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From Marc-Antoine Charpentier's sacred music suite entitled Te Deum (c.1690)
KS1 idea: listen (and move) to the strong steady beat throughout, also listen to the contrast between sections with brass playing and those with mostly woodwind and strings.
Official classification: The Baroque Era, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Classical Pieces, Audio, Charpentier, Marc Antoine, France, Curriculum support
Orchestrated version of well-known piece originally written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel.
KS2 idea: A good listening track to begin to develop an awareness of the sound of instruments such as the French Horn, Flute and Oboe and different instrument families (strings, woodwind, brass) along with use of texture, duration, dynamics and shape of melody.
KS1 idea: listening could focus on gentle, sad, melodic, calm feel and the quiet beginning that gradually grows in volume.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Audio, Ravel, Joseph-Maurice, France, Curriculum support
Track 25 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Carol to the tune of an old French dance from Saydisc album 'A Tapestry of Carols (2'27")
Main features: structure, pitch.
This well-known Christmas carol is sung by a female folk singer, with an accompaniment on glockenspiel, recorder, violin, lute and bass. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Glockenspiel, Sequence, Christmas, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, France, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Christmas Carol
Track 31 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Novelty fox-trot on an accordion from Saydisc album 'Fleur du Jura' (1'48")
Main features: structure, rhythm.
This ragtime music is a rondo. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure, 'peals of laughter', and bass line.
Official classification: Accordian, Listening, Rondo, Dance, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, France, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 16 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music for medieval harp from Amon Ra album 'Harp Collection (1'10")
Main features: timbre, structure, melody.
This lovely pastoral melody from France is played on a medieval harp. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Ternary(ABA), The Middle Ages, Interactive Activities, France, Phrygian, Early Music, Medieval harp, Track Explorer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Extract from the illustrated Rudiments of Wisdom encyclopaedia by Tim Hunkin. www.rudimentsofwisdom.com.
Thousands of cartoons covering almost everything there is to know!
Official classification: Pitch, France, Curriculum support, Rudiments of Wisdom
Track 5 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Accordion music in Parisian Musette style from Saydisc album 'Fleur du Jura' (1'31") Main features: instrumentation, rondo form. This music is a 'java', a type of fast waltz and is played on an accordion. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, structure and the temple blocks.
Official classification: Accordian, Listening, Form & Structure, Rondo, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, France, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 18 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Festive Music from the York Waits, from Saydisc album 'Music from the Time of Richard III' (1'43") Main features: early instruments, structure. This piece is played by early instruments such as the shawm (predecessor of the oboe) and busine (similar to a trumpet). The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on instrumentation and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Tudor England, Community Events & Special Occasions, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, France, Shawm, Brass, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, by French Romantic composer Gabriel Faure, written in 1887.
KS1/2 ideal: a good example of music to create mood, the easily recognisable theme is played initially by flute and has been widely used in many different contexts in media and modern music.
Official classification: Flute, The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, France, Curriculum support, Faure, Gabriel
Overture to Lully's opera Armide. first performed in Paris at the Paris Opera on February 15, 1686.
Official classification: Bowed Strings, Overture, The Baroque Era, Classical Pieces, Audio, France, Curriculum support, Unit 11. The overture, Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Originally composed as part of Offenbach's operetta 'Orpheus in the Underworld' this piece became synonymous with the french dance 'can-can' around the turn of the century and continues to be the preferred music for the dance. Contains three themes, with variation.
KS1/2 idea; great example of music for dance, key questions for children as they listen 'what is it that makes this music so suitable for dancing?' (tempo/instrumentation) 'how does the composer create excitement? (build up of texture and dynamics before returning to main theme)
Official classification: Theme & Variation, Opera, The Romantic Period, Dance, Classical Pieces, Audio, France, Curriculum support
"La Marseillaise" or "Song of Marseille" was written in 1792, originally titled Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhine" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine") it became the song of the French Revolution. Subsequently it was banned under the reign of Napoleon I and eventually reinstated as national anthem in 1879.
Official classification: National Anthems, Audio, France, Curriculum support
Fourth movement of incidental music composed by Bizet for Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne in 1872.
Features melodic ostinato, played by brass, that mimics the notes of the village church bells playing.
Official classification: Ostinato, The Romantic Period, Theatre, Classical Pieces, Audio, Bizet, Georges, France, Curriculum support
Displaying 1 to 13 of 13 resources labelled with 'France'