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Renaissance Music
Elizabethan Musical Instruments
Two general, illustrated essays are provided: Elizabethan Stringed Instruments by Megan Haynes and Elizabethan Wind and Brass Instruments by Brian Hart.
Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Click on an instrument name to get a page full of info, with photographs and additional resources, at the Musica Antiqua site, Iowa State University.
The Internet Renaissance Band
Early music MIDI files by Curtis Clark include sections on medieval music, Renaissance music, and European carols.
Reading and Transcribing White Mensural Notation
Understanding and using the notation for Renaissance music of the sixteenth century. Nice hyperlinked article with examples and a glossary by Raybro.
The Silver Swan: Elizabethan Music's Debt to Italian Humanism
An exploration of the origins and progress of the English Madrigal movement is accompanied by images, sound clips, a bibliography and discography. Nicely done by Hope Greenberg.