Name the Composer: 20th & 21st Century – music composers game – music history

The Name the Composer Game is a fun and engaging way to assess students’ knowledge on the composers of Western art music history. From Amy Beach to Alton Adams, students will spend clue tokens, give answers, and listen to audio clips to see if they can name the composer from the 20th and 21st century in Western art music history. This resource is a compliment to the Music History Quick Guide Bundle.

This resource is perfect for:

✅ general music teachers

✅ non-music substitutes

WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH YOUR DOWNLOAD

► Interactive PowerPoint Game Presentation

*audio clips & composer portraits are included as clues if in the public domain

Students are given three clues for each of the following composers

• DAME ETHEL SMYTH
• RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
• GUSTAV HOLST
• ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
• BÉLA BARTÓK
• IGOR STRAVINSKY
• FLORENCE PRICE
• SERGEI PROKOFIEV
• WILLIAM GRANT STILL
• GEORGE GERSHWIN
• EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON
• AARON COPLAND
• RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
• DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
• JOHN CAGE
• BENJAMIN BRITTEN
• LEONARD BERNSTEIN
• JOHN WILLIAMS
• PHILIP GLASS
• JOAN TOWER
• TANIA LEÓN
• LIBBY LARSEN
• JENNIFER HIGDON
• ERIC WHITACRE

► 24 clue tokens

• These can be printed and laminated for longterm use

► Directions for playing the game

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