Period overview and biographies of individual composers of early music complementing Here Of A Sunday Morning the radio program.
http://www.hoasm.org/PeriodII.html - New window - Cached - Archive -
Wikipedia article providing an overview of the period with summaries of musical developments plus internal references to related people and topics and external links.
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Introduces those responsible for developing harmony and added instrumentation to Western music. From The Conservatory at Humanities Web.
http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=1 - New window - Cached - Archive -
Collection of MIDI audio files freely downloadable from Kunst der Fuge. Sorted by nationality and author.
http://www.kunstderfuge.com/renaissance.htm - New window - Cached - Archive -
Introduction and demonstrations of individual medieval instruments, followed by suites of Renaissance and Elizabethan dances.
http://www.baroquecds.com/02Web.html - New window - Cached - Archive -
Introduction to the Medieval Era from Essentials of Music linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and composer biographies.
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/medieval.html - New window - Cached - Archive -
Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files from the Internet Public Library.
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