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.

Classical Net

The early music portion of this site contains over 100 links to associations, festivals, and general sites.

Early Music Chicago

Here is information, not only on early music in Chicago, but on composers, instruments, recordings and more.

Early Music FAQ 

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 America

Early Music Guild of Seattle

Early Music Society of the Islands

Early Music Vancouver

Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh

San Diego Early Music Society

San Francisco Early Music Society

Southern California Early Music Society

BASIC GENERAL INFORMATION:

Tapia’s Gold

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.

Early Music in Schools

Contains pictures and sound clips of early musical instruments.

The Baroque Music Home Page

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

Antique Sound Workshop, Ltd.

A supplier of quality historical instruments, sheet music, and historical information on historical woodwind instruments.

The Early Music Shop

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.
This company sells historical instruments, recorders and sheet music. The music catalog is arranged by publisher.

Marc Ecochard

Historical oboes and flutes modeled after many different makers

Peter de Koningh Bassoons

His site contains a list of recordings made on his instruments.

Robert H. Cronin

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:

The Baroque Bassoon Home Page

Focuses on getting started playing the Baroque bassoon with information on purchasing instruments, literature, recordings, and reeds.

Bassoon.org

The Baroque portion of this site has a page with links to useful Baroque bassoon sites; many are for instrument makers.

Baroque Bassoons

With lists of makers and courses for the Baroque bassoon and dulcian, this site is useful in getting started in early bassoon performance.

hautboy.org

A Baroque oboe site run by Stephen Hammer with fingering charts, articles, repertoire, and more.

WORKSHOPS AND SUMMER FESTIVALS:

Albuquerque Baroque Double Reed Workshop

Amherst Early Music Festival

Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute

Madison Early Music Festival

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