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Study Beethoven, Greig & Hanson using Online Video

Trace the lives and careers of Ludwig van Beethoven, Edvard Grieg, and Howard Hanson. Use our 3 online video titles to explore the lives and music of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven; Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg; and American composer Howard Hanson. Discover how Beethoven overcame deafness to compose the magnificent Ninth Symphony...how Grieg's music expresses the spirit of Norway...how Hanson was the first recipient of the Prix de Rome.

Learning Objectives:

• Trace the lives and musical careers of three of the world's greatest composers: Ludwig van Beethoven, Edvard Grieg, and Howard Hanson.
• Listen to excerpts from major works by these composers, and perceive how their childhoods and musical training, and the respective cultures in which they lived, influenced their work.
• Explore the events that shaped Beethoven's Third Symphony, Grieg's the Humoresques, and Hanson's Song of Democracy.
• Understand the lasting contributions made to the history of music by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, and the American composer Howard Hanson.
• Name these composers' major works, and gain an appreciation of classical music.

• Music > Great Composers > Beethoven Grieg Hanson
• Ludwig van Beethoven (Runtime: 11:16)
• Edvard Grieg (Runtime: 18:16)
• Howard Hanson (Runtime: 17:01)