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Classics For Kids - Aaron Copland 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Rodeo: Copland's ballet Rodeo tells the story of a cowgirl who is in love with a cowboy, but just can't get him to notice her. Once she finally does, she decides that she'd rather spend time with anot...
Classics For Kids - Aaron Copland 17 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Agnes de Mille: Agnes de Mille loved to dance. She became hooked on ballet as a child, after seeing the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova perform. Agnes de Mille performed all over America and Europe, but...
Classics For Kids - Aaron Copland 10 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Copland's Cowboy Ballets: Copland's first cowboy ballet was Billy the Kid, about the notorious outlaw who lived in the American Southwest in the late 1800's. Then, choreographer (a choreographer is a ...
Classics For Kids - Aaron Copland 3 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
About Aaron Copland: Aaron Copland was a 20th century American composer from Brooklyn, New York. Copland is known for writing very American music, but he actually studied in France. His teacher, Nadia...
Classics For Kids - Charles Ives 27 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
American Hymns in Classical Music : Charles Ives loved to put hymns into his music. Several other composers borrowed hymn tunes; here are several examples from 20th Century American compositions.
Classics For Kids - Charles Ives 20 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Folk Tunes in Classical Music: The Country Band March has 12 recognizable popular and folk tunes in it. But Ives was not the only composer to put borrowed tunes in his music. Many classical composers ...
Classics For Kids - Charles Ives 13 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
Marching Through the Country Band March: Charles Ives wrote the Country Band March about amateur musicians -- people who make music for the love of it. In the Country Band March Ives combines a tune t...
Classics For Kids - Charles Ives 6 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
About Charles Ives: The music that Charles Ives wrote was greatly influenced by his father, George. From the time he was a kid, Ives heard his father experiment with sound. George Ives always told Cha...
Classics For Kids - Giuseppe Verdi 29 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
Famous Instrumental Music from Operas: Many operas feature music that has become so famous all by itself, you might just forget that it's part of an opera!
Classics For Kids - Giuseppe Verdi 22 Jun 2013 | 10:00 am
What's it like to be an Opera Singer?: Opera singer Denyce Graves talks with Naomi Lewin about what it's like to be an international opera star.
