Suggested Links

Below are some suggested links. These are NOT required knowledge for the competition but rather intended to stir your mind, pique your interest, and further...well...just to learn more stuff! If you have a suggested link, please send the URL and page title and reason why to kmcguire@bitstream.net

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University of Minnesota Links
UJIVE - Graduate Student Ethnomusicology / Musicology Society
Center for Medieval Studies, UofM
+ MUSIC - Research Quickstart
+ Library Homepage
+ MNCAT
+ Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
+ JSTOR

+ Other Electronic Journals

+ The Arts Quarter Collective
+ University of Minnesota School of Music

Composers
J.S. Bach
* Bach Cantatas Online
* The Canons and Fugues of J.S. Bach

Nadia Boulanger.org

Francesca Caccini -
* Il Primo Libro della Musiche

* La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina
Aaron Copland Collection - LOC
Charles Mingus

W.A. Mozart
* Neue Mozart-Ausgabe - Complete works online
* Mozart Thematic Catalog - British Museum

Score Study
Online Musical Scores to Download
Variations Prototype: Online Musical Scores

Kunst der Fuge - online resources


Language
The Petrarchian Grotto - Petrarch
Your Dictionary.com - Online language resource


Other Links
Arabic Maqam World
The Blues - PBS
SynthMuseum.com - Your Vintage Synthesizer resource

Media
Minnesota Public Radio
Twin Cities Public Television
Radio K

KFAI
KBEM - Jazz88fm





Student Resources
A History of Western Music
Concise History of Western Music
Listen 5th edition
Thompson & Wadsworth Publishing
GRAD 8101 - Teaching in Higher Ed.

* Study Tips on the Web
* How to read college texts
* The Logical Fallacies Index
* Evaluating Web Sites - Cornell
* Evaluating Web - UC Berkeley
* Turabian citation - UWO
* QuickStudy citation guide- UofMN

* The American Folklife Center
* The Virtual Orchestra Online


Venues and Organizations
Intermedia Arts -
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Chorale
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Rose Ensemble
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Vocal Essence

Professional Organizations
American Musicological Society
American Composers Forum
Society for Ethnomusicology
Iowa Scholarship for the Arts


Log-ins
+ WEB-MAIL
WebCT Login
Sonis Webserver

Christian's Research Interests
Ambrosian Chant et al (online Chants)
Antiphonale Sacrasanctae (online) - Divine Office Chants
Archivium Liturgicum Sacrosanctae (online Chants)
Barbara Haggh-Huglo - University of Maryland, College Park
Breviary.net - Parallel translation of Divine Office
CANTUS / LMLO Searchable database

CANTUS - A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
CANTUS PLANUS - Chant Database at Regensberg
CURSUS Project - Medeival Liturgical Texts
Divine Music Project - Byzantine resource
Early Manuscripts at Oxford - Online facsimiles
Gregorian Chant on the Net - many, many links
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - at St. John's University
LaTrobe University - Medieval Manuscript Database
Liber Usualis Online - jpegs and MIDI (harmonized)
Liturgical Texts Project - by Fr. Hieromonk Aidan
Latin Vulgate online - with parallel Douay English
Medieval Source Book - at Fordham University
Monumenta Germaniae Historica - digital project
The Rule of St. Benedict - at OSB.org
The Orb - Online reference book for Medieval Studies
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum - Source readings
Utrecht Psalter - Complete digital facsimile of Ms 32
Wabash Center - World Religion e-resources

Paleographical and Epigraphical aids
Anglo-Norman Paleography course - Uof Leicester

Medeival Manuscripts in Facsimile - some medieval musical notation
Medieval Writing Online
MATERIALI DIDATTICI per la paleografia latina - At the University of Cassino
Exercises in Latin Paleography
Res
Gestae Divi Augusti - Loeb parallel translation

The Vindolanda Tablets Online

Language links
Ariadne - Online exercises from Athenaze
Athenaze Exercises - *practice Ancient Greek online
Supplemental Athenaze exercises - Austin College
Essential German - by Eugene R. Moutoux
Biblical Hebrew
- Studies on the Hebrew Alphabet

Online Hebrew Tutorial

A Cool Latin Website - www.grexlat.com

Latin Teaching Materials
Medieval Latin Online
Old English at the U of Virginia

Omniglot
- an online guide to written languages

 

Welsh and Other Celtic Links
Digital Medievalist - links to Celtic manuscripts
Welsh Manuscripts - The National Library of Wales
-- Dr. Toby D. Griffen - Topics in Celtic studies
-- Welsh New Testament

-- Welsh Book of Common Prayer

-- William Morgan Welsh Bible 1588 - facsimile

-- Welsh Grammar Online


Online E-Texts
Bernardi Claraevallensis - Opera Omnia online
Bibliotheca Augustana - Online Latin texts

Celtic Literature Collective - Irish, Welsh and Latin
Columbia University Online Text Services - links
Early Christian Writings Online - Gnostics et al.
The Perseus Digital Library- Source Readings of Classical Texts

Project Gutenberg -
Sacred-texts Online -

Virtual Xn-ity Bibles - Easy way to build foreign vocab


Esoteric History and related stuff
Alchemy Website - Online literature on Alchemy
The Chymistry of Isaac Newton - Alchemy studies
The Newton Project - Mss. of Sir Isaac Newton
Esoteric Archives - Readings and translations
Johannes Trithemius - Its Encryption not Magick
Zoso - Jimmy Page's symbol explained


Electric Bass
Carol Kaye - Pioneer session bassist and educator
Jaco Pastorius - He revolutionized the instrument
Victor Wooten - First saw him with Bela Fleck
ActiveBass.com - online bass community

Rhythm and stuff:
Drums database
Groovelab - online drum machine
Rhythmweb
- Intro to polyrhythms
Synthzone - drum samples

Media

Minnesota Public Radio - longtime member
American Mavericks - I like the "Crunchy" channel
* Harmonia - Online Early Music Radio Program
KWLC 1240am - Luther College Radio


Christrian's Television viewing (when time permits)

American Experience -
Frontline -
Nova -
Scientific American Frontiers - with Alan Alda

Secrets of the Dead -


DOCUMENTS for STUDENTS
Reference Chart: Development of Medieval Polyphony (800-1400)
A General Chart of Rounded Binary Forms
A Colloquially Hip Synopsis of Mozart/da Pontes' Don Giovanni for MUS-109

Listening Practice Sheet

Quick Reference Grammar Sheet - For whom did I write this?


COMPOSITIONS - requires Finale
I Know (2003)- SSA - for jr. high/High School choirs
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (1990) - Voice & 8-string guitar

Unplublished but copyright papers (mostly drafts)
The Three Worlds of Mozart's Horn Concerti - December 2003
La Mal Practica Ragion - Apotheosis of Reason in Figaro - 2004

A Comparison of Leporello and Giovanni - April 2004
The Entreprenurial Comey Brothers in Tudor England - Dec. 2003

Blues Theory - Idiomatic development of the Blues.

Introduction to Combo Instruments - guitars, basses, amps
Football for Musicians - Humor, maybe...

 

Christian's Grading Philosophy
Syllabus for Mus 319 - From Chant to Mozart
Syllabus for Mus 109-S - Analytical Survey of Western Art Music
Syllabus for Mus 118 - American Popular Music
Syllabus for Mus Honors Seminar - Art Music from 800-1750

 

American History and Related Links
John Locke primary source of American Government

Benjamin Franklin online exhibit -
John Adams online - The Atlas of Independence
The James Madison Center - The Father of the Constitution

The Federalist Papers - Read this before interpreting the Constitution
A Memorial and Remonstrance - Separation of Church and State
United States Consitution
- Online Text
Declaration of Independence - Online Text

The Religious Freedom Page
- good starting place for primary tezts

Charles Darwin Online -
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln -

 

Global warming
Climate change in Minnesota - noted drastic effects
Recycling in Minnesota - What you can do!
Global Warming - Hosted by the EPA
Biodiversity Hotspots - More drastic effects
ECD Ovonics - A Leader in alternative energy solutions

 

Current Issues
The Carter Center -
Wellstone Action - Paul and Sheila Wellstone
The Clinton Library Online -
The United Nations -
The Central Intelligence Agency - lots a good maps and stuff


PERSONAL PAGES
[*] Christian's Family page
- featuring Soren Sings
[*] Christian's 'Scratch-Tracks" page - Old page with recordings
[*] Depictions of Swans in World Myths
- Christian's Art History Project

Friends and Relatives
Otto Rosfeld - Cowboy Songs & Poetry (my uncle)
Western View Realty in Chadron, NE owned by my cousin Philip Rosfeld and his wife Chris.
The Gentry Joint - Pastor Laura Gentry, artist
Clopton Homepage - Kurt Clopton, artist, poet, musician
Metro-Med - designed by Michael Hutchison

Steve Jabas
- guitarist friend in NYC


Bands (other than the Beatles) who inspire me

Jethro Tull - Ian Anderson et al.
King Crimson
- Robert Fripp et al.
Led Zeppelin -
Brian May - Astronomer and guitarist for Queen
Charles Mingus - great American composer
Rush - Canadian Power trio
Pete Townshend - WHO else?

Fun Links
Fencing.net
Fencing Lessons Online
Twin Cities Fencing Club

The Minnesota Vikings: I Love American Football
The Minnesota Vixen: Women's Professional Football
How to Speak Hip - Yes THE "How to..." with Geetz Romo!
Shooby Taylor - The Human Horn
Willies American Guitars - Vintage Guitar dealer in St. Paul