GENERAL REFERENCE SITES

ClassicalNet Composer Master Index
www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html
An index of composers that includes a biography, recommended works, recordings and other related reviews and articles.

The Classical Music Department of the WWW Virtual Library
http://www.gprep.org/classical/
This extensive catalog of links connects to a variety of resources, including pages related to individual composers, artists and ensembles, academic and commercial organizations, special music topics (i.e. composition, performance, theory, tuning, instruments), online periodicals, concert reviews and broadcast-programming information, computer software, and discussion forums.

 Classical Music on the Web USA
http://classicalusa.com/
Great place to start web-oriented research on classical music. This "jumpstation" to Internet resources is arranged under numerous sub-categories for easier browsing.

 The Classical Music Pages
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/classmus.html
Designed by an orchestra conductor and web wizard as a resource for "everyone from ‘beginners’ to the music professional," this site is one of the best on the Internet. Contents cover the main musical periods, forms (i.e. symphony, opera), instruments, composers, and basic theory. Also features excellent articles on select topics and a concise "History of Music" by musicologist James Zychowicz.

 Classical Net
http://www.classical.net/music/welcome.html
General audience introduction to classical music, a classical CD collector’s guide, and an excellent resource for online information on a broad selection of classical composers.

 CultureFinder: Classical and Opera
http://www.culturefinder.com/cgi-bin/dbm/content/music
This entertaining and educational site for students and fans offers composer biographies, "culture briefs" on particular masterworks, a dictionary of musical terms, and search-assisting "wizard" tools for easier access to information on specific topics. Also contains an archive of articles and interviews with distinguished musicians.

 HNH.com: The Classical Music Website
http://www.hnh.com/
Home of the Naxos, Marco Polo, and White Cloud recording labels, these pages also offer a useful overview of classical music history, instruments, and categories (i.e. symphony, chamber music). The glossary of musical terms and the many thumbnail biographies of composers are great study aids.

Perfect Pitch on the Internet
www.provide.net/~bfield/abs_pitch.html
Find out what absolute pitch is, how it is used in music and what research is currently being performed in the field.