I feel that every musician should learn as much as they can
about the lives and music of the great composers – past and
present. There are so many fascinating facts about the
composers’ lives that add value to their music. Their music
becomes more meaningful to us when we understand them as people
with all the heart-aches, trials, pains, joys and happiness that
life brought them. In order to help more people learn about the
lives of the great composers, I have created links to some of
the best websites about each of the composers. This list is not
complete (and most likely never will be – if you know of other
great websites to add, please let me know). I will continue to
update each of these lists as I discover more and more sites
that should be added. These links are wonderful resources for
teachers and students. I encourage every teacher to not only
assign music to their students, but to extend the opportunity of
promoting the history of music as well through learning about
the composers. I would encourage