Hey Kids, Meet the Composer Biographies and Free Printables - MakingMusicFun.net

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Discover our greatest composers through engaging, kid-friendly biographies that highlight their lives, music, and culture. Perfect for elementary music teachers and homeschooling parents.

Famous Composer Biographies & No Sign-Up, No Login, Free Resources

Discover free and premium resources, including printable worksheets, listening maps, games, ready-to-use lesson plans, and our popular Meet the Composer Popsicle Stick Theater video series.


Baroque Era Composers (1600-1750)

Hey Kids, Meet Johann Sebastian Bach POPULAR
Hey Kids, Meet George Frideric Handel
Hey Kids, Meet Johann Pachelbel
Hey Kids, Meet Barbara Strozzi FEMALE COMPOSER
Hey Kids, Meet Antonio Vivaldi POPULAR


Classic Era Composers (1750-1820)

Hey Kids, Meet Ludwig van Beethoven POPULAR
Hey Kids, Meet Franz Joseph Haydn
Hey Kids, Meet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart POPULAR


Romantic Era Composers (1820-1910)

Hey Kids, Meet Johannes Brahms POPULAR
Hey Kids, Meet Cécile Chaminade FEMALE COMPOSER
Hey Kids, Meet Frederic Chopin
Hey Kids, Meet Antonin Dvořák
Hey Kids, Meet Edvard Grieg
Hey Kids, Meet Modest Mussorgsky
Hey Kids, Meet Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Hey Kids, Meet Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Hey Kids, Meet Camille Saint-Saëns
Hey Kids, Meet Clara Schumann FEMALE COMPOSER
Hey Kids, Meet Johann Strauss II
Hey Kids, Meet Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky POPULAR
Hey Kids, Meet Richard Wagner


Impressionist Era Composers (1820-1910)

Hey Kids, Meet Claude Debussy
Hey Kids, Meet Lili Boulanger FEMALE COMPOSER


Modern Era Composers (1910-Present)

Hey Kids, Meet Leonard Bernstein
Hey Kids, Meet Aaron Copland
Hey Kids, Meet Duke Ellington POPULAR
Hey Kids, Meet George Gershwin
Hey Kids, Meet Scott Joplin
Hey Kids, Meet Dmitri Kabalevsky
Hey Kids, Meet Sergei Prokofiev
Hey Kids, Meet Dmitri Shostakovich
Hey Kids, Meet Andrew Lloyd Webber
Hey Kids, Meet John Williams POPULAR