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Women's History Month Activity

The document is an assignment for International Women’s Day, focusing on famous female composers throughout history. Students are required to select three composers from specified lists, providing information about their lives and works. The document includes guidelines for filling out an information sheet about each chosen composer.

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Women's History Month Activity

The document is an assignment for International Women’s Day, focusing on famous female composers throughout history. Students are required to select three composers from specified lists, providing information about their lives and works. The document includes guidelines for filling out an information sheet about each chosen composer.

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Name: ____________________________

Famous Female Composers


Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate, today we will be taking a look at some famous female
composers throughout history. Choose THREE (3) of the following female composers and fill in the information
sheet attached to this description. You must choose one composer from each list. You may use full sentences or
point form in the information boxes.

List #1 – Ancient and Historical List #2 – Late Modern Era List #3 – 20th Century to Present

 Kassia (810 – 865)  Louise Farrenc (1804 – 1875)  Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 –
 Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179)  Fanny Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847) 1953)
 Francesca Caccini (1587 – 1640)  Clara Schumann (1819 – 1896)  Ann Southam (1937 – 2010)
 Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677)  Teresa Carreño (1853 – 1917)  Meredith Monk (1942)
 Isabella Leonarda (1620 – 1704)  Cécile Chaminade (1857 – 1944)  Anne McGinty (1945)
 Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre  Ethel Smyth (1858 – 1944)  Judith Weir (1954)
(1665 – 1729)  Amy Beach (1867 – 1944)  Anne Dudley (1956)
 Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-  Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979)  Alex Shapiro (1962)
Wolfenbüttel (1739 – 1807)  Germaine Tailleferre (1892 – 1983)  Rachel Portman (1960)
 Marianna Martines (1744 – 1812)  Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918)  Phamie Gow (1980)
 Cait Nishimura (1991)
 Bekah Simms (1990)
 Emily Bear (2001)

Isabella Leonarda Name of Composer #2: Name of Composer #3:

Date of Birth 6 September 1620

Place of Novara Italy


Birth/Nationality

What was their Daughter of Important figures


childhood like? for the church
Composer #1 Composer #2 Composer #3

Where did they go to Collegio di


school?
Sant'Orsola, an
Ursuline convent

What type of music Classical


did/do they compose?

List THREE (3) facts She was over 50 when she


about their adult life started composing
(jobs, partners, Not well known As a
children, etc.) performer
She wrote 50 compositions

List TWO (2) other Louis Antpine Lefebvre


famous composers
from this time period Michel Blavet
(can be any gender,
but not from the
above lists)

Name THREE (3)


famous works written
by this composer.

Choose ONE (1) of the


works you listed
above and describe
some of the elements
of music you hear in
the piece (pitch,
rhythm, timbre,
dynamics, texture,
form)

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