Monday, February 21, 2011

Ninth Grade Music Appreciation Plan....

I'm trying to go through things I've had on my shelves a long time and use them at least once before I'm finished homeschooling, so I've put together both an art appreciation and a music appreciation course of study for my son's ninth grade year.  For a lot of the musical work, I've found some nice websites that offer free music clips, as well as many worksheets that will work along with the other things we'll be doing.  I'll follow up in a bit with links to those worksheets.  I am also using the Beautiful Feet Music Appreciation Guide for many of the questions regarding the Music Masters series.  I won't be able to share those, but they are a good resource!

I hope someone else can use some of these resources, as well,

Regena

Amended to add the link for the post to those websites providing worksheets:

http://greenapplesblush.blogspot.com/2011/02/links-for-music-appreciation-worksheets.html

And also here is the Beautiful Feet study guide (also available now by download):

http://www.bfbooks.com/History-of-Classical-Music-Study-Guide

Week 1-2:

DK A Young Person’s Guide to Music, Neil Ardley – pages 52-55, Ancient Music.

DK Eyewitness Music, Neil Ardley – pages 6-11; 16-17; 26-29; 34-39; 56-57.

Listen to examples of Ancient Greek Music:


Fragments of ancient instrumental music from the Roman period:


Fragments of ancient Greek song:


Listen to some of the oldest known musical instruments (flutes), from China:


Read about the oldest known flute in the world, from Germany:


Listen to CD’s from home:

Tibetan Ritual
The Story of Arabic Song
Japan:  Kabuki and Other Traditional Music

Look online at traditional Japanese musical instruments:




Choose your favorite and write a short paragraph about the details of it on workbook page.

Week 3:

African Music:

Listen to examples of African Music:




Read Eyewitness Music: pages 50-51; 54-55.

Read workbook info and complete questions at end of that material.


Week 4-5:

Listen to CD from home:

A Flavor of India

Read Eyewitness Music: pages 40-41.

Look at and listen to traditional Indian instruments:


Complete workbook packet of info and work regarding Indian music.


Week 6-7:

Listen to selections of Traditional English Folk Music online:



And the American Folk Music that evolved largely from that:

Complete workbook packet info and questions.

Week 8:

Religious Music:

Listen to CD’s from home:

Greatest Hit Chant
Early Music:  Gregorian Chant portion
An Introduction to Early Music:  Gregorian chants

Complete workbook packet of info and questions regarding Gregorian Chant.


Week 9:

Early Medieval Music:

Listen to CD from home:

An Introduction to Early Music (all except Palestrina)

Look at info online regarding the hurdy gurdy and listen to it played alone:


Listen to medieval recorder music:

http://www.solarhaven.org/RecorderMusic.htm

Complete workbook packet of info and questions regarding early Medieval Music.


Week 10:

Read DK Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 56-57.
Eyewitness Music pages 30-33.

Listen to CD’s from home:

Early Music:  Renaissance Music portion
An Introduction to Early Music – Palestrina piece
NPR The Renaissance in Music

Complete workbook packet of info and questions regarding Renaissance music.


Week 11-15:

Baroque:

DK Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 58-59.

Eyewitness Music pages 18-19.

Listen to tapes/CD’s from home (see workbook for order to complete these in):

Music Masters: The Story of Handel
MM: The Stories of Vivaldi and Corelli
London Symphony Orchestra: Vivaldi’s Greatest
Treasure Box Collection: Vivaldi Orchestra
Hallelujah Handel
MM: The Story of Bach
LSO:  Bach’s Greatest
Mr. Bach Comes to Call

Read Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia, Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher, and listen to accompanying musical selections.  Discuss using study guide.

Complete workbook questions.


Week 16-18:

Beginnings of the Orchestra:

What Makes an Orchestra, Jan Balet – home
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, Lloyd Moss – home

A Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 8-27, read and listen.

Read/listen through The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Ben Kingsley.
With pages 18-19 also read Eyewitness Music pages 44-47 and YPGM pgs. 42-47.
With pages 20-23, also read EM pages 12-13 and YPGM pgs. 28-33.
With pages 24-27, also read EM pages 22-23 and YPGM pgs. 34-37.
With pages 28-31, also read EM pages 48-49 and YPGM pgs. 38-41.

Complete workbook exercises.

Play Music Maestro II game.


Week 19-23:

Classical Music:

Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 60-61

Listen to tapes/CD’s from home (see workbook for order in which to complete these):

Music Masters:
The Story of Beethoven
The Story of Haydn
The Story of Schubert
The Story of Mozart

London Symphony Orchestra:
Beethoven’s Greatest
Schubert’s Greatest
Mozart’s Greatest
Haydn’s Greatest

Joseph Haydn: The Merry Little Peasant
Mozart The Wonder Boy and
Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells
All by Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher, using study guides to discuss and CD’s for listening

Complete workbook exercises.


Week 24 – 30:

Romantic Music:

Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 62-63.

Listen to tapes/CD’s from home (see workbook for order in which to complete these):

Music Masters:
The Story of Brahms
The Story of Verdi
The Story of Wagner
The Stories of Schumann and Grieg (just Schumann)
The Story of Chopin
The Story of Mendelssohn
The Story of Berlioz

London Symphony Orchestra:
Chopin’s Greatest
Wagner’s Greatest

Bravo! Brava! A Night at the Opera: Behind the Scenes, with Composers, Cast, and Crew, Anne Siberell

Complete workbook pages.


Week 31-34:

National Music:

Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 64-65.

Listen to tapes/CD’s from home (see workbook for order of completion):

Music Masters:
The Story of Schumann and Grieg (just Grieg)
The Story of Dvorak
The Story of Tchaikovsky
The Stories of Foster and Sousa

London Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Greatest

Complete workbook pages.


Week 35:

Revolutionary Music:

Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 66-67

Music Masters:  The Story of Strauss

London Symphony Orchestra:  Stauss’ Greatest

Peter and the Wolf, Loriot re:  Prokofiev’s musical – home

Complete workbook pages.


Week 36:

Young Person’s Guide to Music pages 68-69

Eyewitness Music:  52-52; 58- end.

Aaron Copland:  Billy the Kid and Rodeo

Copland conducts Copland:  Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait, Billy the Kid Suite

Complete workbook pages.

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