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Composers

Overview of Composers

Anton Bruckner

Wolfgang A. Mozart

Tchaikovsky – A short biography.

Tchaikovsky – A biography.

Tchaikovsky – Biography and General MIDI files available.

Discography of Tchaikovsky's Compositions

Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture – Background info.

Listen to a sound clip of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture – [ 474k aiff ].

Tchaikovsky's Nutcraker Suite – listen to MIDI files. Your computer will need a Sound Card that plays MIDI files to listen to these.

Performers

How Do Instruments Make Music? [ Unplugged ]

Percussion:

The Drums and Percussion Page

Piano Page

The Piano Education Page

Online Piano Lessons

Strings:

Bow Makers and Bowed Stringed Instrument Makers

Violin: Premier Orchestral Instrument – Background info from the Knowledge Adventure online encyclopedia.

The Violoncello: Smooth and Strong – Background info from the Knowledge Adventure online encyclopedia.

About the Catgut Acoustical Society

The Violin Octet -- Physics applied to instrument making.

Jazz Guitar

Guitar

Woodwinds:

The National Flute Association Page

The Flute FAQ

The Flute Page

Flute Sound Files

More Flute Links

Clarinet

Brass:

Trumpet

Saxophone

Saxophone: Deep and Mellow – Background info from the Knowledge Adventure online encyclopedia.

Trombone

French Horn: The Coiled Horn – Background info from the Knowledge Adventure online encyclopedia.

Voice:

Exploratorium Vocal Vowels Exhibit – An online exhibit that explores the way we use our voices to make sound.

ChoralNet

Vocal Music Print Resources

Say... – A fun resource that allows you to type in words and hear them "spoken" by a synthetic speech synthesizer.

Additional Resources:

Musical Instruments Page – Brass – Woodwinds – Strings – Period – New – Ethnic/World music.

Instrumental Music Resources – Journals and Periodicals.

How Do Instruments Make Music? [ Plugged ]

Overview of Computer Music Research – Center For Computer Research In Music And Acoustics, Department of Music, Stanford University.

MIDI files – from the Yahoo search index.

Say... – A fun resource that allows you to type in words and hear them "spoken" by a synthetic speech synthesizer.

Electric Bass Lessons – A great source for all of the basics, including scales, intervals, tuning, and much more.

What is MIDI? – (the Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

The MIDI Homepage

MIDI Technical Background

Curtis Organ at the University of Pennsylvania – also the largest MIDI instrument in the world!

Computer Music bibliography – a bibliography on synthesizers, midi, computer, and electronic music collected from a variety of sources.

Leon Theremin – Inventor of the theremin.

The Theremin – early electronic instrument favored in chessy sci-fi soundtracks of the 50's and 60's.

More Theremin Links

Synthesizers & Digital Music – Information and sound files.

A Brief History Of Electronic Instruments – Basics.

Keyboard Magazine Index - an alphabetized listing of every article since December 1980.

Soundcard WWW Site – Hardware Section – an index of sound card products, hardware, and manufacturers.

Orchestras

Orchestras in the U.K.