Georg Friedrich Handel

Georg Friedrich Handel, by Balthasar Denner, public domain image

Classics for Kids has many excellent podcasts for children about composers.  Here are some links to their site:

You can read a short biography of Handel here. Click “hear the music” to hear a selection from Handel.  And here are some podcasts about Handel.

Click here to listen to all of their podcasts about Handel, and to view activity sheets and brief quizzes.
Titles include:

About George Frederick Handel

The Story of the Water Music

Other Water Music

Music By Royalty and Nobility

For more great podcasts and worksheets about other composers, go to Classics for Kids.

Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School, so please be sure you have an adult’s permission.

Click here to see a selection of downloadable materials from CurrClick which could be used in a study of composers. This link will also take you away from My Audio School.

Chopin

Chopin


These podcasts, and others, can be found at Classics for Kids.

Chopin’s Polonaise in A Major, No. 1, “Military” click “Hear the Music”

Click here to listen to the podcasts about Chopin, and for an activity sheet and quizzes.

Titles in this series:

About Frederic Chopin

The next few podcasts relate to Chopin, but tell about other composers, as well.

The Polonaise

Military Music

Famous Pianist-Composers

Click here to see a selection of downloadable materials from CurrClick which could be used in a study of composers.

These links will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.

Beethoven

Beethoven composing the Missa Solemnis by Joseph Karl Stieler

All of these shows and many more can be streamed at Classics for Kids. Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School to the Classics for Kids website.
Click here to read a biography of Ludwig van Beethoven or to listen to Symphony No. 5 (click Hear the Music).

Click here to listen to the Beethoven podcasts on Classics for Kids.

Titles in this series are:

About Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven the Pianist

Beethoven’s Symphonies

Music that imitates inanimate objects

Click here to see a selection of downloadable materials from CurrClick which could be used in a study of composers.

These links will take you away from My Audio School.

Franz Schubert

Schubert_octet_Autograph

These programs, and many more, can be streamed at Classics for Kids. Clicking these links will take you away from My Audio School  to the Classics for Kids website.

Click here to read a short biography about Franz Schubert.  To listen to Marche Militaire, click “Hear the Music”.

Click here to listen to podcasts relating to Franz Schubert.

Schubert by Wilhelm August Rieder, 1875

Titles in this series are:

About Franz Schubert

Take me to your Lieder

Music for Piano Four Hands

Marches Not Written for Bands and Parades

Click here to see a selection of downloadable materials from CurrClick which could be used in a study of composers.

These links will take you away from My Audio School.