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Project MUSE's mission is to excel in the broad dissemination of high-quality scholarly content. Through innovation and collaborative development, Project MUSE anticipates the needs of and delivers essential resources to all members of the scholarly community.“

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Added on: Jan 12, 2012 | Hits: 128

"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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“Early Music in Columbus is a concert series dedicated to the music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. Since 1980, Early Music in Columbus has each year presented a series of concerts featuring some of the finest national and international artists who specialize in the music of these periods. This enormous period of time spans the Middle Ages (from around 1100 A.D.) through the mid-1750s. …”

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Added on: Mar 29, 2012 | Hits: 137

“Early Music Today is for all who enjoy playing, singing or listening to early music. It spans all areas of the subject, with features on today's top soloists and ensembles, issues of performance practice and innovative projects and festivals taking place worldwide. Our news and views sections will keep you up to date with all the latest events and discoveries in the early music world, while our listings section offers extensive coverage of concerts all across the UK.”

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Added on: Feb 18, 2012 | Hits: 147

“Bach Network UK welcomes artists, scientists, Bach scholars and performers, and indeed anybody who is seriously interested in Bach’s music. The central aim of the network is to facilitate contacts that will encourage thought about Bach and his music: thought that may be quite different from the established terms of academic discourse.  …“

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Added on: Oct 13, 2011 | Hits: 149

“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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Added on: Dec 01, 2011 | Hits: 155

“The Journal of Music History Pedagogy is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed, open-access, on-line journal dedicated to the publication of original articles and reviews related to teaching music history of all levels (undergraduate, graduate, or general studies) and disciplines (western, non-western, concert and popular musics). The JMHP holds no single viewpoint on what constitutes good teaching and endorses all types of scholarship on music history pedagogy that are well-researched, objective, and challenging. The JMHP is a publication of the Pedagogy Study Group of the American Musicological Society; it is indexed in RILM and DOAJ. “

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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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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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“ 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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“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: 178

“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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Added on: Sep 24, 2011 | Hits: 180

"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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“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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Added on: May 22, 2011 | Hits: 188

“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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“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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“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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“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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Added on: Dec 13, 2011 | Hits: 204

“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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Added on: Sep 14, 2011 | Hits: 208

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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Website portal on Gregorian chant.

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“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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