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Classics for Kids: Dmitri Kabalevsky

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Dmitri Kabalevsky, born on December 30, 1904. This site also includes an opportunity to listen to a song composed by Kabalevsky.
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Classics for Kids: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For Students 4th - 8th
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: Jennifer Higdon

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Jennifer Higdon, born on December 31, 1962.
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Classics for Kids: Ferde Grofe

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Ferde Grofe, born on March 27, 1892.
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Classics for Kids: Antonin Dvorak

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
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

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Romantic composer Bedrich Smetana, born on March 2, 1824.
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Classics for Kids: Germaine Tailleferre

For Students 4th - 8th
Classics For Kids provides a short biography of Modern composer Germaine Tailleferre, born on April 19, 1892.
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Hildegard Publishing Company: Francesca Caccini

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides biographical information about the Rennaisance composer, Francesca Caccini.
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Hildegard Publishing Co.: Vizzana, Donna Lucrezia Orsina

For Students 9th - 10th
A paragraph of biographical information about Donna Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana.
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Hildegard Publishing Company: Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

For Students 9th - 10th
A paragraph of biographical information about Chiara Margarita Cozzolani.
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Hildegard Publishing Company: Antonio Bembo

For Students 9th - 10th
A paragraph of biographical information on Antonio Bembo, a female composer of the Early Baroque period.
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Loc: Samuel Coleridge Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Coleridge-Taylor was so moved when he heard African American spirituals, that he incorporated the sound into his compositions. Here is a brief biography of his life.