Classical+Music+Archives

=Classical Music Archives http://www.classicalarchives.com/=

=Authority= = = =Instructional Content=
 * This a .com site, so it is commercial and uses subscriber fees to make money.
 * The site is operated by "Classical Archives LLC" based in California.
 * Pierre R. Schwob, Dr. Nolan Gasser, David A. Barg, and Vladimir V. Volovich are some of the people responsible for this project. They run the foundation as well as engineer the website with help from many others.
 * The site has won numerous national and international awards for its design and content.
 * Schwob has written a number of books on science and math and is an amateur musician. Dr. Gasser has a doctorate in Musicology from Stanford where he is now an adjunct professor. These two combined, along with many others, to create this database.
 * This site contains 40,055 audio files from over 2,000 composers and is the largest classical database on the Internet.
 * These recordings come in a variety of formats (MIDI, MP3, WMA streams) for many different composers, compiled since 1994.
 * The site features a free streaming radio broadcast featuring music recordings found in the archives.
 * This site features a search engine by keyword and composer
 * This site features timelines and historical displays that provide a context to the composers and their music.
 * National Standards:
 * Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
 * The site is constantly expanding with more and more examples of music.

=Purpose, Viewpoint=
 * This page was created to share classical music sound files as well as create a source where people could find examples of classical music.
 * The Archives creates funding through the subscription fees of the users
 * There are no other viewpoints to link to on this page.
 * No bias towards anyone or anything. A broad variety of repertoire presented.

=Reputation=
 * There are over 1,500 links to this site including Wikipedia and various sites that allow visitors to listen to classical music.
 * Many of these links are from around the world, from libraries, or any number of other locations.

=Overall Evaluation=
 * The Classical Music Archives provide the user with an incredible amount of music at his or her fingertips. The only catch is that there is a subscription fee. One can also subscribe as a free user, but will be limited to accessing five files per day. The incredible amount of music on this site (in a variety of file formats) would make it worth the fee of $25 a year. Almost any piece that a teacher would want to expose students to could be found here.
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John Blasko Updated by Brad Hruska 3/26/08