun 29, 2010 | Hits: 588

"The Canberra Recorder and Early Music Society is aimed at people of all ages and abilities in the Canberra region who share a love of this ancient instrument. We offer regular playing opportunities with those who are like-minded in an informal and social atmosphere, as well as workshops led by professional tutors. Members are encouraged to play in consorts or small groups, and to form links with other players in the Canberra region. Members are entitled to use of the CREMS music library. Twice a year CREMS participates in a weekend workshop in Bundanoon, in southern NSW, in conjunction with the Sydney Society of Recorder Players. ..."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Aug 06, 2007 | Hits: 587

"Founded in Italy in 1992 by Alan Curtis, one of the most acclaimed specialists in the interpretation of pre-romantic music, Il Complesso Barocco, has become a renowned international baroque orchestra with a focus on Italian Baroque opera and oratorio. One of their first important collaborations was with the film director Werner Herzog, who chose the ensemble as protagonist in the film Morte a cinque voci (Prix Italia 1996 and Premio Rembrandt, Amsterdam 1996) dedicated to the composer Carlo Gesualdo. Since then, their high standard for interpretation, intonation and stylistic accuracy has led to their being requested in the most important concert venues and festivals in Europe and America. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Mar 12, 2008 | Hits: 587

"Since 1991, the Academy Concert Series has been presenting chamber music programmes of excellent artistic quality and entertainment value, using period instruments and historically informed performance styles. Using this very original approach helps our audiences appreciate the music as composers intended it to sound. And the moment you hear it, played by some of Canada’s finest musicians, you feel that you are a part of a unique musical act.

We present music that engages you in the creative listening process, something we think everyone can enjoy. And at the Academy Concert Series, everyone can. Our concerts are one of the best musical values in the city (Toronto, CA)

Located in the heart of vibrant Danforth Avenue, we present our concerts in the historic Eastminster United Church where outstanding acoustics contribute to a pure joy of music experience. Join us for our new season and discover for yourself what’s so special about the Academy Concert Series. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Concert Series

Added on: Mar 25, 2008 | Hits: 587

"BLEMF is a highly successful event that draws worldwide interest from performers and critics. BLEMF has become regionally, nationally and internationally recognized as perhaps the leading venue for young and emerging talent. " ...

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / North America

Added on: Aug 17, 2007 | Hits: 585

"The Sociedad de la Vihuela is a cultural association created at the national level on September 25, 2004 in order to disseminate and promote knowledge and study of historic stringed instruments such as: vihuela, lute, theorbo, guitar renaissance, baroque, romantic and classical, etc..

These objectives are carried out by organizing concerts, workshops, meetings and conferences as well as through the publication of specialized publications. ... "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 30, 2008 | Hits: 585

"Davies Music -- Jill Davies provides management for some of the world’s finest specialists in early music and period performance.  Artists include Carole Cerasi and Steven Devine, the London Handel Players, Elizabeth Kenny and Theatre of the Ayre, and four prize-winning young ensembles: Grand Desir, Consortium5, Le Jardin Secret and Ensemble Meridiana.”

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Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Mar 20, 2008 | Hits: 584

" ... In 1986 an offer to share a workshop with an antique restorer friend started me thinking about using some of my enthusiasm and interest in wood to real benefit. I restored musical instruments for a time - but I soon decided I wanted to actually make something.

I was fascinated by boxes, and still am. Isn't everyone? ... boxes contain things and, more importantly, HIDE things from view. Human nature being what it is one naturally wants to know what is inside a closed box - so a natural reflex is to open it, and if it's locked you really want to open it. What is it that is being so carefully protected, or hidden - what can it be that justifies this special treatment, particularly if it is an elaborate and valuable box.

I wanted to create these 'precious' and fascinating items -the 'jewellery' of the cabinet makers art - and this also suited the logistics of being in a small, shared workshop surrounded by chests of drawers, tables, chairs and partner's desks. Actually I had made my first box around the time I moved into the workshop [click here] and this was so well received that I decided to phase out the musical instrument work to concentrate on the box making. Things just took off from there and I have been making boxes ever since. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: May 04, 2008 | Hits: 584

"Handmade reproduction of parchment roses for harpsichords and baroque guitars after originals and iconographical sources, or after patterns by request. ...

... In the summers 1982,'83 and'85 I participated in seminars held by ancient violin-making Gerhard Söhne in the courses of Ancient Music Pamparato (Cuneo). After the diploma of Violin Making in Vicenza I started the business of building maker Renaissance lutes, viola da gamba Renaissance and Baroque, ribeche and mandore medieval, and even occasionally making rosette parchment for cymbals and Baroque guitars, upon request. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Jul 06, 2008 | Hits: 584

"Since its London debut in 1986, Fretwork has given concerts and broadcast round the world, made numerous highly successful recordings, set new standards in the performance of the great English music for viol consort, and generated a living repertory for the medium." See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 583

Marc Fontaine, Harpsichord Maker. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Mar 10, 2008 | Hits: 583

"Known for his stunning blend of dazzling virtuosity and colorful expressivity, Matthias Maute is recognized as one of the foremost recorder players of his generation, and has earned an international reputation for his formidable talents as a traverso player as well as a composer. In 1990, after finishing his studies in Freiburg and Utrecht with Baldrick Deerenberg and Marion Verbruggen, he was awarded first prize in the prestigious Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belgium. That same year his CD Les Barricades, which includes some of his own works, was released. Four years later, he won the Dutch Impresariat Chamber Music Competition with Trio Passagio. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds - Recorder (solo/consort/orchestra)

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 583

"This site was created by Robin Snyder as a place for a personal homepage and a place for a Cleveland area early music musician's directory and concert calendar. " See website for more details. (ed.)

Category: Miscellaneous links

Added on: Aug 21, 2007 | Hits: 582

"The Deutsche Clavichord Societaet (DCS, German Clavichord Society), a registered non-profit society, was founded in 1993.

The DCS is a focus for every aspect of the clavichord and its music, especially for the revival of clavichord playing and its tradition. Further activities include lectures, publications, the support of research studies, archive of clavichords.

Its membership includes professional players, amateurs, makers of clavichords, restorers, musicologists and people who simply like the delicate sound of the clavichord.

The DCS holds clavichord days (Clavichordtage) which include concerts, courses, workshops on clavichord maintenance and tuning, exhibitions of instruments, lectures... "

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Feb 02, 2008 | Hits: 582

"Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, bringing together Australia's finest baroque musicians in a chamber orchestra of up to twelve members. Formed in 1995 and led by artistic directors Sally Melhuish and Tim Blomfield, the ensemble performs annual subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney. Salut!'s international guest artists have included baroque violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch and Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden." See site for more info. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 03, 2008 | Hits: 582

"When people discover that I take baroque dance classes, there's usually some curiosity, and also some misunderstanding about what it involves (my mother asked "Is it, y'know funny dancing?"). This page is a distillation of conversations in pubs in which I have tried to describe exactly what this uncommon hobby of mine involves.

Baroque dances are historical dances. That is, they are dances which went out of fashion long ago. Today both amateurs and professionals are performing reconstructions of old dances, mainly the social dances, from at least as far back as the 12th century, right though until the early 20th century. There are also new dances being choreographed in old styles. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Early Dance

Added on: Mar 08, 2008 | Hits: 582

Claudio Santambrogio has been active as a flutist both in the field of early as well as contemporary music, specializing on period instruments. He is a member of the ensemble 'de vinea', specialized in Medieval Music, and of The Modena Consort, a quartet of Renaissance transverse flutes.
He has conducted extensive research on iconographical and textual references of the transverse flute in the Middle Ages, and has explored the repertoire of what he believes being a forgotten golden age the transverse flute, the late 14th century culminating in the so-called Ars subtilior.
With Boaz Berney he worked on the reconstruction of an instrument for this repertoire, based on a very unusual instrument from the Musikinstrumentemeuseum in Berlin. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Winds

Added on: May 04, 2008 | Hits: 582

"Early Music Artists (EMA) is a music management and administration company operating solely in the field of early music and historical performance. EMA applies contemporary business techniques to the management of artists and ensembles. We offer a wide range of services, such as planning, organizing, staffing, fundraising, promotion, broadcasting and concert management. We provide supportive artist management and project controls that allow creative processes to remain visible. We have many years international management experience in the field of performing arts, predominantly early and baroque music.

EMA is a full member of IAMA (International Artist Managers' Association). IAMA is the leading worldwide association for classical music artist managers and concert agents. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Music Agent/Management

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 581

"The ensemble Peregrina researches and performs the repertories of twelfth to fourteenth century Europe, specializing in vocal polyphony for equal voices. The sacred and secular music of the Middle Ages, such as the organa and conductus of high medieval Notre Dame, aquitanian nova cantica and the motets of manuscripts from Montpellier and Bamberg provide a rich bounty of repertory for three voices, and serve as the backbone of the ensemble Peregrina's current work. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Feb 10, 2008 | Hits: 581

"All music from the middle ages to Beethoven." Early music bookstore offering services in instrument sales, facsimile sales, instrument kits and maintenance. See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Mar 11, 2008 | Hits: 581

" Founded in 1982, Allegro has grown to become one of the largest independent distributors of music in North America. Our catalog includes aAllegro Office Staff broad range of music, including classical, pop, world and jazz, to name just a few of our genres. " ...

Category: Recording/Music Labels/Music Distributor

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 580

"Considered one of the best Brazilian harpsichord players, Rosana Lanzelotte has played in important halls throughout her country as well as in Europe, including recitals at the Wigmore Hall and St. Martin-in-the-fields (London), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon) and Palazzo Barberini (Rome). Rosana has released four solo CDs, among which the first recording on the harpsichord of The Seven Last Words by Haydn. Her CD The Brazilian Harpsichord, totally devoted to Brazilian music of the XXth century, has been pointed out as one of the five best releases of the year. Her next project features unknown Portuguese works to be recorded on the XVIIIth century Calisto harpsichord owned by the National Music Museum in the US.

As a researcher, she devotes herself to the area of Music Information Retrieval, developing techniques for effective availability of musical archives through the Internet.

For ten years, she has been running one of the most remarkable musical series in Rio - “Music in the Churches” – which concerts take place all over the city, including its poorest regions and “favelas”. Some outstanding artists played in the series, such as Heinz Holliger, Christophe Rousset, Accademia Bizantina and Ensemble Zefiro.

Due to her achievements, she has been awarded with the “Golfinho de Ouro” prize by the Cultural Council of Rio de Janeiro. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Keyboards

Added on: Mar 24, 2008 | Hits: 580

“Recently founded by four of the most promising young period instrument players in Europe, Ensemble Diderot is already renowned for its lively virtuoso interpretations of 17th- and 18th- Century music, and is rapidly evolving into one of Europe's most ingenious chamber music groups.

Named after the brilliant, versatile, and prolific writer of the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, the Ensemble devotes itself to the performance and research of the trio sonata repertoire in its original and most sonorous combination: two violins, harpsichord and cello. ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Jun 17, 2010 | Hits: 580

"LA PETITE BANDE (Belgium) was founded in 1972 by Sigiswald Kuijken at the request of the record company Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in order to record Lully's "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme", under the direction of Gustav Leonhardt.

The orchestra takes its name and constitution from Lully's own orchestra at the court of Louis XIV.All its members are internationally renowned specialists in the early music field. Although originally La Petite Bande was not meant to become a permanent orchestra, the success of the recordings was such that they began to give concerts regularly. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 08, 2008 | Hits: 579

This is a list of drawings published by the 26 museums and collections which have participated in the project to microfilm technical drawings of musical instruments, organised by Hague Gemeentemuseum, Netherlands, with the co-operation of CIMCIM. This list, prepared by Dr Rob van Acht of the Hague Gemeentemuseum, includes the drawings now available on microfiche. The drawings are all also available in their original format directly from the participating museums, many of which also have further drawings on sale. ...

Category: Archives/Manuscripts/Publishers

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 578

“The Ensemble Mikado’s present combination of soprano, viola da gamba/viella, and three recorders was formed in Vienna in the spring of 2003. Since then, the winners of the 2004 International Young Artists Presentation—Early Music (IYAP) in Antwerp have known how to enthuse both audiences and the musical press at national and international festivals. Numerous concert performances have led the ensemble to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Poland, Italy and Belgium, to the Vienna Recorder Days, the Hörgänge in the Vienna Konzerthaus, to the ISCM World Music Days, the early music festivals in Brežice and Radovljica in Slovenia, the Festival for Early Music in Bolzano, Italy, the Wratislavia Cantans Festival in Poland, the Laus Polyphoniae in Belgium, the Aqua Musica and Oude-Muziek-Network in the Netherlands, the Trigonale Festival in Carinthia, Austria and to the Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, among others. In the selection of its repertoire, the ensemble focuses on both the music of the end of the Middle Ages (Ars nova and Ars subtilior) and that of the English Renaissance at the time of William Shakespeare. Unusual instrumentations and unconventional arrangements arise in the ensemble’s search for new ways of interpreting early music in a modern fashion. In February 2009 the CD "Can she excuse ?" was awarded the "Pasticcio-prize" by Ö1/ORF (Austrian Cultural Broadcasting Station).“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Ensembles/Consorts

Added on: Mar 13, 2008 | Hits: 578

"It is by making classical guitars and flamencas that he began to work out stringed instruments. Student of Luc Breton, he was quickly interested in old instruments that ensure quite easily the application of traditional stringed intruments manufacture.

After having built oriental lutes, he devoted several years to baroque instruments, by manufacturing viola da gamba, tenors, upper of viols, overcoat of viols, baroque violins, baroque cellos and piccolo cellos.

He also practises restoration of old intruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Apr 13, 2008 | Hits: 578

"When it comes to strings and accessories, Super-Sensitive Musical String Co. is in perfect harmony with your needs. Because at the heart of our commitment to quality is a dedication to understanding the unique needs of musicians. It’s how the first Red Label string was made back in 1930, and why it’s still the leading educational student string today.

Through collaboration between manufacturing, musicians and educators, we’ve continued to innovate the industry with the highest quality strings and accessories. The Red Label Premium strings are just one of the exciting new products that continue our tradition of excellence and enable musicians to play to their full potential, from first try to first chair.

The Cavanaugh Family,
John, Ellen, Jim and Susan " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 578

"Charles VIII, Louis XII, François 1er, Queen Claude France, Léonard de Vinci, la Cour royale and the villagers await you at the Château Royal d'Amboise to relive, for an hour and a half of Renaissance festivities. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Theatre

Added on: May 04, 2008 | Hits: 577

"It is the quality of our strings and rosin that makes PIRASTRO a well known brand name which stands for reliability and beauty of sound.

Many musicians of bowed classical instruments prefer PIRASTRO strings because of the string's ability of modulation and altering the tone. This allows the musician to create an individual sound and to evoke the special sound characteristics of the instrument.

Musicians can chose from the most comprehensive product program available in the industry, which offers gut strings such as Oliv, Eudoxa or Chorda, synthetic strings like evah pirazzi, Obligato, Violino or Tonica and steel strings such as Permanent, Flexocor or Chromcor. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 577

"Darryl Martin was born and initially educated in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to Britain (to become a full-time instrument maker) in 1986. Since 1989 he has been based in Edinburgh. Initially trained as a musical instrument maker, specialising in early keyboard instruments, he then pursued a more academic approach to instrument research and commenced a PhD on the subject of English virginals – a thesis which looked at all aspects of the instrument from a design, construction and decorative point-of-view. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Edinburgh in 2003.

Since 1990 Darryl has been involved with the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments (EUCHMI), initially making technical drawings of a number of instruments and then writing catalogues, which has now amounted to all of the plucked and bowed Western instruments in the Collection. In 2004 he was appointed to the position of Curator of the Musical Instrument Collections. The Collections include the non-keyboard Donaldson Collection housed (mostly) at the Reid Concert Hall, and the keyboard collections at St Cecilia’s Hall, including the Russell and Mirrey Collections. Darryl regularly gives papers at international conferences and has been widely published in British and foreign journals. Present research work includes a transcription and edition of the “Talbot Manuscript” – a seventeenth century source which discusses musical instruments that were known and used in England. " See website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: Mar 03, 2008 | Hits: 576

"Taking its name from the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo's Fire is dedicated to the performance of 17th and 18th century music on the period instruments for which it was written. The ensemble unites a select pool of renowned early music specialists from throughout North America and Europe."

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Orchestras/Chorus

Added on: Apr 10, 2007 | Hits: 575

"Already the litte change in the name of the company (earlier: Marc Vogel, Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau) shows, that fundamental things have changed but still are the same to the 20th anniversary on 1st July 2004 of the Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile.

During the last 20 years Marc Vogel has constructed a small but fine supplier company for harpsichord builders. The products are used from China to the United States, from Moskau to the Amazonas. He invested as much power in the training of his employees, to whose he handed over his company. He said:

“Years of experiences instructed me to integrate young people to my work in time so that a continuoues developement of the firm is possible. I would like to use this anniversary to give the firm a more extensive basis. So the firm “Marc Vogel - Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau“ becomes the general partnership “Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile“ through the entering of the employees Sabrina Meisel, Waldemar Zimmermann and Michael Scheer. I will retire from the daily business because of age and health, but I will still be at the firm's disposal as an adviser. I would like to thank you for the good cooperation and ask you to convert your trust to the new firm owners.Ó ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / General Supplier

Added on: Jul 07, 2008 | Hits: 575

"All the listed instruments are built upon original historical models surviving in Museums and collections. The description of the models is just informative and not a bond; the construction will follow any wish and need of the customer.

I've been making lutes since 1988, and have built instruments for players from Europe, United States and Japan. Thanks to the help and suggestions of many distinguished players, I've been able to fine tune my workmanship and to develop the sound quality and a more personal style. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Aug 02, 2008 | Hits: 575

"Born in Genoa in 1961, after graduating High School he is admitted in 1980 to the International Violinmaking School of Cremona, where he studies under the direction of V.Bissolotti, W.Zambelli and Stefano Conia, taking the degree in 1984. In that period he attends Sesto Rocchi's laboratory; later he continues his apprenticeship in the workshop of Joe Curtin and Gregg Alf. Alberto Giordano estabilished in Genoa in 1987.

Since 1994 colaborates to the preservation of the 'Cannone', the famous violin of Guarneri del Gesù owned by Niccolò Paganini, property of the City of Genoa.

In 2004 together with Bruce Carlson and Pio Montanari, he attend the violin of Paganini's refurbishment also called the ‘Historical Recover’. The work is the result of intense researches in civic and private genoese archives and the result of the in depth analysis of the technical and organological features of the violin of Paganini.

The goal of this work was the removing of the recent interventions made on the Cannone in order to recreate the historical image of the violin as it was left by Paganini (see Strad October 2004).

A studier and researcher of the italian violinmaking, Alberto Giordano has written a number of articles, essays and books. He is contributor for ‘The Strad’ magazine. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Aug 02, 2008 | Hits: 575

“Their musical complicity has been compared to the skill of two trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of a pair of jazz saxophonists! Susie Napper and Margaret Little, the two gambists of Les Voix humaines, have been thrilling audiences worldwide with dashing performances of early and contemporary music for viols since 1985. They are renowned for their spectacular arrangements of a wide variety of music for two viols and have become a world reference for the music of Sainte-Colombe. After being awarded a Diapason d'Or for their fourth volume of Sainte-Colombe's Concerts a deux violes esgales, they just received the Opus Award 2007 for PERFORMER OF THE YEAR from the Conseil québécois de la musique.

Les Voix humaines has invited prestigious artists to join them in concert and recordings, such as Wieland and Barthold Kuijken, Charles Daniels, Suzie LeBlanc, Rinat Shaham, Matthew White, Eric Milnes, Skip Sempe and Stephen Stubbs. The duo is regularly joined by some of Montreal’s finest young gambists to form the Voix Humaines Consort of viols specializing in the vast 17th-century repertoire for viol consort and presents joint projects with Les Voix baroques (Matthew White’s vocal ensemble). ..“

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Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Strings

Added on: Jul 27, 2009 | Hits: 575

"PIPORG-L is an electronic mailing list whose members discuss musical, technical and historical aspects of organs of all kinds–classical, theater, electronic, reed, tracker, electropneumatic, etc., etc. Organ specifications, recitals (past and future), recordings, jobs (wanted and available), restoration hints, news of progress in restoration projects are all interesting. Requests for advice or information are encouraged, and stories of your experiences and knowledge are eagerly consumed. In short, if it is interesting and about organs or organ music, this group would like to hear about it. " ...

Category: Discussion/Forums/Mail lists

Added on: Aug 15, 2007 | Hits: 574

"Houston Early Music is a chartered, non-profit, organization whose purpose is to present historically-informed performances of early music from the European traditions and other world cultures in concerts featuring internationally renowned vocal, instrumental, and chamber musicians. In addition, we reach out to new and diverse audiences through a cross-disciplinary educational program on the elementary, secondary, college, and community levels that reflects the issues and concerns of the community as a whole. " ...

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Societies/Associations

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 574

"Home to the famous Jean de Boizard organ (1714) the Saint-Michel abbey has welcomed for the last several years, the most sought after artists of ancient music. The music coproduced by radio France MUSIQUE with the choreographic collection called TEMPERAMENTS, confirms the baroque destiny of the abbey in harmony with the site. The ancient and baroque music festival The festival has its roots in the restoration of the prestigious historical organ (1714) of the abbey church and the artistic activity that followed as a result since1984. The festival was started in 1987 with the important decision by Radio France and the Conseil General of the Aisne departement : Every Whit Monday the train of FRANCE MUSIQUE radio would, for a whole day of music, take several hundred Parisian music lovers to attend two concerts transmitted live on radio. "

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Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Europe

Added on: Feb 24, 2008 | Hits: 574

"The lute, an instrument with a long history, is the central instrument of instrument-maker Matthias Wagner. His interests lie with instruments such as guitars, mandolins, Mandolen, harps, tremor, but also all historical Zupfinstrumente as the Lutes, Theorben, Baroque guitars, Vihuelen, Cistern and the relative small mandolins, Stradivari also Mandolino. Matthias Wagner has focused on the construction and restoration of lutes, and guitars Theorben specialized. " (Google and ed. translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 573

" The Renaissance Singers were founded in 1972. The choir's early reputation was based on its polished performances of Renaissance a capella literature. Today, the choir sings music from the masters of all centuries. The Renaissance Singers have also commissioned and premiered the works of leading Canadian composers. Every year, the Singers perform four Saturday and Sunday concerts in the Waterloo Region.

The choir was the first Canadian choir to sing in the fringe of The Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world. In 1989, the choir was invited to return, becoming the first Canadian choir to sing in the main festival. The choir has been on tour four times, and has sung n Westminster Abbey, Yorkminster, and the cathedrals of Canterbury, Chichester, Ely, Guildford, Norwich, Salisbury, Wells, Winchester, St. George's Chapel, Lincoln, St. Alban's and Ripon. The highly regarded chamber choir has four recordings to its credit, with plans for more in the near future. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Nov 16, 2008 | Hits: 573

“History:

• The competition"Early Music Competition" began in the year 1987 to bring up young Japanese musicians in this field.
• From the 2nd competition the Early Music Committee arranges also concert by the Prize winners.
• From the 3rd competition it also arranges exhibition of instruments.
• From the 3rd competition it ties up with the "Tochigi-Kuranomachi-Music-Festival" to let the prize winner take recital in the city Tochigi.
• From the 10th competition it is international and the committee invites at least one jury from abroad every year. It has already invided Anna Carol Dudley, Francoise Lengelle, Monique Zanett, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Judith Nelson, Barbara Schlick, Jan Willem Jansen, Richard Wistreich, Bob van Asperen, kees Boeke, Jill Feldman, Jose Luis Gonzales Uriol, Agnes Mellon and ketil Haugsand
• Candidates of competition, Juries, Participants of exhibition and masterclass are also international

Category: Festival/Workshops/Summer Schools/Conferences / Asia

Added on: Apr 18, 2009 | Hits: 573

Maker of bows for all string instruments, based o­n historical examples from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Bows for Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Violone, Viola D'amore, Viols (bass, tenor and treble).

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / String Instruments

Added on: Jul 13, 2005 | Hits: 572

Early keyboard and part supplier. See the site for more information.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Keyboard Instruments

Added on: May 22, 2007 | Hits: 572

"Julianne Baird, soprano, has been hailed as "one of the most extraordinary voices in the service of early music that this generation has produced. She possesses a natural musicianship which engenders singing of supreme expressive beauty." She maintains a busy concert schedule of solo recitals and performances of baroque opera and oratorio. Ms. Baird has also appeared as soloist with many major symphony orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnanyi, the Brooklyn Philharmonic under Lukas Foss, the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta and, in the 2000-2001 season, the Philadelphia Orchestra. James R. Oestreich, in his comprehensive survey of New York's seasonal performances of Handel's Messiah for the N.Y. Times, recently concluded with special praise for Julianne Baird's interpretative skills: "in that respect, Ms. Baird remains the model". " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Mar 23, 2008 | Hits: 572

"TACTUS, an eight-voice vocal ensemble, specializes in repertoire of the European Renaissance and is dedicated to musical scholarship and excellence in performance techniques. Performing without a conductor and usually a capella, the ensemble's work emanates from their combined skills and experience and from their intuitive connections to each other and to their passion for early music.

TACTUS has sung at the Guelph Spring Festival, Toronto's Hummingbird Centre and has been featured on CBC Radio Two's Music Around Us and Choral Concert. TACTUS was featured in Soul Music, a Vision TV documentary hosted by Howard Dyck. Artistic collaborations with Dancetheatre David Earle, the Toronto Bach Consort, Tafelmusik's Charlotte Nediger and Sergei Istomin, Arbor Oak Ensemble, the Penderecki String Quartet and NUMUS have enabled TACTUS to branch into Baroque, 19th century and contemporary repertoire. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Voice

Added on: Nov 16, 2008 | Hits: 571

"Crispian Steele-Perkins is a trumpet soloist who is world-renowned for the quality of his performances and wide-ranging musical experience.
On graduating from the Guildhall School of Music, Crispian spent his early career playing with the English National Opera and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He then spent 15 years working in Recording, TV and film studios, developing a body of work which is universally recognisable today, from Handel to James Bond themes and pop classics.
His interest in collecting and restoring antique trumpets led him to begin performing on them - appropriately you may have heard Crispian's playing introducing the BBC's “The Antiques Roadshow”. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Ensembles/Performers/Associations/Societies / Brass

Added on: Apr 20, 2008 | Hits: 571

"From my most early studies of violin making I gravitated towards instruments intended for historical performance practice, making my first baroque violin in 1973 when I was still a student. About that time I began to research early instruments and set up, spending time in museums with as many unaltered instruments as the curators would allow. In the late 1970s I came to the conclusion that our early instrument reproductions would not work to expectation with the gut strings that were available at the time and I started to study the properties of historical strings based on old extant samples that I had taken out of violin cases over the years, historical descriptions of the string making process and early comments on the nature of strings. This led me to the conclusion that the only way to make authentically styled historical strings was to make them myself. The string making process does not lend itself to making just a few strings when needed, so I found myself developing a new business that developed into Gamut Musical Strings.

Category: Builders/Restorers/Suppliers / Strings (Iron; Brass; Gut etc.)

Added on: Aug 04, 2008 | Hits: 571

"Welcome to the site dedicated not only to the lute and guitar music but also to all what is connected with the stringed musical instruments played by plucking and their development from the Renaissance epoch. On the whole the lute theme is touched upon as undeservedly forgotten instrument, which was not only the forefather of the classical guitar but also of all other stringed musical instruments played by plucking. On this site you will learn history of the lute, will get acquainted to family of lute instruments, will get access to library of notes and tabulatures and learn, how played, play, and to play on the lute. The site is supplied with an extensive collection of links. Here you can receive any additional information on the given subject. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Jul 31, 2008 | Hits: 570

The purpose of the Frederick Piano Collection is to give musicians and music lovers a chance to hear works by major piano composers, played on pianos such as those the composers knew, and for which their music was conceived. The Collection includes only grand pianos, by important makers whose instruments were highly regarded in their day, acquired in basically good condition, with most of their original materials intact (especially soundboards). It aims to match each instrument to a specific composer or generation of composers known to have used or preferred that make and vintage of piano. The period of pianos in the Collection extends from about 1790 to 1907, representing music from Haydn and Beethoven through the French Impressionists. ...

Category: Museums/Libraries/Collections/Institutes

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 569

"This corner contains miscellaneous items that pertain to the harpsichord. Here you will find a harpsichord primer, a list of current builders and vendors, the definitive collection of Latin harpsichord mottos, and whatever else happens to hand.  ...”

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Category: Publications/Magazines/Journals/Website Portals

Added on: Nov 14, 2005 | Hits: 569

"EARLY MUSIC TELEVISION from the University of Oklahoma offers a series of professionally produced video programs that focus on important topics, composers, and works of early music. Designed for educators to use in the classroom and in the media library, these programs are written to be engaging both to the general public and to students of music history. These programs are now available on color VHS videocassettes.

The series was funded, in part, by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, The National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Oklahoma Foundation, the Japan Foundation, the JEC Fund, the Spain '92 Foundation, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and the U.S.-Spanish Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation. " ...

Category: Web Radio/Television

Added on: Aug 22, 2007 | Hits: 569