All materials are fully laminated. Game includes 12 colorful game
cards, 44 composer calling cards, and an illustrated Summary of Music History. (The
Summary is available separately for student awards and prizes.) The game is particularly
suited to group teaching, music camps, and theory fairs.
This game is designed to help music students pronounce and associate 44 composers with
their appropriate historical style period. It is based on the familiar Bingo game. There
are two columns of Romantic composers, indicative of the extraordinary output of composers
during the 19th century.
The calling cards are especially useful because each one includes the composer’s
dates, a phonetic pronunciation guide, and a short, readable biographical sketch of
interesting facts about the composer’s life. Cards are color coded to suggest certain
characteristics of each historical style period and matching the color coding of MY OWN MUSIC HISTORY materials:
Baroque –yellow, reflecting the
richness of gold and the ornamental style of the Baroque period
Classical –blue, indicating the cool
balance and order of the Classical period
Romantic –red, suggesting the
emotional and expressive nature of the Romantic period
Modern – green, implying the
blossoming of new styles that are still in transition
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My students love it! All ages and levels request that we play it, even with only
five minutes remaining. Best of all, they are remembering composers and some of the
special information about each period of music. I have had the game for three years. . .Janet
Bell, private piano & voice teacher
a product of Barbara Rader
