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Arts Journal: Music Page
The ArtsJournal website provides a daily summary of arts and cultural journalism from the English-language press around the world, with links to complete articles for further reading. The music page collects links on a wide range of...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Leonard Bernstein
Resource about Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990 CE), American musician/composer/conductor. Learn how he became famous just because another conductor was ill. Listen to some of his work using RealAudio or Windows Media Player.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Charles Ives
This resource provides information on Charles Ives (1874-1954 CE). This American composer's job, and source of income, was actually running an insurance agency. He would compose and play music at night, after work. Use this site to learn...
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
The official site of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society which was created to broaden the appreciation and encourage the performance this composer's music. By clicking through the menu, you can learn much information about his works.
Robin Chew
Ludwig Van Beethoven German Composer
This site contains a short history on the German composer Beethoven. It also contains several links to related subjects.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Use this resource to learn about the life and musical accomplishments of the pianist who wrote his first symphony at age eight, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Web Gallery of Art: The Little White Girl: Symphony in White, No. 2
An image of "The Little White Girl: Symphony in White, No. 2", created by James Abbot Mcneill Whistler in 1864 (Oil on canvas, 76 x 51 cm).
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Guiro
Use this resource to learn about the percussion family of the orchestra and the guiro. This instrument is untuned and comes from South and Central America.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Spectroscopy
Students learn how using a spectrograph helps us understand the composition of light sources. Using simple materials and holographic diffraction gratings (available online at a variety of sites, including Edmund Scientifics and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hector Berlioz
(1803-1869) A French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique and Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Josef Haydn
(1732-1809) Austrian composer known as the "father of the symphony and quartet."
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sid the Science Kid: Sandbox Symphony
Make an interesting musical composition by choosing from a menu of traditional and nontraditonal instruments.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Richard Wagner
Visit this site to learn much about the life of German composer, Richard Wagner. Besides biographical information topics of interest include classical music, operas, symphonys, and other musical works.
Seymour Brody
Jewish Heroes in America: Leonard Bernstein
Presents a biographical summary of the life of conductor, composer, and pianist Leonard Bernstein. He composed music not only for symphonies, but also for Broadway (West Side Story) and operas.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Whistler, James Abbott Mc Neill
A summary of Whistler's career with links to his contemporaries. Several of Whistler's pieces of art are available for viewing.
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James Mc Neill Whistler: Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl
Full of links to Museums and Galleries that contain examples of Whistler's Work. Also includes some information on Whistler.
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Florence Beatrice Price: African American Composer
Learn about the first African American women to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. This resource lists information about her birth, her marriage and a list of nearly all of her compositions.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: William Grant Still
Read about the life of William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather
A young man is visited in Boston by his aunt from Nebraska and takes her to a symphony concert, whereupon the aunt decides she doesn't want to go back to the desolate life she leads in Nebraska. Read the full text of "The Wagner Matinee"...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Paramount Theatre
The largest theatre on the West Coast when it was built, it is notable for its Art Deco appearance. It is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oakland Ballet and is managed by a nonprofit organization.