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Throughout the ages, composers have celebrated the accomplishments of famous heroes through music. What does a hero sound like? Get ready to find out!
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Naxos Digital Services

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For all ages, this resource provides a clear-cut approach to enjoying live music. It focuses on classical music and first-time concert goers. Provides listening techniques, tips about expected behavior, ideas for how to dress, and...
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Classical Net

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A very interesting writing on what composers influenced Bach musically during his artistic development.
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: Teaching the Faust Theme Through Music, Literature, and Film

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Research and ideas about using music, literature, and film to teach the theme of Faust selling his soul for knowledge and power.
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Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

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Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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Your Classical: Concert Band 101: An Introduction to Wind Ensembles

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Find the answers to questions about concert bands, such as how they differ from orchestras and marching bands, what the historical background is, and what kinds of music they perform. You can also listen to a stream of concert band...
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National Arts Centre (Canada)

Arts Alive: Ludwig Van Beethoven

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This site from the National Arts Centre of Canada explores the life of Beethoven (1770-1827 CE). Read about his education, musical contemporaries, loss of hearing, and his death. There are also discussions of many of his famous works,...
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PBS

Pbs: Jazz: Wynton Marsalis

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Providing information part of a PBS presentation, "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns," this website offers a brief article on Wynton Marsalis, a musician known for his accomplishments in both jazz and classical music.

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