The Library
The library contains a continually expanding, invaluable resource for learning and understanding some of the world’s important cultural achievements.
Music from the Americas (North and South)
American Indigenous Music
Appalachian Music
Scots-Irish Influence
Bluegrass Music
Native-American Music
American Primitive Music
Latin Music
The Palladium
Sacred Music Traditions
Mountain and Bluegrass Gospel Music
Contemporary Christian Music
South of the Border
The Islands
Mexico
Central America
South America
Western Music
American and European Popular Music
Popular Music of the 1920s
Popular Music of the 1930s
Popular Music of the 1940s
German Electronic Music
Skiffle and the “British Invasion”
The Beatles
The Moody Blues
Female Singers
Haley Westenra
Kelly Clarkson
Mariah Carey
European Folk Music
Western Classical Music
Music Through the Centuries
The Polyphonic Music Era (10th-16th Century)
16th Century – The Renaissance
17th Century – The Forgotten Century
18th Century – The Classical Era
19th Century – The Romantic Era
20th Century – The Century of Transition
21st Century – A New Beginning
Italy
Bologna – The Great Music City
Cazzati, Maurizio (1616-1678)
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo (1637-1695)
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1557-1612)
Grandi, Alessandro (1575-1630)
Renaissance Sacred Music in Rome
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594)
Austria
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
France
Campra, André (1660-1744)
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)
Franck, César (1822-1890)
Magnard, Albéric (1865-1914)
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)
Ropartz, Guy (1864-1955)
The Organs of Paris
Germany
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
North German 17th-Century Choral Music
Russia
The Russian Romantic Music Era
Scriabin, Alexander (1871-1915)
Scandanavia
The Franco-Flemish School
Obrecht, Jacob (c.1458-1505)
Lassus, Orlande de (c.1532-1594)
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)
Het Concertgebouw
Spain
Renaissance Sacred Music in Spain
Victoria, Tomás Luis de (c.1548-1611)
United States of America
Musicians and Conductors and Singers
Conductors
Antonia Brico (1902-1989)
Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954)
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)
Pianists
Aimi Kobayashi
Glenn Gould
Natálie Schwamová
Sviatoslav Richter
Yuja Wang
Violinists
Cellists
Jacqueline du Pré
Mstislav Rostropovich
Sol Gabetta
Music of Asia
The Music of India
Plainsong
Liber Usualis (1961)
Solesmes Method
The Holy Week Book
The Secret Mora Vocis of the Vatican Edition
Vesperale (Swann 1913)
Hymnody
Philharmonia Hymn Book
Singing the New Song
Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint & Orchestration
Art
Architecture
Literature
Other
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus in 2009
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
The Decline of Music Culture in the Digital Age, by “The Good Citizen” (2023)