by admin | Oct 22, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
The March of Siamese Children is an instrumental piece from the musical, The King and I. In this scene, the King of Siam presents 67 young princes and princesses to their new nanny, Anna. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Ravel’s Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty is the first movement from The Mother Goose Suite. Ravel originally wrote this work as a piano duet (where two people play one piano at the same time). This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
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...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
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...
by admin | Oct 20, 2010 | 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, Infants, Music
Saint-Saens composed a work called Carnival of the Animals in which he illustrated many animals musically. This handout for the teacher contains suggestions on how to use the music in the classroom. (.pdf file 220KB) Download File This resource was created by...
