Classics For Kids
Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way.
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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: About Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Some composers in Tchaikovsky's day didn't think his music sounded ...
Some composers in Tchaikovsky's day didn't think his music sounded "Russian" enough, but Tchaikovsky was Russian through and through. Tchaikovsky wrote symphonies, operas, songs, chamber music -- and of course, several wonderful ballets.
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Leonard Bernstein: American Composers with a Boston Connection
Leonard Bernstein grew up in the Boston area. Here are ...
Leonard Bernstein grew up in the Boston area. Here are some more composers who spent time in and around that city.
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Leonard Bernstein: Operettas in English
Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" is an operetta. An operetta is like ...
Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" is an operetta. An operetta is like an opera, with one big difference. In opera, everything is sung, but in operetta, there are spoken lines between the singing. Composers who wrote operettas in English include Sir Arthur Sullivan (who can't be separated from William S. Gilbert, who wrote the words for Gilbert and Sullivan operettas), Victor Herbert, Sigmund Romberg, and Rudolf Friml.
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Leonard Bernstein: Bernstein and Musical Theater
When he was growing up, Leonard Bernstein loved to put ...
When he was growing up, Leonard Bernstein loved to put on operas and other musical shows with his friends. That interest in musical theater continued all through his life, and produced such great Broadway musicals as "On The Town," "Wonderful Town," and "West Side Story."
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Leonard Bernstein: About Leonard Bernstein
American-born Leonard Bernstein became famous all over the world as ...
American-born Leonard Bernstein became famous all over the world as a composer, a conductor, and a pianist. In addition to writing classical music, composed classic Broadway musicals, including West Side Story.
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Edvard Grieg: Other Scandinavian Composers
Music by composers from the three official Scandinavian countries -- ...
Music by composers from the three official Scandinavian countries -- Norway, Denmark and Sweden -- and a couple of unofficial ones -- Finland and Iceland!
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Edvard Grieg: The Story of Peer Gynt
"In The Hall of the Mountain King" is part of ...
"In The Hall of the Mountain King" is part of the incidental music Edvard Grieg wrote for Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. Hear the story of the play as you listen to Grieg's music.
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Edvard Grieg: Incidental Music
Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for ...
Incidental music creates a mood, or illustrates the action for what is going on in a play, movie or television show.
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Edvard Grieg: About Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg was from a music-loving Norwegian family. In addition ...
Edvard Grieg was from a music-loving Norwegian family. In addition to becoming the leading Scandinavian composer of his day, Grieg became a big supporter of Norwegian arts and culture.
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John Philip Sousa: I Love a Parade!
Before television, radio, and the movies, it used to be ...
Before television, radio, and the movies, it used to be a very big deal when the circus came to town. Circus parades and performances were always accompanied by marches called "screamers" -- a name that probably came from the fact that the music screams for attention.
