Early Music

DIAMM - the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
This is a portal to worldwide collections of polyphonic medieval music sources, ca 800-1500 (excluding chant). Images are frequently included, descriptions are detailed and are accompanied by relevant bibliographic references; scope is international. Data coverage includes content of the printed publications RISM Series B IV and The Census Catalog of Music Manuscripts, as well as more more from diverse sources and institutions.

Register online for free as an individual scholar, a usage licence describes your scholarly freedoms and obligations. Developed by the University of Oxford and Royal Holloway University of London, and now co-owned by the many institutions providing content, this project is ongoing.

The Gregorian Chant Home Page
Award-winning presentation of links relevant to the study of both Eastern and Western chant traditions; includes classified links to ecclesiastical, historical and humanistic studies sites. Compiled by Peter Jeffery, Princeton University.

Early Music FAQ
Compiled by EARLYM-L participants, covers Western art music from the medieval through Baroque eras; includes essays, reviews, core recorded repertoire, and provides many links to other relevant sites.

Early Music America
Early Music America (EMA) is a not-for-profit service organization for the field of historical performance in North America. Founded in 1985, EMA's goal is to expand awareness of, and interest in, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods.

MIML: Music Instruction and Musical Learning, 1450-1650
"Designed to cover the secondary literature on how music was taught and learned during the two-century period 1450-1650, elcuidating aspects such as the institutions, traditions and practices of musical pedagogy in the Early Modern Period."

 

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