Curated OER
Journey Through a Midnight Dreary: Fun Trivia Quiz on "The Raven"
This Fun Trivia Quiz tests readers' understanding of Poe's "The Raven", including allusions. Because these online quizzes can be made by anyone, you will want to scrutinize the questions and answers prior to assigning this to your class.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Sound Bites: Tasting the Texture of Classical Music
Did you know that your sense of hearing can determine texture? This Science Buddies science fair project has you experiment with four major eras in western music to determine the texture of the music. The Science Buddies project ideas...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Romantic Revival
Explore the world of British Literature from the Romantic Period. This site focuses on information on the authors of the romantic period, as well as links to their works. Check it out.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: General Information on Frederic Chopin
Page contains general information about the difficulty of Chopin's Music. Also included is a picture of Chopin.
University of California
University of California: British Women Romantic Poets
Don't miss out on learning more about the female poets of the British Romantic Period. This University of California Davis site provides links to text and information on British women poets of the Romantic Era, many of which are unknown...
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Literary Resources: Romantic Period
Search this comprehensive site for links to the authors and the writings of the Romantic Period. Don't miss out on this amazing collection of links. As Professor Jack Lynch, who created the list, has noted, these pages are outdated and...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Romanticism
Wikipedia provides a detailed site on Romanticism, an artistic and intellectual movement in the late 18th century. This site includes several examples of artwork from the Romantic era.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Romanticism
Studies of the 1800's in Europe include the movement of romanticism. This slideshow will help understand what romanticism is all about.
Other
Quick and Easy: Cesar Franck
Quick, simple and short; this biography covers all the territory. Extremely basic.
University of Maryland
Romantic Circles Praxis Series
Use this informative site that serves as a host of the primary anthologies available in the field of Romantic literature. This comprehensive site will help you develop more knowledge of British Romantic authors and their works.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Modest Mussorgsky
A short biography of Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Felix Mendelssohn
A short biography of Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Giuseppe Verdi
A short biography of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
A short biography of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Antonin Dvorak
A short biography of Antonin Dvorak (1810-1849 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Frederic Chopin
A short biography of Chopin (1810-1849 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Claude Debussy
A short biography of Debussy (1862-1918 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
A short biography of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Robert Schumann
A short biography of Robert Schumann (1810-1956 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Johannes Brahms
A short biography of Brahms (1833-1897 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and hear a biography of Brahms.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: The Music of the Romantic Era
Here is a nice introduction to the Romantic Era. It describes the various elements and the composers of this time.
University of Pennsylvania
Romanticism: Authors
This resource provides links to many authors of the Romantic era. Biographies, works, and portraits are displayed for each author.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Romantic Era
This personal site from The History Guide is great background information on the romantic period, though little of it deals directly with music.