This site is a directory of many other music and music education resources, providing links and content about performing artists, genres, musical instruments, orchestras, composers, composer forums, composition tools, music videos, and music publishing co
Samuel Barber is perhaps best known for his "Adagio for Strings", and he demonstrated many talents in writing for string ensembles, choral groups, and piano. Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910 and he studied at the Curtis Institute. Dur
The Radio Hour is a series of portfolio based music history curricula for grades 5-12. These curricula study Classical, Jazz, Rock, Black Music in America(BMIA), and Classroom Guitar while integrating technology, music analysis, improvisation, movement, c
Instead of searching individual museum websites for art, history, or cultural artifacts, students and teachers can turn to the Museum of Online Museums (MoOM) for works found everywhere from the Smithsonian to the Musee d'Orsay. The site archives exhibit
Information Please has been providing authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions since 1938—first as a popular radio quiz show, then starting in 1947 as an annual almanac, and since 1998 on the Internet. Many things have changed since 1938, but not our dedication to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains. The site includes timelines of various eras of history, along with listing of events from many facets of life by year.
Timelinr is a simple web 2.0 application used for creating timelines online. You just need to enter the start year and end year of the timeline (range) and add events to the timeline and then click 'Create Timeline'. Timelinr will generate the Timeline based on the input you gave and it will return the HTML for your Timeline, which you can copy and use it anywhere!
American Civil War Music and Resources: Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress has created this delightful site that brings together hundreds of items that tell of the musical culture of the American Civil War. First-time visitors will want to start by perusing the Civil War Sheet Music section. Here they will find 2,500 pieces culled from the Library's collection, including songs about various generals, battles, and a longing for the tranquility of home life. Further along, the site also includes the Civil War Era Band Music section. This area features over 700 musical compositions, along with over a dozen audio files of these fine ditties...
Timeline JS - Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy, and intuitive to use.
Create interactive timelines that are intuitive and easy to use. The layout of information is clean; great potential for organizing and sharing facts on obscure or trendy topics. Info can be harvested from a variety of places: Twitter, Flickr, Google Maps, YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Wikipedia, SoundCloud and more. Simply organize your data into a google spreadsheet, upload to the Timeline generator, and embed on your website.
