The textbook summarizes the author's many years of experience in music literature lessons and is developed in accordance with the requirements of the program on foreign music literature for students of music colleges and schools. Includes test tasks, as well as an additional section - puzzles and crosswords. Test tasks provide students with the opportunity to test their knowledge, contribute to the activation of their intellectual activity, the development of memory and the ability to logical thinking, skills in working with educational, reference and additional literature. The materials of the manual can be used as home and class tests, as well as in music literature lessons and extracurricular activities in the Children's Music School and Children's Art School.