CLASSICAL MUSIC UNIT

RESEARCH: COMPOSERS

DUE DATE:

NAME:

COMPLETE THE TASK BELOW IN YOUR BOOK. DO NOT WRITE ON THE

SHEET
Choose 4 composers, one from each music period boxed below.
BAROQUE
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC
20TH CENTURY
J.S. Bach
F. Haydn
F. Schubert
B. Britten
G. Handel
W. Mozart
R. Schumann
C. Debussy
A. Vivaldi
L. Beethoven
J. Brahms
A. Copland
H. Purcell
F. Liszt
I. Stravinsky
R. Wagner
J. Cage
P. Tchaikovsky
L.Bernstein
Researching the Composers Life
Look up the composer in a general encyclopedia or music reference book. In your
book, make the following headings and complete them for each composer you have
chosen under each music period,

Composers full name:

Dates of birth and death:
Musical era(s) during which he wrote
Places he lived and worked
Professional positions (if any):
Title of major compositions
Types of music he wrote (vocal, symphonies, etc).
Reference (books only, no internet):

Making a Time Line

Choose two composers out of the four above, draw a time line like the one below.
Enter the composers name and the Musical Era(s) in which he wrote on the labelled
lines. Then write in the decades for the 100 year period during which the composer
lived. (Each section on the time line stands for 10 years). Finally, on the box below,
add one important personal or world event for each decade of the composers life.
The Life and Times of :_____________________________
Music Era (s) in which he wrote:______________________
Decade
Personal
/
World

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CLASSICAL MUSIC UNIT
DUE DATE:
RESEARCH: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

NAME:

COMPLETE THE TASK BELOW IN YOUR BOOK. DO NOT WRITE ON THE

SHEET
Choose 4 instruments, one from each instrument family boxed below.
STRING
WOODWIND
BRASS
PERCUSSION
Violin
Flute
Trumpet
Timpani
Viola
Oboe
Trombone
Cymbal
Cello
Clarinet
French Horn
Castanet
Double bass
Bassoon
Tuba
Snare drum
Researching the Instruments History
Look up the instrument in a general encyclopedia or music reference book. Write
notes on this chart. On the back of this page, write the titles and authors of the
reference books you used.

Instrument
Italian name of this instrument
Type of instrument (brass, string etc)
Early forms of the instrument
Era of music history during which the instrument reached modern form
Noted performers and composers associated with the instrument
Titles of major compositions for the instrument

Illustrating an Instruments Range

On a separate sheet of music (ask your teacher for this), Enter the name of your
instrument on the line under the keyboard. Then, in the box below the keyboard,
shade in the approximate range of notes your instrument plays.

Range of (name of instrument):______________________________________

Range of (name of instrument):_____________________________________

Range of (name of instrument):______________________________________

Range of (name of instrument):______________________________________

YEAR 9 Retracing the Steps Composer Collage Name:___________________

My Composer is ___________________________________________________
He was born in the _______________________________ period
1. Find a nice picture of the composer, place it in the middle of your A3 paper
2. Around the picture of the composer, note the following information about the
composer: Name / Date of Birth / Country / Best Known for / Fun Fact
3. Find the following information in pictorial form, and paste them surrounding the
composer in the centre of your A3 paper

Building/Architecture
Clothing/Fashion
Famous people alive during his lifetime
Important historical events
Music instrument inventions
Contemporary composers

Write an explanatory note next to (or underneath) each pictures, on how they relate
to each other.
So the final product should look something like this (black/ white or colour)

FASHION

FAMOUS PEOPLE
ALIVE DURING
HIS TIME

Music
inventions
IMPORTANT
HISTORICAL
EVENTS

NAME
DOB
COUNTRY
BEST KNOWN FOR
FUN FACT

BUILDING/ARCHETUTRE.

Contemporary
composers/mu
sicians