From: lampson@software.pulse.com (Dave Lampson)
Newsgroups: comp.archives
Subject: [rec.music.cd] Classical Music Information Archive
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Date: 14 Oct 1992 11:58:16 GMT
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The purpose of this posting is to announce the availability of the
following information in the classical music archive (early refers
generally to music of the Renaissance & Baroque periods; late refers
to music of the Classical, Romantic & Modern periods):

ASCII files:

classical/Guide         Guide to Buying Classical Recordings
classical/Repertor      Basic Repertoire List
classical/Keyboard.brq  Recommended CD Recordings of Early Keyboard Music
classical/Chamber.brq   Recommended CD Recordings of Early Chamber Music
classical/Orchstrl.brq  Recommended CD Recordings of Early Orchestral Music
classical/Keyboard.lat  Recommended CD Recordings of Late Keyboard Music
classical/Chamber.lat   Recommended CD Recordings of Late Chamber Music
classical/Concerto.lat  Recommended CD Recordings of Late Concertos 
classical/Orchstrl.lat  Recommended CD Recordings of Late Orchestral Music

PostScript format files:

classical/Guide.ps	Guide to Buying Classical Recordings
classical/Timeline.ps	Timeline of Composers
classical/Repertor.ps	Basic Repertoire List
classical/Keyboard.bps	Recommended CD Recordings of Early Keyboard Music
classical/Chamber.bps	Recommended CD Recordings of Early Chamber Music
classical/Orchstrl.bps	Recommended CD Recordings of Early Orchestral Music
classical/Keyboard.lps	Recommended CD Recordings of Late Keyboard Music
classical/Chamber.lps	Recommended CD Recordings of Late Chamber Music
classical/Concerto.lps	Recommended CD Recordings of Late Concertos
classical/Orchstrl.lps	Recommended CD Recordings of Late Orchestral Music


The Recommended CD lists contain references to over 1850 CDs, and are
cross-referenced back to the Basic Repertoire List.  These files recently
underwent an extensive revision expanding the files by some 40%.  The CD
Buying guide contains information on manufacturers & distributors, mail
order sources, and publications.  The Basic Repertoire List contains 
information as to music considered to be part of the basic repertoire,
and is organized by musical period and composer.  The Timeline file
(PostScript only) graphically depicts the life spans of 80+ composers
in a timeline format.

Due to the large size of these files (1MB total for ASCII and 1.7MB total 
for PostScript) the recommended and preferred method of accessing these
files is via anonymous FTP from cs.uwp.edu (131.210.1.4).  If you can
not perform FTP from your site, please contact me, and I will mail the
files to you.  Please specify which files, in which format, you would
like to be sent.  I will collect requests and do a mass mailing in the
very near future.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Dave
lampson@pulse.com   [PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS]