The Pretty Good Guide to 500 Years of Music History

by Mistress Signy Dimmridaela

Early music is no longer an arcane subject accessible only to the most diligent scholar or enthusiast. The combination of CD technology and the Internet has made it relatively easy to find out information about early music and recordings of early music. This select list of web pages, publications, recording sources and other information will help you find out more about music in the SCA period. Have fun!

Note: Some links from these pages may not be current, but you can usually find the current address through a major search engine.

SOME EARLY MUSIC RESOURCES

SCA Music Page
Part of SCA Arts and Sciences Page, maintained by Master Gregory Blount. Lots of links to other early music resources, both SCA and non-SCA.

Atlanta Early Music Alliance
Concerts, workshops, Atlanta-area, national and international early music links.

Atlanta Recorder Society
Workshops, instructors, concerts, links.

Early Music America
Links to other early music resources, instrument makers, concerts, festivals, workshops, classified ads, early music fun, CD store with listings and reviews. Publishes Early Music magazine.

Early Music Network
Concerts, discographies, labels and distributors, festivals, instruments, journals and publications, organizations, ensembles and individual performers, school resources, shopping. Maintained in Atlanta.

Medieval Music and Arts Foundation
TONS of links, information, guides, discographies, bibliographies. Not just music.

Searchbeat: Early Music on the Web
Lots of links to performers, festivals, workshops, organizations, etc. Not just early music, not just music.

Boulder Early Music Shop
Instruments, kits, sheet music and scores. Online catalog.

The Early Music Shop (London)
"The largest single source of early music instruments worldwide." Online catalog.

Kelischek Workshop
Instruments, kits, music, workshops. About 2 1/2 hours north of Athens (GA) in Brasstown, NC.

Von Heune Workshop
Instrument sales, repair, kits, sheet music. Early music links, concentrating on the Boston area.

Amherst Early Music
The largest and most comprehensive teaching music festival for historical performance in the Western Hemisphere. Held over several weeks in August.

Harmonia
Nationally syndicated 1 hour public radio program devoted to early music. Airs on WUGA 91.7/97.9 (Athens, GA) Friday at 11 a.m., Peachstate Public Radio affiliates statewide at Tuesday 7 p.m., and WABE 90.1 (Atlanta, GA) Sunday at 7 pm. Playlist service, nifty t-shirts.

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