Site of the Day for Monday, October 8, 2001 Andante
A special greeting to all the Canadians on the list who are celebrating Thanksgiving today - may your holiday be filled with much warmth and happiness. This rich and rewarding site offers classical music lovers not only streaming audio but a truly amazing wealth of reference material as well. A mere sampling of the sources include The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music, The New Kobbe's Opera Book as well as the New York Review of Books classical music coverage from 1963 onwards. However, Andante presents its visitors with far more than simply reference sources. Current concerts from a musical calendar that covers the world, as well as a magazine section of articles on the varied facets of the world of classical music may be explored at the site. This website has further ambitions; it hopes ultimately to "become the definitive online reference for classical music worldwide, combining rich educational content with topic-specific search and navigation tools, [bringing] together the existing educational resources of the world=92s greatest music organizations, allowing them to coordinate their efforts using the Andante site, [and to] fulfill the needs of educators and parents by providing free downloads, directories of music education resources and standards, listings of educational events and programs, personalized research assistance, continuous joint curriculum development, and much more." - from the website The List enjoyed a charming Hayden Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Hob. VIIb:1 while perusing the site - it is always a relief to know precisely what is being broadcast, so the inclusion of the record label and catalogue number as well as the performer and composition is a great boon. Soar over to Andante.com for an eminently satisfying musical experience. http://www.andante.com/ A.M. Holm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SotD Ashlists archives - http://www.mail-archive.com/site-of-the-day@ashlists.org/ SotD Website - http://www.ashlists.org/sotd/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the BODY type: unsubscribe site-of-the-day