Create a composer essay that consists of five hundred (500) words. This essay should be double-spaced and should cover these two areas –

– Composer’s Life

– Composer’s Music

Use only ONE on-line source for your work. It MUST be cited at the end of your essay.

DO NOT use the text for your information!

DO NOT plagiarize this essay!

A grading rubric will be used to grade this essay.

Choose one of the following composers –

Franz Schubert                                  Claude Debussy

Robert Schumann                             William Still Grant

Frederic Chopin                                Aaron Copland

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel             Scott Joplin

Stephen Foster                                 George Gershwin

Johannas Brahms                             Leonard Bernstein

Giuseppe Verdi                                 John Williams

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky                   Tan Dun

General Guidelines

– Type your essay on a computer using standard, white 8.5 x 11 inch paper,

– Double-space the text of your essay, and use a legible font like Times Roman. The font size should be 12 pt., NO LARGER! Leave only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.

– Set the margins of your essay to 1 inch on all sides. Indent the first line of a paragraph one half-inch (five spaces or press tab once) from the left margin.

– Use either italics or underlining throughout your essay for the titles of longer works and, only when absolutely necessary, providing emphasis.

– Be sure to create a Works Cited page for your composer essay.

Formatting the First Page

– Do not make a title page for your composer essay.

– In the upper left-hand corner of the first page of your composer essay, list your name, my name, the course (Music Appreciation 101), course number, and the date. Again, be sure to double-space the text.

– Double-space again and center the title. Don’t underline your title or put it in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case, not in all capital letters.

– Double-space between the title and the first line of the text.