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Almanac of Classical Music History
Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works.
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html
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Music and Chess
An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess.
http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm
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Major Musical Periods
Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2091/
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Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links.
http://www.medieval.org/
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Incompetech: Music Styles
Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms.
http://www.incompetech.com/music/
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This Day In Music History
Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate)
http://datadragon.com/day/
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History of Indian Music
Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney.
http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/index.html
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The History of Czech Music
A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic)
http://www.radio.cz/hudba/indexeng.html
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Finnish Music in a Nutshell
Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finmusic.html
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Classical Musician Recent Deaths
(from 1988 to current)
http://members.tripod.com/perfartists/obits.html
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