History Music

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

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

• Black History and Classical Music - Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition.
  
• Corridos Sin Fronteras - Information from Smithsonian Institute about the native Mexican folk music tradition. Includes a graphical timeline, music samples, videos, guides and background material for teachers.
  
• International Alliance for Women in Music - Includes chronology, extensive biographies of obscure musicians, MIDI files, discography, bibliography, and resources.
  
• Eras Online - Basics about the major periods of classical (art) music, with terms, composers, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton.
  
• Gallery Music - (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.
  
• Major Musical Periods - Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files
  
• Jewry in Music - Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century.
  
• Almanac of Classical Music History - Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.
  
• The Music of Freemasonry - Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages.
  
• Medieval Music and Arts Foundation - Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.
  
• Classical Musician Recent Deaths - (from 1988 to current)
  
• History of Indian Music - Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.
  
• Finnish Music in a Nutshell - Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako.
  
• This Day In Music History - Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
  
• Incompetech: Music Styles - Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.
  
• History in Song - Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests.
  
• Music and Chess - An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.
  
• The History of Czech Music - A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)