Music Links

List of Composer Links

1.)   Paragraphs about many different composers. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/music/composers.html

2.)   Composers listed in alphabetical order, click on link and it will take you to a large source of information about your composer. http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html

3.)   Information about the Baroque time period and composers. Baroques being the time from about 1600 to 1750. http://www.baroquemusic.org/barcomp.html

4.)   Webpage that lists composers that are living today. Becarfule what names you click because the webpages are in different languages depending on where they were written. http://composers21.com/w.htm

5.)   A Page that has composer listed and you can look for them using the first letter of the last name as a guide. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/composer_index.html

6.)   Site all about Sousa, One of the most famous composers of Marches. http://www.dws.org/sousa/about.htm

7.)   Has information about time periods. http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Composition/Composers/Classical/

List of Pages that might be helpful in creating your own instrument

1.)   This site helps you understand how to change pitches. http://www.philtulga.com/HomemadeMusic.html

2.)   This site give ideas and instructions on inventing and making your own instruments. http://www.rhythmweb.com/homemade/index.html

3.)   This page list some great ideas and show you how to make the instruments. http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/explore/homemademusic.htm#Intermediate

List of pages that will help you with your instrument research

1.)   Gives brief outlook on several different kinds of instruments http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/

2.)   Gives links to definitions of different percussion instruments. http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/textp/Percussioninstruments.html

3.)   List technical aspects of woodwind instruments. http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/woodwind.html

4.)   This site can connect you to some solid information about the instruments pictured. http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/music/woodwind.html

5.)   Give history of where woodwind instruments came from: http://www.aswltd.com/guideww.htm

6.)   History of trumpet: http://pages.nyu.edu/%7Ekpo201/history.html

7.)   All about the trumpet: http://pages.nyu.edu/%7Ekpo201/trumpet.html

8.)   Explains how brass instruments work: http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/davidmacaulay/instruments2_mac.shtml

9.)   Information about percussion instruments: http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/alph_perc.html