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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Am. Musical Theater: Making It Work in Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great lesson plan for introducing the musical to students. Great bibliography.
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Musicals: Ragtime

For Students 9th - 10th
Musicals.net offers a synopsis and songlist for "Ragtime," as well as a forum for comments and questions about the show. While "Ragtime" isn't strictly a black musical, the Coalhouse Walker, Jr. - Sarah storyline is so significant that...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Variety Stage: Bijou Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
Musical theater and vaudeville were popular in the Gilded Age. Here is a theater program from the Bijou Theater in Boston. Leaafing through the pages gives a great slice of life at the time, not only because of the playbills, but also...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to Western Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate-level online course that introduces the history of western music.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Music Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course on music composition. Includes all course material, projects, assignments, and exams with solutions.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Music of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate-level online course on the music of Africa.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Musical Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on musical analysis. Includes all course materials, projects, examples, assignments and exams with solutions.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Introduction to World Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate-level online course on world music.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Modern Music: 1900 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes complete course material.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Music of India

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes course assignments.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Popular Musics of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate-level online course on world music.
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Duke University

Molly Green; In Dahomey (Historic American Sheet Music)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows the original sheet music for the first black musical, "In Dahomey," which was written by Paul Laurence Dunbar and Will Marion Cook.
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South Carolina Educational Television

South Carolina Etv Commission: Artopia

For Students 9th - 10th
Artopia is utopia for artists and artist wannabes alike. Each gallery allows students to complete interactive activities, watch videos, read about artists, and practice being an art critic. The gallery areas are music, theater painting,...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Fundamentals of Music

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate-level online course on the fundamentals of music.
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Other

Puppet Theater of Japan: Bunraku

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to bunraku--the traditional puppet theater of Japan. Find clear explanations of the history of the art form and details of the music, props, and puppets used. Illustrated with beautiful pictures. Includes several video...
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Duke University

Historical American Sheet Music: Mandy by Irving Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the sheet music from Irving Berlin's "Mandy", performed at Ziegfeld Follies in 1919. Very cool old poster.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 3: Fifties/sixties Musical Playwriting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit appeals to multiple intelligences, encourages interdisciplinary learning, reinforces self-confidence, and stimulates creativity, co-operation and critical thinking. Using songs with a strong narrative, learners are asked to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Golden Age of Broadway

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the golden age of musical theater on Broadway.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Composing With Computers

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course on music composition with computers. Includes all course material, projects, assignments, and exams with solutions.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Schubert to Debussy

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete undergraduate-level online course on Western music history for the period 1815-1915. Includes course assignments.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Symphony and Concerto

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online class on the topic of modern music in the 1900s. Includes exams.
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Other

Stephen Schwartz

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography and partial listing of the works of Stephen Schwartz, composer. He also wrote lyrics for the two Disney musicals Pocahontas and The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.
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Other

Eugene O'neill Theater Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online home for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Find information about playwrights, conferences, and performances.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Tech: Five Moe's Amuses With Laughs, Crowd Interaction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site reviews the 1993 production of "Five Guys Named Moe" at Boston's Wilbur Theater. It gives a good summary of the musical, as well as a critique of that production.

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