Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Students will enjoy this interactive website. There are many musical topics to explore while having fun. Learning how to make your own instrument, playing games and listening to music are just a few of the things you can do here.
PBS
Pbs: Elements of Music: Exploring the Composer's Tools
This online lesson will help students understand how composers write music by engaging in a project which culminates in their own compositions.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Composing With Solfege
Through solfege, learners will create their own musical compositions as Maria did in the musical The Sound of Music.
Other
Unc Greensboro: Cello Music Collections
A site for cello scholars looking for original scores for Cello Music. Online descriptions will familiarize an aspiring cellist with the great works and famous composers. Some pieces can be ordered online. Links to related sites.
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Creating Music
This online, interactive environment for music creation and exploration includes games and puzzles and interesting activities that teach about music in a visual way.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Music and Nationalism
Fordham University provides college-level reading on how the Nationalism of the 19th Century affected the music of the 20th, especially Classical music. These composers lived most of their lives in the 1800's, but are often classified...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Music Theory
Wikipedia offers detailed information on music theory, a set of systems for analyzing, classifying, and composing music and the elements of music.
PBS
Encyclopedia of Composers & Songwriters
A great resource for learning about some of America's greatest composers and songwriters. From Irving Berlin to George Gershwin, among other, this resource provides biographies, pictures and some video.
Other
Music Under Soviet Rule
Historical information and composer information both appear here with reviews of CDs and purchasing links. Point of view is clearly anti-Soviet.
Yale University
Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: "Nana" by Manuel De Falla
Listen to a selection of music by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla given by a flute, harp duo for the Yale University performance series.
Other
Baroque Music: Composers
Short bio with listing of works by genre with dates composed. Just click on "Lully".
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Learning Musical Elements Through Listening
This is a site created for teaching children the art of listening to music. Includes sections on the elements of music, composers, and genres with more under construction.
Other
Music History Online: Music of the 20th Century
This page covers a wide range of topics concerning 20th century music. Included are many references to styles and composers and terms found in 20th century music.
Other
Inkpot: Johann Sebastian Bach
This site is a tribute to the great composer. Includes some biographical history, pictures of the places he performed, and commentary on his works.
National Arts Centre (Canada)
National Arts Centre: Music Resources for Teachers
A storehouse of music resources and lesson plans from the National Arts Centre of Canada featuring Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, and Vivaldi.
Other
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Other Music by Arthur Sullivan
A list of works by Sir Arthur Sullivan that were not the comic operas composed with William S. Gilbert.
University of California
Ucla: Popular American Music
See images and find out about the original sheet music from the early 1900's. Famous songs such as "Dapper Dan", "Down the River", and more. You can search for music by title or author.
Other
Classical Composers Database: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
This site is provided for by the Classical Composers Database. Biographical information on Albinoni with comparisons made to Telemann and Vivaldi' compositions and preferences.
University of Pittsburgh
Center for American Music Stephen Foster's Career
This University of Pittsburgh site provides a wealth of information about American songwriter Stephen Foster. This link discusses his professional career with various other links within the text about minstrel shows, etc. Return to the...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Listening Library
At this resource listen to a selection of audio clips that feature the works of a full range of composers and a full orchestra of instruments. Scroll down an alphabetical list to find the composer or instrument you want, then choose the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Fractions in Music
In this lesson plan, students explore the relationship between fractions and musical pitch. Media resources and teaching materials are included.
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.
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
Santa Fe Chamber Orchestra Festival: Composer Spotlight: Gabriel Faure
This is a biography of Gabriel Faure, Romantic composer of such works as Pelleas et Melisande, and a beautiful Requiem.
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