Composer of the Month

Each month the children of Perryfields Junior School listen to music that enhances their knowledge of classical music. The music is played around the school and the children can hear it as they move between classes. For each theme a key musician or composer is selected as an example and children are taught a little bit about the genre and/or artist in class and in assemblies.

Month	Composer	Type	Year	Website
September	Ludwig van Beethoven	classical	17 December 1770 (baptised) – 26 March 1827	Click here
October	Hildegard of Bingen	early	1098 – 17 September 1179	Click here
Novemeber	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	romantic	7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893	Click here
December	Modest Mussorgsky	romantic	21 March 1839- 28 March 1881	Click here
January	Joseph Maurice Ravel	20^th Century	7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937	Click here
February	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	classical	27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791	Click here
March	Ralph Vaughan Williams	20^th Century	12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958	Click here
April	Gustav Holst	20^th Century	21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934	Click here
May	Samuel Coleridge- Taylor	20^th Century	15 August 1875 – 1 September 1912	Click here
June	George Frideric Handel	Baroque	5^th March 1685- 14 April 1759	Click here
July	John Rutter	20^th Century	Born 24 September 1945	Click here