The Typewriter

The Typewriter, The Syncopated Clock and The Waltzing Cat were composed in the 1940s and 1950s by Leroy Anderson. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 155KB) Download File This resource was created by...

The Toy Trumpet

Le Bal (French for ‘The Ball’) and is the final movement of twelve short pieces in Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games) by Bizet. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 64KB) Download File This resource was...

The Ball from “Childhood Games”

Le Bal (French for ‘The Ball’) and is the final movement of twelve short pieces in Jeux d’Enfants (Children’s Games) by Bizet. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 151KB) Download File This resource was...

Viennese Musical Clock

Kodaly wrote an opera in which the main character, a soldier called Hary Janos, describes his heroic adventures, which are exaggerated or simply not true. Kodaly used some of the music from the opera in an instrumental work called The Hary Janos Suite. Viennese...

Little Waltz from The Toybox

Debussy wrote the music for a ballet called The Toybox in which the characters include a doll, a brave soldier and a wicked Punchinello (similar to the Punch character in Punch and Judy). The doll dances the Little Waltz. This handout for the teacher contains...

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers was written by Leon Jessel and heard by a Russian producer who decided to use it as a dance number in a show. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 62KB) Download File This...

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is the most famous dance in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 102KB) Download File This resource was created by Anna-Marie Higgins, a...