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PBS

Classics for Kids: Francis Poulenc

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Francis Poulenc, born on January 7, 1889.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: William Grant Still

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer William Grant Still, born on May 11, 1895.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Dmitri Shostakovich

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Shostakovich, born on September 25, 1906.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Scott Joplin

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Scott Joplin, born on Unknown.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Darius Milhaud

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Darius Milhaud, born on September 4, 1892.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: John Cage

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer John Cage, born on September 5, 1912.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Philip Glass

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Philip Glass, born on January 31, 1937.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: John Adams

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer John Adams, born on February 15, 1947.
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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.
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.
Activity
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.