Student Resources

Franz Joseph Haydn: - Haydn was an Austrian composer whose first work is dated about 1761 which is just before the French and Indian War ended in America (1763). During his career, the English colonies in America became disatisfied with British control. Haydn composed during the time of the Stamp Act (1764), Boston Massacre (1773), and through the American Revolution. When he died, Thomas Jefferson had been inaugurated the third President of the United States. Click to hear the music of this time period.

British and American Historical Paintings: - In the seventeenth century, artists often painted historical scenes, or scenes from religion and mythology. Click here to see a collection by both British and American painters. Some of these paintings were completed during the French and Indian War, and when tension was rising in the colonies against British rule.

Thomas Gainsborough: - Gainsborough was a well respected English portrait and landscape painter. Click here to see paintings completed between 1740 and 1786. The Battle of Lexington and Concord was fought in 1775.