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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Thomas Campion

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive, detailed biography of Thomas Campion from the "Cambridge History of English and American Literature."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Thomas Campion

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of Campion's works from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Includes link to an essay on his prosody.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Elizabethan Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
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Website
Other

The Duke Ellington Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The Duke Ellington Society maintains this wealth of information on Duke Ellington and his works including news, information on the singers who worked with him, audio clips, and links to other Ellington sites.
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Website
Other

Philip Glass Official Website

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official website of 20th century composer, Philip Glass. The site includes news, biography, calendar, works, discography, and more.
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Website
Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Musician

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a complete overview for a career as a musician, such as skills required, recommended education, and the job market.
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Composers Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel back in time with this composer timeline. This site allows you to choose a composer based on the time period. Learn about the composer and listen to examples of the composer's works of music.
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Other

Inkpot: Johann Sebastian Bach

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a tribute to the great composer. Includes some biographical history, pictures of the places he performed, and commentary on his works.
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Robert H. Sarkissian

Island of Freedom: Guillaume De Machaut

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains info on the life of Machaut and some of his famous works. Information is from the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Continental Harmony

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS presents several activities and lesson plans that cover the concepts of identifying different forms of music, learning about musical imagery, writing in response to music, and creating lyrics. The Sound Lounge has many interactive...
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Handout
Naxos Digital Services

Naxos Digital Services: Composers

For Students 9th - 10th
From a major publisher of classical music, this website provides a brief biography and picture of literally hundreds of composers of classical music. The discographies at the bottom of each biography allow you to find CDs and often...
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Other

George Crumb: Echoes of Time and the River

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a program, these notes on Crumb and his composition have some good information, and some good quotes.
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Other

Medieval: Hildegard Von Bingen (1098 1179)

For Students 9th - 10th
A discography of Bingen's work accompanied by a brief biography.
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Other

Recmusic.org: Thomas Campion (1567 1620)

For Students 9th - 10th
Listing of ten songs by Thomas Campion (1567-1620) with links to the song texts.
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Website
IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Gordon Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, part of the online movie database IMDb.com, provides a biography of Gordon Parks and links to discussions of his films, including "Shaft" and "The Learning Tree."
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: The Leonard Bernstein Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides information on perhaps the most important American musical figure of the 20th century has over 400,000 items housed in the Library of Congress. Photographs, his famous Young People's...
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Website
Other

8 notes.com: Maurice Ravel

For Students 9th - 10th
8Notes.com offers a complete biography of Maurice Ravel (1875-1937 CE), one of the most gifted orchestrators of all time.
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Handout
Other

Classical Composers Database: Thomas Tallis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers three biographical accounts of the life of Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis. Links to other composers are provided.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Billie Holiday Was Born

For Students 9th - 10th
Billie Holiday is one of the most well-known blues singers of all time. Visit this Library of Congress site for more about her early years and some great photographs.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Dizzy Gillespie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dizzie Gillespie helped create a new form of modern jazz called be-bop. It was the predecessor of hip-hop that is so popular today.
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Website
Other

Clara Wieck Schumann

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to a couple of biography pages, discography, photos and more.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Duke Ellington

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explore the fascinating life of a founding father of jazz music. Duke Ellington (1899-1974 CE) was a gifted musician and composer from an early age. This website provides you with a detailed account of his life and his accomplishments.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Duke Ellington

For Students 3rd - 8th
Duke Ellington (1899-1974 CE), a jazz legend, was a very interesting person. Here you will get brief biographical information along with a few additional articles on Ellington.
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Lesson Plan
Arizona State University

Arts Work: What Artists Do

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Find an eclectic list of arts-related careers--from book illustrator to puppeteer--with short write-ups in which practitioners explain what their careers are like.