Geography & Place
Nina Perlove, flute and Toni Sheffer, piano in recital at Northern Kentucky University.
Official classification: Flute, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Video, United States, Copland, Aaron
Nina Perlove, flute and Toni Sheffer, piano perform Copland's Duo April 22, 2007 at Northern Kentucky University.
Official classification: Flute, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Video, United States, Copland, Aaron
by American composer of concert and film music Aaron Copland (1900–1990).
KS1 idea: What do you think this music is describing? a cowboy dance/party
Official classification: The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Copland, Aaron
Get down with Mali's blind couple of song, Amadou and Mariam, in this vibrant concert film recorded on a stormy night in one of Paris' most multicultural neighbourhoods. An excellent example of rock with it's roots in African music. Producer: Link Media, Inc.
Official classification: 2000s, Bands, Video, Rock, Mali, West Africa, Fusion, Curriculum support, Performance video clip
Tracks 9 and 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. English sacred music of the late Middle Ages from Amon Ra album 'Worcester Fragments' performed by The Orlando Consort (1'32") (1'37") Main features: early church music, ostinato, drone. These two extracts are sung by unaccompanied male voices. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on the titles of the extracts, vocal texture, description of texture and the lowest part.
Official classification: Listening, Rounds , The Middle Ages, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Early Music, Polyphony, Unison, Drone, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Short excerpt (3m22s) of Griot performance from Mali. This is part of a 50min show and features three performers with rhythmic backing, dancing and chanting in a call & response. A Griot is an African poet or storyteller and this genre of performance is thought to have influenced much of today's rap and hip hop music.
Official classification: Call and response, Poetry, Stories, Theatre, Video, Mali, Curriculum support
Tags: African, Call and response
An excellent example of descriptive music and simple rhythmic/melodic ostinato (KS2)
Official classification: 1900-1949, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Anderson, Leroy
Written in 1917 initially to honour British artillery in World War I, also features in the film Lawrence of Arabia. Excellent example of music with steady pulse (KS1 & KS2) and also music for specific purpose.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Audio, United Kingdom, World War I, Curriculum support, March, Alford, Kenneth
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.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Audio, United Kingdom, World War I, Curriculum support, March, Alford, Kenneth
Live backing sequencer to support a composition or improvisation based on Track 02 Amanecer Andino (Andean Dawn) from Saydisc Percussion Around the World. (Also Track 01 of Saydisc Listen to This! KS3.) In the original recording there's a free slow introduction followed by a faster section based on C and Am chords, but with this tool users can decide their own structure.
KS2/3 idea - students can use this tool to provide an accompaniment while one student performs live their own version of a characteristic pentatonic melody on a separate instrument. Students can also use this tool for support as they play along and learn the ostinato drum and guitar parts.
Official classification: Percussion, Composing, Improvising, Rehearsing, Ostinato, Melody, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, The Andes, Curriculum support, Melody, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
1970 number 2 single in the UK and an early example of four track studio recording, heavy on the multi-layered drums that dominate over the very quiet vocal track.
Official classification: 1970s, Popular Songs, Audio, Rock, United Kingdom, Curriculum support
1st single from the Swedish group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980. Will be familiar to many pupils from Meryl Streep's rendition in the 2008 film Mamma Mia.
Official classification: Musical, 1980s, 2000s, Audio, Pop, Sweden, Curriculum support
1980 hit for the Swedish pop group from their album of the same name. Pupils will no doubt be familiar with it from 2008 Musical film Mamma Mia.
Official classification: Musical, 1980s, 2000s, Audio, Pop, Sweden, Curriculum support
The words to Himni i Flamurit (in English: Hymn to the Flag) were first published as a poem called Liri e Shqipërisë (in English: Freedom of Albania) in 1912.
Official classification: National Anthems, Audio, Albania, Curriculum support
Image and audio music example of the cithara (kithára) which is wooden type of the Greek lyre.
Official classification: World Music Examples, Audio, Greece, Ancient Greece, Curriculum support, Kithera
The principle woodwind of Classical antiquity is the aulos, consisting of a pair of cylindrical pipes with double reed mouthpieces. Originally made from reed stems, wood or bone.
Official classification: World Music Examples, Audio, Greece, Ancient Greece, Curriculum support, Aulos
Sounds of nature, great to combine with percussion, instrumental compositions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGEHYY8c8VM
Keywords: Rainforest, nature
Official classification: South America, Geographical, Video, Brazil, Curriculum support, Rainforest, Amazon
Lively music and colourful pictures of Amazonian Indians
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwD5ExdHnA
Keywords: Rainforest, Amazon, tribes, world music
Official classification: South America, Geographical, Video, Brazil, Curriculum support, Rainforest, Amazon
Atmospheric sounds of nature combined with music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yvlrNl3Xc
Rainforest, relaxing, atmospheric, ambient
Official classification: South America, Geographical, Video, Brazil, Curriculum support, Rainforest, Amazon
Alam Khan, son of the great Ali Akbar Khan, talks about and plays the Sarod.
Footage from
www.travelswithmusic.org
Official classification: Video, India, Curriculum support, Performance video clip, Travels with Music, Sarod