Hi there.

 

I've just published a new version of my site, www.openclassical.com, and welcome your thoughts.

 

I've been building it for around a year and a half now, and its goal is to organize the composers & their music behind an interface that's easy for a newcomer to navigate.

 

Further, the site pulls in YouTube movies for each work, so you can listen to almost anything we've indexed.

 

The site has several features, which are:

Front Page - an aggregated 'Top Hits' of all time by genre (orchestral, vocal, etc)

Composers Index - a list of all composers, partitioned by historical period

Timeline - an interactive graphic of the lifetimes of the composers

Composer Top 10 - top works (by our traffic) for each composer

Composer Complete Works - a list of all their works (where we have cataloged it - not all composers yet)

Composer Analysis - a graphic of their productivity over their lifetime

Work Page - our page that integrates YouTube, IMSLP, and other meta-data for each work

 

We have a lot more planned for the future of the site, and this new release is hopefully a step in the right direction.

 

All constructive feedback welcomed.

 

Thanks!

 

-David

I like illustrations on composers index page

Set outline: none for input boxes, more padding for menu and on the page with composition I would put information about composer on the right side instead of left.

Interesting website concept.

 

 

 

Layout is nice and clean, good structure overall. Good navigation.

 

I don't like the fact the slogan "Celebrating a thousand years of music" is bigger than the logo itself, I'd make it smaller and place it next to the logo if at all.

 

I'd make the logo a bit more exciting and I'd also use more exciting fonts on the menus.

Edited February 22, 201412 yr by luizarios