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“The George Frideric Handel Index Page at the Teri Noel Towe Home Pages“

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Added on: Jun 10, 2011 | Hits: 252

“Ad Parnassum, a twice-yearly musicological journal, was conceived to become a prestigious Italian achievement, and a reference point in the international music scene.

Ad Parnassum deals exclusively with instrumental music of the 18th and 19th centuries. The journal, which appears each year in April and October, accepts contributions in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.

Each issue includes articles of major scholarly interest (each article is provided with an English summary), a debate of musicological interest, reviews of books relevant to the journal’s field of interest and news.

Ad Parnassum is also complemented by monographs.

The publishing project has been undertaken by Ut Orpheus Edizioni of Bologna. The publishing house is one of the most active and dynamic in Europe in the field of Classical music publication. Ut Orpheus Edizioni, besides guaranteeing the high level of information technology demanded in the printing of the journal, arranges for its distribution on an international scale.

The founding of a periodical of cosmopolitan scope like Ad Parnassum has brought together numerous scholars of diverse nationalities. Roberto De Caro (Bologna), editor of the journal, is supported by an editorial committee consisting of musicologists with extensive experience in the specific field - a scholarly committee of great prestige. The journal also calls on the varied expertise of external collaborators.”

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“This site has both an immediate and a longer-term objective. The immediate objective is to make generally available a large number of modern transcriptions of Italian madrigals that I have produced over the last several years. The longer-term objective is to serve as a resource center and focal point for like-minded people who may be seeking, for example, additional information about the repertoire, assistance with texts and translations, or help in locating singers to form or supplement madrigal groups. In future, the site may expand to accommodate, e.g., contributions of transcriptions and texts/translations from other sources, or collaborative efforts to reconstruct the many madrigals that have come down to us with missing parts. …”

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Classical music magazine. Will often have early music articles. 

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“After enjoying the traditional English and European dance music of Blowzabella for many years, I finally succumbed to the temptation of learning to play the hurdy-gurdy myself.  I own a Symphonie from Chris Allen in the UK and have an electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy on order from Denis Siorat in France.  Previously, I rented a Gotschy Phoenix and am taking lessons from René Meeuws in Nijmegen.

This website simply collects some of the wonderful information and resources I have stumbled across.  If you’ve found an interesting site, or want to submit a review of an instrument, book, CD, concert, etc?  Please email me and I’ll be pleased to add your contribution to the site.  Similarly, please let me know if you find any broken links or other site issues.“

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Added on: Jun 04, 2011 | Hits: 243

“Nota Bene is a musicology journal developed by the Don Wright Faculty of Music at the University of Western Ontario. It seeks to publish essays of a high critical and rhetorical standard, written by undergraduate students from universities around the world. Essays in historical musicology, ethnomusicology, popular music studies and theory are all encouraged. Submissions are reviewed by a panel of editors from across Canada.

Nota Bene serves to supplement the undergraduate musicology student experience in several ways:

• Nota Bene allows students interested in musicology to undergo the process of publishing a paper, including professor review and comments
• Nota Bene encourages a community of undergraduate musicology students and seeks to provide a venue for a nation-wide discourse in musicology
• Nota Bene provides information for young music students seeking more information about the discipline of musicology and its professional possibilities, offering a means for student communication through scholarly work and the academic publishing process.

Subscriptions

Nota Bene is freely accessible as an electronic publication through this website. Printed copies are sent to subscribing academic libraries, and to the individual authors whose work is published in each issue. To request a subscription for your institution, please contact the editors.”

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“Bach in Bombay is about original Indian and Bengale Music mainly for Piano/Harpsichord and Pipe Organ from the 18th century up to present times. Transcription of forgotten music from archives, Performances, Workshops to make it known to the Music lover.“

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Added on: May 27, 2011 | Hits: 235

“The Center is the only institution in North America devoted solely to the life, works, and accomplishments of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Established in 1983 when Ira F. Brilliant donated his Beethoven collection to San José State University, the Center officially opened in September 1985 with a gala co-sponsored by the San Jose Symphony. Building on Ira Brilliant's original donation, the Center now has the largest collection of Beethoven materials outside of Europe. In addition to functioning as a research library and museum, the Center is involved in a variety of educational programs and sponsors concerts, lectures, tours, and other events. Long-term projects include publication of The Beethoven Journal and development of the Center's online catalog, the Beethoven Gateway. The Center is also the headquarters for the American Beethoven Society. …“

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“The Johann Sebastian Bach Pages at the Teri Noel Towe Home Pages”

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“Although today it is virtually unknown, the cistre ou guitarre allemande was a popular plucked instrument in France (and the Low Countries too) in the decades leading up to the Revolution in 1789. Instruments and music first appeared in the 1760s (see *) but by the 1790s the cistre was in decline. …”

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Lark Camp entry portal page to “(US) Lark Camp - Lark In The Morning Music Celebration (summer camp)” and “(US) Lark in the Morning Musical Instruments (store)”

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“Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal is the only journal devoted solely to the interdisciplinary and global study of women and gender during the years 1400 to 1700. Each volume gathers essays on early modern women from every country and region, by scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines, including art history, cultural studies, music, history, political science, religion, theatre, history of science, and history of philosophy.

EMWJ was founded in 2006 at the Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies at the University of Maryland by Jane Donawerth, Adele Seeff, and Diane Wolfthal. Beginning with volume 2, EMWJ has been copublished with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University, under the directorship of Robert E. Bjork, who has overseen the printing and distribution of the journal. William Gentrup is now the managing editor.

Starting June 2011, and with volume 7, EMWJ is edited by Anne J. Cruz, Mary Lindemann, and Mihoko Suzuki at the University of Miami; the editorial office will be housed at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences Center for the Humanities. Sarah Ritcheson, a PhD candidate in English, is editorial assistant. …”

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“This web site began on September 22, 2002, several years after I started playing Native American Flutes. I had started collecting resources on playing and making flutes that begged to be shared, and the Web was the best way to share this information. The original site, FluteKey.com, was a simple list of resources, including sheet music, fingering diagrams, measurements of the Anasazi flutes from the Broken Flute Cave, samples of the sounds of flutes in various keys, an on-line version of the NAFlutomat program to assist flute makers with construction measurements, and various sundry information.

Response was dramatic and traffic grew quickly. People were hungry for information! We continued to post topics over the years, largely in the realm of resources as opposed to actual flute instruction.  …”

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“The International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) is a unique knowledge hub for today's global music world.

Our members, located in 35 countries around the world, offer rich resources relating to the music of our time. From contemporary and classical music to rock, popular music, jazz, world music and all other genres, the music information centre of your country or region will know about it.

As a network, it is IAMIC's job to support and build awareness of the work of our members and provide enhanced access to their services and collections.“

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“Understanding Bach, the web journal of Bach Network UK, was launched in 2006 with the publication of the first volume on 21 March. It is an annual, open access, peer-reviewed publication. Members and Friends of BNUK will be notified when a new issue is published. Contributors are personally invited to submit articles from papers given at J. S. Bach Dialogue Meetings or at the Biennial Baroque Conferences. The articles then undergo a rigorous peer-review procedure.”

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Added on: Oct 13, 2011 | Hits: 202

“The Messiah Magazine is a new early music magazine which is aspiring to establish itself as the leading and favourite publication in this field. It will be launched this summer, with the first issue set to land on doormats across the UK on October 20th. This new magazine will be a high-quality, glossy and colour 62 page publication. Interest from early music enthusiasts, professionals and amateurs across the UK and abroad is already strong.”

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“This website is dedicated my research into the Life, Times and Works of the 18th century Sicilian Prelate, harpsichordist, violoncello player and composer Monsignor Antonino Reggio.

Monsignor Reggio was first mentioned in 1770 by the English musician and writer Dr Charles Burney who described him as a 'a pretty good composer and performer on the harpsichord and violoncello’. He also mentions Reggio had ‘2 or 3 delicate-toned harpsichords and a good library’. Reggio is also as possessing ‘the best Italian harpsichord for tone’ that Burney had heard in his travels. In his summing up on his visit to Rome, Burney describes Reggio as ‘eminent for [his] skill in the art, and learning in the science of sound’.

Later his prowess as a musician is described by the writer and poet, Giovanni Gherado De Rossi, as ‘a man of great intellect, erudite, and very deep in music.’

No information regarding Monsignor Reggio is recorded in any standard musicological source. Given that Dr. Burney considered him ‘a pretty good composer’, my research next focused on the possibility of his works being extant.

Although there is no direct reference to Reggio there is an oblique reference to an 18th century composer, A. Reggio, mentioned in an article in MGG. The author discusses the style of oratorios by Alessandro Scarlatti and Rinaldo da Capua and concludes that these are Intermezzi Sacra.  He mentions that the same style was being used later in the century in works by the ‘Neapolitaner,’ A. Reggio. The Author of the article was Rudolf Ewerhart. Ewerhart was one of the major scholars to study the manuscripts in the Santini collection in the Bischöfliche Bibliotek (now the Diözensanbibliothek) in Münster.  This led me to discover 16 manuscripts in  Santini Collection of the  Diözensanbibliothek. It is fortunate that many of these manuscripts contain dates, places and names of dedicatees so the following work is based upon my work on these annotations.”

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"The world's authority on classical music since 1923"

“ Haymarket dominates classical music magazine publishing in the UK, and we’re increasing our influence internationally.

In the UK, the combined sales of Gramophone, the world’s most respected classical music magazine, and Classic FM magazine, published in association with the radio station, give us 63 per cent of the market.

Our presence extends still further through major events such as the annual Gramophone Awards, which have a significant effect on sales of the winning recordings. The glittering Awards ceremony attracts a Who's Who of the classical music world.

Gramophone regularly partners with many of the planet’s leading arts organisations and broadcasters, while Classic FM magazine’s monthly cover-mounted CD attracts a host of blue chip sponsors.

Now, with bespoke US, Korean and Chinese editions, Gramophone’s international reach is also growing significantly, and we’re planning a strong presence online.”

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“La Scena Musicale is a free monthly magazine published in English and French by La Scène musicale/The Music Scene, a non-profit charity dedicated to the promotion of classical music. Each issue contains a comprehensive calendar of concerts, compact disc reviews, interviews with musicians as well as feature articles on the local, national and international classical music scenes.

The printed version of La Scena Musicale is distributed across Canada with particular emphasis in the Montreal, Quebec City, and Ottawa-Hull regions. Copies are also sent to music schools and record stores across Canada. The electronic version is available world-wide on the internet.“

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“Welcome to The Recorder Player's page. With this page, I hope to provide you updated information and resources to recorders. If you miss something at these pages, send me an email and I'll get back to you as fast as I can. …”

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Added on: May 28, 2011 | Hits: 188

“ Journal of the National Early Music Association

A twice-yearly journal edited by Dr Andrew Woolley, containing features and articles of special interest to practical musicians, both amateur and professional. It also contains a wide-ranging list of recent journal articles dealing with issues related to performance practice.”

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“An on-line agenda that lists all the early music events (concerts, seminars, courses) planned in Rome.“

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A comprehensive site for the classical music industry.  Includes listings for jobs, auditions, concerts.  Also find the latest news, articles, video or go shopping in the marketplace or join the social network.

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“This website aims to please all those interested in the recovery of great masterpieces of Italian organ artistry, by presenting the results of years of research and work on the restoration of the organ of the Cathedral of Orte.

The subject of this site is the restoration of the only extant organ made by Domenico Benvenuti, one of the great organ makers of Renaissance Rome; the organ, made in Orte, was later modified and enlarged by Domenico Densi, an organ maker from Terni, and is the only remaining testimony of his work.

The inauguration of the restored organ, which took place on May 18, 2001 with a memorable concert given by Maestro Wijnand Van de Pol, was preceded by a conference in which the volume “The Restoration of the Organ of the Cathedral of Orte” (edited by Casa Editrice Gramma, Perugia) was presented.

This website follows the same pattern as the book, without intending to be its copy. In particular, in the pages which discuss the restorative interventions and the measurement tables, edited by the organ maker Maestro Riccardo Lorenzini, we have tried to include all of the topics addressed in the book, underlining some of its most important passages. With regard to the reconstruction of the drapery, we present a report by the fabrics and tapestry restorer Professor Piero Montelli; those who are curious about the issues related to the practice of covering the organs using antique fabrics, will find the report stimulating.

As for the archival study presented on this site, after the important remarks by Professor Armando Fiabane, we have chosen to present only the original contracts from 1582 and 1720 which, in our opinion, are of prevalent historic interest, even though the book deals with numerous other documents from 1565 through 1945 that also have significance for the history and custom of the city. To the scholar interested in consulting the book, its location can be found clicking on “vendita libro”.”

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“San Francisco Classical Voice (SFCV) is the “Go-To place” for great music in the San Francisco Bay Area, offering its visitors a multitude of ways to engage in classical music.  SFCV features reviews and previews of the Bay Area's wide range of classical music performances; insightful features from leading writers; news about the local music scene; and the most complete classical music events calendar, along with useful listening links and ways to learn more about the art form we all love.

Our site is updated on a daily basis and our weekly newsletter gets published every Tuesday. The site reaches over 30,000 unique visitors on average per month.“

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