Music Links
Analysis
- The Canons and Fugues of J. S. Bach by Timothy Smith of Northern Arizona University, an authority on music technology, music theory and the music of Bach.
- Well-Tempered Clavier: analysis, scores and digital sound is an excellent Shockwave site by Timothy Smith with recordings by David Korevaar.
- The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach is another useful analysis of the WTC fugues, by Earsense.
- Prout's Lyrics for Bach's WTC Subjects are highly amusing but quite memorable reminders of the WTC fugal subjects.
- Op. 87 24 Preludes and Fugues by Dmitri Shostakovich is an Earsense analysis of the Shostakovich fugues.
- Pianopedia is for teachers, students and performers to explore the repertoire and published editions.
- The Bach Chorales in MIDI, QuickTime and PDF, variously sorted, e.g. by Riemenschneider number and by German title.
- Vocabulary of fugal terms with links to other music vocabularies.
- Dictionary of musical terms
Biography
- Composers Biographies at the Naxos label
- Bardic Edition Music Publishers
- The Classical Music Pages
- Illustrated Biographies by the Classical Music Archives
- Composer Index at Classical Net
- Composer Biographies at Schirmir Inc.
- Composer timeline
- The Timid Soul's Guide to Classical Music
- The J.S. Bach Home Page
- The London Bach Society
- Sleeve notes on the Complete Solo Piano Music of Maurice Ravel by Angela Hewitt
- The Serge Prokofiev Foundation
Pianists
- Great pianists of the past
- Classical Pianists in the Yahoo directory
- Boris Berman
- Sviatoslav Richter
- Alfred Brendel
- András Schiff
- Stephen Hough
- The John Ogdon Foundation
Training
- The Piano Education Page
- Piano Pedagogy Plus
- Pianoweb: evidence-based piano solutions - the "classical hand position"
- The Taubman Approach and the Alexander Technique
- Piano Power - Theories Contradicted
- Piano Technique: Historical Perspective - links
- Martha Beth Lewis - a pedagog with plenty to say about most things
- The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Exams
- Trinity College London - Music Exams
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama - Events
- Music Lessons Online - articles, tips and teacher listings
Sheet Music
- 8notes.com - Free classical sheet music
- SheetMusicFox - Free Public Domain Sheet Music
- The Sheet Music Archive - Public Domain Classical Music
- EveryNote.com - Classical Sheet Music Downloads
- Score Store UK - Printed Sheet Music
- Chamberlain Music - UK Online Music Shop
General
- Links for musicians on the WWW - a rich resource for musical research, maintained by the Music Department at Royal Holloway, University of London
- A Musician's ABC
- The Virtual Piano Museum
- Piano on Fact-Index.com
- Temperament and Historical Tunings
- Miking a piano
- The Grand Piano Action - with a stunningly graphic animation