Links

Here are some interesting sites about medieval and mediterranean music and culture, specialized instrument makers, and libraries.

Instruments

Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
This is Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments.

Historic Percussion
http://www.ccsi.com/~bobs/histperc.html

Thorsten's Bagpipe Pages
http://sackpfeifen.virtualave.net/index.htm
About traditional Western European pipes.

Galician Bagpipes
http://www.clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/

The Recorder Homepage
http://www.iinet.net.au/~nickl/recorder.html
Indexes pages about the recorder including articles, technique, source material, makers, composers, music, retailers, players, recordings, MIDI files, education, software, societies.

The Crumhorn Homepage
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickl/crumhorn.html
Presents information about the crumhorn. Includes history, reconstructions, making your own, music, MIDI files, accessories, references.

Launeddas Associazione Culturale Sonus de Canna
http://www.sardinia.net/sonus
About launeddas, the ancient musical instrument of Sardinia.

Resources

The Cantigas de Santa Maria
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cantigas
Facsimiles, illuminations, and related links.

Cantus
http://publish.uwo.ca/~cantus
Indices of chants in selected manuscripts and early printed sources of the liturgical Office.

Labyrinth
http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/index.html
Medieval studies scholarly resources compiled and organized from around the world.

Medieval Studies

Hispanic Translation History, 13th Century
http://tinet.fut.es/~apym/13.html
The translation activity in medieval Spain.

Influencia oriental
http://www.filosofia.org/aut/mmb/hfe09.htm
Eastern influence on Medieval Spain.

Early Music

Polyphony: Historical Performance in NYC
www.polyphony.com
An up-to-date listing of concerts along with biographies of musicians and other information concerning the Early Music community.