Almanac of Classical Music History Birth and death dates of composers and performers; first performances of famous works. http://www.angelfire.com/biz/acousticdigest/almanac.html

Music and Chess An annotated bibliography of musical compositions related to chess. http://www.greschak.com/muschess.htm

Major Musical Periods Graphic timeline: typical musical forms and styles, major composers, sample MIDI files http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2091/

Medieval Music and Arts Foundation Early Western and traditional non-Western music: Recording suggestions, discussion, articlesl links. http://www.medieval.org/

Incompetech: Music Styles Brief, tongue-in-cheek discussion of musical forms. http://www.incompetech.com/music/

This Day In Music History Daily listing of what happened on this day; extensive introductory tutorial on music notation. (CD sales: affiliate) http://DataDragon.com/day/

History of Indian Music Extensive hypertext article by David Courtney. http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/index.html

The History of Czech Music A brief history of Czech music, from the Middle Ages to the 20th century; Biographies and work of important composers. (Radio Hudba, Czech Republic) http://www.radio.cz/hudba/indexeng.html

Finnish Music in a Nutshell Brief history of classical music in Finland; by Pekka Hako. http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/finmusic.html

Classical Musician Recent Deaths (from 1988 to current) http://members.tripod.com/perfartists/obits.html

Gallery Music (Sung by church and chapel "bands" in the UK in the 18th and 19th centuries) Includes articles, sample scores and MIDI files, links, and organizations. http://www.westgallerymusic.co.uk/index.html

Jewry in Music Articles and links about the entry of Jews into the musical professions in Europe in the early nineteenth century. http://www.smerus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Early Women Composers Includes chronology; extensive biographies of obscure musicians; MIDI files; discography, bibliography, links. http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/pages/

Black History and Classical Music Brief overview and biographical notes about conductors and performers in the classical tradition. http://ChevalierDeSaintGeorges.Homestead.com/History.html

Eras Online Basics about the major periods of classical (art) music, with terms, composers, RAM audio examples, and purchase links. From Essentials of Music, sponsored by Sony Classical and W. W. Norton. http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/eras.html

History in Song Includes annotated texts about American history, from Revolutionary War songs to 1960's anti-war protests. http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/

Save Our Sounds Describes a project by the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress to convert important collections of historical recordings to modern formats. http://www.saveoursounds.com

The Music of Freemasonry Masonic influences on Classical music, and music in the Lodge: Notes, MIDI samples, and facsimile pages. http://www.masonmusic.org/

Music History Resources Outlines and timelines on various topics in music history from the Middle Ages to the present. http://www.geocities.com/papandrew/

Tab Patterson's Quadraphonic Sound Site Information about quad formats, featuring information about transfering quad records to CD-R. http://hometown.aol.com/matrixquad/about.htm