Multimedia History of Music and Great Composers

An interactive journey through the evolution of music



Journey through the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods of music history and examine the lives and works of 14 renowned composers.  As you travel through the four major periods of history, learn about musical instruments and terminology, and listen to excerpts of timeless compositions. Enjoy colorful photos, paintings and illustrations.

Includes the following modules:

History of Music

• Navigate a timeline to visit various eras in musical history
• Background music from each era: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern
• Hypertext links for word definitions and musical examples
• Dozens of full-color illustrations

Great Composers

• The lives and works of prominent composers are set against the history, arts, science, culture and politics of their times.
• Hypertext links for word definitions.
• Interactive lifespan timeline shows when each composer lived relative to the stylistic periods and the other composers.
• Selectable musical examples for each composer.
  

• Windows 95, 98, Me
• 486DX2/66 or faster
• 8MB of RAM
• 1MB of hard disk space
• VGA card and monitor with 256 colors
• 2X CD-ROM drive
• Windows compatible sound card
• Mouse or other pointing device