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Sites about the history of music, including persons, works, and styles, are listed here.

Subcategories

• 18th Century American
• 19th Century American
• 20th Century Pop
• Baroque
• Castrati
• Education
• Famous Works
• Gregorian Chant
• Living History
• Museums
• Opera

Resources in This Category

• Almanac of Classical Music History

  http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html
  Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.

• Black History and Classical Music

  http://chevalierdesaintgeorges.homestead.com/History.html
  Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition.

• Classical Musician Recent Deaths

  http://perfartists.tripod.com/obits.html
  (from 1988 to current)

• Corridos Sin Fronteras

  http://www.corridos.org/
  Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos, guides and background material for teachers.

• History in Song

  http://www.folkarchive.de/
  Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests.

• International Alliance for Women in Music

  http://www.iawm.org/
  Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources.

• Medieval Music and Arts Foundation

  http://www.medieval.org/
  Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.

• The Music of Freemasonry

  http://www.masonmusic.org/
  Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.

• This Day In Music History

  http://datadragon.com/day/
  Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Music > Styles > By Decade
• Home > Arts > Music > Styles > E > Early Music
• Home > Arts > Music > Musicology > Ethnomusicology
• Home > Arts > Music > Styles > C > Classical
• Home > Society > History > By Topic > Cultural History

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