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Books & Journals on the Web

Compiled by Nicholas S. Lander

Bibliographies

Recorder References, selected bibliography
Recorder References, from Hans Maria Kneihs (Germany)
Recorder Construction & Design, references for recorder makers

Books

Principes de la flute traversiere ou flute d'Allemagne; de la flute a bec; et du hobois by J.J. Hotteterre le Romain (1720). CAPITOLO VIII. Dei Coups de langue, Ports-de-voix, Accents e double-Cadences sul flauto traverso e altri strumenti a fiato
Cadernos de Flauta do Prof. Romero Damião-Iniciação Musical Pedagógi, a method for the recorder from Romero Ricardo Damião de Araujo (Brasil)
Allegro Books for Recorder Players, from Roy Brewer (UK)
The Melodic Message, a practical introduction to the recorder through hymns for groups of younger players, from Bob Redman (Italy
Basix Recorder Method by Morty Manus (USA), includes demonstration and accompaniment CD
The Cambridge Companion to the Recorder (UK), by Anthony Rowland-Jones
The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Amadeus Press (USA), publish books on classical music and opera
Editions Minkoff (Switzerland), publish facsimiles of music books & treatises.
Music Books Plus (USA), specialist on-line book store
Blackwell's Online Bookshop (UK), on-line book store
Internet Bookshop (UK), on-line book store
Rosemary Dooley (UK), second-hand books on music (not sheet music).
Barnes & Noble (USA), on-line book store
Paul van Kuik, Antiqurian Music and Music Literature (Netherlands), includes online catalogues
J. & J. Lubrano, Music Antiquarians (USA), musical autographs & manuscripts, rare printed music & musical literature, rare dance books
Ut Orpheus Edizioni (Italy), an on-line book- and music-shop specialising in early music

Journals

Recorder Journals
- American Recorder
  - American Recorder
  - American Recorder On-Line
- ARTAfacts, Newsletter of the American Recorder Teachers Association
- Australia's Journal of Recorder & Early Music (Australia), includes index of articles and search engine
- Recorder Education Journal, official publication of the American Recorder Teachers Association & the European Recorder Teachers Association (UK)
- Recorder Magazine (UK), journal devoted to the recorder
- Revista de Flauta de Pico (Spain), journal devoted to the recorder
- Windkanal (Germany), magazine devoted to the recorder published by Mollenhauer
Early Music & Other Journals
- BAROCKMUSIK (France), online magazine in French (some English articles)
- Basler Jahrbuch für Historische Musikpraxis, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Switzerland)
- Bouwbrief, from Charles Stroom
  - Index to volumes
  - Index to articles
- Continuo Magazine (US), publish their main articles and reviews from each issue online. Continuo Marketplace is also present with a number of catalogs that can be browsed.
- Early and Baroque Music, online magazine
- Early Music America (USA)
- Early Music (UK), so far gone it now carries articles concerning the responses of 18th-century listeners!
  - Home Page (UK),
  - Index of articles, from Charles Stroom
- Early Music News (UK)
- Early Music News (NSW, Australia)
- Early Music Vancouver (USA)
- Fellowship of Makers & Restorers of Historical Instruments (FoMRHI)
  - FTP site, includes index of communications
  - FoMRHI Quarterly, index of communications, from Charles Stroom
- The Galpin Society for the study of musical instruments<
  - Home Page, , includes complete contents pages of the Galpin Society Journal
  - Galpin Society Journal: Index of articles, from Charles Stroom
- Glareana, bulletin of Society of Friends of Old Musical Instruments (GEFAM), Zurich
- Goldberg (Spain), a magazine devoted to Early Music until 1750 (in Spanish & English)
- The Gramophone Magazine, classical music magazine
- International Early Music Review, from the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Bologna (Spain)
- Kings Music, often includes articles and reviews of intrerest to recorder players
- Woodwind Quarterly, a journal for woodwind repair technicians, makers, & manufacturers.

Reprints

UncoverWeb, order reprints by faxes of articles in back issue of American Recorder & Recorder Magazine

Music Manuscripts

Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM), inventory of musical sources
- RISM Series A/II: Music MSS After 1600, online database of music manuscripts written after ca. 1600 and, in most cases, before ca. 1850.
- RISM Libraries Directory, names, addresses, and other information about more than 5,500 libraries holding music materials relevant to RISM series.