About ClassicCatPurposeClassic Cat is a directory with links to over 5000 free to download classical performances on the internet, sorted by composer and work. The site is specialized in audio files, but video, sheetmusic, lyrics and midi links are also available. The video section is growing rather fast at the moment.About the sites Classic Cats link toThe links on Classic Cat are regularly checked so there should be few dead links. Some websites that I link to are occasionally overcrowded or down. In those cases I advise you to bookmark the page and come back on another day.For some websites you need to register. This is free and is asked when you start your first download there. Please note that these websites are not part of Classic Cat. Classic Cat wants to be a legal alternative to filesharing services like Kazaa and Limewire. To achieve that I select only music that adheres to certain standards: a minimum sound quality of 128 kbps, complete movements (or fragments of at least 3 minutes) and acceptable playing and recording. If you think that some of the music is not up to those standards or if you find dead links please let me know. Please note that Classic Cat does not have any control over the linked sites. For asking permission to use a soundfile for some special use you should contact the artist or the webmaster of their website. You can contributeI am always looking for more music to link to. So if you have or know some website with suitable music please let me know. I do not host soundfiles, but only link to other websites that do. Classic Cat is not a site for new composers. Due to the formula of the site I can only link to rather famous composers.Other suggestions are also welcome. For example: reports of dead links, factual and typing errors and suggestions for a better layout. Donations are also welcome. Which music is popular?Classic Cat maintains statistics of which pages get visited most. Besides in our Top 100 these statistics are gathered in our Overview Page (warning: a very big page). The numbers without brackets are the number of pageviews that this work had over a longer period of time. Please note that not all works were available during the whole period and that the page is at the moment over a year old as our latest hosting provider doesn't support this feature.CreditsClassic Cat is a project by Wim Roffel from Leiden in the Netherlands. I am working on this full time.The cat logo was generously made available by The Art Cat. The composer portraits are my editing of public domain pictures. You can find the originals at Wikipedia. Back to the top of the page |
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