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Quick and Easy: Cesar Franck
Quick, simple and short; this biography covers all the territory. Extremely basic.
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Arts Journal: Music Page
The ArtsJournal website provides a daily summary of arts and cultural journalism from the English-language press around the world, with links to complete articles for further reading. The music page collects links on a wide range of...
PBS
Classics for Kids: William Grant Still
A short biography of William Grant Still (1895-1978 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
PBS
Classics for Kids: Benjamin Britten
A short biography of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.
Your Classical
Your Classical: Concert Band 101: An Introduction to Wind Ensembles
Find the answers to questions about concert bands, such as how they differ from orchestras and marching bands, what the historical background is, and what kinds of music they perform. You can also listen to a stream of concert band...
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Guiro
Use this resource to learn about the percussion family of the orchestra and the guiro. This instrument is untuned and comes from South and Central America.
Curated OER
James Mc Neill Whistler: Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl
Full of links to Museums and Galleries that contain examples of Whistler's Work. Also includes some information on Whistler.
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Kira Abricossova in Symphonie Fantastique, Ballets Russes, Ca. 1936 [Picture] /
A broad selection of images featuring ballets russes can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather
A young man is visited in Boston by his aunt from Nebraska and takes her to a symphony concert, whereupon the aunt decides she doesn't want to go back to the desolate life she leads in Nebraska. Read the full text of "The Wagner Matinee"...
Other
Florence Beatrice Price: African American Composer
Learn about the first African American women to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. This resource lists information about her birth, her marriage and a list of nearly all of her compositions.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Use this resource to learn about the life and musical accomplishments of the pianist who wrote his first symphony at age eight, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: William Grant Still
Read about the life of William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
The official site of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society which was created to broaden the appreciation and encourage the performance this composer's music. By clicking through the menu, you can learn much information about his works.
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Beethoven: The Immortal
Provides links to an introduction on Beethoven's life, his childhood, his ascent to greatness, his demeanor, his view on performing, his deafness and the 'Heiligenstadt Testament,' life after Heiligenstadt, his final days, his medical...
Robin Chew
Ludwig Van Beethoven German Composer
This site contains a short history on the German composer Beethoven. It also contains several links to related subjects.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Paramount Theatre
The largest theatre on the West Coast when it was built, it is notable for its Art Deco appearance. It is the home of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Oakland Ballet and is managed by a nonprofit organization.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Orchestra Hall
A symphony hall designed by Daniel Burnham.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hector Berlioz
(1803-1869) A French Romantic composer best known for the Symphonie fantastique and Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Josef Haydn
(1732-1809) Austrian composer known as the "father of the symphony and quartet."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ludwig Von Beethoven
(1770-1827) German composer whose most famous works are his Fifth and Ninth symphonies and Moonlight Sonata.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Luigi Boccherini
Nice overview biography and a huge list of his works with links to purchase.
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Charles Marie Widor
Another biography of Charles. Includes a picture and some general information.
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Image
A summary of Whistler's career with links to his contemporaries. Several of Whistler's pieces of art are available for viewing.