Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and perhaps most widely recognised as the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus. Good example of music for different purposes.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Military & State Occasions, TV, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, March, Sousa, John Philip
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Suggested for focussed listening to steady beat KS1 on www.m4t.org
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Military & State Occasions, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, March, Sousa, John Philip
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Recommended as example to explore music made for a purpose e.g. marching music or work songs, in this case for marching, on www.m4t.org
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Work, Orchestras, Audio, Blues, Jazz, Curriculum support, March
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Good example of marching music (as recommended for KS1 listening on www.m4t.org) Composer - Edward Elgar (1857 – 1934) More detailed teaching notes can be found at www.m4t.org/listen%202-15%20Elgar.htm
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Elgar, Sir Edward William, Victorian Times, Curriculum support, March
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Recommended on www.m4t.org for listening use KS2 to explore music made for a purpose e.g. sounds used that might be used in a story to portray a mood.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Military & State Occasions, Classical Pieces, Audio, Strauss, Johann, Curriculum support, March
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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
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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
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Excellent example of March for KS1, for other detailed listening suggestions try www.m4t.org/listen%202-1%20Berlioz.htm
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Audio, Curriculum support, March
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Written as incidental music for Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1842 and used for weddings to this day. Detailed teacher notes for listening can be found at www.m4t.org/listen%202-6%20Mendelssohn.htm
Official classification: Brass, Bowed Strings, The Romantic Period, Weddings, Orchestras, Classical Pieces, Audio, Mendelssohn, Felix, Curriculum support, March
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March from Prokofiev's opera written in 1919. For KS2 listening and talking about the mood or atmosphere created by a piece of music, in particular here to timbre, the use of brass and the sudden changes in dynamics which all add to the drama.
Official classification: Changes in Volume, Timbre, 1900-1949, Classical Pieces, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, March
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'Here comes the bride' used widely at weddings, played usually as here on the pipe organ, originally composed as part of Wagner's Lohengrin opera.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Weddings, Classical Pieces, Audio, Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, Curriculum support, March
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Brass fanfare, accompanied by woodwind & strings from Wagner's 1842 opera.
Official classification: Brass, Bowed Strings, Woodwind, The Romantic Period, Classical Pieces, Audio, Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, Curriculum support, March
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