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Composer Poster Project
Introduction to Composer Poster Research Project
Composers have changed the way we listen to music. Composers are not only
musicians that are no longer alive but are still composing music that we love to listen to
today. Let's go on the Internet and check out some of Romantic Era composers and
learn about their music and lives.
Task
Before you begin the composer project, find a student that you will work with. You will look at
and decide on one composer that attracts your interest. You will prepare a Biography Poster
together and present it before the class. You will discover and write about the composers’
famous music, their family, and two unknown fascinating stories.
Process
What Information you will need to include:
1. Draw a picture with lots of detail and color
of the composer, or use a printed picture.
2. Find 4 important songs they have composed.
3. Something about their family: marriage,
children, parents, siblings, etc.
4. Two fascinating stories about their personal
life.
5. Did the composer have another career before
he became a composer? Explain.
6. Prepare to present your written information
with a song selection in class.
7. Please be NEAT, and work extra well with
you partner.
Composer Websites
http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=7
http://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195171198/tools/
http://guides.library.harvard.edu/content.php?pid=214631&sid=1792737
http://www.musicedmagic.com/Exhibit/composers.html
classicalmusic.about.com
Biography.com
Classicalmusicarchives.com
Brittanica.com
List of Composers
Anton Bruckner
Franz Schubert
Antonin Dvorak
Bedrich Smetana
Cesar Franck
Gadriel Faure
Charles Gounod
Ludwig van Beethoven
Felix Mendelssohn
Johannes Brahms
Robert Schumann
Richard Wagner
Georges Bizet
Vincenzo Bellini
Domenico Donizetti
Gioachino Rossini
Giuseppe Verdi
Mili Balakirev
Alexander Borodin
Cesar Cui
Modest Mussorgsky
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Peter Tchaikovsky
Composer Poster Project Rubric
4
Using the
Computer
Information
3
2
1
- Logged into the - Logged into
- Needed help
computer with no the computer with logging on.
problems.
a little help.
- Needed help
- Found the
- Found the
finding the
correct websites. correct websites. websites.
- Could not log
on.
- All the
questions were
answered.
- None of the
questions were
answered.
- All the
questions were
answered.
- Not all the
questions were
answered.
- Could not find
the websites.
- The information - The information - Little detail was - No detail was
was neat and
was not very
present.
present.
detailed.
detailed.
Portrait
- Neatly drawn.
- Neatly drawn.
- Not neatly
drawn.
- Printed picture. - Printed picture.
- Great use of
color.
- Color was
lacking in use.
- Very messy.
- No picture.
- Bad Printed
picture.
- No color.
- Hardly any
color was used.
Collaboration
Presentation
- They worked
very well
together.
- Presentation
was clear and
interesting.
- They worked
well together.
- Needed help
- Did not work
working together. well together.
- Presentation
was clear but
lacking some
detail.
- Presentation
was a little hard
to follow.
- presentation
was very unclear
.
Conclusion
Thank you for working so hard on the Composer research project. I am very proud of the time and
effort you have put into the project. Please take some time and rehearse with your partner how your
information will be presented in the classroom. You may bring in a CD or even your iPod and play a
song from your composer report.
If there is another composer that piqued your interest, you may log back in, follow the links and read
about them.