Long and Short Sounds
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Stately sounding orchestral piece by German-British Baroque composer George Frideric Handel.
KS1: Listening can focussed to the use of short sounds in this piece, in both tune and accompaniment.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Handel, George Frideric, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support
From the Opera Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, written in 1945, performed by English Symphony Orchestra.
KS1 idea: good example to begin to work with simple graphic scores for short, long and continuous sounds.
Official classification: Opera, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Audio, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Britten, Benjamin
Second movement from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46. Musical accompaniment to a play, composed by Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg.
KS1 idea: Focus listening to use of long sounds and contrasts in dynamics loud & soft. KS2 pupils could also notice differences in texture.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Grieg, Edvard Hagerup, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support
Famous piece by American 20th Century composer Aaron Copland, written in 1942.
KS1 idea; an example of short and long sounds played by Brass and Percussion instruments.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Classical Pieces, Audio, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Copland, Aaron
Number 1 of 8 Slavonic dances by Czech Romantic composer Antonin Dvorak.
KS2 idea for listening, suggested focusses: contrast between initial longer chord and shorter sounds that follow, strong 3 metre and good dynamic contrasts. Brisk tempo influenced by national folk dances.
Official classification: Changes in Volume, Tempo, The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Dvorak, Antonan Leopold, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support
Performed on the piano in this recording. A good example for listening to short sounds (short, fast notes) as this piece was originally written for the harpsichord. Also the repetition of a ‘minor’ phrase in it’s ’major’ form.
Official classification: Piano, Binary(AB), The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, Sonata, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Scarlatti, Domenico
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