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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Vivaldi
Here is a great composers note reading worksheet on Vivaldi. While most of the Baroque composers composed for strings, Vivaldi was prolific. He wrote over 200 concertos for violin. Being a violinist himself we see his great love for the instrument as well as his virtuosic skill in all his compositions. He took orders as a priest and served as a priest for year and a half. But due a health condition he was given a dispensation to not participate in Mass. Because of his red hair, he was nicknamed “The Red Priest.” Vivaldi the Teacher-Composer He began to teach violin at Ospedale della Pietà, a home for abandoned girls. Under Vivaldi’s teaching…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Paradis
The Great Composers note reading worksheet this week teaches about Maria Theresa von Paradis. Maria Theresa von Paradis was both a composer and performer in a time when women were not encouraged to do either. She performed, composed, and taught. Maria Theresa von Paradis: Education Maria Theresa von Paradis’ parents named after Empress Maria Theresa, the empress of Austria. Her father worked as the Imperial Secretary of Commerce and Court Councilor. Maria Theresa von Paradis began to lose her eyesight at age 2. And she was completely blind by age 5. Paradis studied composition, keyboard and music theory with Vienna’s best teachers. Her composition teacher Antonio Salleri taught students who became famous. His students include Beethoven,…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Martini
Learn about the life of Giovanni Battista Martini in The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Martini. This worksheet helps violin students review staff notes that are on the A and E string. And the worksheet is also available for viola students. They will review the staff notes found in alto clef C and G strings. Students can learn about the composer, Giovanni Martini, who wrote the first piece in Suzuki Book 3, Gavotte. And they will review staff notes. Have your students get to know about the composers of their music with The Great Composer series! Violin Download here Viola Download here Giovanni Martini was born in Bologna, Italy.…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Paganini
The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – 10 tells the story of Niccolo Paganini. This worksheet covers the E string notes – E5, F5, G5 and A5 for violin. For viola it covers the C string – C3, D3, E3, F3, and G3. There are variations as to the notes printed and the missing letters between the two sheets since they cover different strings. Because the Great Composer Note Reading Worksheet numbers 1-9 use the same pitches and are on the same strings, the violin and viola answers are identical. But on this worksheet they are different! Violin Download here Viola Download here https://youtu.be/1M6FRoac4uU Suzuki students are first introduced to…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Brahms
The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – 9 tells the story of Johannes Brahms. This worksheet covers the three strings that the violin and viola have in common, the G, D and A string notes. You can download the worksheet below in either treble clef or alto clef. Students can learn about the great composers while working on their note reading on the staff. Violin Download here Viola Download here I did say that worksheet eight was the last covering these three strings, but I decided that a little more review and reinforcement never hurt a student. And the letters in the name Johannes Brahms lent themselves to the letters on these three strings.…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Dvorak
This is the eighth installment in the Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet on Dvorak. This Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet covers the G, D and A string notes and is on the Czech composer Antonin Dvorák. You can download the worksheet below for either treble clef or alto clef. Antonin Dvorak Why Dvoràk? You will find that several different string methods include themes from Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 9, New World.” And Suzuki students will be playing Dvorak’s “Humoresque” in Book 3. I also think it’s important that students are exposed to how Dvorák took the popular music of the people and incorporated it into his compositions. He never took composition…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Mendelssohn Hensel
Here is one of the great women composers note reading worksheet! Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel is one of the great composers of the 19th century. Her brother, Felix, was very famous in his lifetime. (Not all composers were famous while they were living.) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was not recognized as a composer, because she was a woman. But today, we recognize her as one of the great composers. In that time publishing companies did not publish music by women. But, they did publish a few of her pieces, but under her brother’s name! It was not until after she died that they published some of her compositions under her name. Aren’t you glad that women composers get published…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Haydn
This is the great composers note reading worksheet – 6 for beginning violinists and violist. This worksheet tells the story of Franz Joseph Haydn. The notes covered are only the G string notes for violin or viola. Students will identify the notes in order to fill in the missing letters so that they can read the story. It is yet another way to reinforce note names away from the instrument. And at the same time teach them about the lives of the composers. Students may not play Haydn’s works for a few years. But since Haydn was so influential in the development of the string quartet, his name and life are…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Beethoven
Here is The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet 5 on the life of Ludwig van Beethoven. This is a great worksheet to use with your beginning students. The notes covered are on the A and D string. And the note reading worksheet is available in treble clef for violin students or alto clef for viola. Students will identify the note name and use the letter to fill in the blanks to complete the word. Then, they can learn facts about Beethoven. Here is a great way to practice reading note names away from the instrument and learn about one of the great composers of violin music. You can also check out our other composer note reading…
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Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet – Schumann
A new note reading worksheet on one of the great composers, Robert Schumann. Students learn note names. And can learn about the composer who wrote “The Happy Farmer.” Schumann did not write much string music in comparison to all his piano and vocal compositions. But, his compositions for string players are significant in string repertoire. String players should be familiar with his chamber works, the string quartets, piano trios, quartets, and quintets. But my favorites are the violin sonatas. Learn more about Robert Schumann in The Great Composers Note Reading Worksheet #4! Facts about Robert Schumann Schumann began composing at age 7. Robert would entertain his friends by improvising music…
