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 These composers lived and worked between 1600 –
1750. Music during this time was very complex and

Baroque
made extensive use of counterpoint (two or more
melodies sounding at the same time). Popular genres
and forms during this time were the opera, the dance
suite, and the fugue. The Baroque era marked the
beginning of the Common Practice Period.

Antonio Johann
VIVALDI PACHELBEL

Johann Sebastian
BACH

Domenico GEORGE FRIDERIC

SCARLATTI HANDEL
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 These composers lived and worked from the end of the
Baroque era to about 1825. Music during this time became
simpler, often having only one melody sounding over a
chordal accompaniment. The opera remained popular, and
the famous symphony form was developed during this time
along with the string quartet.

Classical
Niccolò Antonio
PAGANINI SALIERI

Franz Joseph
HAYDN

Ludwig Wolfgang Amadeus

VAN BEETHOVEN MOZART
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 These composers lived and worked from the end of the
Classical era to about 1900. Music during this time was
often very expressive and emotional. The German Lied,
meaning song, was quite popular during this time. Program
music, which is music that attempts to “paint a picture”
with sound, also became very popular. The end of the
Romantic era marked the end of the Common Practice
Period.

Claude Francisco
DEBUSSY TÁRREGA

Romantic
Pyotr Ilyich
TCHAIKOVSKY

Felix RICHARD
MENDELSSOHN WAGNER
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 Sort the Composers
Write the last name of each composer under the period
during which they wrote music.

Felix Mendelssohn Domenico Scarlatti

Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Wagner
Franz Joseph Haydn Johann Pachelbel
Antonia Vivaldi Pyotr Ilyich Tachaikovsky
Johann Sebastian Bach Claude Debussy
Antonio Salieri George Frideric Handel
Francisco Tárrega Niccolò Paganini
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Baroque Classical

Romantic Activities

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 Make as many words as you can from the letters in

Common Practice Period

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 Classical Music Word Search
Find and circle each of the words from the word box in
the puzzle.

S B L X B W N J R Z E O M C T A S
Z T B S F B A R O Q U E I B R R Y
W I R P W B B V M C M S G F T E M
T L Q I Y D O L A N U A U B S C P
N A L L N E N S N M R A N K P O H
I C R H E G I O T I R I I T R M O
O W J F Y J Q A I O P E R A O P N
P I R U L V R U C K M C F P G O Y
R G X G T G V U A U B X L A R S N
E D F U O A E B O R Z D X S A E M
T P Q E Q O N I B M T Q D O M R Q
N E P Z B D K R F E W E C M M E K
U C L A S S I C A L B Z T X U L Y
O Z U D T G D Y F O P M W S S U X
C W P J F F Y G W D Z Q R R I L E
U X H S B U V U X Y Z W F U C A Q
X N I F C I Z E O I G Z Q X D R Y

Word Box
Classical opera
counterpoint Romantic
program music fugue
Baroque melody
symphony string quartet

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My Classical Music Book.

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