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. The Bach Cantatas Website
(BCW) is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of J.S. Bach's cantatas and his other vocal works. The BCW contains
discussions and detailed discographies of each cantata and other vocal works, performers and general topics. The BCW also
contains texts and translations, scores, music examples, articles and interviews, and over 3,500 short biographies of performers
of Bach's vocal works (singers, conductors, vocal and instrumental groups) and players of his keyboard works. There are
also other relevant resources such as the Lutheran church year, database of chorale texts & melodies and their authors,
reviews and discussions of Bach’s non-vocal works and books about Bach, terms and abbreviations, schedule of concerts
of Bach's vocal works, guide to Bach tour, thousands of links to other relevant resources. The BCW is an international
collective project, being compiled from various postings about the subject, most of which have been sent to the Bach Mailing
Lists. An essential site for anyone interested in early music. Devoted to the promotion of historically-inspired
performance and Baroque opera, the site carries details of newly-released recordings and forthcoming issues in addition to listings
of recent and upcoming books of relevant interest. Also included are more detailed listings of selected areas of the repertoire Bernard D. Sherman's website The
website of one of today's most thoughtful writers on early music. In addition to details on the important book Inside
Early Music (1977), the site includes a range of articles drawn from a variety of sources.
VIA ARTIS KONSORT is an international ensemble with the
musical focus aimed at the undiscovered treasures from the late Medieval to early Classic period. The
ensemble’s official website www.viaartis.info contains articles, audio samples and other information related to the ongoing work of the ensemble. A professional ensemble from Sweden consisting of six vocalists and a viola da gamba player. The ensemble specializes in Renaissance polyphony, its repertoire including works by such composers as Lasso, Josquin, Gombert, Rore, Senfl and Isaac. Most concerts are given in churches, but the ensemble also performs secular works in regular concerts. Soundclips can be heard on ENSEMBLE FERIA VI's homepage www.feriasexta.se
A documentary record of Handel's life, career, and early reception. Based on Ilias Chrissochoidis, "Early Reception of Handel's Oratorios, 1732-1784: Narrative-Studies-Documents" (Ph.D. dissertation, Stanford University, 2004). http://ichriss.ccarh.org/HRD/
One of today's finest fortepianists and clavichord players, Marcia Hadjimarkos has
a website that details information on her programmes and recordings in addition to biographical details and a host of other
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