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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Frederic Chopin

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of Chopin (1810-1849 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and more about this famous composer.
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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Johannes Brahms

For Students 3rd - 8th
A short biography of Brahms (1833-1897 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and hear a biography of Brahms.
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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Felix Mendelssohn

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Graphic
Classical Net

Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers 1600 to Present

For Students 9th - 10th
PDF document showing composers in various musical eras from the Baroque period to modern times.
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Handout
Other

The Celestial Music of Cesar Franck

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Cesar Franck.
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Handout
Other

Quick and Easy: Cesar Franck

For Students 9th - 10th
Quick, simple and short; this biography covers all the territory. Extremely basic.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Classical Composers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains music and biographical information about many classical composers. Information about the Baroque Era, Classical Era, Romantic Era, and 20th Century Era is also included....
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Popular Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
From circuses and 'freak shows' to broadsides and novels, from pleasure gardens and music halls to chapbooks and penny dreadfuls, Georgian and Victorian Britain offered the public a rich range of affordable entertainments. Read more...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Romanticism

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Handout
PBS

Classics for Kids: Giuseppe Verdi

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Activity
San Diego State University

Classical Rummy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This card game serves as a learning aid to music students. They will learn to classify classical composers by the era in which they worked: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern.
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Website
Other

Home of the Edward Elgar Society

For Students 9th - 10th
Home of the Edward Elgar Society.
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Handout
Other

Charles Marie Widor

For Students 9th - 10th
Another biography of Charles. Includes a picture and some general information.
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Website
Other

The Art of Singing Art Song

For Students 9th - 10th
Recording and recital databases, books, and web links are some of this web site's resources. Schubert enthusiasts will want to explore the terrific analysis of two of his song cycles.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ludwig Van Beethoven

For Students 9th - 10th
A German composer and pianist. He is considered to have been the most crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in classical music.

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