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Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Guggenheim: Josef Albers

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a biography of Josef Albers and links to related topics.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dimitri Shostakovich

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dimitri Shostakovich's (1906-1975 CE) first job was playing piano at a movie house when he was still quite young. He lost the job because he would laugh so hard at the funny parts of the movie that he would quit playing. Read more about...
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Other

Parsons Dance Company

For Students 9th - 10th
Profiles the dancers of the relatively new company and its primary choreographer, David Parsons, a former dancer with Paul Taylor. Offers history and video links.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Wole Soyinka Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Nobel E-Museum offers this biography of African author Wole Soyinka, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: On the Ezra Pound

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Maintained by the "McLuhan Studies Journal," this article by Edward Barton from the University of Toronto focuses on Pound's influence on Marshall McLuhan during their years of correspondence. This site is more useful for McLuhan studies...
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Other

Book Review: "The Selected Letters of John Ciardi"

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a book review of Edward M. Cifelli's "The Selected Letters of John Ciardi". Gives some information about Ciardi himself.
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Other

University of New Mexico: Joy Harjo

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a quick description of Harjo's work from the University of New Mexico and about other writers who have influenced her. Includes a quote from Harjo, a small photo, & an audio clip of the author!
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Other

Post Modernism or Post Post Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about different aspects of post-modernism and questions if post-modernism is really post-post-modernism. Characteristics and examples are given.
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Other

Georgia Writers Hall of Fame: James Dickey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a detailed biography of James Dickey and find a list of his works in the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Library.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Chris Hazell

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this resource to find out what this British composer's cat had to do with some of his most famous music. Learn about his life, likes, and works. Use RealAudio or Windows Media Player to hear "Borage" from "Three Brass Cats."
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New York University

Nyu: May Swenson Nature Poems Old & New

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief analysis of several Swenson poems dealing with the human life cycle, particularly death. The critic calls her style, "both abstract and concrete."
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Sergei Prokofiev

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953 CE) wrote his first opera when he was twelve-years-old. One of his most famous works is "Peter and the Wolf." Use this site to read a biography and listen to his music using RealAudio or Windows Media Player.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Paul Hindemith

For Students 3rd - 8th
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963 CE) a German musician/composer ran away from home at the age of eleven. Luckily he was able to become an accomplished musician. Use this resource to learn more about his life and work, which was banned by...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Modest Mussorgsky

For Students 3rd - 8th
One of the famous "Russian Five," Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881 CE), once wrote a polka for his school friends at the Cadet School of the Guards in St. Petersburg. Listen to his work using RealAudio or Windows Media Player.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Leonard Bernstein

For Students 3rd - 8th
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

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Claude Debussy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Claude Debussy (1862-1918 CE), a famous French composer/musician, went to school to study piano, but failed. This resource describes how he was able to still become a famous composer. Also learn more about his life and his works. Use...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Charles Ives

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Benjamin Britten

For Students 3rd - 8th
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976 CE), English composer, was the first musician to be granted the title "Lord" from his Queen. Read more about how early he began composing music and how he became famous. Listen to a bit of his work using...
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Aram Khachaturian

For Students 3rd - 8th
Visit this resource to learn about the life and works of Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978 CE), a Russian composer.
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Open University: Design in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of design, particularly the gothic revival, then take an interactive quiz to decide your design "alter ego," where you will choose between gothic, Bauhaus, modern and postmodern schools of design. [1:49]
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Igor Stravinsky

For Students 3rd - 8th
Stravinsky went to school to study music and law. Once he became famous as a composer, he stopped practicing law. Listen to his music using RealAudio or Windows Media Player and read more about this composer's life and work.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Musical Periods

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the most significant artistic output of the most important composers within each historical period.
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Art Cyclopedia

Artcyclopedia: Wassily Kandinsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Artcyclopedia provides direct links to Kandinsky's works in museums around the world. Online exhibitions and reviews.
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Other

Sanctuary Psychiatric Center: Poetry as Therapy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Livingston is quoted in this article regarding the use of poetry as therapy. Must scroll to her comment.