Women of Western Music

The Women of Western Music: HIldegard to Ella
The Music and Lives of 18 Noteworthy Composers, Teachers, and Performers
By Anna Wentlent
Reproducible Book and Enhanced CD
75 pages
Grades 5+

Reproducible resource of female artists and composers who enriched the world with their talents. Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, Marian Anderson, and Ethel Merman are among the 18 women. Includes biographies, student assessments, and the Enhanced CD has recordings.

Contents
Hildegard von Bingen
- Sacred Music in the Medieval Era
- Bingen Bingo
Francesca Caccini
- The Origins of Opera
- Caccini Crossword
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
- Keyboard Instruments Through History
- Mendelssohn Matching
Clara Wieck Schumann
- The Romantic Era
- Schumann Scramble
Jenny Lind
- The Pre-Civil War Era
- Lind Letter Tiles
Amy Marcy Beach
- Classical Music in the United States
- Amy Acrostic
Maud Powell
- The Development of Sound Recording
- Powell Puzzler
Nadia Boulanger
- The Prix de Rome
- Boulanger Bingo
Germaine Tailleferre
- The Twentieth Century Era
- Tailleferre True or False
Edna White
- The Vaudeville Stage
- White Word Search
Marian Anderson
- Classical Voice Types
- Anderson Acrostic
Ruth Crawford Seeger
- The American Folk Music Revival
- Seeger Scramble
Ethel Merman
- The Birth of Broadway
- Merman Matching
Billie Holiday
- The Swing Era
- Billie Bingo
Ella Fitzgerald
- The Great American Songbook
- Fitzgerald True or False
Beverly Sills
- The Building of Lincoln Center
- Sills Scramble
Patsy Cline
- The Grand Ole Opry
- Cline Crossword

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