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Introduction to Early Music / HIP

  • What is Early Music? - Todd M. McComb. Early Music FAQ

  • [Wiki] What is Historically Informed Performance (HIP)?

  • Historically Informed Performance Practice - RichardNilsen.com

  • Historical Pitch: How It Affects the Lute - Martin Shepherd

  • Tuning the World: Pitch Lessons for the History of Music Theory - History of Music Theory

  • ISO-16: Acoustics - Standard Tuning Frequency (Standard Musical Pitch) - International Organization for Standardization

  • History of Pitch - Capion Larsen

  • [Wiki] Circle of Fifths

  • Differences Between “Standard” and Historical Baroque Stringing - The Monteverdi Violins

  • Early Music History, Listening, and Appreciation - EarlyMusicLovers.com

  • European Medieval and Renaissance Early Music FAQ - Edited by Todd M. McComb

  • Timeline of Musical Styles & Guitar History - AcousticMusic.org

  • A Guide to Medieval Music (until 1400) - BBC Music Magazine

  • A Guide to Renaissance Music (1400-1600) - BBC Music Magazine

  • A Guide to Baroque Music (1600-1750) - BBC Music Magazine

  • [Video] What is Historically Informed Performance - HIP? - Toronto Bach Festival

  • [Video] What is Historically Informed Performance? - Daniel Adam Maltz

  • [Video] 5 Things to Know About Historical Performance Practice / Playing Baroque Music - Emily Plays Cello

  • [Video] Mapping a Polycentric History of Renaissance Sound - Victor Coelho / Yale University

  • [Video] Tuning and Temperaments in the Renaissance - Part 1 and Part 2 - Early Music Sources

  • [Video] Sir Thomas Beecham Talks About Historically Informed Performance (1959) - eschscholzia

  • [Video] Baroque Pitch vs. Standard Pitch - John Moraitis

  • [Video] Historical Pitch?? - Early Music Sources

  • [Video] The Dark History of Perfect Pitch - Metta Beshay

  • [Video] The History of Musical Pitch - Music Matters

  • The History of Musical Pitch - Alexander J. Ellis. Nature, vol. 21, pp. 550-554, 1880

  • [PDF] A Brief History of the Establishment of International Standard Pitch a=440 Hertz - Lynn Cavanagh. Self-published, 1999

  • Baroque String Playing for Ingenious Learners - Judy Tarling. Punnett Press, 2001

  • A History of Performing Pitch: The Story of “A” - Bruce Haynes. Scarecrow Press, 2002

  • Early Music: A Very Short Introduction - Thomas Forrest Kelly. New York, 2011; Oxford Academic, 2014

  • The Wrong Trousers: Can New Training Re-Purpose Early Music Skills for Historically Informed Performance? - AndrewLawrenceKing.com, July 2022

  • [PDF] Bach’s Chaconne, BWV 1004: A Guide to Historically Informed Performance - Christina Volz-Stomackin. The University of Memphis, 2023

  • Tuning the World: The Rise of 440 Hertz in Music, Science, and Politics 1859-1955 - Fanny Gribenski. The University of Chicago Press, 2023

  • Concepts of Authenticity in Early Music and Popular Music Communities - Dr. Elizabeth Upton. Ethnomusicology Review, 2025

  • The Ups (and Downs) of Collegiate Early Music - Kyle MacMillan. EMAg, May 2025

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