National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: Ludwig Van Beethoven
This site from the National Arts Centre of Canada explores the life of Beethoven (1770-1827 CE). Read about his education, musical contemporaries, loss of hearing, and his death. There are also discussions of many of his famous works,...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
National Arts Centre: Arts Alive: Music Resources: Famous Composers
Visit this site to read about the life and works of great composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, George Gershwin, plus many more!
National Arts Centre (Canada)
National Arts Centre: Arts Alive
This elaborate resource explores music, theater, and dance in Canadian culture. Find excellent descriptions of major performing arts concepts, biographies of significant artists, examples of significant works, and detailed teacher's...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: English Theatre
ArtsAlive provides a detailed look into world of professional theatre. Thematically organized content walks through all the processes involved in "transforming a play from the page to the stage," including playwriting, directing, acting,...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: Music
ArtsAlive provides a website devoted to the music of the orchestra. Content includes a glossary of musical terms, biographies of significant composers, information on specific instruments, activities and games, teacher resource guides,...
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.
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: Listen to Classical Music
Listen to the music of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, and Vivaldi. Link from this page to related information, such as biographies of these composers, commentary on their works, and educational activities that test your knowledge and...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
National Arts Centre: Arts Alive: Great Composers: Franz Joseph Haydn
This site provides an exploration of the life of Haydn (1732-1809 CE) from childhood to his death.
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Arts Alive: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
This site from the National Arts Centre provides a biography of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893 CE). It gives details about his upbringing, his personal life, his "fear" that he had when conducting, his death, and a list of his most...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: Igor Stravinsky
This site from the National Arts Centre provides a nice detailed biography on the life of composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971 CE). There are interesting facts on both his personal life and his musical accomplishments are detailed.
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: Maurice Ravel
This website from the National Arts Centre takes a look at the life of composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937 CE). Content includes information on his upbringing, his venture into music, his house he named "Belvedere," his visit to North...
National Arts Centre (Canada)
Arts Alive: George Frideric Handel
This site from the National Arts Centre provides an exploration of the life of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759 CE). Content includes information on his childhood, his father's dislike of music, his entry into the music field, his work...