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| Baroque Music Site | ||
| This site covers all major composers of the baroque period with plentiful biographical information and sound files of their compositions. ( http://www.baroquemusic.org/index.html ) | ||
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| Claudio Monteverdi | ||
| This National Public Radio site offers a biographical sketch of Claudio Monteverdi and some listening opportunities as well. ( http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/milestones/990519.motm.monteverdi.html ) | ||
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| Claudio Monteverdi | ||
| This site includes a biography of Monteverdi along with photos, a list of compositions, and sound files of some works (on synthesizer). ( http://www.karadar.com/Dictionary/monteverdi.html ) | ||
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| Henry Purcell | ||
| A BBC biography of Purcell's life with information about a movie made about his life. ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A481015 ) | ||
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| The Purcell Project | ||
| This site has many midi sound files of Purcell compositions along with information on the notation and links to other Purcell sites. ( http://www.davethehat.com/purcell.htm ) | ||
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| Baroque Timeline | ||
| This site features a handy timeline of events, both musical and otherwise, from the baroque period (1600-1750). ( http://www.ptloma.edu/music/MUH/baroque/baroquetimeline/baroquetimeline.htm ) | ||
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| Baroque Writers and Philosophers | ||
| This site offers an overview of the great writers and thinkers of the baroque period with links to their works and biographical information. ( http://www.culturalresources.com/BAR16.html ) | ||
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| Castrati Singers | ||
| This site discusses the use of male castrati in female roles in opera during the baroque period, with links to a famous film on the singer Farinelli. This site also has a link to a sound files of a 1902 recording by Alessandro Moreschi (1858-1922), the last castrato. ( http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-castrati.html ) | ||
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| Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice | ||
| The book available on this site provides a detailed account of the rise of opera in Venice in the seventeenth century. ( http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3199n7sm/ ) | ||
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