Composers reading passages with questions

Ideal for music lessons, cover teachers, homework or quiet written work, this set of 10 worksheets each include a reading passage and ten associated questions. Ten different classical composers are featured including female composers.

Assign it on paper or digitally. Students answer on blank paper/document so the printed sheets can be reused. Easy printing in greyscale/black and white and on letter size or A4 paper.

The reading comprehension passages have been carefully crafted for lower secondary reading level. Care has been taken to use dyslexia-friendly font, font size 14+ and 1.5 line spacing to allow easy reading for all pupils.

The questions range from simple fact-finding to more reflective and thought-provoking, such as “Where and when was the composer born?” and “Why do you think the composer moved to Vienna?”.

The worksheets require no prior knowledge and no teacher input so they can be used with a wide range of classes and abilities, students can work independently with no technology requirements, and they are ideal to leave for a non-specialist substitute teacher.

Composers included:
Isaac Albéniz
Ludwig van Beethoven
Hildegard von Bingen
Claude Debussy
Scott Joplin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Henry Purcell
Clara Schumann
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonio Vivaldi

Each worksheet usually lasts a lesson but if you have more able or older students, or longer periods, you might want to use two per lesson, or add in a classroom game to fill up the end of the lesson!