<p> COMPOSER RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT MUSIC IN OUR LIVES I NUMBER: _____ NAME: ______DATE: ______</p><p>Each student will complete a Research Paper and an Oral Report/PowerPoint Presentation on a famous composer from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, or 20th Century style periods. </p><p>COMPOSERs and DUE DATES WILL BE DRAWN IN A CLASS LOTTERY</p><p>Due dates for all are picked during class in the lottery AND YOU WILL BE HELD TO THAT DATE! LATE PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS WILL BE LOOSE POINTS EVERYDAY THEY ARE LATE. NO EXCEPTIONS! If you are not prepared on your due date you will receive A LARGE PENALTY which could decimate your Research Paper/Project grade</p><p>INSERT YOUR COMPOSER’S PICTURE HERE</p><p>1. Name of Composer ______</p><p>2. Date of Birth ______Date of Death ______</p><p>3. Place of Birth ______Place of Death ______</p><p>4. What time period is your composer from? Describe this musical period. ______</p><p>5. What was this composer’s childhood like? Talk about his family and if they affected his/her decision to become a composer. ______</p><p>6. How old was your composer when he/she started to compose? ______</p><p>7. Who were his/her teachers/mentors? Say a little about these people and their influence on his/her work. ______</p><p>8. What composers influenced his/her work? ______</p><p>9. List 3 things that you find interesting about this person’s life and musical accomplishments! a. ______b. ______c. ______</p><p>10. Why is this composer considered famous? (Give some reasons) ______</p><p>11. Choose 2 pieces of music that your composer wrote.</p><p> a. ______</p><p> b. ______</p><p>12. Describe the musical elements of each piece (Instruments/voices, style, melody, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, harmony, form, etc.) This will take some research! Compare your findings to the recordings and be able to illustrate/explain/point out these in your presentation. Be able to cite examples of how the composition demonstrates elements of a particular style period. ( Music must be played for the presentation no exceptions! You may load it on the presentation in mp3, mov, flv, as long as it will play on a computer. You may also use your phone, ipod, itouch, ipad, etc. (no phone if you have lost that privilege in my class)</p><p> a. ______</p><p> b. ______</p><p>13. What did you enjoy the most in these two pieces?</p><p>14. Was there a reason/inspiration for these works? ______</p><p>15. What are the major points in your composer’s career? ______</p><p>16. Tell about the composer’s personal life. Marriage, children, etc. ______</p><p>17. What instruments did your composer play? Write for? How did he/she learn them? ______</p><p>18. Names of other important figures with which the composer is associated (poets, artists, arrangers, performers, the person who catalogued the composer’s works, etc)</p>