Ducksters
Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Lenses and Light
Kids learn about lenses and light in the science of physics including concave, convex, converging, diverging, focal point, meniscus, and Plano lenses.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids: Giovanni Gabrieli
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.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper for Art and Music
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...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Fats Waller
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.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Eubie Blake
Jazz composer and pianist Eubie Blake is written about in this resource. It features a brief biography about his career and music.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Luigi Boccherini
Nice overview biography and a huge list of his works with links to purchase.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Frederic Chopin
Explore this brief biography of Frederic Chopin, famous Polish composer in classical music.
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Notes on Franz Schubert
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brief biographical entry on Jevons. Summarizes his contributions to mathematics and explains his invention of the "logical piano."
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: Music
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.
Other
All About Jazz: Fletcher Henderson
A biography of Fletcher Henderson, including suggested listening and suggested reading materials.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Musical Instruments
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Musical Instruments.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Huey Smith
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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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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