Music History Word Searches

These music history word searches come with a twist and are a fantastic way for students to get familiar with important terms and composers from Western Art Music History. Each word search comes with a hidden object in the center (a fun way to include music theory) and easy-to-read answer keys. No prep is needed, just print the PDFs and go!

This resource is perfect for:

✅ general music teachers

✅ substitute teachers

✅ student teachers

✅ homeschoolers

Music History Word Searches Include:

8 word searches in PDF format

• for the Medieval through Modern Period of Western Art Music History
• includes important terms and composers from each period
• pairs perfectly with my Music History Quick Guides!

8 answer keys

• includes answer for hidden note/symbol

List of Terms & Composers

• Medieval
  • plainchant
  • ars nova
  • léonin
  • guido
  • machaut
  • sacred
  • du fay
  • monophony
  • troubador
  • pérotin
  • landini
  • dunstaple
  • secular
  • polyphony
  • comtessa de dia
  • adam de la halle
  • cordier
  • hildegard
  • de vitry

• Renaissance
  • renaissance
  • homophony
  • ockeghem
  • palestrina
  • casulana
  • assandra
  • motet
  • consort
  • des prez
  • de lassus
  • gabrieli
  • madrigal
  • counterpoint
  • tallis
  • byrd
  • monteverdi

• Baroque
  • baroque
  • opera
  • caccini
  • lully
  • corelli
  • bach
  • oratorio
  • fugue
  • strozzi
  • purcell
  • la guerre
  • telemann
  • concerto
  • prolific
  • leonarda
  • scarlatti
  • vivaldi
  • handel

• Classical
  • chamber music
  • symphony
  • cpe bach
  • haydn
  • sirmen
  • mozart
  • schubert
  • requiem
  • prodigy
  • pinottini
  • boccherini
  • bologne
  • garcia
  • sonata
  • gluck
  • sancho
  • martines
  • clementi
  • beethoven

• Romantic 1 (terms only)
  • impressionism
  • tempo rubato
  • expressive
  • program music
  • schubertiads
  • romantic nationalism
  • symphonic poem
  • emotions
  • experimentation
  • atonality
  • lieder
  • exoticism
  • octobass

• Romantic 2 (composers only)
  • schubert
  • felix mendelssohn
  • wagner
  • robert schumann
  • Tchaikovsky
  • mahler
  • joplin
  • adams
  • berlioz
  • chopin
  • verdi
  • brahms
  • sousa
  • debussy
  • rachmoninoff
  • fanny mendelssohn
  • liszt
  • clara schumann
  • saint-saëns
  • puccini
  • beach
  • coleridge-taylor

• Modern 1 (terms & famous pieces only)
  • formalist
  • aleatoric music
  • the firebird
  • rhapsody in blue
  • film composer
  • atonality
  • minimalism
  • peter and the wolf
  • 4’33”
  • virtual choir
  • dissonance
  • experimentation
  • jazz
  • west side story
  • appalachian spring

• Modern 2 (composers only)
  • smyth
  • schoenberg
  • price
  • grant still
  • seeger
  • britten
  • glass
  • larsen
  • vaughan williams
  • bartók
  • prokofiev
  • ellington
  • shostakovich
  • bernstein
  • tower
  • higdon
  • holst
  • stravinsky
  • gershwin
  • copland
  • cage
  • williams
  • león
  • whitacre

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