Music History & Studies: Composers

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American Mavericks
"Suzanne Vega hosts this 13-part Minnesota Public Radio series that brings you the sounds and personalities of musical innovation in America during the 20th century. Interviews with music-makers and discussion with San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas are highlights of the programs."
Listen to each program, two channels of continuous music composed by composers featured, or complete works on demand performed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.

Classical Music Navigator
Sections include: Composers ; Basic Library of Notable Works ; Geographical Roster ; Index of Forms & Styles of Music ; Glossary.
Special Feature: The 111 Most Influential Composures
By Charles H. Smith, Associate Professor, Library Public Services, Western Kentucky University.

Composers of African Descent
" The 15 new composers include Africans, African Americans and African Europeans. A brief discography gives examples of their classical recordings."
By William J. Zick

• Edmond Dede (1827-1903)
  "The life and music of Edmond Dede, an African American composer, violinist and conductor of the 'Creole Romantic' school. White racial hostilityin his native New Orleans ledDede to study in Paris andspend his lengthy career in Bordeaux as a reluctant but very successful expatriate."
• Robert Nathianiel Dett (1882-1943)
  African American Composer, Pianist & Professor
• Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799) (English or French)
  "Saint-Georges was the son of a slave on a Caribbean plantation. He became a leading figure in classical music in France. He served as music director for Queen Marie-Antoniette, and as Colonel of a Revolutionary Legion...The Web site includes a biographical essay, a bibliography, and a discography of music composed by Saint-Georges."

Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Temple University Esther Boyer College of Music

The Symphony: An Interactive Guide
This wonderful introduction to classical music includes a
Quick Tour of the history of the symphony ; Composers ; Countries ; Timeline ; Symphonies ; Forms ; Orchestra
instruments ; Interactive section ; Links
Created by Brian Blackwell, 16 & Andre Dauwalder, 15, both
from the Gold Coast, Australia

Women Composers: A Bibliography of Internet Resources

Women of Note
Celebrating two hundred and fifty years of music by women.
By Diana Ambache

Bach
J.S. Bach: Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary
"This Bach site offers English translations to the vocal works of J. S. Bach along with introductory information on the sources and on performance history of each work. Commentary on the text is found in footnotes which are quickly opened by clicking on the footnote number."
By Z. Philip Ambrose, Dept. of Classics, The University of Vermont

Bach Central Station
A Directory of J.S. Bach Resources on the Internet
Sections include: Analysis ; Audio ; Bibliography ; Biography ; Commercial ; Education ; Events ; Images ; Instruments ; Links ; MIDI ; Newsgroups ; Performers ; Personal ; Recordings ; Scores ; Search ; Works.

Classical.Net - Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach Bibliography
A scholarly database of over 18,000 reference items.
In addition to the great database sections of this site include: Essential Collections ; New Publications ; Recent Updates ; List of Journals ; Q&A ; Noticeboard.
By Yo Tomita, School of Music, Queen's University Belfast

J.S. Bach Home Page
Sections include: His Life ; Complete Works ; Recommended (or not) Records ; Cantatas ; Links.
By Jan Hanford and Jan Koster

J.S. Bach Picture Archive and Bibliography - (dead link)

Baroque Lute-Harpsichord : A Forgotten Instrument - (dead link)
A brief overview of "one of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments."

Beethoven
American Beethoven Society

Beethoven Reference Site
"...this comprehensive Beethoven site which offers biographies, pictures, mp3's, midi files, discussion and very detailed information on the life and works of Beethoven. On the rare Beethoven page which will be updated weekly, you can download mp3's of relatively unkown [sic] Beethoven pieces. The Concert finder page lists Beethoven concerts in major US and UK cities."
By Peter Harrison

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
San Jose State University, San Jose, California

• Beethoven Bibliography Database
  "...Database is a fully-indexed bibliography of published (and selected unpublished) materials relating to Ludwig van Beethoven ... to bring all significant Beethoven materials from the late eighteenth century to the present under bibliographic control through the development of a specially designed database ... The Database is still in its early stages, but it already contains over 10,000 records and much indispensable information on Beethoven. At the present time, materials included in the Database come from the Center's own rich collection of books, first and early editions of scores, manuscripts (originals and facsimiles), and periodical articles."

Ludwig van Beethoven - The Magnificent Master (English or German)
Sections include: Biography ; Works List ; Picture Gallery ; Creation Histories (General) ; Creation Histories (Symphonies) ; Musicians on Beethoven ; Beethoven and other Great Minds ; Opera Anyone? ; Miscellaneous.
By Ingrid Schwaegermann

Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein Collection
"The composer, conductor, writer, and teacher Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was one of 20th-century America's most important musical figures. The Leonard Bernstein Collection is one of the largest and most varied of the many special collections held by the Library of Congress Music Division. Its more than 400,000 items, including music and literary manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, audio and video recordings, fan mail, and other types of materials extensively document Bernstein's extraordinary life and career. This online Leonard Bernstein Collection makes available a selection of 85 photographs, 177 scripts from the Young People's Concerts, 74 scripts from the Thursday Evening Previews, and over 1,100 pieces of correspondence, in addition to the collection's complete Finding Aid.
- American Memory Project, Library of Congress

Official Leonard Bernstein Site

John Cage (1912-1992)
John Cage Database
Sections include: Complete Discography ; Catalog of Cage's Music ; Cage-Cunningham Collaborations ; Literature Index ; Silence - The John Cage Discussion List ; Forthcoming Performances.
By AndrÈ Chaudron

Chopin

The University of Chicago Library - Digital Collections

• Chopin Early Editions" "Chopin Early Editions consist of digitized images of all scores in the University of Chicago Library's Chopin collection [over 400]. Users can search or browse Chopin Early Editions via a variety of data points, including titles, genres, and plate numbers."

Copland
Aaron Copland Collection
"The multiformat Aaron Copland Collection from which the online collection derives spans the years 1910 to 1990 and includes approximately 400,000 items documenting the multifaceted life of an extraordinary person who was composer, performer, teacher, writer, conductor, commentator, and administrator. It comprises both manuscript and printed music, personal and business correspondence, diaries, writings, scrapbooks, programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, awards, books, sound recordings, and motion pictures."
- American Memory, Library of Congress

Irvine Fine

The Irving Fine Collection, Ca. 1914-1962
"The career of Irving Fine (1914-1962), composer, conductor, writer, and academic, is documented in the Library of Congress Music Division by approximately 4,350 items from the Irving Fine Collection. Comprising manuscript and printed music, sketchbooks, writings, personal and business correspondence, scrapbooks, programs, clippings, and sound recordings, the collection contains most of the creative work of this colleague of Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein...This first online release presents a selection of 57 photographs, a sketchbook that includes sketches for the woodwind Partita and a string quartet, a manuscript score for the String Quartet (1952), a recorded performance of the Quartet, and the finding aid for the collection."
American Memory, Library of Congress

Handel - (dead link) Handel Catalogue
By Brad Leissa

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Leos Jan·cek
Archives at the Moravian Museum

Leopold Stokowski: Making Music Matter
A multimedia exhibit from Penn Special Collections.
Curated by Marjorie Hassen, Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, University of Pennsylvania

Mozart

The Rolling Requiem
"A worldwide choral commemoration of all those lost and those who helped others on September 11th, 2001. With performances of Mozart's Requiem in every time zone, beginning at 8:46 AM, Wednesday, September 11th, 2002, the time of the first attack on the World Trade Center."

Schönberg

Arnold Schönberg Center (English or German)
Sections include: Exhibitions ; Events ; Archive & Library ; Research & Publications.

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