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6th Grade Music Composer Assignment for Extra Credit
Name____________________________________
HM Teacher___________________
DUE DATE ________________________________________
Choose a composer from the list below and answer the following questions on your chosen
musician. Research your composer using the websites provided on this packet. If you use a
different or additional websites and/or book(s), please list them. ***Please note that Wikipedia
is not a reliable source and cannot be used.
Write the answers in complete sentences and in your own words or you will not get credit for
your answer(s). You may write or type your answers on a separate paper if you need more
space.
Turn in the extra credit before or by the due date. NO LATE EXTRA CREDIT PAPERS
WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE DUE DATE!
List of the composers
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Pachelbel
Robert Schumann
Franz Joseph Liszt
Antonin Dvorak
Johannes Brahms
Henry Purcell
Franz Joseph Haydn
Clara Schumann
dvard Grieg
Felix Mendelssohn
Claude Debussy
George Frederic Handel
Franz Schubert
Giuseppe Verdi
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Strauss
Here are some music website that has information about the composers
www.classicsforkids.com/composers/composers_atoz.asp
www.makingmusicfun.net (Go under LIBRARY and Click on Meet the Composer)
(short bio with limited number of composers)
www.favorite-classical-composers.com (limited number of composers)
www.classicfm.com/composers (limited number of composers)
www.classicalarchives.com (click on the tab “The Greats and there’s a huge database of composers)
www.nyphilkids.org
(on the Left Menu Bar click “Composer’s Gallery”)
http://www.musicacademyonline.com/period.php
www.kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/
6th Grade Music Composer Extra Credit 2015
Write the answers in complete sentences and in your own words or you will not get credit for your
answer(s). You may write or type your answers on a separate paper if you need more space.
All questions are worth 2 pts. unless otherwise indicated.
1. Name of your Composer ________________________________________________________________
2. Composer’s date and place of birth ________________________________________________________
3. What musical time period did your composer live in?
Renaissance
Baroque
Circle one
Classical
Romantic
20th Century (Modern)
4. How did your composer become involved in music? (5pts)
5. What instrument(s) did the composer play?____________________________________________________
6. How did the composer learn to play the instrument(s)? (5 pts)
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7. What type of compositions did your composer write? For example: opera, symphony, piano sonata,
concerto, tone poem, etc.
8. Where did the composer live during his/her lifetime? ___________________________________________
9. List two famous musical compositions that the composer wrote and/or performed (5 pts)
a. ______________________________________________
b. ______________________________________________
10. List a life or world events that may have influenced his/her compositions (5 pts )
6th Grade Music Composer Extra Credit 2015
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11. List two (or more) additional interesting facts about the composer’s life or music (5 pts)
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12. What year did the composer died? And how old was he/she? ____________________________________
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13. How did your composer die or what did your composer die of?
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14. Other interesting facts about the composer or the music? (5 pts)
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15. Why did you choose this composer to research? (5 pts)
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6th Grade Music Composer Extra Credit 2015