Here are a few lesson ideas you could do if you were creating a music lesson about Debussy. These are just a couple of the ideas included in our printable music lesson plans on great composers. In 1889 Debussy attended the World Exposition in Paris where he heard music from many other countries. He was
Here are a few ideas for teaching a music class about Tchaikovsky in the classroom. These ideas are taken from the fun music company lesson plan series on the great composers. In 1891, Tchaikovsky went to America to conduct some of his compositions at the opening festival of Carnegie Hall (which was called The Music
Ludwig Van Beethoven has to be one of the most unusual and interesting characters to ever compose music. Here are a few ideas to help introduce him into the music classroom: Beethoven composed most of his most beautiful music during the last portion of his life when he was almost completely deaf. Beethoven would play
Planning music lessons? here are a couple of ideas to help you create some fun music resources for your lessons. In Austria the house where Mozart grew up have been converted into a museum. Have the students draw a design for the front cover of the brochure for this museum, showcasing why Mozart is still
There are numerous resources and lesson plans available from this website to help you if you are planning music lessons. One activity is to have the students research the 18th Century ‘Symphony’. There are a lot of interesting facts to learn like the number of movements, the standard instruments used at the time and the
This is an excerpt from our Printable Music Lesson Plans series on great composers. These are just a couple of the ideas found in the Lesson Plans. A couple of ideas for a lesson plan about Franz Joseph Haydn: Have the students Imagine that they are Prince Esterhazy looking for a new Kapellmeister for their
Below is the text for the Lark Ascending poem. This can be used together with the listening activity from the great composers worksheets. The Lark Ascending George Meredith (1828–1909) HE rises and begins to round, He drops the silver chain of sound Of many links without a break, In chirrup, whistle, slur and shake, All
Here are a few concepts for a lesson plan about George Friderick Handel. Today when you hear keyboard music by Handel played, it is usually played on a piano. At the time that this music was performed however pianos had not yet been invented, so keyboard music was generally played on a harpsichord. Have the
Want to share some Baroque Music with your music class? here are a few ideas for a music class based on J.S. Bach. This is just an excerpt of the materials found in our Great composers series of printable music lesson plans. Design a Facebook profile for J.S. Bach. You’ll want to include some basic
Here is a few lesson ideas for learning about the german composer Richard Wagner in the music classroom. His controversial nature makes him interesting to students at high school level. This is just some of the ideas that are contained in our printable music lesson plans series of worksheets. Here are a few activities to