Baroque
This composer wrote The Brandenburg Concertos and Toccata and Fugue.
Austrian composer known as the "Father of the Symphony".
Franz Joseph Haydn
He composed many military marches and patriotic pieces.
John Phillips Sousa
This period spanned these years.
1900-Present
Born in Germany, this composer wrote Water Music
George Frederic Handel
This period spanned these years
1750-1820
Clara Schumann
Born in the USA, he was know as the greatest ragtime composer.
Scott Joplin
This composer was born in Italy and composed The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi
Composed his first piece at age 5 and composed Eine Kleine Nachtmusic.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born in Poland, composed The Minute Waltz
Frederic Chopin
Born in Hungary, he composed mostly folk songs
Bela Bartok
This musical period spanned these years
1600-1750
This composer went totally deaf, but continued to compose.
Ludwig van Beethoven
This era spanned these years
1820-1900
Born in Russia, this composer wrote lots of music for children.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Popular forms of music included these
He composed Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven
Music of this period was described as this.
Expressive
Name three composers who are still alive and composing.
John Williams, Koji Kondo, Andrea Dow, Hans Zimmer