Open Directory - Arts: Music: Composition: Composers
See also: This category in other languages: - Information about composers, their life and works. - Search for composers biographies and works. - List of notable composers from the 14th century onward with links to music in MIDI, MP3, WMA formats. - 1500 pictures, 450 biographical sketches; alphabetical, nationality, and chronological indexes; composer of the day. - Brief listings, some with illustrations, by Michael Norrish. Insludes a degree of informed speculation and editorializing. - Links from Mississippi Public Radio. - Listings of classical composers with on-site and remote links to biographies, pictures, music listings, various analyses of style and methodology, and forums. Owner Jos Smeets accepts and solicits links and contributions. - Contains thousands of classical music files in MIDI format as well as live recordings. New contributions are solicited. A search engine is included. Suggests books, links to free sheet music, alphabetical index, featured composers. - Short biographies with discography. - Extensive link collection. - Two minute program from Minnesota Public Radio and American Composers Forum outlining each day's history. Includes RAM audio, archives, and links. - A brief discography of classical music by African, African American, and African European composers. - A carefully edited introduction to the composers, history, culture, and music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. Detailed with considerable background material, illustrations, and commentary. - Composers from various periods including the 20th and 21st centuries. - Includes timelines, birthdays, essays, links, contact information, and gift shop. Search by date or name. - A music portal for composers. - Information on composers, works by genre. Available in several languages. - Thousands of classical music audio files on the fugue, counterpoint and generic classical music. Over 5,000 listed fugues, fugue theories, analyses, reviews, bibliographies, and tools. - Internet Public Library entry categorizes according to musical period, including Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. Includes Real Audio RAM files. - Contains information about the madness and creativity of some famous composers. - Alphabetical index of names with birth and death dates. - Series of Kennedy Center lectures by Dr. Michael Broyles in AU audio format with transcripts. Includes music history with emphasis on classical and romantic composers. - Links to sites on individual composers as well as those of more general interest. - Composer biographies and compositions database. - Classical, contemporary, and film Composers, with biographies, major works, influences and styles, CD reviews, free sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files.
