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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Lenses and Light

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about lenses and light in the science of physics including concave, convex, converging, diverging, focal point, meniscus, and Plano lenses.
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Giovanni Gabrieli

For Students 3rd - 8th
Why is an orchestra set up the way it is? Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612 CE) had a little something to do with the set up of the orchestra. Use this resource to learn more about this Renaissance composer and listen to his music.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper for Art and Music

For Students 9th - 10th
The art and music subsection of the popular homework helper site from Discovery Education. Contains links to museums, art history, music theory, and other arts-related sites thought to be helpful for completing homework assignments by...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Fats Waller

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a brief biography about jazz pianist and composer Fats Waller. Also featured in this resource are a couple of audio clips of his music.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Eubie Blake

For Students 9th - 10th
Jazz composer and pianist Eubie Blake is written about in this resource. It features a brief biography about his career and music.
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Classical Net

Classical Net: Luigi Boccherini

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice overview biography and a huge list of his works with links to purchase.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Frederic Chopin

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explore this brief biography of Frederic Chopin, famous Polish composer in classical music.
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Curated OER

Notes on Franz Schubert

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes on Franz Shubert offers a biography of Shubert, as well as a look at five piano duets, infinished piano sonatas, and more.
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Notes on Franz Schubert

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes on Franz Shubert offers a biography of Shubert, as well as a look at five piano duets, infinished piano sonatas, and more.
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Interpretive Arrangement Left View

For Students 9th - 10th
Complex but rich history of player pianos and their function in music. Studies pianola and assorted organ music in detailed analysis.
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Interpretive Arrangement Right View

For Students 9th - 10th
Complex but rich history of player pianos and their function in music. Studies pianola and assorted organ music in detailed analysis.
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'Leabarjan' Peforator Model # 8 B

For Students 9th - 10th
Complex but rich history of player pianos and their function in music. Studies pianola and assorted organ music in detailed analysis.
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Red Hot Jazz: Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton

For Students 9th - 10th
Red Hot Jazz offers a biography of "the first great composer and piano player of jazz," Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, with selections of Morton's compositions and arrangements in Real Audio format.
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Studio in a Box

For Students 9th - 10th
Feature series on "The Secret History of Technology and Pop Music," traced partly through the story of an Indiana company that stopped making pianos and started cutting 78 rpm records using the talents of famous jazz musicians and others.
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Art Tatum, Circa 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
Art Tatum, piano virtuoso, had a brief but influential career in jazz. You can read his biography and listen to his profile presented on NPR. Click on the megaphones to hear him play and to hear others discuss his talent.
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Art Tatum, Improvisor and Harmonizer Extraordinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
Art Tatum, piano virtuoso, had a brief but influential career in jazz. You can read his biography and listen to his profile presented on NPR. Click on the megaphones to hear him play and to hear others discuss his talent.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Carl Czerny

For Students 9th - 10th
An Austrian pianist, composer and teacher. He is best remembered today for his books of etudes for the piano.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Muzio Clementi

For Students 9th - 10th
A classical composer, and acknowledged as the first to write specifically for the piano.
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University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: William Jevons

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical entry on Jevons. Summarizes his contributions to mathematics and explains his invention of the "logical piano."
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Rudiments of Wisdom

Rudiments of Wisdom: Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about musical elements with cartoons. These hand drawn cartoons offer the viewer a different way to read about music other than the traditional text and pictures.
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All About Jazz: Fletcher Henderson

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Fletcher Henderson, including suggested listening and suggested reading materials.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Musical Instruments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Huey Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Huey Smith, an American pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and vocalist, a principal figure in the 1950s rock and roll that became known as the New Orleans sound.
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For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of Whistler's career with links to his contemporaries. Several of Whistler's pieces of art are available for viewing.

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