Alligator Music
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 www.alligatormusic.com
Online music store stocking wide range of musical instruments and
equipment, new and used gear, from amps, pianos and keyboards to guitars
and ukuleles, plus accessories and care products. |
AMICI
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www.amiciuk.org.uk
One of the
Northwest UK's leading chamber ensembles, comprising choir and
orchestra, formed in 1995 by Raymond Lomax, Amici singers perform
regularly with The Barnby Choir. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Extensive article covering
biography, style and major works in Wikipedia. There is also a
comprehensive discussion section at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
 www.jsbach.org
The J S Bach Home Page.
Listed in the Encyclopaedia Britannica's Internet Guide, a formidable
resource for Bach aficionados worldwide. (Note added 12 Sep 06: we
are having difficulty with this link, either their server is down or the
site has been deleted.)
www.classicalarchives.com/bios/bach_bio.html
A short biography of the
composer.
www.bachlive.co.uk
The London Bach
Society - claims to be 'the UK's premier Bach
society'
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Barnby
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www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/b/a/r/barnby_j.htm
Sir
Joseph Barnby biography
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven Extensive and
comprehensive account of the composer, his life and his works with
references and links to further information. Contains samples of
music.
http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/beethoven.html
Large repertoire list, includes links to biographies, lists of CDs,
sheet music, audio samples. |
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http://www.leonardbernstein.com/ The official website of the
composer, where you can explore
the composer's extensive legacy. The biographical timeline presents
highlights of his exciting and eventful career. Find out about the
Leonard Bernstein Center, and listen to the Legacy of Learning audio
clips. A list of recommended recordings suggests important selections
from his vast discography. A link to the Library of Congress takes you
directly to his online papers. |
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www.essentialsofmusic.com/composer/bizet.html
Biography emphasizing Bizet's
struggles and failures as well as his eventual posthumous success.
Includes links to audio samples. |
Bridgewater
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www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahms
Extensive article in Wikipedia, also in depth discussion and critique of
article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Johannes_Brahms
www.johannesbrahms.org/
Johannes Brahms web source. The biography is a full version of
that contained in the The Grove Concise
Dictionary of Music.
www.aeiou.at/bra-bild.htm
Johannes Brahms in pictures. Part of the Austrian AEIOU Culture
Ministry website. |
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www.brittenpears.org
The Britten
Pears Foundation is a registered charity, formed in 1986 when
Britten’s estate was reconstructed. Its principal aim is to safeguard
the long-term continuation of the various cultural and charitable
activities associated with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, to promote
their musical works and writings and the principles of musical education
and performance developed by them.
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http://www.abruckner.com/
Comprehensive discography of
Anton Bruckner, compiled and maintained by John F. Berky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruckner
Extensive article in
Wikipedia with rich connections to other sites and critique/discussion
at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Anton_Bruckner
www.geocities.com/immortalbruckner/
Immortal Bruckner. This is truly a labour of love by an avid Bruckner
fan. Biography with lovely pictures of Bruckner's birthplace,
where he worked and more. Check out the over 100-page guest book of
informative comments.
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www.charpentier.culture.fr
This has to be THE most
impressive composer site on the internet. It is in French and
contains beautifully produced pages about the composer, his era and his
music. And to cap it all, there is a comprehensive "auditorium" of over 20 sample
compositions to listen to. |
Cheshire
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www.cheshire-music.org.uk
New
site promoting Classical music societies throughout the county of
Cheshire, UK. www.macclesfield.ac.uk
Macclesfield
College website. One of their design
students created our Barnby logo.
www.waterlanewilmslow.freeserve.co.uk/
Wilmslow Methodist Church, where we hold our rehearsals.
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Choirs and Societies
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www.choirs.org.uk
British
Choirs on the Net
 www.makingmusic.org.uk
National Federation of Music Societies
(new web address). Their North West Branch website address is:
http://www.nwweb.plus.com/nwweb/
www.gortonphil.co.uk
Gorton
Philharmonic Society (founded in 1854).
www.singforpleasure.org.uk
Website
of the National Choral Organisation.
www.wilmsloworchestra.fsnet.co.uk
Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra
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Christies
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www.christies.org
Official
site of the Christie's against Cancer charity.
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Directories and Libraries
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http://en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia,
the Free Encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
For example,
see this entry for a comprehensive account of choirs and choral music:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choral_music
www.karadar.it
Karadar
Classical Music. A comprehensive classical music library including
composer biographies, midi files, librettos, lieder texts, works
catalogues, photo libraries and lots more.
http://voyager.physics.unlv.edu/webpages2/picgalr2.html
Classical
Composers Archive. Rich and well indexed collection covering
dozens of countries.
www.grovemusic.com/
Information site for the completely revised second edition of
The
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Soon to be available
on-line (try the demo!)
http://musicmoz.org/
MusicMoz aims
to be a comprehensive directory of music, built by volunteers around the
world, with contributions from the web public.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k
Wikipedia entry for Antonín Dvořák - rich encyclopedia article and
discussion.
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/dvorak.html
Classical Music Pages
section on Anton Dvorak. With extracts from The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians. With wav sound file samples of
all the main symphonies.
www.dvorak-society.org
The Dvorak Society website. The Society is devoted to the musical
arts of all Czech and Slovak performers and composers, past and present.
www.antonindvorak2004.cz/index-en.html
The Czech Nation's tribute site to Dvorak, in the 100th anniversary
of his death. (English version). |
Early Music
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www.nwemf.org.uk
North West
Early Music Forum
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www.elgar.org
The Elgar
Society and Foundation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgar
Wikipedia
entry for Edward Elgar with extensive article and discussion.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9
Wikipedia
entry for Gabriel Urbain Fauré with comprehensive article and
discussion.
www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/faure.html
Gabriel
Fauré's compositions and a link to an essay about him.
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 www.hyperion-records.co.uk/societies/finzi.html
Biography of
Gerald Finzi, with details of the Finzi Society, on this site maintained
by Hyperion Records, independent classical label.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Finzi
Wikipedia entry for Gerald Raphael Finzi, British composer.
Extensive article but no discussion yet - perhaps you can start one! |
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http://gfhandel.org/
Must
be the best Handel website on the net. Produced by American and English
Handel society enthusiasts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel
Wikipedia entry on George Frideric Handel, German-British baroque
composer.
Extensive discussion at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:George_Frideric_Handel |
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http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/haydnfj.html Large repertoire list, includes links to biographies, lists of CDs,
sheet music, audio samples.
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/haydnj.html
Biography, list of works, books, photo gallery, and other resources. |
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http://www.leosjanacek.co.uk/ Leoš Janáček (1854-1928). Website was created in 2002 and is
dedicated to providing information about the Czech composer, his life,
works, operas, reading, listening, news and events. |
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www.karljenkins.com The
composer's official website.
www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/karl_jenkins/
BBC minisite dedicated to the Welsh composer and musician. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahler
Comprehensive Wikipedia article on Gustav Mahler, Bohemian-Austrian
composer.
Extensive and rather vitriolic critique of this article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Gustav_Mahler
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/mahler.html
Classical Music Pages
detailed information on the composer's work, biography, and pictures.
Includes wav sound files of opening bars of many of the major works.
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Manchester
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http://manchestercathedral.org/
Manchester Cathedral
www.manchester2002-uk.com/arts/concerts/classical1.html
Classical
music page of the Manchester 2002 website - a Virtual Encyclopaedia
& Online Tourist Guide.
Don't be put off by the 2002 in the title - it is kept up to date.
www.manchester.gov.uk
Manchester City Council website.
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www.felixmendelssohn.com
Biography, works, and other resources.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn
The usual Encyclopedia entry as expected, but click on the
"discussion" tab for further interesting material. |
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www.unlv.edu/mozart/
Mozart Society
of America.
www.mozartproject.org
The Mozart Project by Steve Boerner is a rich resource on the life,
times and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart
Possibly the most extensive and comprehensive article about a composer
on this free internet encyclopedia.
There is a detailed discussion of the article at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart |
Music Schools and Colleges
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www.ram.ac.uk
Royal
Academy of Music
www.rncm.ac.uk
Royal
Northern College of Music
http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/chapel_and_choir/
Choir of St John's College,
Cambridge
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http://www.orff.de/ Official
website, English version available.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Orff
This wikipedia entry is also quite comprehensive (all on one page),
with list of works, some music files, further reading and links. |
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www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/p/a/parry_chh.htm
www.karadar.it/Dictionary/parry.html
Both these sites contain
short biography, list of works and samples of music, some with the
complete words.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hubert_Hastings_Parry
Short Wikipedia article on
the composer.
List of choral works and
sound samples at:
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Charles_Hubert_Hastings_Parry
And here is the Wikipedia
entry for I was glad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_was_glad
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi
Wikipedia
entry on the composer. Short, but lots of useful links to further
information in context.
www.karadar.com/Dictionary/pergolesi.html
The Karadar Classical Music website has more information, and keep
following the links to get the librettos, e.g. of the operas. |
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www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/poulenc.html
Short biography of Francis Poulenc, with photo and list of works. |
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WQXR 96.3 FM,
Classical radio station of the New York Times
BBC Radio 3
Classic FM |
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http://www.8notes.com/biographies/rossini.asp Biography of Giacchino Rossini and
list of works from 8Notes, including lists of site offering sheet music
(some for free).
http://www.classicalarchives.com/main/r.html#ROSSINI
Recordings (some have free play extracts) to download from the
Classical Music Archives.
www.conservatoriorossini.it
Conservatorio Statale di Musica Gioachino Rossini, Pesaro, Italy
(in Italian). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rutter
Short biography of John Rutter.
http://www.oup.co.uk/music/repprom/rutter/
Oxford University Press entry on John Rutter, includes link to
discography. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schubert
Comprehensive Wikipedia article on the composer.
See also accompanying critique at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Franz_Schubert
http://www.franzschubert.org.uk/intro/index.html
***UPDATED LINK***
Schubert Institute
of the UK.
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http://www.karadar.it/Worterbuch/schutz.html
Heinrich
Schütz. A short biography with picture (in German!).
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/johnstainer/comps.html
Informative site
maintained by the John Stainer society which was formed in 2001 on the
centenary of his death. |
Instruments
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www.steinway.com
Steinway
and Sons. Check out the factory tour and the artists' roster.
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www.rvwsociety.com
The
official website of the RVW - Ralph Vaughan Williams - Society.
www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/v-w/v-wsymoverview.html Succinct
overview of Vaughan Williams' symphonies.
The link to the full text of
the Sea Symphony no longer works, but here is one that does:
http://www.calculator.net/SPM/whitman_sea_symph.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Williams
Wikipedia entry on the composer, including links to further articles on
each of the symphonies. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/wq8c/
***UPDATED LINK***
Great BBC page on Vivaldi with links to other sites
containing biographies and archive materials.
www.antonio-vivaldi.org/
Claims to be the "official site" of Antonio Vivaldi.
Interesting links page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi Wikipedia
entry for Antonio Vivaldi.
Critique of this article is at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Antonio_Vivaldi |
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www.giuseppeverdi.it/
The official
(Italian) Verdi website. Produced by the Giuseppe Verdi Cultural
Society in Parma.
This is the address of the English version of the site:
www.giuseppeverdi.it/Inglese/default.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdi
Wikipedia entry on Giuseppe Verdi, with rich connections to other
Wikipedia articles on the operas.
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www.wilmslow.org.uk Official website of the village of Wilmslow in
Cheshire, where The Barnby Choir is based.
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