Classical Connections to U.S. History

Explore United States history and its connections to Western music with this all-in-one resource. Along with a helpful historical time-line, each section includes a reproducible student article, activity sheets, games and listening maps for sixteen composers spanning five centuries. Full-length National Standards-based lesson plans accompany each section and all musical listening selections are included on the CD. Sections and composers include The New World (Desprez, Palestrina); The Colonial Period (Bach, Vivaldi); Mid-1700s (Scarlatti, Gluck); The American War of Independence (Haydn, Liszt, Brahms); The Industrial Revolution (Ravel, Elgar); and The Early 20th Century (Holst, Prokofiev).