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Composer Last Names, Dates Lived, and Pronunciations

Directions: First look at the pronunciation on each composer line. Sound the name out (we know this is a review) and then using a pencil, trace each word below…sound it out as you write. We know for some people this activity might seem too easy, but it is a sure way to learn how to spell the last names of the composers…and review the pronunciations. We have also included the dates the composers lived…in chronological order.

AS USUAL, WHEN PRINTING THESE PAGES OUT, LOOK AT THE PRINT PREVIEW TO FIND BEST %.

Pachelbul---1653-1706 Pock hell' bull in Europe and Pock' a bell in America.

Vivaldi---1678-1741 Va val' dee

Bach---1685-1750 Bock

Handel---1685-1759 Han del, like in "handle" of a cup

Haydn---1732-1809 Hi' den

Boccherini---1743-1805 Bo' ka ree nee

Mozart---1756-1791 Moats' art

Beethoven---1770-1827 Bay' toe vin

Rossini---1792-1868 Row see' nee

Schubert---1797-1828 Shoe beart'

Mendelssohn---1809-1847 Men' dell son

Chopin---1810-1849 Show' pan

Schumann---1810-1856 Shoe' mahn

Liszt---1811-1886 List

Wagner---1813-1883 Vog' ner

Verdi---1813-1901 Vair' dee

Gounod---1818-1893 Goo no'

Offenbach---1819-1880 Off' in back

Smetana--- 1824-1884 Smet' ta na

J Strauss---1825-1899 Strous, rhymes with house

Brahms---1833-1897 Bramz

Borodin--- 1833-1887 Bore o deen'

Ponchielli--- 1834-1886 Ponk' ee el li

Saint Saens --- 1835-1921 Saint Saw

Bizet--- 1838-1875 Biz eh'

Mussorgsky--- 1839-1881 Moo'zor skee

Tchaikovsky---1840-1893 Chi kov skee

Dvorak--- 1841-1904 Da vor' zhack

Massenet---1842-1912 Mass' a ney

Greig---1843-1907 Greeg

Rimsky-Korsakov--- 1844-1908 Rim' skee- Course' a cov

Elgar--- 1857-1934 El' gar

Puccini---1858-1924 Poo chee' nee

Mahler ---1860-1911 Mal' ler

Debussy---1862-1918 Day bu see'

Mascagni---1863-1945 Mas gan' yee

R Strauss---1864-1949 Strous rhymes with house

Sibelius---1865-1957 See bell' ee us

Rachmaninoff---1873-1943 Rock maan' ee noff

Ravel--- 1875-1937 Ra vell'