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Curated OER

Baroque Composers and Musicians

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a listing of some of the prominent composers and musical personalities of the baroque period. Those underlined as links will take you to a short biographical article on that particular composer.
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Other

Hildegard Publishing Company: Antonio Bembo

For Students 9th - 10th
A paragraph of biographical information on Antonio Bembo, a female composer of the Early Baroque period.
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National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Johannes Vermeer and Dutch Scenes of Daily Life in the 1600s

For Students 9th - 10th
See images painted by famous Dutch artists during the Baroque period. All images are scenes of daily life. Follow a link to learn more about painting in the 1600s.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers 1600 to Present

For Students 9th - 10th
PDF document showing composers in various musical eras from the Baroque period to modern times.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers: 1100 1700

For Students 9th - 10th
A PDF timeline of composers in the Gothic, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
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Van Gogh Gallery

The Van Gogh Gallery: Diego Velazquez

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account covers the life and career of Diego Velazquez, Spanish painter of the Baroque period.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Moldenhauer Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
The Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch

For Students 9th - 10th
Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Real Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive collection of resources designed to aid the teaching of architectural history. An introduction to the period of architecture accompanies images. Viewers can manipulate the images to achieve a panoramic view or close-up of...
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Elizabeth Jacquet De La Guerre

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, born on October 10, 1666.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Tomaso Albinoni

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Tomaso Albinoni, born on June 8, 1671.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Henry Purcell

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Henry Purcell, born on March 7, 1659.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Antonio Vivaldi

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, born on March 4, 1678. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Vivaldi.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Domenico Scarlatti

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti, born on October 26, 1685.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Georg Philipp Telemann

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann, born on March 14, 1681.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: George Frideric Handel

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, born on February 23, 1685. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Handel.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Arcangelo Corelli

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Arcangelo Corelli, born on February 17, 1653.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Johann Sebastian Bach

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, born on March 21, 1685. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Bach.
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Other

Web Museum: The Calling of Saint Matthew

For Students 9th - 10th
The WebMuseum gives you information about Caravaggio's, "The Calling of Saint Matthew," including who each person in the painting is.
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Curated OER

Late Baroque and Rococo Fashion

For Students 9th - 10th
See drawings and painting of the Late Baroque and Rococo periods exemplifying the fashions of the period. Includes a link to music of the era.
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San Diego State University

Classical Rummy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This card game serves as a learning aid to music students. They will learn to classify classical composers by the era in which they worked: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Frans Hals

For Students 9th - 10th
Web Museum gives you biographical information about Frans Hals. There are also links to three of his paintings but not "The Merry Drinker".
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Claude Lorrain

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia gives you Claude Lorrain links to museums and galleries on the Internet.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Antonio Vivaldi

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

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