Composers's First names Blackout Worksheet 

Directions: Below you will a string of letters that contain the first names of the composers. The last names are given below these as a hints.  Your job is to find the first name by blacking out the letters that do not belong. For example, if you see QWSDATGHKLDEBR and you know that your vocabulary word is "WATER", then you would take a pen or pencil and black out the Q,S,D,G,H,K,L,D, and B until just the word "WATER" is left. See if you can figure out each composer's first name below by blacking out the unneeded letters.

1)     BPSJWGREWVNUKMEDRGEI

        (Definition: Rachmaninoff)

2)     JSBEAJCHZRSOQXUSUEZS

        (Definition: Offenbach)

3)     AKMQNEILFVCAJWCYRIRE

        (Definition: Ponchielli)

4)     FRANZVBKP JOSYWEAWPH

        (Definition: Haydn)

5)     BPLPLTIEMQTCINEGQRSO

        (Definition: Mascagni)

6)     GCEUDDSYWHJBTOAAKQAV

        (Definition: Mahler)

7)     GBIACCKUEDOHFXBTMGPO

        (Definition: Puccini)

8)     ANQNOQGFWPTONPEIWIBN

        (Definition: Dvorak)

9)     ZTDUFYRAYFNMTOODEMHZ

        (Definition: Schubert)

10)     MNJMTJRUJPRLDVHPBFES

        (Definition: Massanet)

11)     GSEOTRGEHA FFREDRICK

        (Definition: Handel)

12)     TAJLAXEZXXANWDFEUPZR

        (Definition: Borodin)

13)     EMFREHARJABDRIZQQEZK

        (Definition: Chopin)

14)     BGOALIOYACCQDHILLFNO

        (Definition: Rossini)

15)     AJQANKTINTJOGRNIPDMO

        (Definition: Vivaldi)

16)     ENFDIOFARTAXUINBEETZ

        (Definition: Liszt)

17)     ZLUQFHIONNQGTDFFPCJI

        (Definition: Boccherini)

18)     CGNFMEKIOGOYRQKGAAES

        (Definition: Bizet)

19)     EEFBYJXQVDAZEWFXARKD

        (Definition: Elgar)

20)     CHZARBLMEFES FRANCES

        (Definition: Gounod)

21)     GWOTLKYRMOVNMDYADEST

        (Definition: Mussorgsky)

22)     CJAOHUXUABISKPLJNQZN

        (Definition: Pachelbul)

23)     FYWMPGCJELVDDLPICVIX

        (Definition: Mendelssohn)

24)     IJVSTJIXWEVKLZIOAWON

        (Definition: Sibelius)

25)     GUTZDISNUGEOXNILPPGE

        (Definition: Verdi)

26)     SXBDTSNILIKODLUKEETI

        (Definition: Rimsky-Korsakov)

27)     XMRNIDLZNCHUAVRFDTC

        (Definition: Wagner)

28)     RLEJOBVHASYEMODWDGRT

        (Definition: Schumann)

29)     MDCAPQAQYLLYAVUUWDSE

        (Definition: Debussy)

30)     UWLGOLRFGANG AMADEUS

        (Definition: Mozart)

31)     ZGTSLSKUDJWIGZ VTQAN

        (Definition: Beethoven)

32)     NEWYFUCPDYVLAYIKQRID

        (Definition: Greig)

33)     EJOYDRHKANNAAHGYZGES

        (Definition: Brahms)

34)     BEPAPVDARRROIWDGWECH

        (Definition: Smetana)

35)     NHMAUQVMODRXJIYDCYDE

        (Definition: Ravel)

36)     IKRICHJZZPBACDDRURXD

        (Definition: Strauss)

37)     QPCLUCAJNMIGKLRLVVLE

        (Definition: Saint-Saens)

38)     APEGTER IZELSLZIMCOH

        (Definition: Tchaikovsky)

39)     DRNGTJYOIHSXANGN JWR

        (Definition: Strauss)

40)     SJOHANNA SEUBASTIANN

        (Definition: Bach)