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=**LEARNING ABOUT FAMOUS MUSIC COMPOSERS/ERAS**=

Welcome to GreatComposers2 Wikispace. By now, you have been set up on wikispace and have been given instructions on how to work this site. As we discussed in class, we will be having group discussions together on this website, and everyone is to participate in order to receive a grade. You will be given some time in class to work on this project with help from me, but you also need to spend time outside of class working on this until it is complete if you don't get finished in class. I will inform you ahead of time the days we will have in-class labs and homework on line, so you can plan ahead, or check out the tab on the side of this page for exact dates. On this site, you will be learning about music composers from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century Eras in History, which we have been discussing in our music class. I have previously assigned to each student a group/team with one of these Eras (Team B, C, R, or 20), and each student has been given your own composer from that same Era to research and present on, as well. Each team will do online talking on your Era. Go to the top of this page and click Discussion, and it will allow you to label your talk and write a comment.

1. As a group/team you are to find the similarities and differences in each of your composers and write a list based on questions which I will supply you with to get you started in the process (also can be found on the tabs on the left side). I encourage you to share any additional information you might find interesting on your music era/composers. The questions are required to be answered, but will also help you find out the information you will need to know about the Era, as well as individual composer. I would suggest that you divide the questions out among each of you in the group to research the answers, and then you will need to post/discuss them to the Discussion Board before you present your information to the class. Each student should research your own composer and add at least one file, such as a self portrait or some other pertinent information or audio/video file about your composer to this site. I have included a list of suggested websites/links for you to search for your information, but feel free to use others that you may find on the Web, and share them on discussions with others if you find good ones! Finally, Your team will present the information to the class as a whole so that we can learn to appreciate all the Music Eras and the Great Composers, and their similarities and differences. Each person in the group will need to speak about your composer and question for at least 5 minutes in the presentation for a grade.

2. Another thread labeled "CLASS DISCUSSIONS" will be added to this website, tool. On this thread you are required to **make one entry and respond to 1 person's comments once a week,** based on the question that I will give you for the week.

Good Luck and have fun finding out about the music of our past and the people who created it!