Quick facts:

  • Total pages: 129 (cover, intro/notes, table of contents, and practice pages).
  • Handwriting styles included: Print practice, Cursive practice, D’Nealian manuscript practice (each composer appears in all three where indicated).
  • Composers included: Bela Bartok, Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, Paul Hindemith, and Igor Stravinsky.



Types of pages included:

  • Short-phrase copywork pages (phrase-by-phrase + repeated practice lines) — Print / Cursive / D’Nealian.
  • Full-line repeated practice pages for fluency.

How teachers & homeschooling parents can use it:

  • Assign one short quote for daily Charlotte Mason copywork to build handwriting, attention, and vocabulary.
  • Model the line, then dictate for older students to practice listening and punctuation accuracy.
  • Link a quote to a listening activity — play an excerpt and have students write how the composer’s idea fits the music.
  • Memorize favorite lines and recite in circle time or at the end of a composer unit.
  • Differentiate quickly: give younger students single-line practice and older students full-quote copying plus a short reflection.
  • Collect pages in a portfolio for handwriting assessment or transcript evidence.


Copywork Quotes from Modern Era Composer Silence Between the Notes graphic with pages

Teacher tips & quick lesson plans:

  • 5-day week plan: Day 1 model + copy; Day 2 copy + narration; Day 3 dictation; Day 4 copy + short response; Day 5 recitation/portfolio check.
  • Cursive transition: Alternate print and cursive pages across a week to ease students into joined letters.
  • Assessment: Use one completed page per week as evidence of progress (neatness, punctuation, comprehension).
  • Extension: Pair copywork with a short research mini-report on the composer or a listening map activity.

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