Fun With Music 
Get an inside look at the orchestra at this fun site from the San Francisco Symphony. You can learn about the instruments in an orchestra. In the Music Lab, you can learn about tempo, rhythm, pitch, and harmony. Once you've mastered the basics, try your hand at the Composerizer and compose your own music or try the Performalator and play your own music! For your listening pleasure, tune in to the radio and listen to some great classical music.
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Andante
Need a classical music fix? This site has news; reference materials like a music encyclopedia and an opera reference guide; reviews; and audio files of full concert performances. Need more? How about a site radio station with historic recordings, Baroque, Classical and Romantic masterworks and contemporary and early music performed by some of today's finest musicians.
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Handel
This site has everything Handel, from information on new releases of his music and reviews to a discography and a chronology of his life.
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Naxos
Have you heard a piece of classical music in a movie recently and wondered what it was? Looking for an artist or composer biography? You'll find what your looking for at this classical music publisher's site! You will also find classical music and opera glossaries and overviews, online music, news, and reviews.
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Creating Music
Try your hand at composing and playing with music at this interactive site for kids.
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Essentials of Music
This site provides overviews, with audio samples, of the six main periods in classical music history -- Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Twentieth Century. You will also find biographies of nearly 70 composers and a music glossary a this site from Sony Music.
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NY Philharmonic Kidzone
Can you tell the difference between a violin and a viola? You can learn about the instruments in an orchestra, explore the music and lives of famous composers, play some music games or try you hand at composing your own music at this site from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Baroque Music
Explore the world of baroque music at this site featuring a baroque music sampler with audio files, profiles of baroque composers, and a look at rare baroque instruments.
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DSO Kids
See what all of the instruments in the orchestra sound like, learn about orchestra seating through different time periods, play games like Beethoven Baseball and Composer's Keyboard, learn how to make your own instrument, or listen to some great music at this site from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra!
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Classical Music Archives
You'll find illustrated composer biographies for 1,569 composers.and 24,468 audio files here. You can also go to an interactive timeline and find the historical context for a composer. There are additional features on the site that are restricted to members.
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Classical MIDI Connection
Listen to samples of music from the Renaissance to the 20th century. You can also
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Nineteenth-Century Music: The Romantic Era
Maintained by Dr. Ben Arnold at Emory University, this site covers the music and composers of the Romantic period.
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Classical Composers Archives
You'll find pictures and biographical information for composers organized by name, period, birth year or nationality.
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Women's Early Music, Art, Poetry
This site has articles on women in early music accompanied by parallel fine art illustrations, often by early women artists, along with CD recommendations, song texts and MIDI sound files.
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From the Top
This Website for the weekly radio series that showcases the nation's most outstanding young classical musicians includes audio files of performances, profiles of musicians, lesson plans, and an ask the expert section.
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Classical Music Pages
This site provides classical music history, biographical information about composers, explanations of the various musical forms and a dictionary of musical terminologies.
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Classical Net
Bone up on your classical music knowledge! This site features a classical CD buying guide for the beginner, biographical information on composers, reviews and articles, and an overview of musical periods.
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