Medieval and Renaissance Music: Composers, Archives, Scores, Websites
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Medieval music, Medieval composers
Medieval Music & Arts Foundation
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum at Indiana University
An archive of Latin texts on Music Theory from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
La Trobe University Medieval Music Database
Chansons de femmes
Trobairitz, a small group of female troubadours. Elen Sentier
Beatritz de Dia. Wikipedia entry.
Waraok, France. A medieval music band.
Waraoke tries to reproduce the sound of a popular band such as would have played for marriages and village fetes in the middle-ages. They play about 30 concerts a year in medieval festivals throughout France and Spain.
Wikipedia encyclopedia entry on Medieval music.
Early music festivals
Festivals and fairs.
A directory of early music, Medieval and Renaissance festivals around the world.
Stoke Newington Early Music Festival (UK)
York Early Music Festival (UK)
Amherst Early Music
Amherst Early Music is the largest and most comprehensive teaching music festival for historical performance in the Western Hemisphere.
Belgrade International Early Music Festival
Boston Early Music Festival & Exhibition
European Festival Info Centre
Euro-Festival Info Centre is the website of the European Festivals Association and presents you 88 European Festivals and 11 National Festivals Associations.
Felicja Blumental International Music Festiva
Medieval composers
See also: List of Medieval composers, Wikipedia entries.
Alfonso, X of Castile
Alfonso X of Castile. Wikipedia entry.
Brumel, Antione
Guido da Arezzo
Guido da Arezzo. Wikipedia entry.
Dufay, Guillaume
Guillaume Dufay – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guillaume Dufay. A discography. Medieval Music & Arts Foundation
Dunstaple, John
Dunstaple, John. John Dunstaple
John Dunstaple, Wikipedia entry.
Free scores by John Dunstaple at The IMSLP
Hildegard von Bingen
Hildegard von Bingen Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) – A discography.
Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard.org
Machaut, Guillaume
Machaut, Guillaume de. International Machaut Society Home Page
Perotin
Perotin, biographical note and discography.
de Vitry, Philippe
Renaissance music, Renaissance composers; directories and archives
Composers. Music History 102: The Renaissance
Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files from the Internet Public Library.
Composers
Wikipedia directory listing over 125 individual Renaissance composers.
Pandora Radio: Renaissance Music
Ancient FM
Online radio station featuring medieval and renaissance music.
Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Early Music Chicago
Early MusiChicago is a web portal to the Early Music scene in the greater Chicago Metropolitan Area and adjoining region.
Medieval and Renaissance Music, Early Music Resources on the Web.
Renaissance and Baroque Society, Pittsburgh
Renaissance and Medieval Composers Web Directory.
A Selection of Renaissance Music
Music of the Renaissance Period
Wikipedia entry on Rennaissance music.
Wikipedia entries on Renaissance composers.
Renaissance composers
Allegri, Gregorio
Byrd, William
William Byrd. Background article.
William Byrd. The Keyboard Music of William Byrd
Campion, Thomas
Campion, Thomas. Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion. Free scores by Thomas Campion
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Thomas Campion. Wikipedia entry.
des Prez, Josquin
Josquin des Pres, Josquin. Josquin des Pres, A Josquin website.
Josquin des Pres. Free scores WIMA
Josquin des Prez. Wikipedia entry.
Dowland, John
Wikipedia
John Dowland. Lute Player and Composer. MP3s, life, essays. John Dowland. HOASM
John Dowland. Classical Composers Database
John Dowland. Detailed biography from CD liner notes.
John Dowland. Bio, Albums, Pictures. Naxos Classical Music.
John Dowland. Free listening, videos, concerts and pictures.
Dufay, Guillaume
Dufay, Guillaume. Guillaume Dufay
Dunstable, John
Ferrabosco family
Domenico Ferrabosco. Wikipedia entry.
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder. Wikipedia entry.
Gesualdo, Carlo
Gibbons, Orlando
Gibbons, Orlando. Orlando Gibbons. An introduction.
Orlando Gibbons. Free scores
Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
Orlando Gibbons. Grove Music Online
Orlando Gibbons. Wikipedia entry.
Monteverdi, Claudio
Monteverdi. Free scores by Claudio Monteverdi
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Claudio Monteverdi
International Music Score Library Project.
Website devoted to Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610.
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Wikipedia
Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina. HOASM
Free scores by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Free scores by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis, Wikipedia entry.
BBC Radio 3 Discovering Music program.
Thomas Tallis. Free scores in the Werner Icking Music Archive
Thomas Tallis. Free recordings of Latin and English church music.
Thomas Tallis. Free scores
Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
Taverner, John
John Taverner. Wikpedia entry.
Victoria, Thomas Luis de
Victoria, Tomas Luis de. Tomas Luis de Victoria
The Tomas Luis de Victoria web site by Nancho Alvarez.
Tomás Luis de Victoria, biography,
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Wikipedia entry.