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TITLE: Comparison/Contrast Composer Study
TEACHER: Freda Reynolds
SCHOOL: George Caleb Gingham
TIME FRAME: during the nine-week class

Show Me Standards Covered: Goal 1:#4 and #8 Goal 2: #4 and #7 Fine Arts: #5

Unit Introduction:
One composer study will be required for this quarter. You may choose any two composers from the required list. You will compare and contrast your two composers. You should use at least
three different sources: one search engine, one book, magazine or newspaper and one encyclopedia. You should also include a photo of each of your composers. Search engines could include Yahooligans, Ask Jeeves for Kids, or Yahoo.

Goals or objectives leading toward results:

Students will choose two composers from the required list and compare and contrast

  • By researching internet sources
  • By researching materials in media center
  • By utilizing music class resources
  • Preparation for the Learning Adventure:
  • Prepare composer list
  • Seek advice/resources from librarian


    Scope of Student Work:

  • Investigation/research
  • Student reading
  • Student choices

    Resources and Technology Used:

  • Yahooligans
  • Ask Jeeves for Kids
  • Yahoo

    Assessment and Reflection:

  • Composer rubric
  • Student assessment of own work

    Name:
    Date:
    Hour:

    Quarter Project: Composer Rubric
    Excellent 5 points Acceptible 4 Points Not Acceptible 3 Points
    1. Compared and contrasted all 20 categories. Compared and contrasted at least 10 categories. Compared and contrasted at least 5 categories.
    2. Included 2 photos. Included 1 photo. Included no photos.
    3. Used at least three sources: one search engine from the internet; one book, newspaper or magazine; and one encyclopedia. Used two of the three required resources. Used one of the required resources.
    4. Report has less than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation, or grammar. Report has less than 10 errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Report has 10 or more errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

    Points possible: 20

    Points earned:

    Grade percentage:

    Teacher's comments:

    Student's comments:


    WOMEN COMPOSERS

    Hildegard Von Bingen
    Francesca Caccini
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
    Clara Wieck Schumann
    Clara Kathleen Rogers
    Cecile Chaminade
    Dame Ethel Smyth
    Amy Cheney Beach
    Margaret Ruthven Lang
    Alma Werfel Mahler
    Ma Rainey
    Florence Price
    Lili Boulanger
    Bessie Smith
    Ruth Crawford Seeger
    Louise Juliette Talma
    Mary Lou Williams
    Julia Amanda Perry
    Thea Musgrace
    Joan Tower
    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
    Barbara Kolb
    Shulamit Ran

    MEN COMPOSERS

    Guillaume de Machaut
    Francesco Landini
    Guillaume Dufay
    Josquin Des Prez
    Giovanni Palestrina
    Orlando di Lasso
    William Byrd
    Claudio Monteverdi
    Girolamo Frescobaldi
    Henry Purcell
    Antonio Vivaldi
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    George Frederic Handel
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Domenico Scarlatti
    Franz Schubert
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Frederic Chopin
    Robert Schumann
    Franz Liszt
    Richard Wagner
    Giuseppe Verdi
    Johannes Brahms
    Gustav Mahler
    Christoph W. Gluck
    Joseph Haydn
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Giocchino Rossini
    Claude Debussy
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Charles Ives
    Bela Bartok
    Igor Stravinsky
    Anton Webern
    Alban Berg
    George Gershwin
    Duke Ellington
    Aaron Copland


    The Twenty Categories:

    Please list the composers' names.

    What is their birthdate?

    Where was their place ofbirth?

    What was their life like as achild?

    What were their parents' names?

    What was their parents 'occupation(s)?

    What education did the composer receive?

    What instrument or talentwas the composer known for? .

    What was their occupation?

    Why are they famous?

    What was happening in history at the time?

    What was their most famous work(s)?

    Were they married or single?

    Did they have any children?

    What did you find most interesting about this person?

    Did the composers encounter hard times during their life?

    Who influenced their lives?

    What odd or interesting characteristics can you share about the composer?

    What was their date and place of death?

    Were they more famous before or after their death?

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