Composer of the Month
Gioacchino Rossini
February 29th
(1792-1868)
William Tell Overture Trumpet Fanfare
From my friends at 
Classical Magic
William Tell Overture trumpet theme
and with funny lyrics
!
From "Composer Celebration"
Largo a Factotum "Figaro's melody"
in English from the CD "Classical Child at the Opera"
For your listening and viewing pleasure:
Composer birthday calendar:
September - Clara Wieck Schumann www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
October - Camille Saint-Saens www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
November - John Philip Sousa & Scott Joplin www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp, www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
December - Ludwig Van Beethoven www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
January - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
February - Rossini www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
March - Antonio Vivaldi www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
April - Prokofiev www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
May - Tchaikovsky www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
June - Edvard Grieg www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp
July-Enrique Granados en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Granados
August- Leonard Bernstein www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=6
Interesting sites to explore
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_classical_music_composers
www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_atoz.asp