Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Listening Library
At this resource listen to a selection of audio clips that feature the works of a full range of composers and a full orchestra of instruments. Scroll down an alphabetical list to find the composer or instrument you want, then choose the...
Brand Scotland
Scotland Is Now: Traditional Music
The history of traditional Scottish music goes back thousands of years, as this article explains. Other highlights include a connection between Robert Burns and Bob Dylan, and lots of information about current traditional music groups...
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Truman Capote
The creator of the "nonfiction novel," Truman Capote, who established his career as a Southern gothic writer, crossed the line between journalism and fiction. This biography provides his background and information about his writing and...
Other
Harmonicas: Choosing, Tuning, Playing
Gives one man's experience with tuning a harmonica and information about playing a harmonica. Also, gives different types of harmonicas.
New York Times
New York Times: On This Day: Credit Moibiler Scandal
See a political cartoon of Thomas Nast decrying the Credit Mobilier scandal, and read a concise account of what it was, who was involved, and why it was such a scandal.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Arctic Seals
The Arctic is home to several unique-and uniquely beautiful-seal species: ribbon seals, bearded seals, ringed seals, spotted seals, harp seals, and hooded seals. These Arctic species are called ice seals because they spend the bulk of...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Edna St. Vincent Millay
This website from the Wikipedia encyclopedia contains a brief biography on author Edna St. Vincent Millay and links to the e-text to four of her works. Other links are provided throughout for additional information.
Other
The Dendarii Nexus: Patricia C. Wrede
Written in collaboration with Patricia Wrede, these pages are the efforts of a night school student in the UK. Topics include autobiography, bibliography, likts to related sites, books currently in print, and new book news.
Other
Wales Calling: Culture
This site offers some general information about the culture of Wales. It also gives links to more information such as the nations flag, national symbol, and other things native to Wales.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Turk Playing a Harp
An image of "Turk Playing a Harp", created by Melchior Lorck in 1576 (Pen and black wash, 245 x 163 mm).
New York Times
New York Times: On This Day: Electoral College Controversy 1876
Thomas Nast's political cartoon from a Harper's Weekly 1877 edition plus a description of the dispute over the election of 1876.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Image of Community, 1939, Making of African American Identity
This resources illustrates how artist Augusta Savage (1892-1962) embodied the virtues of self-help, self-reliance, and close-knit cohesion of the black community in her sculpture Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp).
Other
Poetry Lovers' Page: Rudyard Kipling
An alphabetical listing of all of Rudyard Kipling's (1865-1936 CE) poems. Included in the list is a link to biographical information.
Other
The Kipling Society: Some Kipling Poems
This site from The Kipling Society provides full texts of almost 40 of Kipling's poems.
Other
Thumbnail History of the Banjo
Site that focuses on the development of the banjo instrument, but also traces its role in minstrel shows of the 1800s. Offers different viewpoint of this genre.
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Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Harpist
The statuette represents a seated man wearing a short black wig and a long white kilt. He is sitting in a very special way in order to be able to hold the harp, which is bigger and taller than he is. The harp, the body of the man and the...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Musicians Playing
This block shows a musical party. The left side of the block shows six girls holding musical instruments. To the right, two men are playing a harp and others are keeping the rhythm by clapping their hands.
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Eternal Egypt: Ostracon of a Harpist
This ostracon shows a harpist, who is a bald man, with a large and richly decorated harp, which is possibly standing.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Music
This illustration shows harps, pipe, and flute, from an ancient tomb near the Pyramids.