Do you enjoy singing contests like American Idol? Well, male songbirds have their own version of a singing competition that has been going on for thousands of years, and classical musical composers have been taking notes. In this music...

Teach the basics of classical music to your students with this collection of lesson plans. Study a classical music composer and a selected piece of music with these lesson plans that are based on national and state standards.

A short biography of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

This site is a tribute to the great composer. Includes some biographical history, pictures of the places he performed, and commentary on his works.

A short biography of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

This profile of the 11th son of J. S. Bach surveys his life as a successful court musician and composer in Italy and England.

This site is provided for by the Classical Composers Database. Biographical information on Albinoni with comparisons made to Telemann and Vivaldi' compositions and preferences.

This page covers a wide range of topics concerning 20th century music. Included are many references to styles and composers and terms found in 20th century music.

This well-written biography of Scott Joplin not only provides his progress as a musician but also the personal events in his life which influenced his music. Includes links to a complete list of Joplin's works, a MIDI archive, and site...

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

This encyclopedia article gives a brief biography of Andre Watts, the first internationally known black classical pianist.

Willie Eckstein was also known as "The Boy Paderewski" or "Mr. Fingers" for his prodigious talent as a pianist. Trained as a classical pianist, he performed vaudeville and as an accompanist to silent movies, often attracting more...

A survey of the life and works of Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755), the German Baroque violinist-composer.

Here is a short biography of composer George Bizet. Learn more about his life and music in this brief profile.

Considered an impressionistic composer of the romantic period, Claude Debussy is discussed in this profile. Learn more about his life and music at this site.

Read more about Frederic Chopin at this website. It provides a nice brief profile of his life and music.

Brief biographical sketch of German-born British composer, George Frideric Handel.

General information on Clara Wieck Shumann.

New Advent page summarizing information on Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.

A brief paragraph outlining the life and work of Medieval composer Johannes Ciconia.

This site contains a brief history on the life and works of Carl Maria Von Weber. It also contains a listing of some of his famous works.

This resource presents a short biography on Luigi Boccherini, classical composer.

This is a biography on Franz Joseph Haydn. It also includes an audio lecture on Haydn with his music as a background to the lecture.

A virtuoso on the violin, Isaac Stern is celebrated in this brief biography by PBS. Read about the highlights of his life and music.