This will give you videos of your chosen artist. Choose Garnet Valley from the drop down menu and your username and password are the same as your computer login (if you were to login in the library for example). Click on the "G" then the middle school. Then simply search for your artist and see what you can find.
This should have information on pretty much anyone you want to search. It may not be much, but you will get some information. You can also copy and paste your citations from this page!
Check in the arts and music section to see if there is a video about the person or group you are researching. Remember that after the video there is a lot more information available.
Another online encyclopedia that should give you a little info on your chosen artist. Once you click, please note that in the top right corner you will see the words "web links". Click on that to find some really good websites about your artist as well!
Books
Musical Genius by Barbara Allman; Janet Hamlin (Illustrator)
Call Number: 92 MOZ
ISBN: 1575056046
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
A biography of the music prodigy.
Ludwig Van Beethoven by Dynise Balcavage; Jerry Lewis (Introduction by); John Callahan (Foreword by)
Call Number: 92 BEE
ISBN: 9780791020821
Publication Date: 1997-01-01
A biography of the deaf musical genius.
Books
Life During the Renaissance by Patricia D. Netzley
ISBN: 1560063750
Publication Date: 1997-12-05
Chapter 6 has a little about music.
Peter Tchaikovsky by Mike Venezia
Call Number: 92 TCH
ISBN: 9780329264796
Publication Date: 1994
A biography of Tchaikovsky.
There are not a ton of books in the library to choose from, but if your composer is there, I highly recommend using them, or trying the general books that are not about a specific person.
Lives of the Musicians by Kathleen Krull; Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator)
When you get to this page, click on your time period and then look for your composer alphabetically for a list of their music where you can listen to it too!
Obviously not really unknown, but this page has information about those composers that maybe aren't as well known as Bach and Mozart. It might only be a small amount of information, but it's something. Just click on the letters to search alphabetically.