Written in 1908 when the "thin red line" of British soldiers held back the Russian advance. Excellent example of music with steady pulse (KS1 & KS2) and also music for specific purpose.

This is a mixture of movie cartoon with real life footage of the Mills Brothers quartet. The only musical instrument used is the guitar but the Mills Brothers create the illusion of other instruments (tuba, trumpet and saxophone) by using their voices and hands in clever ways. There is a 'bouncing ball' karaoke section in the middle where cinema audiences of the day would have sung along to the the song 'I ain't Got Nobody'.

KS3/4 idea: This is an interesting historical example of the earliest days of animated cartoons. There is no real storyline to the cartoon and there are frequent changes between cartoon and real camera shots of the musical performers. This may seem puzzling now, but would all have seemed exciting and new to audiences at the time, especially as films with soundtracks had only recently been invented. As a modern contrast to the Mills brothers' extended vocal techniques you could try getting KS3 pupils to devise a voice-only soundtrack to a section of cartoon footage, but allow them to use modern electronic processing equipment/software to create new effects.

Part 1 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 14 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 11 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 5 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 8 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 2 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 4 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments

Part 13 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments