Composer/Music History
Each music class throughout the year, the students listen to a short excerpt by one of the following composers. The students are also given some basic information about the composer's life and music. At the end of the listening, the students fill out a listening log (shown below) that helps them identify some key components in learning to listen to music as a growing musician would! Students will share their answers to these questions in a small group discussion.
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770-1827
German Classical Composer
1770-1827
German Classical Composer
Antonio Vivaldi
1678 - 1741
Italian Baroque Composer
1678 - 1741
Italian Baroque Composer
George Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759
German Baroque Composer
1685 - 1759
German Baroque Composer
Joseph Haydn
1732 - 1809
Austrian Classical Composer
1732 - 1809
Austrian Classical Composer
Franz Schubert
1797 - 1828
Austrian Classical Composer
1797 - 1828
Austrian Classical Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
1809 - 1847
German Romantic Composer
1809 - 1847
German Romantic Composer
Frederic Chopin
1810 - 1849
Polish Romantic Composer
1810 - 1849
Polish Romantic Composer
Franz Liszt
1811 - 1886
Hungarian Romantic Composer
1811 - 1886
Hungarian Romantic Composer
Richard Wagner
1813 - 1883
German Romantic Composer
1813 - 1883
German Romantic Composer
Clara Schumann
1819 - 1896
German Romantic Composer
1819 - 1896
German Romantic Composer
Johannes Brahms
1833 - 1897
German Romantic Composer
1833 - 1897
German Romantic Composer
Antonin Dvořák
1841 - 1904
Czech Romantic Composer
1841 - 1904
Czech Romantic Composer
Edvard Grieg
1843 - 1907
Norwegian Romantic Composer
1843 - 1907
Norwegian Romantic Composer
Claude Debussy
1862 - 1918
French Contemporary Composer
1862 - 1918
French Contemporary Composer
Modest Mussorgsky
1839 - 1881
Russian Romantic Composer
1839 - 1881
Russian Romantic Composer
Scott Joplin
1868 - 1917
American Ragtime/Contemporary Composer
1868 - 1917
American Ragtime/Contemporary Composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844 - 1908
Russian Romantic Composer
1844 - 1908
Russian Romantic Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns
1835 - 1921
French Romantic Composer
1835 - 1921
French Romantic Composer
John Philip Sousa
1854 - 1932
American Romantic Composer
1854 - 1932
American Romantic Composer
Igor Stravinsky
1882 - 1971
Russian Contemporary Composer
1882 - 1971
Russian Contemporary Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
1891 - 1953
Russian Contemporary Composer
1891 - 1953
Russian Contemporary Composer
George Gershwin
1898 - 1937
American Contemporary Composer
1898 - 1937
American Contemporary Composer
Aaron Copland
1900 - 1990
American Contemporary Composer
1900 - 1990
American Contemporary Composer
Benjamin Britten
1913 - 1976
English Contemporary Composer
1913 - 1976
English Contemporary Composer
Leonard Bernstein
1918 - 1990
American Contemporary Composer
1918 - 1990
American Contemporary Composer
John Williams
1932 -
American Contemporary Composer
1932 -
American Contemporary Composer