Composers
Performance of Paganini: La Campagnella. Video from www.violinmasterclass.com
Official classification: Violin, Classical Pieces, Video, Paganini, Niccol, Performance video clip, Violinmasterclass.com
Performance of Chopin/Milstein: Nocturne. Video from www.violinmasterclass.com
Official classification: Violin, Classical Pieces, Video, Chopin, Frederic, Performance video clip, Violinmasterclass.com
This dance tune was written by the English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695).
Look at pictures of dancers from that time to get an idea of how to play the piece.
In this arrangement the tune is played twice through. Ask students to think of a
way to make the second time through di erent from the rst (add more players?
add untuned percussion? add tuned percussion playing the tune?)
Notes used: F, G, A, Bb
Key: Bb major
Learning points: reinforces Bb
accidental lasts throughout the bar
Official classification: Flute Family, Flute, Pieces, Wider opps, Resource Packs, Purcell, Henry
Famous piece by American 20th Century composer Aaron Copland, written in 1942.
KS1 idea; an example of short and long sounds played by Brass and Percussion instruments.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Classical Pieces, Audio, Long and Short Sounds, Curriculum support, Copland, Aaron
Part 9 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 1 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 15 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 14 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 3 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 11 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 7 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 5 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 6 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 8 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 16 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 2 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 10 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 4 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 12 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 13 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif