Composer timeline to print
A free printable timeline of 24 classical composers, from Vivaldi to Britten. One page shows who lived when, grouped by era.
This page shows 24 composers on one line of time. Each bar starts at the year the composer was born and ends at the year they died. A child can see at a glance that Bach and Handel were born in the same year, and that Mozart was a boy while Haydn was at work.
How to use it
Tape the page inside the cover of a music binder. Each time you start a new composer, find the bar and color it in. Ask two questions. Who else was alive then? Who came next?
The eras are a rough guide. Composers did not change style on one date, and some fit two eras. Beethoven is the usual example. He began in the Classical style and opened the door to the Romantic one.
Only the sheet below prints. It fits letter and A4 paper. For a clean page, turn off headers and footers in the print window.
Composer timeline
Each bar runs from the year a composer was born to the year they died. Color the bar when you study that composer.
Baroque about 1600 to 1750
Classical about 1750 to 1820
Romantic about 1820 to 1900
Modern about 1900 to 2000
Composer timelinekidsclassicalmusic.com
Goes well with
- Composer timeline you can slide through on screen
- Composer fact sheets
- Classical composers for kids: a guide by era
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