Composers & Musicians

by Susan Zannos. Entertaining story-bios for Gr. 4-8.

CD of the music to Rosemary Kennedy's Bach to Rock:  Intro to Famous Composers and Their Music.

  An Introduction to Famous Composers and theie Music by Rosemary Kennedy. 

by Kathy Stinson & Dusan Petricic, with a postscript by Joshua Bell.   

Teacher's Notes accompany the Classical Kids Music Box CDs Vol. 1 & 2.

by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell.  Each biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities.

Illustrated by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell. An excellent all-in-one teaching package for elem./middle school.

by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell.  Each biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities.

by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell.  Biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities. 

by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell.  An excellent teaching package for Elem-MS.

by Charlotte Voake.   Ideal sets for music appreciation, active listening, history, and, geography.

Illustrated by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell. Each biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities.

by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell.  Each biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities.

Listening CD for the book of the same name that contains 17 units on the lives, times and music of the world's greatest musicians.

by June Montgomery and Maurice Hinson. 17 units in each volume on the lives, times and music of the world's greatest musicians.

by June Montgomery and Maurice Hinson.  This Meet the Composers - Vol. 1 kit includes Book, CD and Activity Sheets.
17 units on the lives, times and music of the world's greatest musicians.

by Jenny Van Pelt.   Reproducible bios and activities about composers and performers with music web links.  Gr. 2-6

Helen Bauer. Beethoven and Verdi and the culture surrounding them, with timeline, glossary, online resources, recording & reading lists .

The music of Blind Tom, an autistic savant and musical prodigy born a slave.

Don Mozart's wig and jabot as you share this tale over several class periods, adding details as they come up in the book.