Open Directory - Arts: Music: History
See also: This category in other languages: - Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works. - Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition. - (from 1988 to current) - Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos, guides and background material for teachers. - Includes scores, MIDI files, articles, and links related to the music performed in English churches and chapels c.1700-1850, and in American music of a similar date. - (Sung by church and chapel "bands" in the UK in the 18th and 19th centuries) Includes articles, sample scores and MIDI files, links, and organizations. - Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests. - Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney. - Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms. - Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources. - Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century. - Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links. - An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess. - Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages. - Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
