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Listening Lessons - AR All-State 2012. “We can only hear what we have the vocabulary to hear.”

Listening Lessons - AR All-State 2012

Jeanne Bamberger Listening Lessons Bach – Toccata and Fugue in Dm – web - Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 & PDQ Comedy narration Boccherini - La Musica Noturna, three chords, on Classical page mov Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra mov. or Holst – The Planets, “Mars” and “Jupiter” - Morricone – "Gabriel’s Oboe" – PPS Mozart – Requiem, "Lacrymosa" - PPS Pachelbel - "Canon in D" - PPTX. Baroque. The Classical Era. Classicism and Classical Music - PowerPoint Main Points 1.

The Classical Era

The Classical period was approximately 1750-1820. The musical center was Vienna, Austria. Four intellectual leaders during this time were Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. 2. 3. 4. Franz Josef Haydn. Haydn was expelled from school when he was 17.

Franz Josef Haydn

He had cut off another boy's pigtail. That prank looked like it would be the end of his good luck. Haydn's Symphony Names and Their Stories. Mozart. Pictures At An Exhibition. Romanticism. In chronological order: Beethoven Rossini - master of the bel canto ("beautiful song"), he was such a procrastinator that his agents locked him in a room until he completed his masterpieces.

Romanticism

William Tell Overture Schubert-AveMaria.mp3 MuseScore Mendelssohn - Fanny & Felix, NPR Story No. 4, or the Italian Symphony 1st mvt Mendelssohn-Italian.mid youtube mp3 The Wedding March MuseScore Hark the Herald Angels Sing MuseScore Violin Concerto in E Minor, op. 64 (1844) - link. Post-Romantic. Classical Music for Children. 4.

Classical Music for Children

Classical Music and Art Similar to interpretive dancing, pick out several contrasting classical music pieces to listen to while you and your children paint, draw or color. Make sure your children understand to listen to the music and create their picture to however the music makes them feel. Once everyone is finished, listen to the music again and explain your creations. Don’t forget to let your children know the name of the piece and the composer. Tip: This can be as messy as you want it to be; with most kids, the messier the better. 5. When I was studying Music History in college, my teacher would give us listening quizzes.

Tip: This not only promotes music appreciation, but also memory. World Instruments - Classifications. Name three examples from each type.

World Instruments - Classifications

Aerophone - An aerophone is any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound. Ocarina Idiophone - An idiophone is any musical instrument which creates sound primarily by way of the instrument vibrating itself, without the use of strings or membranes. Guiro. Choral Music. Choral Music from Around the World - best with Firefox browser South Africa - Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Paul Simon - "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" youtube Russia - RED RUSSIAN ARMY CHOIR "Ociy cernye"

Choral Music

Carnival of the Animals. TimbreStudy -BB. Four Families of Instruments for the Orchestra double click on the picture to play the movie Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - youtube excerpt from the larger work the whole piece PowerPoint Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev Great page with the text (a little different) and character/instrument sound clips.

TimbreStudy -BB

Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns Click here From Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids - Seating chart of the orchestra - Baroque, Classical, Romantic. Bach and the Baroque. Arkansas Tech University.