Educational Information Sources Online

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I've just recently started a new resource weblog where I will be posting various online resources and information about the humanities. I found that I was coming across many wonderful online collections and thought they deserved a home of their own. The new blog is called Humanities Web.

For online researching of composers, check out the Classical Composers Database.
Click on LINKS to find numerous links to other useful sites. This site is not the most user-friendly for students, so I would recommend using it to find the resources they might need ahead of time.

Brief biographies of major classical musicians can be found at Essentials of Music.

The National Endowment for the Arts sponsors this site, Classics for Kids. It's really wonderful, and of course, being a musician myself, I am partial to these things. One really nice feature is the section that allows students to hear what each instrument sounds like.