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Use this form if you are in Grades 6-Adult:

Who is this Composer?

WHEN was s/he born and when did s/he live?

WHERE was s/he born and where did s/he live?

Married?                                                        Spouse’s Name:

Children?                                                        How Many?

When and where did the composer die?

Famous Masterpieces:

Pick a well-known piece written by this composer and list the title here:

Where does this piece fit in with other things s/he wrote?  Is it early, late, best, worst, in-between?

In what style period was this piece written (for example, baroque, classical, romantic, impressionistic, contemporary, modern) and how do you determine this fact?

What makes this piece really great and different from all others?  Why do people want to keep playing it over and over again?

What do you love most about this piece?

Why should everyone who hears it like it as much as you do?

Other Important Information about this composer or this piece:

Student Name:
Use this form if you are in Grades K-5:

Composer:

Born:                                                Where:

Married?                                        Spouse’s Name:

Children?                                        How Many?

Where did the composer live most of his/her life?

When and where did the composer die?

Famous Masterpieces:


Other Important Information:




Student Name:
Some of these questions were taken from an article in "American Music Teacher" by Catherine Kautsky titled:  The Do's and Don'ts of Concert Conversations, pp.22-23, June/July 2006 Issue.