Classics For Kids
Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Operas
Many pieces of music from Russian operas have become much ...
Many pieces of music from Russian operas have become much more famous in the concert hall than on the opera stage. Some of these pieces include Tchaikovsky's Waltz and Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Alexander Borodin's Polovstian Dances from Prince Igor, and Sergei Prokofiev's march from The Love for Three Oranges.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Flight of the Bumblebee comes from an opera called ...
The Flight of the Bumblebee comes from an opera called The Tale of Tsar Saltan, which is based on a story by the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. In the opera's complicated plot, Prince Gvidon is separated from his father, Tsar Saltan, and ends up ruling an island full of enchanted objects and animals -- including an enchanted swan, whom the prince marries once she gets turned back into a princess.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov became a navy officer in order to follow ...
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov became a navy officer in order to follow in his older brother's footsteps. But his real talent lay in music. After leaving the navy, he became a teacher at the St. Petersburg Conservatory -- even though he had little formal music education himself.
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Antonio Vivaldi: Spring Music
Vivaldi is not the only composer who wrote music about ...
Vivaldi is not the only composer who wrote music about the seasons, or about spring. Many other composers wrote springtime music.
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Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Through the Ages
Concertos got their start in 17th century Italy. The history ...
Concertos got their start in 17th century Italy. The history of violin concertos follows the history of great violinists.
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Antonio Vivaldi: Poetry and Sound Effects in Vivaldi's Spring Concerto
Vivaldi based each of his The Four Seasons concertos on ...
Vivaldi based each of his The Four Seasons concertos on a set of sonnets -- poems. The music in each of the Four Seasons describes exactly what's going on in the poems. "Spring" includes birds, brooks, breezes and thunderstorms. See how many of those you can hear in Vivaldi's music.
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Antonio Vivaldi: About Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was the oldest of six (some say nine) ...
Antonio Vivaldi was the oldest of six (some say nine) children. His father was a barber, baker and violinist. Vivaldi inherited his father's musical talent, and his flaming red hair. Vivaldi became a priest, but he spent most of his life composing and teaching music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Roll Over Beethoven
For some reason, Beethoven has been the butt of many ...
For some reason, Beethoven has been the butt of many musical jokes over the years. You can find Beethoven references everywhere from disco, to the Beatles, to the Broadway musical.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Music that Imitates Inanimate Objects
The beginning of the second movement of Beethoven's 8th Symphony ...
The beginning of the second movement of Beethoven's 8th Symphony imitates a metronome -- a mechanical device that ticks steadily to help musician keep to the beat of the music. Other composers wrote music that ticks, or that imitates other inanimate objects -- including a doll and a typewriter.
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Beethoven's Symphonies
Plenty of composers wrote more symphonies than Beethoven, but few ...
Plenty of composers wrote more symphonies than Beethoven, but few did more to change the way the symphony sounded. Beethoven's First Symphony reflects the fact that he learned from Mozart and Haydn. At the time he composed his Third, it was the longest symphony ever written, and Beethoven's Ninth was the first symphony to use voices. Beethoven's 5th Symphony may be the most famous piece of music ever written.
