LEARNING GOALS:

Recall the chronological order of musical

eras
Associate composers names with
musical eras
Identify musical features indicative of
each era

DEVELOPING MUSICAL UNDERSTANDING (UNIT 3)

ANALYSIS

Name: _______________________________

COMPOSERS AND ERAS TIMELINE

1. Put the musical eras below into chronological order.

20TH CENTURY

BAROQUE
CLASSICAL

ROMANTIC
RENAISSANCE

2. Transfer the era names and add dates to the timeline below.

3. Link two of the composers below to each of the eras on the timeline above.

SCHUBERT
BACH

LASSUS
WEELKES
WAGNER
BERG
SIBELIUS
HAYDN
1

PURCELL
MOZART

4. Fill in the table below detailing musical features, dates and composers associated with each
composer.

DATES

ERA

COMPOSERS

MUSCIAL FEATURES

5. Link each of the extracts played to a musical era. There are two examples from each. Detail
your reasons why in the related column.

EXTRACT

ERA

WHY?

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