NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Franz Joseph Haydn
This is a biography on Franz Joseph Haydn. It also includes an audio lecture on Haydn with his music as a background to the lecture.
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The Joy of Cello Playing
A great site with teaching examples, excerpts from his book and cartoons. Site promotes and endorses book, "The Joy of Cello Playing".
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The Viola Web Site
This site provides information for those who are professionals, teachers, or students of the viola.
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Pay the Piper
A resource for children who want to play a musical instrument, and their parents, this website includes answers to such questions as "Where do you get lessons?" and "How much will a new instrument cost?" Also included are informational...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Smithsonian Jazz: Duke Ellington
This site provides audio clips, photos, and biographical information of this legendary composer and performer. A match game teaches and tests your knowledge of Ellington.
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Amg: All Music Guide: Duke Ellington
This resource presents an overview of the musical career of Duke Ellington tells the chronological story of his rise to fame as an American jazz musician.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Conducting
The basics of conducting are presented here in this well written tutorial. Included are simple pictures and animations of simple conducting patterns.
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Music Web: Benjamin Britten (1913 1976)
Quite a bit of biographical information here at Music Web, a very complete listing of his compositions, and a good list of recordings as well.
Classical Net
Classical Net: Benjamin Britten
Classical Net offers links, resources, and lists of works on Benjamin Britten (1913-1976 CE), one of Britain's greatest composers.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Summon the Heroes: Classical Music to the Rescue
Throughout the ages, composers have celebrated the accomplishments of famous heroes through music. What does a hero sound like? Get ready to find out!
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Gilardo Gilardi
This page has a brief bibliography of the Argentine composer, pianist and orchestra director, Gilardo Gilardi.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Mariano Mores
This page has a brief bibliography of Mariano Mores, the Argentine composer, pianist and orchestra director.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Mauricio Kagel
This page has a brief bibliography of the composer and orchestra director, Mauricio Kagel .
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Silvestre Revueltas
This page has a brief bibliography of the Mexican composer and orchestra director Silvestre Revueltas.
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Florence Beatrice Price: African American Composer
Learn about the first African American women to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra. This resource lists information about her birth, her marriage and a list of nearly all of her compositions.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: William Grant Still
Read about the life of William Grant Still, American composer and conductor, and the first black to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the United States.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Carlos Chavez
his page has a brief bibliography of the Mexican composer and orchestra director Carlos Chavez.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Juan Jose Castro
This page has a brief bibliography of the Argentine composer and orchestra director, Juan Jose Castro.
El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word)
E Pd Lp: Geronimo Gimenez
This page has a brief bibliography of the Spanish composer and orchestra director Geronimo Gimenez.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: Bessie Smith
Known as the "Empress of the Blues", Bessie Smith was one of the greatest blues singers. Read a brief biography of her career as well as view a video performance of her singing with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra with this resource.
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Suzuki Violin Teachers Central
Website devoted to teaching strings by the Suzuki method. A good site, but most useful to the membership.
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Amg All Music Guide: The Dorsey Brothers
This resource offers a brief synopsis of the careers of brothers Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, and their successes and failures in the music business.
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.
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Harlem.org : Count Basie
This Count Basie page is one of the few that has links to discussion boards. Also contains links to buy his albums, and links to other sites.