1. Music Composer Research Database
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

The MusicEdMagic Music Composer Database is intended to be a starting point for students, teachers, and music lovers in general to research and learn about their favorite historical and current comp

2. Franz Schubert- Classical Era Composer
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

In this article we take a look at Franz Schubert (1797-1828), a composer of the Classical Era in music history.  Schubert's leider, symphonies, operas, and liturgical music have earned him recogn

3. Comprehensive Musicianship-Researching Your Selection
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ysis of the music.   You simply try to find out as much as you can about the piece, the composer, and any context surrounding the music itself. If you are doing a piece by Bach o...

4. Heitor Villa-Lobos
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

Brazilian Heitor Villa-lobos is possibly the best known classical composer in South America. This article is a brief biography of his life and works.   Heitor Villa-

5. I Used To Hate Music History
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ve managed to put together a really neat visual and relational database of information on many of the major composers of our past and present. The great thing about this new music history datab...

6. History of the Clarinet From the 19th Century
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

While composers had already begun to write music for the clarinet, such as Mozart with the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, it was the 19th century that saw an explosion of use of the clarinet

7. Baroque Orchestra Beginnings
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

One of the first orchestras similar to those of today was formed in the early 1600s by Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, Claudio Monteverdi. This art

8. Folk Music Preservation
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...titutions much of this heritage has been saved.    Beginning in the late 19th century composers in Europe began taking an interest in their own countries native folk music. They...

9. Composer Research Database Fixed!
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

I apologize for not having had the time to fix and update the Music Composer Research Database for people using the Internet Explorer browser.  It has always worked in Firefox, but a very annoy

10. Notation Composer- Music Notation Software
(Computer Software/Music Notation)

Notation Composer is a full featured, economical alternative to the big name music notation products of Finale and Sibelius.  With most of the same features but at half the retail price, Notation Comp

11. History of the Clarinet From the 19th Century
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

While composers had already begun to write music for the clarinet, such as Mozart with the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, it was the 19th century that saw an explosion of use of the clarinet

12. Welcome Back From MusicEdMagic!
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...s.  Tel has been brought on board here at MusicEdMagic for her expertise in music history, opera, and composers in general. It is my goal over the next few months to involve additional w...

13. 7 Year Old Composer To Perform On Jay Leno March 10th
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

7-Year-Old Musician and Composer Ethan Bortnick Makes His Second Appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on March 10th to Promote the Release of 'Live in Concert-'by Me'-Ethan Bortnick'

14. Frederick Chopin- His Childhood
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

Frederick Chopin was well known as a virtuoso pianist and composer, but little is written about his childhood. This article charts his life from birth to early manhood.   Chopin's

15. Does Reading Make Music?
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)

...printed page and transferring the information to the keyboard. You might say that you are decoding what the composer or arranger put on the page . The symbols put on the paper by the composer are the ...

16. Brahms Clarinet Music
(Teacher Resources/Music in General)

...ahms and the clarinet goes well beyond this one piece of music. Brahms is recognized as one of the greatest composers for the clarinet, and it was the clarinet that lured this great composer out of ea...

17. The Story of Pomp and Circumstance
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...chestra.    The name Edward Elgar is not usually mentioned among the great classical composers , in fact you may never have even heard of him, but his most famous work, Pomp an...

18. John Cage and Experimental Music
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...at his idea of music was not music at all.   John Cage was an enigma of music. Like other composers before him he attempted to explore new styles and textures. But where others bent...

19. Mendellsohn Wedding March- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

... day weddings all over the world. Additional information and reference links regarding the classical composer Felix Mendellsohn is available in the MusicEdMagic composer database .  Record...

20. Joy To The World- Christmas Free Sheet Music and Lyrics
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

... favor.  For more information about George Frederick Handel please visit the MusicEdMagic Music Composer Research Database .  The full score below is provided for ref...

21. Free Music Composing and Notation Software
(Teacher Resources/Computers)

...tation software is crippled or stripped down in some way.   Take  the aptly named Free Music Composer software.  The free version of the program allows you to create only eight (...

22. CMP Diary- Analyzing The Heart of the Music
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...re analyzing a piece for an elementary band you probably don't need to take close notice of whether the composer wrote any Picardy Thirds into the score. You simply would not be teaching such thi...

23. Arranging for the Concert Band
(Books/Conducting and Score Study)

A classic book of insight and assistance to guide composers and musicians toward the best practices for arranging music for concert band ensembles.!CBAuthorBot

24. Gran Partita K 361
(Teacher Resources/Curriculum)

...e that are not musically minded. For more information about Mozart consider visiting the Interactive Composer Database here at MusicEdMagic.  You may also wish to hear the Gran Partita bei...

25. Gran Partita K 361
(Books/Conducting and Score Study)

...e that are not musically minded. For more information about Mozart consider visiting the Interactive Composer Database here at MusicEdMagic.  You may also wish to hear the Gran Partita bei...

26. Trumpet Voluntary- Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

The Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke is one of the most often used instrumental pieces of music in weddings around the world.  It's melody is very familiar and surprisingly easy to play on

27. Musical Oddities and Strange Songs
(Blogs/Tales From The Podium)

...ith music that is hundreds of years old. In a more recent post he found another YouTube video in which a composer mashed together a very amusing piece using nothing but the various system sounds f...

28. Percy Grainger Biography
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...Grainger became was a result of many different influences.  This biography of Percy Aldridge Grainger, composer, will examine many of them.     Percy Grainger was born...

29. The Music Man: The Musical and the man behind it, Meredith Willson
(Teacher Resources/Music History)

...n began its life with the title "The Silver Triangle." The town of River City was based on the composer's home town of Mason City, Iowa . The musical's first run on Broadway lasted 1,3...

30. Oh, Susanna - Free Sheet Music
(Teacher Resources/Sheet Music)

... band instruments as well as voice. Stephen Foster was arguably one of the United States first great composers. His compositions became some of the most recognized and often played tunes of th...