Welcome
to the newly updated composers section which will help furnish you with a
working knowledge of 26 famous composers and perhaps you can
impress your friends with your quiz knowledge and/or help you
pass music exams. We will soon be adding more composers so look out for updates on the website.
This section is not intended to provide comprehensive information on composers but simply to whet the appetite and give a basic knowledge to build on. The links to Wikipedia and Naxos will add much extra information but the accuracy of these sources cannot be guaranteed.
for a brief history of music click here
There are five quizzes which feature sound samples to test your new knowledge and we have have also included 2 'drag-quizzes' which requires you to drag information into chosen boxes. We hope you find them useful and enjoyable. Please access these from the left column menu.
The link boxes in the left column are separated into the five
grades as they appear in the mini-courses throughout the
website. Grieg and Joplin have been added recently and are not
yet included in quizzes. We hope to add many more composers to
the collection and also create a 20th Century section
including Jazz.
Grade 1 is largely of the 'baroque' era
Grade 2 features composers from the 'classical' era
Grade 3 is more concerned with the early 'romantic' period
Grade 4 resides more in the heart of the 'romantic' period
Grade 5 delves into the late romantic and 'impressionist' era
or you can just click through using the 'next-previous' buttons
History of Music A brief history from Medieval times to the 20th Century
Grade 1 is largely of the 'baroque' era
Grade 2 features composers from the 'classical' era
Grade 3 is more concerned with the early 'romantic' period
Grade 4 resides more in the heart of the 'romantic' period
Grade 5 delves into the late romantic and 'impressionist' era
or you can just click through using the 'next-previous' buttons
History of Music A brief history from Medieval times to the 20th Century
