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American Music Collections
- The American Music Collections document this country's diverse popular music
and performance traditions. The strength of these collections is the music of
the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries including Big Band jazz,
Gospel and African American sacred music, and folk music. |
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America's Stories - See, Hear and Sing - Watch a movie, hear a song, play a tune from America's
past. |
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Kids' Castle - This
Smithsonian site has information to kids' questions on sports, history, the
arts, travel, science and air and space, all with great photos. |
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Sing-Along with National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences - NIEHS has included this sing-along
section to teach environmental health science through song. |
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Sound Site - Close your
eyes, open your ears, and explore the world of sound! This neat site has audio
clips, activities, and discussions about composition to help you learn.
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The Music of Sound - Neanderthal Jam - You could learn a lot from old musical instruments. We're not
talking about a pawnshop full of rusted saxophones and busted guitars, but
about partly fossilized bones with holes that look suspiciously like wind
instruments. |
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The Music Room - The
Museum also explores history through dozens of musical performances every
year. |
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Children's Music Web - This site has plenty of fun stuff - a concert calendar, radio
list, and the "Children's Music Gazette". |
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I Hear America Singing -
Have you ever thought about how American songs developed? This PBS site has a
timeline covering the history of American concert song as well as information
on the writers, composers, artists, and movements that left their mark.
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Jazz Kids - Check out this
fun newspaper for kids featuring news and reviews, kids' writing, games,
trivia, and more! |
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New
York Philharmonic Kidzone - Meet composers
and members of the orchestra, check out the Insider's Guide, explore all kinds
of instruments, invent one of your own, and so much more on this dazzling
site! |
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Playmusic - A cool site
for kids from the American Symphony Orchestra League. Learn all about classical
music and the instruments that make it. |
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San Francisco Symphony Kids Site- This website, in conjunction with our live performances, provide
a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music.
Consider this site your premier web destination for learning about
music. |
Education Sites
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Instrument Encyclopedia! -
The purpose of this site is to allow you to explore the diversity and
creativity of musical traditions as you browse our gallery or search for a
favorite instrument. |
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra - DSO
Kids - DSOKids is the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra's magical doorway to a world of musical fun and learning for
students. The site's mission is to provide attractive, accessible and
child-friendly resources that introduce symphonic music, the orchestra and its
instruments, and to encourage young people to explore the world of the symphony
orchestra. |
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FreeKidsMusic.com - All the kids songs you find on this site are FREE: listen,
download, play them on your computer, or burn them to a personal CD for boombox
or car listening |
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Kididdles - MoJo is a
singin', swingin' music mouse-chine! She'll be happy to take you on a guided
tour of her Musical Mouseum. |
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Young Composers - This site allows young composers to share their music and to
talk to other young musicians. |
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