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God Bless America by Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin wrote this song in memorial of Veterans Day in 1938.

He asked a very famous singer of the day, Kate Smith, to perform it.

Her performance made it an instant hit! 

Here is Kate Smith performing God Bless America!

There may be some parts you have never heard before!

The Music of Polynesia

(The Islands in the Pacific Ocean)

 

Aloha Oe from Hawaii

 
 
Learn About the Maori People of New Zealand
Learn to Haka! – A Maori Chant

 

 

Making Your Own Instruments!

 
Some You Can Try At Home!
 
 

Remember Big Instrument Low Sound, Small Istrument High Sound

These are the Perfect Illustrations!

 

Happy Chinese New Year!

The Year of the Rat!

The Story of Chinese New Year

 

 
Chinese New Year Lion Dance
 
 
 
 

Chinese Dragon Dance in Blacklight

 

Lion Dance Championships 2016 in Hong Kong!

Here’s something fun to get you back in the music learning mood!

 

Maori Poi

Dance and Song with Short Poi

The Haka and Poi Dance with Explanations

Beethoven Bonanza!

Click here for Beethoven Radio Shows

 

                

Ludwig Van Beethoven as a Young Man                                     Beethoven as an Older Man

             (Was more a pianist than composer)            (When he knew he was going deaf, he became a full-time composer)

                                                                                                       serious composer, pa(Dinted 1819.

                               Austria on the Europe Map

Beethoven was from Vienna, Austria.  A very musical place. 

 

Beethoven’s 9th Symphony Video

 

 

 

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