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Unit 4 - Music
This Unit emphasizes the importance of Music in school curriculum, and its
cultural impact in an academic environment. Listed below are credible websites
pertaining to musical genre, history of Music, and the instruments used to
produce Music.
http://www.asdk12.org/Depts/music/
- Anchorage School District Music Department provides an array of musical
choices for their students. This websites explores the differences in
musical instruments; orchestra and Band Instruments.
http://www.k12station.com/k12link_library.html?subject=NFA&sub_cat=103639
- The above website identifies different genres of music; including
Classical, Orchestral Music, Jazz and Blues and many other musical genres.
It also captivates the mind to musical styles and history of music.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
- The New York Philharmonic delves into the lives of different composers,
types of musical instruments and the composition of Music.
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/DSO_Intro.html
- Dallas Symphony Orchestra provides Students with a variety of options to
gather information on the types of instruments used in an Orchestra,
definition of an orchestra, Famous orchestral composers, and much more.
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
- San Francisco Symphony: provides a kid-friendly version of music lab; an
explanation reading music, tempo, rhythm, symbols and much more.
http://library.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html
- This website lists famously known and unknown musical composers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/documentaries/rap.shtml
- A brief history of Rap and Hip-Hop from its genesis in the Bronx to its
worldwide expansion; cultivating the minds of youth everywhere.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/
- The birth of Rock and Roll with famously known artists who contributed
to its rise; Beatles, Jimi Hindrix, Nirvana etc.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/history_of_jazz.htm
- Jazz! An American original. This website details the birth of Jazz, the
instruments used to create Jazz, and the artists most notable known to
conceive Jazz music.
http://www.salsacentro.com/index.htm
- History of Salsa; musicians and singers who pioneered this genre of
music.
http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music-history.htm
- This website timelines music’s history, beginning with the Medieval Era.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~syverson/worldsfair/exhibits/hall2/yoshimura/music.htm
- What is Music? Music is Science, Math, History… An eclectic guide to
understanding music’s diversity.
http://www.sldirectory.com/studf/art.html
- Music and the Arts. This Website exposes the viewer/reader to more
websites pertaining to the orchestra, songs from America’s history,
essentials of music and much more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/music/contemporarymusic/popmusicrev2.shtml
- Contemporary Music! An array of modern music with its roots in the mid
20th century; Rock n’ Roll, Club Dance music, Salsa, 70s’ Disco…
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