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Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers 1600 to Present
PDF document showing composers in various musical eras from the Baroque period to modern times.
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Classical Net: Timeline of Famous Composers: 1100 1700
A PDF timeline of composers in the Gothic, Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: John Philip Sousa
Learn brief information on John Philip Sousa, famous American band leader who is featured on the two cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Famous Americans: Stephen Foster
Learn brief information from the National Postal Museum on Stephen Foster, American music composer, who was featured on the one cent postage stamp.
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National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Duke Ellington
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1986 to commemorate famous jazz musician Duke Ellington. Includes a short biographical passage.
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Bach at a Young Age.
Information about one of Bach's most famous and most loved choral pieces, the mass in B minor. The article explains why the B minor mass is considered such an an enigmatic work. With a downloadable version of the text of the mass in...
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Alberta Hunter
This site contains an article on the singer and composer Alberta Hunter. It also includes audio clips of some of her most famous songs. Excellent resource.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Commencement music directors! Looking for a fresh approach to a tired "Pomp and Circumstance?" Use this National Public Radio broadcast story of British composer Edward Elgar's famous ceremonial music.
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American Musician and Poet Stephen Collins Foster
Although Foster is known as one of America's most famous folksong composers, his lyrics were very racist by today's standards. This article discusses the new lyrics given to his songs.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Alessandro Scarlatti
A Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantanas.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Frederick Handel
(1685-1759) Handel was a musician and composer. His most famous work was "Atalanta."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ignace Paderewski
A Polish composer most famous for Manru and Minuet.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809) Haydn was a celebrated German composer. His most famous works are "Orpheus and Eurydice;" "Creation;" "Seasons;" "Haydn's Farewell;" "Paradise Lost;" and "Seven Words of Our Saviour on the Cross."
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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.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Niccolo Paganini
A famous violinist, violist, guitarist and composer. He is considered the greatest violinist who ever lived.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Orlando Di Lasso
A Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He is considered to be the most famous and influential musician in Europe at the end of the 16th century.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Arthur Sullivan
Sir Sullivan was a British composer, famous for Onward Christian Soldiers, In Memoriam, The Prodigal Son, and The Lost Chord.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wilhelm Richard Wagner
(1813-1883) German composer most famous for Rienzi and The Flying Dutchman.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791) German composer of the Classical era. Some of his most famous works are The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, Requiem, Twelfth Mass, and Ave Verum.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir William Gilbert
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 - 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his fourteen comic operas produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which...
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