Classical C Styles

Classical C Styles

Classical music has come to refer to a canon, or a body of works accepted over time as worthy of study and performance. Originally, music created for the European aristocracy at court and in church, as opposed to ballads and comic songs performed by minstrels for common folk. By the 18th Century, the style was associated with more or less standardized instrumentation and accepted principles of counterpoint as exemplified by the composers Mozart and Haydn. Classical style includes this so-called Classical Era but also the preceding Baroque period of Bach and Handel and the subsequent Romanticism of Beethoven and Schubert. Other subgenres include 20th century post-Romanticism and 12-tone music, and some writers would also include early music from the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. The style includes vocal music such as opera, lieder and oratorio as well as instrumental music. Although classical music is usually intended to be performed as written, it also includes semi-improvisational experimental, electronic and aleatoric music often associated with universities.

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Classical Net

- A collection of information and news: articles, CD reviews, composers and their music, the basic repertoire, recommended compositions and recordings.

ClassiCat for Windows from TDWare - (Music collection cataloging software) shareware download, ordering information.
Classical Music at About.com - Articles, links, news, chat room.
Chamber Music America - National association of professional chamber music provides links, calendars, email lists, publications, and grants.
Karadar Bertholdi Classical Music Dictionary - Dictionary of composers with brief biographies, catalogs of works, sound files: MP3, MIDI, and opera libretti.
Cadenza - "Resources for classical and contemporary musicians": Basil Ramsey programme note library, multi-lingual classical music glossary, musicians' directory, international events list (sorted by country).
Classical Music Thematic Catalogers Index - Catalog of thematic catalogers (of composers' complete works), with links where available online.
Classical Music Navigator - Brief information on composers, notable works, and forms and styles of music.
Fugues and Fugue Sets - Large checklist of fugue sets and important fugues written in the last 300 years.
Ensemble - Covers all areas of music as taught in school, and sung or played in churches, synagogs, and communities: Jazz, the classics, pop and show; choir, band, or orchestra.
The Classical Buffet - Features biographies, articles, and other information on classical music.
Classical Music Pages - History, composer biographies (with portraits and sound samples), explanations of musical forms; dictionary of musical terms. For "beginners" and professional musicians.
Classical Music Cube ... The Music Beat - Links: basic repertoire, record companies, music history.
Essentials of Music - Basic information about classical music, including eras, terms and composers, with audio examples.
Chamber Music 2000 - Project initiated by the Schubert Ensemble of London to commission a large number of works for piano and strings from leading composers, suitable for playing by young and amateur musicians.
The Music Chamber - Resource covering chamber music. Includes instruments, music theory, historical periods, composers, repertoire and audio samples.

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