Early Music, Ancient Music, Folk Music Online, Early Music Labels   A Guide

Franco-Flemish composers, a web list from Wikipedia.
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Flemish Composers at the Court of Philip II
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Franco-Flemish composers Facebook page.
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Franc0-Flemish composers. Entry in The Norton Concise History of Western Music.
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The Burgundian School, Wikkipedia entry.

DriftWeb
The folk music of cultures around the world. Audio webcasts.
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East European Folk Music Centre
Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia & Turkey.
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Folk music of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and America.
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Folk Music Homepage
Guide to folk music on the internet.
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Georgian folk music, traditional music.
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Smithsonian Intsitute folk recordings.

Instruments, musical instrument makers
See also: Musical instruments, history.

Guitar. Classical guitar websites.
Open Directory Project
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History of the Piano, 1157-2000

The Piano. A UK piano information site.
History, piano tuners, piano magazines, piano manufacturers.

Lutes. A gallery of pictures.
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Musical Instrument Makers Forum. The MIMForum
An interactive forum for the discussion of musical instrument design, construction and repair.

Violin makers

Web Directory of violin makers.
The Open Directory Project
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Violin Land, Cremona.
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Il Violino, Cremona.

Performers

Gardiner, John Eliot. Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Wikipedia entry.
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Goodman, Roy. Roy Goodman, conductor.
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Haïm, Emmanuelle. Emmanuelle Haïm
References from Wikipedia.
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Harnoncourt, Nikolaus. Nikolaus Harnoncourt

David Munrow
Wikipedia entry.