Haydn: A Music History Study
Here’s a free music history study on the life of Haydn!
Teach your elementary aged child all about the childhood and life of Franz Joseph Haydn!
This is a 6 page PDF file filled with worksheets on the stories of Haydn’s life.
There’s a special focus on Haydn’s childhood stories — helping your child truly connect with this famous composer!
These worksheets are paired with a (also FREE) audio recording — a reading of a short book by Thomas Tapper about the life of Haydn.
The book is called Franz Joseph Haydn : The Story of the Choir Boy who became a Great Composer and was published in 1915.
Listen to this story, then complete the worksheets.
Your child can also work on these worksheets while they listen to the story, writing their answers as they hear them.
There is an answer key included in the PDF, so no worries if you don’t know very much about Haydn! You can still teach your child all about Haydn!
Listen to the audio recording below, and print out your free PDF of worksheets at the bottom of the page!
Audio Recording
To listen to the book Franz Joseph Haydn : The Story of the Choir Boy who became a Great Composer by Thomas Tapper, you can do so below.
This recording is a required part of this music history lesson.
The audiobook is about 15 minutes long.
Prefer to listen to this story offline? Have a Yoto player you would rather your child listen to it on?
You can download the audio file for Free here!
What’s Included in the Worksheets
These pages of Haydn include some basic facts about Haydn.
Your child will learn facts such as when and where Haydn was born, what his family was like, and even Haydn’s childhood nickname!
Plenty of illustrations are included, helping your child to better visualize and remember things such as what Haydn’s childhood home looked like, or how he used to pretend he was playing the violin with a couple of sticks when he was very young.
All sorts of stories are included — including one where an 8 year old Haydn climbs up the scaffolding on the side of a palace! Yikes, can you imagine!?
Not only will your child walk away knowing lots of stories about Haydn’s childhood, but they will learn about his adulthood, too!
Your child will learn about other famous composers Haydn met in his lifetime, jobs he had, places he traveled, and music he wrote.
A writing prompt that uses a list of facts, plus a quiz, are taken directly from Thomas Tapper’s book and included at the end of this PDF.
Also included is an answer key within the PDF document.
Within the answer key are some listening suggestions — with these, you and your child can listen to some of Haydn’s most famous music compositions!
Ready to Print?
Ready to print your PDF and get started on your Haydn lesson?
Print it for free below!
