The Classical Music Directory

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Festivals, Classical Music Festivals
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Bayreuth Festival. Wagner Festival
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Berlin Festival. Berliner Festspiele
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Edinburgh International Festival
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Proms Festival. London.
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Glyndebourne Festival, England.
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Italian music festivals.
Italiafestival. Italia.
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Saltzburg Festival

Polzer Ticket Info. Salzburg. Karten/ Tickets. Salzburger Festspiele/ Festspielkarten.
The leading address concerning tickets for the Salzburg Festival.

Verona Opera Festival
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Vienna Festival. Weiner Festwochen

Folk music

DriftWeb
The folk music of cultures around the world. Audio webcasts.
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Folk music of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and America.
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Folk Music Homepage
A guide to folk music on the internet.
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Georgian folk music, traditional music.
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Mudcat
A database of blues and folk songs.
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Smithsonian Intsitute folk recordings
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Sound archives

American Library of Congress. American Memory,
a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site includes a massive collection of traditional music recordings, song manuscripts and musical scores.
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Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads
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BBC Sound Archives
Archive Hour
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British Library Sound Archives
World and traditional music.
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Country Dance and Song Society
Celebrating a Living Tradition of English and Anglo-American Folk Dance and Music since 1915.
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Irish Traditional Music Archive

Dancing Freaks.com performing arts forum.
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GMG Classical Music Forum
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The New Classical Music Forums
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Magle International Music Forums

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German music and musicians.
A database of German music and musicians. MIZ
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The Gregorian Chant Homepage
Princeton University
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Grove Music Dictionary Online
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Guitar

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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The Baroque Guitar
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Classical guitar websites.
Open Directory Project
 

Harpsicord  See also: String instruments

The British Harpsichord Society

History. General music history outlines.
History of music from ancient times and 13th century polyphony to 19th century opera/ 20th century. Based on Donald Jay Grout's  History of Western Music.  

Guitar. Classical guitar websites.
Open Directory Project
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History of the piano

History of the Piano, 1157-2000.
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The Piano
A UK piano information site. History, piano tuners, piano magazines, piano manufacturers.
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Period grand pianos.
The Frederick Collection Hurdy-Gurdy. A gallery of pictures.

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.
Open Directory Project
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Violin Land
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Il Violino, Cremona.

Jazz  See also: Jazz Music

Jazzlinks
Jazz Zines, Jazz internet resources.
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Absolute Jazz
News about contemporary jazz and improvised music. Jazz forums, reviews.
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All About Jazz
Jazz magazine and resource. Jazz webpage links, jazz discussion, jazz articles.
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The Chronicle of Jazz
Beginning at the turn of the century, The Chronicle of Jazz charts the evolution of jazz from Africa and the southern United States to the myriad urban styles heard around the world today.