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BASS, DOUBLE BASS


Double bass and Violone Internet Archive
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Double bass Wikipedia entry.
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International Society of Bassists
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Lemur Music
Complete source of Bass instruments and Bass supplies for the double bassist.
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Upton Bass,
specialists in double bass accessories and equipment, bass restoration, and bass repairs.
 

CELLO, CELLISTS

The Cello Academy
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Cello Heaven
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Great cellists of the past.
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Internet Cellists Society
The Cellist's Gateway to the Net
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Oxford Cello School, UK.
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Professional cellists, a web directory.
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Wikipedia entry on the cello and cellists.

Famous cellists

Casals, Pablo, Pablo Casals
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Du Pré, Jacqueline. Jacqueline Du Pre
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Fournier, Pierre. Pierre Fournier
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Isserlis, Steven, Steven Isserlis
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Lloyd-Webber, Julian. Julian Lloyd-Webber Homepage
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Maisky, Micha. Micha Maisky
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Phillips, Xavier. Xavier Phillips
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Rose, Leonard. Leonard Rose
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Rostropovich, Mistislav. Mistislav Rostropovich, Wikipedia entry.
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Tortelier, Paul. Paul Tortelier, Cellist
Paul Tortelier. Wikipedia
Yo-Yo Ma. Official site.

CIMBALOM

Cimbalon, Wikipedia entry.

CLAVICHORD

Clavichord, Wikipedia entry.
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The introduction to "The Clavichord" by Bernard Brauchli. (PDF)
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A brief history of the clavichord.
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Tuning for playing J. S. Bach.
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British Clavichord Society
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Boston Clavichord Society
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Clavichord by Christian Kintzing, Neuwied, Germany, 1763. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Clavichord by John Christopher Jesse, Halberstadt, Germany, 1765. Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Clavichord, Germany, 18th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art

DULCIMER

Australian Duclimer page.
Dulcimer, cimbalom, hackbrett, salterio, santur, sandouri and more.
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Duclimer Players News

GUITAR

Bach Plucked
Bach for the guitar.
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Bass guitar. How to Play Bass
Bass lessons, with an online metronome.
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CrossRoads
CrossRoads offers a new way to learn to play guitar with guitar tabs, steaming videos, sound clips, tablature, live on-line lessons and much more.
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Ferris Guitar
A website made to inspire guitarists, offering educational resources, a blog on great composers and recordings.
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Guitar. The Baroque Guitar
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Guitar. Classical guitar websites.
Open Directory Project
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The Classical Guitar Homepage
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Classical Guitar Midi Archives
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Guitar Foundation of America
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GuitarTricks.com
Learn guitar online. Guitar Tricks is an ever-expanding library of guitar lessons that you can access anytime to improve your guitar ability. 45 guitar instructors from all over the world have joined together to create one source for online guitar lessons.
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Hago Hampshire Guitar Orchestra U.K.
A community orchestra, featuring 4 different sizes of classical guitar, from alto to contrabass; winners of the Guitar Orchestra competition of Great Britain.
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History of the Classical Guitar
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International Guitar Research Archive, California State University.
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Mad Guitar Licks.com
“Mad Guitar Licks” is a completely free resource which offers dozens of guitar licks and lessons via video (with tablature), guitar lesson reviews, and famous “Rock God” biographies detailing how some of the greatest guitarists of all time learned to play.
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Tablature, Classical Guitar Tablature and MIDI for Beginning & Intermediate Guitarists.
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Wikipedia entry on the guitar.
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Zama - an underground UK guitar resource.
Guitarists
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Directory of guitarists from the Guitar Foundation of America.
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Open Directory Project web directory of classical guitarists.

Figueiredo, Diego. Diego Figueiredo
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Segovia, Andrés. Andres Segovia
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Williams, John. John Williams

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HARP

The American Harp Society and Journal
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Harp Mall
A harpist's web portal.
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Harp Spectrum
General information about the harp.
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Harp Spectrum
General information about the harp.
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Clarsach
The Gaelic harp of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands.
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Asni: harp lore
Descriptions of several types of historical European harps, with sound samples.
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International Harp Contest in Israel
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International Harp Contest and Festival, The Netherlands.
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Schools or universities with harp programs.
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Wikipedia entry on the harp.

Famous harpists

Christ, Sarah. Sarah Christ
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Giulianelli, Consuelo. Consuelo Giulianelli
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Langlamet, Marie-Pierre. Marie-Pierre Langlamet
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Yoshino, Naoko. Naoko Yoshino


Wikipedia list of harpists.

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HARPSICHORD. SPINET. CLAVICHORD.

The British Harpsichord Society
Extensive information related to the harpsichord.
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Harpsichord and Clavichord Web Ring
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Harpsichordists  
Great Harpsichordists in History
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Harpsichordists recorded on Naxos Records.
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Wikipedia entries on harpsichordists.
Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
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Medieval and Renaissance music web resources.
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Sounds of Harpsichords and related instruments.
Descriptions, images and harpsichord web links.
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Wikipedia entry on the harpsichord.

Well-known harpsichordists

d'Ambricourt, Aline
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Hogwood, Christopher
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Kipnis, Igor
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Leonhardt, Gustav
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Pinnock, Trevor

Trevor Pinnock
Sebestyen, Janos. Hungarian harpsichordist.

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LUTE

Lute Society. U.K..
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The Lute Page. Lutes old and new.

MANDOLIN

Mandozine

VIOLA

American Viola Society
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New York Viola Society
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Viola jokes.
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The Viola da Gamba Society of America
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The Viola Website
Home for violists on the web.
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Viola-in-Music
Everything you wanted to know about the viola but were afraid to ask.
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Violists (Viola players), a list of notable violists.
Wikipedia


Well-known viola players

Barbetti, Maurizio. Maurizio Barbetti
CV, reviews, repertoire, discography [English and Italian]
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Bashmet, Yuri. Yuri Bashmet
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Christ, Wolfram. Wolfram Christ
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Gandelsman, Yuri. Yuri Gandelsman
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Rysanov, Maxim. Maxim Rysanov
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Vengerov, Maxim. Maxim Vengerov. Wikipedia entry.


Voici, Ion. Ion Voicu International Foundation
Official web site for Roumanian violist Ion Voicu.
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Tertis, Lionel. Lionel Tertis. Wikipedia entry.
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Chiang, Victoria. Victoria Chiang
Discography, mp3 samples, reviews, articles, by violist, concert/recording artist, and educator.

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VIOLA DA GAMBA

Viola da gamba - Gesellschaft
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Viola da Gamba Society of America


Savall, Jordi. A Jordi Savall Discography

Alta Vox.com
Jordi Savall's official website.
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Classic @ la carte

VIOLINISTS, VIOLIN RESOURCES

Violinists
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An index of violinist webpages. 
The Open Directory Project
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Competitions
World Federation of International Music Competitions
Search by place and discipline.
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Violin competitions. Violin Masterclass
 

Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition
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Fritz Kreisler Competition
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Hannover International Violin Competition
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Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition
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International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
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Jean Sibelius International Violin Competition
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Pablo Sarasate International Violin Competition
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9th Jeunesses International Violin Competition

Legendary Violinists
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Paganini, Niccolò
Wikipedia
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Sheila's Corner
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Strad Magazine
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Violin acoustics. University of New South Wales
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The Violin Site. Resources for violinists.
Practice techniques, free violin sheet music, violin recordings, violin library.
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Violinist Blog
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Violinist
A directory of musicians, discussion board, web pages.
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Violin Student
A web site for violin students. The purpose of the site is to promote the violin by providing interesting information on a daily basis.  The target audience is children between the ages of 7 and 17, but there is material that is of interest to most musicians.
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Wikipedia entry on the violin.





Apple iTunes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas For Violin And Piano - Mannheim, Paris, Salzburg - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas For Violin And Piano - Mannheim, Paris, Salzburg Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Eduard Reeser. For violin and piano. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part, piano accompaniment, thematic index and introductory text. Classical Period. 146 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA4774)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto In G major, K. 216 - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto In G major, K. 216 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Christoph Hellmut Mahling. K. 216. For violin and piano. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (includes separate pull-out violin part). With solo part and piano reduction. Classical Period. G Major. 43 pages. 9x12 inches. Duration 24m. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA4865-90)
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