School Music Page

Famous Musicians
of Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Times
And Their Music

To learn about the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern periods, just click on the underlined words.
To hear an excerpt of a composition by the composer, click on his name. The sound files are Real Audio.

If you come across musical terms you don't know, look them up in an online dictionary. Just click on glossary:

http://www.naxos.com/intro.htm

If you are studying a piece of music, look up information about the composer:

http://www.composers.net/

Baroque
Two famous composers of the Baroque period include Bach and Handel . Learn about these composers and listen to examples of their works.
Classical
Two important composers of the Classical period are Haydn and Mozart. Select their names to listen to some of their compositions.

Beethoven bridges both the Classical and the Romantic periods. Be sure to listen to some of his famous compositions and to learn why he is so important.
Romantic
To represent the Romantic era, select Brahms , Saint-Saens , Dvorák or Tchaikovsky . Be sure to listen to a an example of their works too.
Modern
Bartok and Stravinsky are twentieth century composers who are very famous. Listen to some of their works. Notice how much more dissonant and percussive their compositions sound.

For more information, click on the following link for music history:

http://www.hnh.com/intro.htm#history

Famous People
and their Violins
Albert Einstein

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This ia a picture of Einstein playing his violin.

Yehudi Menuin
Yehudi Menuin

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This ia a picture of Yehudi Menuin playing the violin. It will be a while before your hand will be playing in a high position. If you work hard and practice correctly, you may be able to do this someday. It is a lot of fun to improve your playing through practicing. Try to improve something each day. Be sure to set a goal for each practice session.

Our Student Musicians from
Canterbury Woods Elementary School

Here is a picture of the Canterbury Woods Elementary School Orchestra performing under the direction of Mrs.Theresa Palmer. Mr. Douglas Wolters, co-director of the strings program, is in the background. This photo was taken by David Corry. Canterbury Woods Elementary School is in Fairfax County,Virginia.

To hear Mrs. Palmer and Mr. Wolters performance of a Telemann Canon, click on the following link:
http://www.oocities.org/tpalmer43/canon.mp2

To learn about the care and maintenance of your instrument, click on the following link:
http://www.centrum.is/hansi

To learn about the making of instruments, click on the following link:
http://www.centrum.is/hansi/construction

To shop for musical instruments or supplies click on the following links at your own risk:

http://www.pottersviolins.com/

http://www.sharmusic.com/

http://www.swstrings.com

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