Early Music Links
The number of web pages with early music content continues to grow, new ones come and others depart. If you discover a link that no longer works or would like your site to be included on this page please phone me 01352 740 971. One of the most useful sources of information and contacts in the early music world is The Early Music Yearbook published by NEMA - information from Jeremy Burbidge
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International Organisations and performing groups
Early Music Fora in the UK and Ireland
UK Organisations and performing groups
 | The Academy of St Cecilia |
| National Early Music Association (NEMA) |
| West Gallery Music Association |
| Early Music Network & News UK |
| Early Music West Midlands Regional consortium of performers and promoters of concerts and workshops |
| Diabolus in Musica |
| Leeds Baroque Orchestra |
| The Renaissance Music Group Is looking to recruit new members Information |
| The British Harpsichord Society |
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www.polyphonica.eu
Simone Curley, Grace Barton and Michael Piraner - recorder trio
Presenting the recorder as a truly versatile
instrument.
Our repertoire encompasses sacred and secular music and works requiring virtuosic technique, from the Medieval period to the 21st Century
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International organisations on musical instrument research
| The Galpin Society | ||||||||
| Fellowship of Makers and Restorers of Historical Instruments (FoMRHI) | ||||||||
| Panpipes and Panflute | ||||||||
| The Historic Brass Society
| The Lute Society
| Viola da Gamba Society
| Early Music Network (USA-based) | Orpheon Foundation, research into and
collections or string instruments in particular the Viola da Gamba under the
leadership of Professor Vazquez of Vienna | |
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Early Music Residential Schools
| Baroque Opera Project, Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin 01462-459446
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Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools
email info@cemss.org | NWEMF Summer School in Renaissance Music, Cumbria
| West Dean College summer school in Early Music Performance, Sussex | International Viol Summer School, Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin 01462-456446
| Exploring Renaissance Music Summer School, Benslow Music Trust, Hitchin 01462-456446
| NORVIS for recorder, viols, baroque strings, baroque winds, plucked instruments, renaissance instruments, keyboard and singing | Northern Recorder Course
for information contact justine@northernrecordercourse.org | Andrew van der Beek runs an exciting
range of early music courses in the UK and in many stunning venues across
Europe. | Deborah Roberts runs a series of very interesting schools in the beautiful
town of Triora in Liguria full information
and application forms are available on her web site www.trioramusica.com | Dartington
International Summer School in Devon is a residential music course,
which runs annually from late July until late August, offering a wide range
of early music courses for all ages and abilities, plus a festival of
concerts. | |
Early Music Festivals
| Brighton Early Music Festival www.bremf.org.uk |
| Edinburgh International Festival www.eif.org.uk |
Music teachers
| Viola da gamba, early dance Elizabeth Dodd |
| Roger Wilkes, Web site www.mostlymusic.co.uk |
Instrument makers and suppliers
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Busy Mole Music www.busymolemusic.co.uk
small harps and other instruments and music.
Northern Renaissance Instruments (strings and stringed instruments: this site contains a wealth of information on the setting up and care of stringed instruments) 0161-881-8134 | Sue Mace reeds for curtal and baroque bassoon | David Bolton Harpsichords | Early Music Shop
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Publishers of Music and Journals and Suppliers of Music
| Contempo Classic |
| Early Music journal |
| Early Music News |
| A-R Editions Inc |
| Cornetto Shop for Early Music |
| Saraband Music |
| SPES (Studio Per Edizione Scelte) - try Brian Jordan's music shop 01223-322368 |
| Corda Music |
| Musiche Varie (+49-7274-777362) |
| Musica Scotica is a series of scholarly editions of Scottish Early Music |
| Kings Music |
| Fretwork Editions |
| Jacks, Pipes & Hammers |
| Hawthorns Music |
| Green Man Press |
| Roger Wilkes, Web site www.mostlymusic.co.uk |
| Prima la musica is a British Publishing company based in Spain. Brian Clarke has long been associated with Clifford Bartlett and King's Music |
On-line Library Catalogues
| Austrian National Library Catalogue |
| Encore is a good search resource for lending library holdings of music |
| Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music http://www.diamm.ac.uk/
A joint project between Oxford University & Royal Holloway University of
London |
Early music on CD and MP3 and Midi Files
| Lindum Records Is a mail order supplier of early music CDs. |
| David Solomons (singing, composition, computers and music: hear his works at his web site) |
| Early music MIDI files |
Recording Studios
| BonaFideStudio Recording |
| Diabolus in Musica |
| Chamber Music Studios Lübeck URL: http://www.kammermusikstudio.de
contact: info@dematon.de (Mathias Brösicke,
director) |
Other web sites of interest
| Cumbria Lancashire Online has developed an educational resource web site. NWEMF members have contributed to the early music section |
| Classical.com The world's favourite online classical music subscription offering listening, downloads, custom CDs, and a huge resource of entertaining information to expand your classical music knowledge. http://www.classical.com |