Composers

Composers through the Ages

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.

for a brief history of music click here

There are quizzes which feature sound samples to test your new knowledge and we have have also included a few ‘drag-quizzes’ which requires you to drag information into chosen boxes. We hope you find them useful and enjoyable. Try one now -

Composers Dragquiz 1 | Composers Drag-Quiz 2 | Composers Drag-Quiz 3

The 20 composers included in the mini-courses (Grades 1-5) are chosen because of their relative prominence, but we may swap them from time to time. Recently added composers may not yet be included in quizzes. We hope to increase 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