Victorian Times
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Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" of fourteen variations on a theme by English composer Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934).
KS1/2 idea: focus listening to contrast in the use of dynamics. The piece begins extremely quietly so pupils should listen carefully. As the volume grows, perhaps they could 'grow' so they reach their tallest at the loudest point (!), at KS2 also notice duration and tempo.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Elgar, Sir Edward William, Victorian Times, Curriculum support
March No.1 'Trio' by English composer Edward Elgar, composed in 1901. Contains the tune later used for 'Land of Hope and Glory.
KS1 idea: Good example of marching music with a strong and steady beat.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Elgar, Sir Edward William, Victorian Times, Curriculum support, March
Two charming Victorian poems about mice, audio narrated by Natasha from storynory.com. The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse by Richard Scrafton Sharp (based on Horace). The Mouse and the Cake by Eliza Cook.
Official classification: Listening, Animals, Poetry, Audio, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Victorian Times, Unit 21 Who Knows, Curriculum support, Storynory.com
Track 11 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Scottish song of hard times from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of Scotland' (3'09")
Main features: instrumentation, pitch. This Scottish folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by fiddle and guitar. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, Scotland, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 10 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. A song from the lead mines from Saydisc album 'Traditional Songs of England' (1'51")
Main features: pitch, structure, lyrics.
This English folk song is sung by a female singer, accompanied by recorders and guitar. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on structure and lyrics.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Folk, Traditional Songs, Victorian Times, Britain and Ireland, England, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 15. Song, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Tracks 7 and 8 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Popular tune played on two Victorian mechanical instruments from Saydisc albums 'Musical Box Dances' (0'42") and 'Music of the Streets' (1'15")
Main features: structure, timbre.
These two versions of the same tune are played on musical boxes. The two learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on structure and the different timbres.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Victorian Times, England, Hornpipe, Musical Boxes, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Unit 6. Shanty time, Saydisc Records, Sea Shanties, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 2 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Nicoles Freres 'fortepiano' cylinder musical box (1843) from Saydisc album 'Musical Box Dances' (0'56") Main features: form, rhythm, changes in dynamics. This Victorian waltz, a type of dance, is played on a musical box. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on structure, dynamics and rhythm.
Official classification: Listening, Rhythm, Dynamics, Changes in Volume, Form & Structure, Ternary(ABA), The Romantic Period, Europe, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Victorian Times, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Waltz, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Short video clip (1 min.) showing detail from a Victorian painting of the inside of a public house. There is voice-over but no music soundtrack.
Clip from the Roland Collection of Film on Art (www.rolandcollection.com). Used with kind permission of Anthony Roland.
Official classification: Painting, Paintings, Video, Victorian Times, Curriculum support, The Roland Collection of Films on Art
Singer and actress Petula Clark talks about the Variety Theatre and Music Hall genre, then sings a Medley of popular songs.
QCA Schemes focussed on Songs and Songwriting at KS2&3 suggest using Music Hall as examples for lyrical content. Perhaps it is also worth focussing on some of the musical elements that typify this theatre music, such as the big band sound, use of changing tempos (particularly for emphasis) and occasional key changes. The performance element and humour of this music is important, particularly in its cultural context as popular entertainment spanning both world wars.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Theatre, Video, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, World War I, World War II, Victorian Times, England, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
A medley of cockney songs from the very popular Television series "Ortons Music Hall" broadcast Internationally in the late 70's.
QCA Schemes focussed on Songs and Songwriting at KS2&3 suggest using Music Hall as examples for lyrical content. Perhaps it is also worth focussing on some of the musical elements that typify this theatre music, such as the big band sound, use of changing tempos (particularly for emphasis) and occasional key changes. The performance element and humour of this music is important, particularly in its cultural context as popular entertainment spanning both world wars.
Official classification: 1900-1949, 1970s, Theatre, Video, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, World War I, World War II, Victorian Times, England, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
Cash's version of popular song written in 1875 by Henry Clay Work, but may have originated earlier. Suggested as a song for children to sing and slow down at the end for QCA Unit 4 'Feel the Pulse' at KS1. Also worth listening to the percussive 'clock' sound in this recording and for older children noting the key change just over half way through.
Official classification: Unit 4. Feel the pulse - Exploring pulse and rhythm, 1970s, Audio, Country, Folk, Male, Victorian Times, Curriculum support
From the 1885 comic opera Mikado, sung by three female voices, accompanied by woodwind and string orchestra.
Example of a victorian song that became popular and regularly performed in music hall well into the twentieth century. Recommended for comparing with popular songs from other eras such as Nessun Dorma in QCA Unit 15 Song for KS3
Official classification: Opera, Song, The Romantic Period, Audio, United Kingdom, Victorian Times, Curriculum support, Unit 15. Song
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