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- Arabic Music History - Article covering the origins of Arabic music and instruments. Includes pictures.
www.aramusic.com/history.htm
- Boychoir: Past, Present and Future - A history of boychoir and boy singers from the ancient past through the development of cathedral choirs and community boychoirs.
www.boychoirs.org
- Classical Composer Biography: Alexander Borodin - Information on Alexander Borodin, composer of the Russion opera "Prince Igor".
www.lessontutor.com/bf_borodin.html
- Classical Composer Profile: Edvard Grieg - Information on the life and work of Edvard Grieg, composer of the famous 'Piano Concerto in A minor'.
www.lessontutor.com/bf_grieg.html
- Click2Biography - Beethoven's Hair: Answered Questions - Sick most of his adult life, Beethoven never understood the cause of his illness. Hundreds of years later, his hair provides the answer: lead poisoning.
www.click2biography.com/beethoven/beethoven_ch1.htm
- Hip Hop Preservation Coalition - Dedicated to communicating the unparalleled history of Hip Hop to the pan-youth population, using story line cartooning and animation.
www.2sides1nation.com
- Omaha Indian Music - A collection from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Features traditional Omaha music from the 1890s and 1980s, as well as other research material.
memory.loc.gov/ammem/omhhtml
- Silent Night Web - Dedicated to the Christmas song Silent Night. Includes the song's history, and well as various translations and notation.
silentnight.web.za
- Strings in the Mountains: Moguls to Mozart - An online multimedia presentation on the life and work of Mozart. Includes pictures and sound clips.
www.stringsinthemountains.org/m2m/index-old.html
- The History of Rock and Roll - Examines the golden decade 1954 through 1963. Comprehensive coverage of many styles, from soul and rock to girl groups and hot rod music. Includes record companies, performers, disc jockeys, photos, audio files and technology of the era.
www.history-of-rock.com
- The Mozart Project - The life, times, and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
www.mozartproject.org/index.html
- The Music Room - Read up on music history and listen to music samples from each period.
www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/music_room/themusic.htm
- This Day in Music History - This Day in Music History. Has a daily listing of what happened on this day in history. Includes a search engine and calendar info.
datadragon.com/day
- This Week In Blues History - Facts and stories about the blues of decades past.
www.p-dub.com/thisweek
- Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing - A comprehensive multimedia history of American concert song. Based on a PBS special, learn about composers, poets, writers, artists, ideas, and events that have shaped the American song saga.
www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas
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