Classical Connections To US History

Classical Connections to US History. (Book/CD Pack) ** By Ellen Wilmeth. Expressive Art (Choral). Softcover with CD. 56 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music.

Explore United States history and its connections to Western Music with this all-in-one resource for upper elementary through high school. Along with a helpful historical timeline, each section includes a reproducible student article, activity sheets, games and listening maps for 16 composers spanning five centuries. Full-length National Standards-based lesson plans accompany each section and all musical listening selections are included on the CD. Historical periods and composers include: The New World (Desprez, Palestrina) * The Colonial Period (Bach, Vivaldi) * Mid-1700s (Scarlatti, Gluck) * the American War of Independence (Haydn, Mozart) * the War of 1812 (Beethoven, Schubert) * the Civil War (Liszt, Brahms) * the Industrial Revolution (Ravel, Elgar) * the early 20th Century (Holst, Prokofiev).