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Alex: Composers Then and Now
During this instructional activity students will have the opportunity to research the following composers: Kenny G, W.C. Handy, Johannes Brahms, and Amadeus Mozart. Students will learn to navigate the Internet to locate important facts....
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Classics for Kids: Camille Saint Saens
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Camille Saint-Sans, born on October 9, 1835.
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Classics for Kids: Max Bruch
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Max Bruch, born on January 6, 1838.
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Classics for Kids: Alexander Borodin
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Alexander Borodin, born on November 12, 1833.
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Classics for Kids: Ottorino Resphigi
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Ottorino Resphigi, born on July 9, 1879.
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Classics for Kids: Joseph Maurice Ravel
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Joseph-Maurice Ravel, born on March 7, 1875.
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Classics for Kids: Gabriel Faure
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Gabriel Faure, born on May 12, 1845.
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Classics for Kids: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, born on May 7, 1840. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Tchaikovsky.
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Classics for Kids: Antonin Dvorak
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Antonin Dvorak, born on September 8, 1841. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Dvorak.
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Classics for Kids: Jean Sibelius
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Jean Sibelius, born on December 8, 1865.
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Classics for Kids: Giacomo Puccini
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Giacomo Puccini, born on December 22, 1858.
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Classics for Kids: Alexander Glazunov
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Alexander Glazunov, born on 1865.
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Classics for Kids: Paul Dukas
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Paul Dukas, born on October 1, 1865.
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Classics for Kids: Frederic Chopin
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, born on March 1, 1810. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Chopin.
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Classics for Kids: Isaac Albeniz
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Late Romantic composer Isaac Albeniz, born on May 29, 1860.
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Classics for Kids: Cesar Franck
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Cesar Franck, born on December 10, 1822.
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Classics for Kids: Niels Gade
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Niels Gade, born on February 22, 1817.
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Classics for Kids: Jacques Offenbach
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Jacques Offenbach, born on June 20, 1819. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Offenbach.
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Classics for Kids: Gioachino Rossini
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Gioachino Rossini, born on February 29, 1792. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Rossini.
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Classics for Kids: Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, born on Nov 28, 1829.
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Classics for Kids: Clara Schumann
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Clara Schumann, born on September 13, 1819.
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Classics for Kids: Bedrich Smetana
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Bedrich Smetana, born on March 2, 1824.
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Classics for Kids: Johann Strauss Jr.
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Johann Strauss Jr., born on October 25, 1825. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Strauss Jr.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Camille Saint Saens
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921 CE) started playing piano quite early in his life. He gave his first public performance when he was just five-years-old. Read more about this French composer and listen to his work using RealAudio or...