Baroque Music Teaching Resources :: 49

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Subject and Predicates, Oh My!

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards

Eliminate all doubt when it comes to sentence structure with nine thorough lesson plans. Whether you want your young writers to vary their sentence structure or shore up their knowledge of conjunctions and semicolons, these lessons are a...

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The Spread of Enlightenment Ideas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards

Looking for a simple and straightforward reference on the Enlightenment for your young historians? Check out this list of key terms and important figures from the period, followed by a traditional assessment where your learners will be...

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Bratislava Old and New

For Teachers 6th - 8th

Students explore the capital of Slovak. For this World History lesson, students read an article that describes specific details about Bratislava, Slovak, then complete numerous activities that are centered around the article, such...

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Antonio Vivaldi-The Four Seasons

For Teachers 2nd

Second graders uncover the form, timbre, and the significance of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" in the five lessons of this unit. The use of instrumentation forms the basis of the lessons.

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Acadia University: Late Renaissance & Early Baroque Music

For Students 9th - 10th

This article compares and contrasts Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music with narrative and a side-by-side chart.

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Wikipedia: Baroque Music

For Students 9th - 10th

A Wikipedia article on Baroque music distinguishes it from the Renaissance and Classical styles, discusses the different musical genres the Baroque composers wrote in, lists the important features of Baroque music, and provides a list of...

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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sound Bites: Tasting the Texture of Classical Music

For Students 9th - 10th

Did you know that your sense of hearing can determine texture? This Science Buddies science fair project has you experiment with four major eras in western music to determine the texture of the music. The Science Buddies project ideas...

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Rhythm in Baroque Music

For Students 9th - 10th

An article discussing in detail the rhythmic aspects of Baroque music.

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Baroque Music: Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti

For Students 9th - 10th

Biographies of the Baroque composers Alessandro Scarlatti (1659-1725) and his son Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757). Other composers can be found by scrolling up or down.

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Baroque Cantata

For Students 9th - 10th

If information is needed about Baroque cantatas, this site can probably provide it. Ccmposer biographies and audio samples of their cantatas are included in the site. There is also great information about the Baroque era in general.

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Wayne State College: Baroque Early [Based on Grout/palisca, 5th Ed., Ch 9]

For Students 9th - 10th

These appear to be notes taken from a college lecture and contain considerable information on the Baroque period of music.

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Northern Arizona University

Northern Arizona University: Sojurn: Canons of the Musical Offering by Js Bach

For Students 9th - 10th

This site provides an excellent explanation and analysis of the Musical Offering with lots of pertinent links to musical terms.

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Library of Congress

Loc: The Moldenhauer Archives

For Students 9th - 10th

The Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era.

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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Perfect Pitch

For Students 9th - 10th

Perfect Pitch is an interactive learning environment that lets you form orchestras and create your own orchestral arrangements of music from the baroque, classical, romantic, and modern periods. Clever game design, including a...

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Orchestra Seating Chart: Baroque, Classical, Romantic

For Students 3rd - 8th

See how the number of orchestra members increased from the Baroque period through the Classical, up to the Romantic. You can print each orchestra seating chart.

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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Allemande

For Students 9th - 10th

Wikipedia offers a definition of allemande, a type of dance popular in Baroque music. Includes hyperlinked terms.

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PBS

Classics for Kids: Antonio Vivaldi

For Students 3rd - 8th

A short biography of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

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Baroque Music: Composers

For Students 9th - 10th

Short bio with listing of works by genre with dates composed. Just click on "Lully".

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Baroque Music

For Students 9th - 10th

This site is a multi-media "encyclopedia" of Baroque music! Use the site as the basis of your curriculum unit on Baroque or as a "textbook" with kids accessing the site from home, library or computer lab.

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