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For Historical Performance
Here we offer some sources to connect you with the early music field, specifically those concerning the double reeds.
SITES SERVING AS PORTALS TO THE EARLY MUSIC COMMUNITY:
Early Music Network: An International Early Music Society This site contains links to early music organizations, schools, festivals, artist agents and representation, labels, distributors, journals, magazines, shops, and music publishers.
The early music portion of this site contains over 100 links to associations, festivals, and general sites.
Here is information, not only on early music in Chicago, but on composers, instruments, recordings and more.
This site seems to focus more on medieval music, but it has a lot of information including notes on certain composers.
EARLY MUSIC SOCIETITES:
These groups typically have a links section on their sites that may connect you with the information that you need. This is not an exhaustive list. Many areas have their own early music society.
Early Music Society of the Islands Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh San Francisco Early Music Society Southern California Early Music Society
BASIC GENERAL INFORMATION:
Tapia’s Gold is an early music ensemble. The historical information on this site is somewhat more substantial than on many other independent sites. Many links are incorporated into the content.
Contains pictures and sound clips of early musical instruments.
With biographical information and some instrument descriptions, this site will help get a Baroque enthusiast started in listening to Baroque music.
RESOURCES FOR EARLY MUSIC RESEARCH:
A Bibliography of Writings about the Oboe and Bassoon, 17th-19th Centuries This site, provided by the Indiana University William and Gayle Cook Music Library, is extensive and includes foreign language sources.
INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES
A supplier of quality historical instruments, sheet music, and historical information on historical woodwind instruments.
Offers a range of woodwind instruments from several manufacturers.
Leslie Ross Instruments and Music Historical bassoons from all eras and reed tools for making historically accurate reeds are found here. There is also some information on how to make the reeds for these instruments.
Magnamusic Distributors Inc.
Historical oboes and flutes modeled after many different makers
His site contains a list of recordings made on his instruments.
His focus is on historical double reeds.
Sand Dalton Baroque & Classical Oboes This site has instruments and accessories available, plus a page on instrument care.
BAROQUE BASSOON AND OBOE SITES:
Focuses on getting started playing the Baroque bassoon with information on purchasing instruments, literature, recordings, and reeds.
The Baroque portion of this site has a page with links to useful Baroque bassoon sites; many are for instrument makers.
With lists of makers and courses for the Baroque bassoon and dulcian, this site is useful in getting started in early bassoon performance.
A Baroque oboe site run by Stephen Hammer with fingering charts, articles, repertoire, and more.
WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER FESTIVALS:
Albuquerque Baroque Double Reed Workshop Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute
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