Harpsichord Resources
Early Music Network – http://www.earlymusic.net/links/
Portal for professionals and enthusiasts of the harpsichord
http://www.cembalo-worldwide.de/
Carey Beebe – an extensive harpsichord resource- http://www.hpschd.nu/
Big Duck’s Harpsichord Miscellany – http://www.bigduck.com/harp1.html
HPSCHD-L – email discussion list devoted to early stringed keyboard instruments,
hosted by the University at Albany, USA http://www.albany.edu/hpschd-l/
International Societies
Les Amis du Clavecin- Belgium. http://www.amisduclavecin.be/index.htm
Vlaamse Klavecimbel Vereniging-Belgium http://www.vlaamseklavecimbelvereniging.be/
Claviers Baroques – Historical Keyboards – Upper Canada http://www.claviersbaroques.com
Estonian Harpsichord Society – Estonia http://www.klavessiin.kul.ee/en/
L’association Clavecin en France http://www.clavecin-en-france.org
Stichting Clavecimbel Genootschap – Nederland. http://www.scgn.org/index.php
Asociación Amigos del Clavecín – Spain http://clalsan.wix.com/amigos_clavecin
The Historical Keyboard Society of North America – USA http://historicalkeyboardsociety.org/
FIMTE- Studies in Spanish Keyboard Music http://www.fimte.org/#!store/ch6c
Related Societies
UK Societies & Organisations
The Handel House Museum.- http://www.handelhouse.org/
The British Clavichord Society.- http://www.clavichord.org.uk/Home.html
The Galpin Society.- http://www.galpinsociety.org/
National Centre for Early Music.- York. http://www.earlymusic.org.uk/
NCEM list of early music artists and ensembles working across the UK – www.ncem.co.uk/directory
National Early Music Association, NEMA.- http://www.earlymusic.info/nema.php
The Thomas Tomkins Society – http://www.thomastomkins.org.uk/
East Anglian Academy of Organ & Early Keyboard Music – http://www.eastanglianacademy.org.uk/
The Keyboard Charitable Trust – The Trust’s mission is to present artists internationally.
From London, artistic direction is given by Dr Leslie Howard & Dr Elena Vorotko (specialising
in historic instrumentalists) http://www.keyboardtrust.org/
International Links
Les Festes de Thalie, (France) http://www.festesdethalie.org/welcome.html
The American Musical Instrument Society, http://www.amis.org/
Southern California Early Music Society, http://www.earlymusicla.org/
Spanish Association of Early Music Groups –http://www.asociaciongema.com/
Early Music Fora
Border Marches Early Music Forum, http://www.bmemf.org.uk/
Early Music Forum of Scotland, http://www.emfscotland.org.uk/
Eastern Early Music Forum, http://www.eemf.org.uk/
Midlands Early Music Forum, http://www.memf.org.uk/
North East Early Music Forum, http://www.neemf.org.uk/
North West Early Music Forum, http://www.nwemf.org.uk/
Southern Early Music Forum, http://www.semf.org.uk/
South West Early Music Forum, http://www.swemf.org.uk/
Thames Valley Early Music Forum, http://www.tvemf.org/index.htm
Worcestershire Early Music, http://www.earlymusicworcs.org/index.htm
Early Music Festivals
Festivals in the Great Britain & Ireland
Worcestershire Early Music Festival (April) http://www.earlymusicworcs.org/events.htm
Beverley Early Music Festival (May) http://www.ncem.co.uk/?idno=229
London Festival of Baroque Music (May) http://www.lfbm.org.uk/
Galway Early Music Festival (May) http://www.galwayearlymusic.com
Bristol Early Music Festival (May) http://bristolearlymusicfestival.uk
Leicester Early Music Festival, (May-June) http://www.earlymusicleicester.co.uk
Stour Festival of Early Music, East Kent (June) http://www.stourmusic.org.uk/
York Early Music Festival (July) http://www.ncem.co.uk/?idno=228
Cambridge Early Music Festival (August) http://www.cambridgeearlymusic.org
East Cork Early Music Festival (Sept) http://www.eastcorkearlymusic.ie
Sligo Festival of Baroque Music. (Oct) http://www.sligobaroquefestival.com
Brighton Early Music Festival. (Oct/Nov) http://www.bremf.org.uk
International Festivals
Annual International Festival & Symposium on Spanish Keyboard Music – http://www.fimte.org
Boston Early Music Festival, USA – http://www.bemf.org/
Innsbruck Festival of Early Music, Austria –
http://www.austria.info/us/discover-austria/innsbruck-festiva-of-early-music-1541268.html
Korkyra Baroque Festival, Croatia– http://www.korkyrabaroque.com/en/
Musica Antiqua Bruges in Bruges, Belgium– http://www.mafestival.be/EN/home
Utrecht Early music Festival, Netherlands– http://oudemuziek.nl/festival/
Journals & publications
‘Harpsichord & Fortepiano magazine’ http://www.hfmagazine.info
‘Early Music Today’ Rhinegold Publishing http://www.earlymusictoday.com/
‘Early Music Performer’ http://www.earlymusic.info/nema.php
The journal of the National Early Music Association
‘Musica Antiqua’ – (‘The Messiah Magazine’ reincarnated) A quarterly Early Music magazine
published in UK. see http://www.musicaantiqua.co.uk/index.html
‘Early Music’- pub Oxford University Press http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/earlyj/about.html
Bibliography and Bookstore- Huge Resource of Books about the harpsichord –
brief descriptions and price guide. http://www.masterkit.com/musical/harpsichord.htm
Harpsichord books and related links http://www.geometry.net/detail/basic_h/harpsichord_instruments.html
Books and articles by Ed Kottick http://www.kottick.com/pubs.shtml
Publications by Grant O’Brien http://www.claviantica.com/Publications.htm
Articles by John Collins on performance practice and about individual composers.
http://www.johncollinsworthing.org.uk/publications.shtml
‘Early Harpsichord Magazine’ Archive
See EHM Archive page
