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"The Dulcian or Curtal is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon, developed in the first half of the 16th century. The Dulcian has the conical expanding bore from the Shawm, and the folded two parallel bores from the Sordune and Kortholt.

Like many other instruments in the renaissance, Dulcians were made in a family, soprano until contrabass. The smaller instruments up to the bass, are in general made from one piece of wood. Larger instruments are in many cased made from two or three pieces of wood.

In the 17th century, the small Dulcians are getting less and less important. At the same time the baroque Bassoon is developed, while the bass Dulcian is still in use. A special situation is found in Spain1, where still in the 19th century various sizes Dulcians are in use. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"The Tijdschrift Oude Muziek (Early Music Magazine) is the quarterly publication of the Organisatie Oude Muziek. It offers its readers background information about the concerts, news from the world of early music, and cd reviews, concert listings, classifieds etc. ..." Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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An early music blog in Spanish. Author unknown. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"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.)

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"Curiously, in the rediscovery of historical instruments made these last 30 years, the Renaissance cylindrical flute has been singularly overlooked in interpretations "old" or used contraflow (see pages court and Monteverdi). Only a few musicologists, such Raymond Meylan, Howard Mayer Brown and Anne Smith, sought to bring it justice. As the English organologue Anthony Baines explains it is without doubt an excessive passion for the recorder of the XVI and XVII centuries repertoire which is responsible for this.

That's what pushed me, after studying baroque flute at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, to become even more passionate for these instruments kept mainly in the Italian collections at the Museum of instrumental Kunsthistorisches Museum Brussels and Vienna.

After I developed prototypes copies of originals, it was enough to regain their repertoire. Here are some fruits of my research. " (Google translation) Visit website for more information.

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Site on the Renaissance Flute. View website for more information. (ed.)

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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

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"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.)

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"The English Harpsichord Magazine was published for a number of years in the seventies and eighties, and contained a number of articles, which although written some thirty years ago, remain of interest today.

Our thanks go to Edgar Hunt, the Editor and Publisher of the Magazine for his agreement to reproduce the articles here. Also to Robert Blackstone for the original suggestion of creating the archive here and the loan of his collection of EHM. Without their help this project would not have been possible.

Please note that these articles are the originals, unless an update is indicated, and may not accurately represent current knowledge or views of the author. ... " (British Harpsichord Society) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Performance Practice Review (PPR) is a blind, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the study of Western musical performance practices. It is not confined to any historical period. PPR originally was published bi-annually from 1988 to 1997, with Roland Jackson serving as Editor. All issues existing in print appear on this site.

Contributions to PPR accepted from 2006 onward are published exclusively online, on a continuous basis. Robert Zappulla is the current Editor. Claremont Graduate University normally is the exclusive copyright holder for new submissions. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Early music magazine. German language only. See website for more information. (ed.)

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“Explore the musical world of Jacob van Eyck (c1589/90-1657), one of the most remarkable figures in Dutch musical life during the Golden Age: a nobleman, blind from birth, widely known as a carillonneur, leading expert in the field of bell casting and tuning, and... admired as a brilliant recorder virtuoso. His demanding solo variations, preludes and fantasias from Der Fluyten Lust-hof are both loved and feared by recorder players today, all over the world. ..” Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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“Clavichord International is aimed at both the expert and the amateur. It includes interviews, articles on historic clavichords and restoration practice. Italso deals with repertoire and composers, including a piece of (usually unpublished) music in each issue. There are CD and music reviews, and a list of current evens and reports from the clavichord societies all over the world.“

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“Jerry Fuller began studying the double bass at age 16 and was invited to join the Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra three years later. Within two years he was promoted to first desk of the double bass section in addition to performing with the Santa Fe Opera. Mr Fuller has also served as solo double bass of The Musikkollegium Winterthur Switzerland. While in Europe, Mr. Fuller became interested in historically-informed performance practice and has achieved international recognition for his work with period instruments. A Chicago Artists Abroad grant recipient, Mr. Fuller’s performances in London, Rome, Geneva and Edinburgh have been broadcast worldwide. In addition, Mr. Fuller has performed at the Ravinia and the Aspen Music Festivals and both the Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals. ..“

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“These pages, dedicated to baroque music and discography, were realized by Hervé Lauret with the help of Jacques Fischer, organist and harpsichordist for text identified with one asterisk (*) and by Jean-jacques Walther pour texts identified with two asterisks (**). ..“

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“Lauched in March 2003, Muse Baroque, the Baroque Music magazine, is dedicated to the promotion and appreciation of early and baroque music in all its splendour and richness. All genres of music are represented: religious music; operatic and lyric; chamber music etc. ..“

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French music of the 18th century -- website portal.

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“Curious remarks of sung French from the Medieval to Baroque periods .. . with some considerations on the sung latin of the French. ..“

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Site dedicated to the hurdy gurdy. 

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“ .. . As this page has grown in both content and scope, it has been necessary for me to reevaluate my goals for this site. As such, it has been (and remains!) the goal of this site to present as accurately and objectively as possible information about the cittern and all things pertaining to it. It is my wish that this page will be a source of information for people who know nothing about the cittern as well as an on-line resource for both scholars and players alike. Since Internet download times have largely decreased due to advancing technology, I have tried to make use of that technology while still keeping wth my original goal of having as few "frills" as possible in order to present quick and ready access to the information on these pages. .. “ 

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“This site was built primarily from the contribution of lutenists, in the course of the past ten years. It now seeks to reach a wider audience in the early music world. Most of the material, consequently is lute-related, but this should not discourage non-lutenists from adding their contributions, quite to the contrary. Contributions are welcome for any material, - scores, societies information, musicians' biographies, news, CD reviews, etc. - that relate to the Early Music world broadly understood.

It is my hope that this framework will not only prove adequate for your contributions, but grow with them, and keep on evolving in the directions that you set, to serve you best. At this time, the site is still very much under development and this is an ideal time for you to help gear it in the right direction! “

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“Baroque Guitar - Vihuela - Renaissance Guitar - Early mandolin - Gittern etc ... For all GUT STRUNG historical guitars and related plucked, fretted instruments pre Torres .. .”

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“renaissancemusik.dk is a site dedicated to the early music scene within Denmark, both on a professional and an amateur level. Some links to the Nordic and European countries will also be found here.“

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Site maintained by Philippe Allain-Dupré on the Renaissance and Baroque flutes.

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“Welcome to the world of flute history. This site contains information and resources for learning about the transverse flute and flute-playing in Western Europe and America over the past 800 years. It's designed for players of the modern instrument as well as earlier types, such as renaissance and baroque flutes.

You can find pages about people, instruments, periods, and music in the various sections in the navigation column at left. The site contains links to further resources on the internet, and in books and recordings in our shopping area. A good place to start is the ONE-MINUTE TOUR, followed by a trip through the TIMELINES. “

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