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| Organ History | ||
| This smart-looking site offers a history of the pipe organ from its origin in the Middle Ages to the flowering in the baroque period. ( http://panther.bsc.edu/~jhcook/OrgHist/begin.htm ) | ||
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| History of the Harpsichord | ||
| This site traces the development of the harpsichord, a principal keyboard instrument in baroque chamber music. ( http://www.sankey.ws/history.html ) | ||
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| Sound Files of Bach Organ Works | ||
| This site offers beautiful performances of Bach organ works on magnificent instruments. You will need to scroll pretty far down the page, past the visitors' comments, to get to the links. ( http://www.johann-sebastian-bach.org/index.html ) | ||
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| The Well-Tempered Clavier | ||
| This site includes brilliant harpsichord performances from Bach's famous Well-Tempered Clavier. ( http://www.baroquecds.com/7114Web.html ) | ||
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| Toccata and Fugue in D Minor | ||
| This site offers a download of the complete Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by J. S. Bach, a fine performance by Frederik Magle. ( http://www.magle.dk/ubbthreads/showflat.php/cat/0/Number/51 ) | ||
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| The Baroque Suite | ||
| On this site you can find a description of the dances in the baroque instrumental suite with sound files to help you understand the differences in them. ( http://vcenter.acaweb.org/Music/Golightly/baroquesuite/ ) | ||
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| Hear the Clavichord | ||
| This site features sound files of performances on the clavichord and allows you to compare its sound with that of the organ, harpsichord, and virginal. ( http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Music/Clavichord.html ) | ||
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| Instrumental Music of the Late Baroque Period | ||
| The outline on this site offers a great overview of instrumental music in the later baroque period, including keyboard music, sonatas, and concertos. ( http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/outlines/grout11.html ) | ||
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| Sonata Forms in the Baroque Period | ||
| This site describes the various forms of the baroque sonata, including sonata da camera and sonata de chiesa. ( http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_sonata.html ) | ||
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