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101cd.com
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| Boasts 1.6 million titles on line - every UK & major import music title. Also sells games videos and books.
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VirtualSheetMusic.com
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| A selection of mainly classical sheetmusic to buy online and download instantly to your computer. Most pieces include excellent midi samples you can listen to before buying.
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Yamaha
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| Home page of the renowned instrument and electronics manufacturer. Contains pictures, product specifications and dealer locators. Yamaha are most famous for superb pianos but also sell the full range of brass and woodwind instruments.
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Tête à Tête Opera Company
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| Stunningly designed site for a stunning company - UK based Tête à Tête's mission is to bring uplifting, surprising, dangerous and intimate opera productions of the highest quality to the widest possible audience. Rave reviews if recent productions suggest they may have achieved their goal.
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The Royal Opera House (UK)
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| London's Royal Opera House has been beleagured by bad press surrounding its expensive new building. We think the building is great, as for the web site, we're not so sure...
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Royal Festival Hall
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| Stylish site for the Royal Festival Hall, Hayward Gallery and the South Bank Centre, London. Includes full details of concerts and events, and a good online booking system.
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Barbican Centre
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| Great cultural centre though it is, the barbican is famous for being impossible to navigate. We think this approach has been cleverly incorporated into the web site as well. Nevertheless, a great place to visit for music, film and theatre events of the highest international standard.
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Wigmore Hall, London
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| London's most elegant chamber music venue has thrived since its refurbishment in the early 1990s. The web site provides full concert details and information, but disappointingly doesn't let you book online.
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Lincoln Center, NY
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| Located in the heart of New York, the Lincoln Center claims to be the world's largest cultural complex.
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New York Philharmonic
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| 2001/2 will be Kurt Masur's last season as Music Director at the New York Phil, before he hands over to Lorin Maazel. This is a well organized site with full online booking facilities.
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Classical Music Used in Films
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| A superb list of Classical pieces and composers found in various well-known films. The site is produced by the budget record label Naxos, and contains links to the relevant recordings.
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A-Z Glossary
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| An easy to navigate and fairly comprehensive collection of musical terms, listed alphabetically.
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A-Z of Composer
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| Brief notes on a large array of Classical composers from Albeniz to Zemlinsky, as featured in the budget record label Naxos's catalogue. There are also links to the relevant CDs and some audio clips.
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Jazz Promo
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| Mainly an e-commerce site, though it does include interviews and downloadable music files. A place worth visiting for any serious enthusiast.
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Berlin Philharmonic
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| Web site for the world famous orchestra. English-language version of the site is available. No online booking facility.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
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| Good-looking site, containing information about the orchestra and concert listings. Also contains links to the Boston Pops Orchestra and the BSO residency at Tanglewood.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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| For information about your upcoming performances, purchasing tickets and CSO merchandise, and experience the music as well as pages introducing Classical Music.
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Composer TimeLine
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| Cleverly arranged 'timeline' allowing you to browse through music history at the click of a mouse.
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Cleveland Orchestra
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| Ohio's favorite Classical Music orchestra. The site contains a merchandise store as well as the usual concert listings.
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London Symphony Orchestra
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| This site usefully includes sound clips for forthcoming concerts.
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