Period Web Links

Period Web Links
Further "Period" Web Browsing...

New entries are identified by the symbol.

Perspectives on Early Music, Authenticity, and Performance Practice

Dave Lampson has some insightful thoughts about the ever controversial term, "historically-informed performance" (HIP) practice.
Todd McComb has some interesting things to say on the subjects of Early Music and authenticity.
Lyrichord Discs presents an essay by Kevin Moll titled, "Resurrecting Early Music: From Manuscript to Compact Disc."
ARTON's German Baroque Violin Bow, the Lute-Harpsichord and Baroque music performance.
Altramar's What is historically-informed performance?
Handel & Haydn Society and Historically-Informed Performance
"Old Music for New" by Christopher Hogwood
Bernard D. Sherman's Website (author of "Inside Early Music")
- An Atmosphere of Controversy -- introduction to "Inside Early Music"
- Reinventing Wheels -- an interview with Joshua Rifkin on Interpretation and Rhetoric (a sample chapter from "Inside Early Music")
- Authenticity in Musical Performance -- an article by Bernard D. Sherman
- Tempos and Proportions in Brahms: Period Evidence -- an article by Bernard D. Sherman
Anne Johnson's (New York Times) -- O.K., Everyone in Tune, Whatever That Happens
Andrew Clark's (Financial Times) -- Emperors in period clothing: What does 'authentic' really mean?

Period Instrument Recordings

An Overview of Period Instrument CDs (1580 - 1830) [Compiled by Dr. Roger Peters]

Historical Instruments

Bradley Lehman's Sounds of harpsichords and related instruments...
Copies of Historic Musical Instruments -- CIMCIM Publications No. 3, 1994
Nicholas Lander's Crumhorn Home Page
Nicholas Lander's Recorder Home Page
Culturekiosque's Baroque Instruments
Lars Johannesson's Baroque Flute Corner

Instrument Instruction

John Child's "Recorder Teacher" ® -- an interactive program

Historical Instrument Museum Collections

The Bate Collection of Musical Instruments, Oxford University. This museum collection includes ~1500 historic instruments from the Renaissance to the present day.
ORPHEON - Museum of Historical Musical Instruments
- Vazquez Collection of Ancient String Instruments
"The Treasure Room" -- Historical Musical Instrument Collection (Vassar College)
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
Russell Collection of Early Keyboard Instruments
Musikmuseet (Stockholm)

Historical Instrument Makers & Dealers

Various Instruments

The von Huene Workshop, Inc. -- makers and dealers of historical instruments
Christopher Monk Instruments
Ancestral Instruments -- Historical Bagpipes - Bag Hornpipes - Hornpipes - Reedpipes - Mediaeval Fiddles - Rebecs - Lyres
Dolmetsch Instruments -- Recorders - Keyboards - Strings
Ars Antiqva
The Early Music Shop (London)

Keyboards

Hubbard Harpsichords. A valuable source of "authentic" replicas of historic harpsichords.
Zuckerman Harpsichords International
John Phillips Harpsichords
Robert Morley and Company Limited -- Pianoforte and Harpsichord Makers
Harpsichord Clearing House
Jensen Harpsichords (E-mail : harpsichordman@hotmail.com)
Dana Ciul, Early Keyboard Instruments [Lyons, Colorado]
Carl Dudash Harpsichords
- Postal address :
  - Carl Dudash Harpsichords
    P.O. Box 200
    Norfolk, CT 06058
- E-mail : cdharp@snet.net
Harpsichord Center [Los Angeles, California]
Carey Beebe Harpsichords [Sydney, Australia]
Yves Beaupré Harpsichords [Montréal, Canada]
Claviers Baroque [Toronto, Canada]
Oberlinger Orgelbau - Organ builders. Oberlinger is one of the oldest Mechanical-Action pipe organ manufacturers in Germany. Oberlinger manufactures several historical reconstructions of ancient keyboard instruments, including a Gothic Positive, a Renaissance table-positive, and a Regal, all originally found in iconographic sources, or in historic examples not accessible by the general public. Oberlinger also manufactures several models of Baroque home and Chamber organs.
Michael Johnson Harpsichords (E-mail: mjharpsi@freenetname.co.uk)
Atelier Marc Ducornet
The Paris Workshop [Paris, France]
Bizzi Clavicembali [Italy]
Margaret Hood Fortepianos (E-mail: hood@uwplatt.edu) [Platteville, Wisconsin]
Malcolm Rose Harpsichords (and strings for keyboard instruments) (E-mail: info@malcolm-rose.com) [Lewes, East Sussex, UK]
Robert Deegan harpsichords [Lancaster, England]
J.C. Neupert [Bamberg, Germany]
Sørli Lautenwerk and Harpsichords (E-mail: sorli@lautenwerk.com)
Paul McNulty fortepianos [Divisov, Czech Republic] (E-mail: paul@fortepiano.cz)
Matthias Griewisch [Bammental, Germany]
William Horn [Italy]
Martin Pühringer [Austria]

Strings

Daniel Larsen
- "Making gut strings"
Charlie Ogle : Viola da Gamba maker [Eugene, Oregon]
Basil de Visser -- maker of bows for period instruments.
- Baroque- and classical- bows for violin, viola, cello and bouble bass. Repairs, and same day rehairs. Workshop is located at Bloedstraat 8, Amsterdam.
- Contact information :
  - Postal address:
    - Basil de Visser
      Binnen Bantammerstraat 10 A
      1001 RJ Amsterdam
      The Netherlands
  - Tel: +31 (20) 6235614
  - Fax: +31 (20) 4232875
  - E-Mail: basil@baroquebows.com
Giuseppe Tumiati's The Lutemaker's Workshop
Willibrord Crijnen - Violinmaker [Marseille, France] (E-mail: crijnen@com2i.fr)
David T. Van Zandt (violin maker) (E-mail: dvz@vanzandtviolins.com)
Aquila Corde Armoniche (E-mail : aquila@protec.it)
AquilaUSA U.S. representative for Aquila Corde Armoniche. (E-mail : info@aquilausa.com)
Ralph Ashmead - Historical Bows (E-mail : ralph@ashmeadbows.com) [Tuolumne, California, USA]
Merion David Attwood: viols, violin family, bows
Peter Hütmannsberger: viola da gamba [Linz, Austria]
Jean Pierre Gheerardyn : violins, 'cellos, gambas (E-mail : jpgheerar@yahoo.com) [Brugge, Belgium]
Gesina Liedmeier (viol maker)
Christopher English -- maker of Baroque bows
- Contact information:
  - Postal address:
    - 2029 Spruce Street
      Port Townsend, Wash 98368
      USA
  - Telephone: 360 379-9835
  - E-mail : cfenglish@yahoo.com
Warren Ellison (violin maker) (E-mail: info@warrenellison.com) [Jericho, Vermont]
Daniel Larson historical instruments (Duluth, Minnesota) - strings
- Gamut Strings
George Stevens (luthier) (E-mail: George.Stevens@btopenworld.com)
Bridgewood & Neitzert - Dealers and repairers in fine modern and baroque violins, violas, cellos, basses and bows. Lutes and viols. Specialist strings. Mail order. [London, England]
- Contact information:
  - Postal address:
    - 146 Stoke Newington Church Street
      London N16 0UH
      ENGLAND
  - Tel: +44 (0) 20 7249 9398
  - Fax:+44 (0) 20 7275 9330
  - E-mail: violinsbn@aol.com)
Stephen Marvin's "Historical Bows" (E-mail: s.marvin@historicalbows.com) [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
Baroquebows.net -- Antonio Airenti, bowmaker
- E-mail: info@baroquebows.net
Baroqueviolins.com -- Federico Löwenberger
- Contact information:
  - Postal address:
    - Via Marussig 13
      16166 Quinto al mare (Genova)
      ITALY
  - Tel/Fax +39/0103730148
  - E-mail: info@baroqueviolins.com
Violin maker Dmitry Badiarov - website for historically informed violin making and playing.
Archi al Sud - Violin maker and restorer in Italy, according to traditional Neapolitan craftsmanship - Liutaio di tradizione napoletana [Salerno, Italy]
- E-mail: info@archialsud.com

Woodwinds

Folkers and Powell: Historical Flutes. Makers of baroque flutes (a.k.a. traversos).
Peter de Koningh : Manufacturers of historical bassoon-replicas since 1977 (E-mail : PdeKoningh@cs.com) [The Netherlands]
Simon Polak: Baroque flutes (E-mail: simonpolak@earlyflute.com)
Stephan Blezinger recorders [Eisenach, Germany]

Brass

Maller Baroque Brass Instruments [Northbrook, Illinois, USA]
- E-mail: mallerbbi@aol.com

Performing Editions of "Early" Music

Artaria...revived! A new venture in the recording (via Naxos) and publishing of 18th-century music.
Concerto Editions (E-mail: concertoed@earthlink.net) - Performing editions of Baroque music.
Edition Parnassus Harmonicus - Performing editions of music by composers from the Classical period: e.g., Dussek, Jadin, Wolf, Hummel,Vahnal, Wranitzky, Gossec (E-mail: handerle@klosterneuburg.net)
Artemisia Editions (E-mail: candace@cappella-artemisia.com)
Sarabande Music (E-mail : patrice@saraband.com.au)
ClarNan Editions - early music by women. (E-mail : clarnan@ipa.net)
Avondale Press - recorder music catalog (E-mail : nanda@vcn.bc.ca)
Ut Orpheus Edizioni (Bologna, Italy). The catalogue includes the new Urtext edition of Monteverdi's Madrigali Libro II, Libro IV and VIII, recorder, viola da gamba, sacred music and two-part early music in Urtext edition. (E-mail : mail@utorpheus.com)
Scharffeneck Collection of contemporary early music

Early Music Recording Reviews

Tom Moore's compact disc reviews of Early Music recordings for Fanfare Magazine.

Performance Management for Early Music Artists

Polyphony - Specializing in Early Music ensembles and events in the New York City Metropolitan Area
Licanus - Early and Classical music management. (Anna Maria Vidal) {E-mail : sincopa@ciberia.com} [Spain]
Morawitz Musik Management [Vienna, Austria]
Early Music Agency [London, UK]
Mostylea Music Management [UK]

Last updated: 10 June 2007

Perspectives on Early Music, Authenticity, and Performance Practice

Period Instrument Recordings

Historical Instruments

Instrument Instruction

Historical Instrument Museum Collections

Historical Instrument Makers & Dealers

Performing Editions of "Early" Music

Early Music Recording Reviews

Early Music Societies/Institutes/Centers

Early Music Concerts/Festivals/Seminars/Workshops - organized by month

Early Music Journals/Periodicals

Performance Management for Early Music Artists