NON-ROCK MUSIC
EARLY 1900S, CHOIR, FOREIGN, THEORY

EARLY 1900s MUSIC LINKS
Antique Phonograph Music Program on WFMU (stream the archives)
Recording Technology History - great intro to oldtime music
Archeophone - Release CD versions of rare, early 1900s recordings.
Antique Record Machines - expert Tim Gracyk's articles
Yazoo Records - Early American and ethnic recordings
Venerable Music - early recordings
Tinfoil - "Early recorded sounds and wax cylinders"
Nauck's Vintage Recordings - Kurt Nauck's info, books, auctions, etc
Mr. Victor - The RCA Victor site
Nipperhead - the story of Nipper
Phonophan - phonograph resource
Ragtime Ephemeralist - info, articles, sound files
Stride Piano - history, info, resources
Sheetmusic - ragtime, jazz, stride - advanced only

BIG BAND AND EARLY 1900s
Several links taken from RedHotJazz.com, a wonderful source of searchable information on artists and genres. Most linked.

James P. Johnson (another link), Glenn Miller, Dick Wellstood, Ella Fitzgerald, Arthur Collins, Billy Murray, Tommy Dorsey, Bix Beiderbecke, Golden Gate Quartet, Fats Waller, Dizzy Gillespie, Jelly Roll Morton, Art Tatum, Charlie Patton, Artie Shaw, Nelson Riddle, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Robert Johnson, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Original Dixieland Jass Band, George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Silver Leaf Jazz Band, Airmen of Note, Blind Blake, Paul Whiteman, Bessie Smith, Etta James, Zez Confrey, Duke Ellington, Sidney Bechet, Count Basie. tin-foil, wax and celluloid cylinder recordings, 78 records, ragtime, stride piano, military band music, minstrals, tin pan alley.

CHOIR
Ave Sol (Latvia), Kitka (Eastern European style choir from San Francisco), Valaam Monastery choir (Russia), Danilov Monastery (Russia), Choeur Xaramela (Basque), Rustavi Choir (Georgian), Nice Russian Vocal Quartet (as in Nice, France, not as in "hey - what nice guys"), Tubuai and Rurutu Choirs (Polynesian). Polynesian, Russian, Greek and Armenian Orthodox choirs, medieval songs sung for the popes of Rome and Avignon, Josquin, Georgian and Flemish Polyphonic Music, Bulgarian State Women's Choir, Pirin Folk Ensemble (Bulgaria), New London Chamber Choir

FRENCH MUSIC
Edith Piaf, Erik Satie, Pierre Henry, Mireille Mathieu, Jean Sablon, Frehel, Mistinguette, Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Trenet, Gilbert Becaud, Enrico Macias, Tony Murena, french accordion music (Musette)

CLASSICAL
Erik Satie, Schumann, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Bach, Grieg, Rachmaninov, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin, Hayden, Scarlatti, Purcell, Josquin

OTHER MUSIC LINKS
Classical.net - The best classical site on the web.
Ceolas - The best Celtic site on the web.
Bagpipe Web Directory - Ok, so I like bagpipes.
Theremin World - One of the more interesting instruments around.
A Short History of Tuning and Temperament - Ancient and modern scales.
Harmonics, Pythagoras, Music and the Universe - Beginning is good.
Elementary Music Theory - Tones and vibrations, some history.
Combinational Music Theory - Scientific dissection of musical patterns.
Musical Astrology - Hokey idea, but history part is good.

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