School Concert... · MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro J. S TRAUSS, J R. “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, Op. 214 Once Upon a Time Venn Diagram

WOODWINDS

BRASS

PERCUSSION

STRINGS

MOZART

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

J. STRAUSS, JR.

“Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, Op. 214

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Musical Comic Strip Student Worksheet

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1. PARTS OF A STORY: Choose a story you know really well and describe what you know about the story. TITLE __________________________________________________________________________________ SETTING __________________________________________________________________________________ CHARACTERS __________________________________________________________________________________

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PLOT __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________

2. WHAT DO YOU HEAR? As you listen to each selection, list FIVE adjectives that describe the music.

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3. MY MUSICAL STORY: As you listen to the selections again, create main characters that might use this music as their theme and also list two character traits for each.

4. WRITE YOUR STORY: Use each of the music examples and the main characters above to create a short story that is five to 10 sentences long. TITLE: _________________________________________________________________________________________ SETTING: _____________________________________________________________________________________ PLOT: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________

ELMER BERNSTEIN

Theme from The Magnificent Seven

CHARACTER #1

TRAIT #2

TRAIT #1

JOHN WILLIAMS

“Hedwig’s Theme,” from Harry Potter and the

Sorcerer’s Stone

CHARACTER #2

TRAIT #2

TRAIT #1

KLAUS BADELT

Suite from Pirates of the Caribbean

CHARACTER #3

TRAIT #2

TRAIT #1

Musical Antonyms Story Map Template

TITLE

MUSICAL SELECTION

CHARACTERS ACTION

SETTING PROBLEM

OUTCOME

Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance, or both? Why?or both? Why?or both? Why?or both? Why?

Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use

consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,

or both? Why?or both? Why?or both? Why?or both? Why?


Circle One:

EXCERPT A

EXCERPT B

Musical Antonyms Story Map: Romeo and Juliet

TITLE

Sergei Prokofiev

“Montagues and

Capulets,” from

Romeo and Juliet,

Op. 64

MUSICAL SELECTION

CHARACTERS ACTION

SETTING PROBLEM

OUTCOME


Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use

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WARRING

FAMILIES

Montagues & CapuletsMontagues & CapuletsMontagues & CapuletsMontagues & Capulets: Two

warring households of nobility

Juliet: Juliet: Juliet: Juliet: Daughter of Capulet

Romeo:Romeo:Romeo:Romeo: Son of Montague

Benvolio:Benvolio:Benvolio:Benvolio: Nephew of

Montague, friend of Romeo

Mercutio:Mercutio:Mercutio:Mercutio: Relative of Prince of

Verona, friend of Romeo

Tybalt:Tybalt:Tybalt:Tybalt: nephew of Lady

Capulet

Escalus:Escalus:Escalus:Escalus: Prince and ruler of

Verona

Paris:Paris:Paris:Paris: Relative of the Prince

and a young nobleman

Friar Laurence:Friar Laurence:Friar Laurence:Friar Laurence: Catholic

monk of the Franciscan order,

counselor to Romeo and Juliet

Place: Place: Place: Place: Cities of Verona and

Mantua, Italy, over the course

of four days

Time period: Time period: Time period: Time period: 1500s

The Montagues and Capulets are families that have been feuding, or

fighting with each other, for many years. As a son of Montague, Romeo

and his friends attend a masked ball at the Capulets house in disguise.

At the party, Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight, share their first

kiss, and learn they cannot be together as members of opposing families.

Friar Lawrence secretly marries the couple in hopes their marriage will

stop the fighting between the families.

Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt,

challenges Romeo to a duel.

Since they are now family,

Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt.

Romeo’s friend Mercutio

steps in and accepts the

challenge. Tybalt kills

Mercutio, and in revenge,

Romeo kills Tybalt.

The Prince banishes Romeo

from Verona, and meanwhile,

the Capulets force Juliet to

marry Paris. However, Friar

Lawrence arranges for the

two lovers to meet before

Romeo is sent to Mantua.

Friar Lawrence creates a plan to reunite Juliet with Romeo in Mantua. He gives Juliet a potion that will make her

appear to be dead for 24 hours. After she is laid to rest in the family’s crypt, the Friar and Romeo will retrieve her.

Unfortunately, the message explaining the Friar’s plan never reaches Romeo, and he hears only that Juliet is dead.

Romeo decides to take his own life rather than live without Juliet, and upon seeing her lifeless body in the tomb, he

drinks a bottle of poison and dies by her side. Juliet awakens, sees her beloved Romeo, and realizes he has killed

himself with poison. She buries his dagger in her chest, falling dead upon his body. Seeing their children’s bodies,

the Montagues and Capulets agree to end their long-standing feud .

Musical Antonyms Story Map: The Firebird

TITLE

EXCERPT A

Igor Stravinsky

“Infernal Dance of King Kastcheï,” from

The Firebird

MUSICAL SELECTION

CHARACTERS ACTION

SETTING PROBLEM

OUTCOME


Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use Will the composer use consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,consonance, dissonance,


THE MAGIC

FEATHER Prince Ivan: Prince Ivan: Prince Ivan: Prince Ivan: Main hero (protagonist) in Russian folklore

The Firebird: The Firebird: The Firebird: The Firebird: Large mythical creature with glowing, magical feathers

King Kastcheï the Deathless:King Kastcheï the Deathless:King Kastcheï the Deathless:King Kastcheï the Deathless: Evil wizard and the story’s villain (antagonist)

Vasilisa the Beautiful: Vasilisa the Beautiful: Vasilisa the Beautiful: Vasilisa the Beautiful: Captured princess with whom the Prince falls in love

Place: Place: Place: Place: Magic garden of King Kastcheï the Deathless

Prince Ivan is lost at night in the woods while hunting, and he encounters an enchanted bird with feathers of fire. He captures the Firebird as she plucks golden apples from a tree. In exchange for her freedom, the Firebird gives Ivan a magic feather he can use to call her for protection.

The next day, Ivan comes upon the courtyard of a castle, where 13 princesses, including Vasilisa the Beautiful, are being held under the spell of the wicked King Kastcheï the Deathless.

Upon seeing her, Ivan falls in love with Vasilisa, but the evil Kastcheï turns anyone who attempts to rescue the 13 princesses into stone. This does not stop Ivan from entering the castle, and the evil army of Kastcheï attacks the prince. Ivan waves the Firebird’s feather and calls the magical creature to protect him.

The Firebird casts a spell over Kastcheï and his army that makes them dance a complex and energetic dance until they fall into an enchanted sleep.

The Firebird leads Prince Ivan to a tree stump where he finds a large egg that contains the wicked magician’s soul. Ivan smashes the egg, causing Kastcheï to die. The castle and evil creatures disappear, those turned to stone come back to life, and the heroic Prince wins the hand of the beautiful Vasilisa.

Musical Antonyms Story Map: Die Walküre

TITLE

EXCERPT B

Richard Wagner

“Ride of the Valkyries,” from Die Walküre

MUSICAL SELECTION

CHARACTERS ACTION

SETTING PROBLEM

OUTCOME



RIDE OF THE

VALKYRIES

Wotan: Wotan: Wotan: Wotan: Chief of the gods and defender of laws and honor

Valkyries: Valkyries: Valkyries: Valkyries: Nine immortal warrior maidens, daughters of Wotan and Erda, goddess of the earth

Brünnhilde:Brünnhilde:Brünnhilde:Brünnhilde: One of the nine Valkyries and Wotan’s favorite daughter

Siegmund:Siegmund:Siegmund:Siegmund: Human son of Wotan and twin brother of Sieglinde

Sieglinde: Sieglinde: Sieglinde: Sieglinde: Human daughter of Wotan and abducted sister of Siegmund

Hunding: Hunding: Hunding: Hunding: Tribe leader and husband of Sieglinde

Siegfried: Siegfried: Siegfried: Siegfried: Son of Sieglinde, fearless hero of the story

Mythical world of gods, mortal humans, and other fanciful creatures, including dwarves and giants

Location:Location:Location:Location: Mountain top; also Valhalla, castle of the gods

Reunited siblings Siegmund and Sieglinde flee from Sieglinde’s husband Hunding, who wants to kill Siegmund for being a member of his tribe’s enemy. For complicated reasons, Wotan instructs his Valkyrie daughter, Brünnhilde, to ensure the death of Siegmund in his battle with Hunding and deliver him to Valhalla, where the Valkyries bring the souls of fallen heroes.

Brünnhilde approaches Sigmund and tells him of his impending death. He refuses to follow her to Valhalla when she tells him Sieglinde cannot go with him there. Siegmund draws his sword and says he will kill himself and Sieglinde.

Impressed by his passion, Brünnhilde disobeys Wotan’s wishes and agrees to grant victory to Siegmund over Hunding. However, Wotan arrives and takes away Siegmund’s sword allowing Hunding to stab Siegmund to death. Brünnhilde flees on horseback with Sieglinde.

Brünnhilde travels to a mountain top and joins her Valkyrie sisters, each who have a dead hero in her saddlebag. They are surprised to discover Brünnhilde has arrived with Sieglinde, a living woman, and begs for the help of her sisters. But the Valkyries fear the anger of their father, Wotan. Brünnhilde also reveals that Sieglinde is pregnant and names the unborn son Siegfried.

Wotan punishes Brünnhilde by making her a mortal woman (and no longer a Valkyrie) and putting her to sleep on the mountain, surrounded by a ring of magic fire. Brünnhilde can only be reached and the enchanted spell broken by a man who knows no fear. The hero who will save her (in the next opera) will be Sieglinde’s son, Siegfried.

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Ludwig van Beethoven Interactive Listening Guide

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DIRECTIONS: As you listen to each selection of music, draw an arrow from each description to the

column of your choice on the left or right.

BEETHOVEN Second movement from Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Loud at the end

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m Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

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Quiet at the end

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Makes me want to move slowly

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Loud at the beginning

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Turning Points in Music Anticipation Listening Guide

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WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

4. A “turning point in this music happens when the

music changes from forte to piano.

3. This music has an ostinato.

2. This music has an unusual beat/rhythm pattern.

1. This music describes a peaceful character.

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WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

4. A “turning point in this music happens when the

music changes from forte to piano.



1. This music describes a peaceful character.

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WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

4. There is a “turning point in this music. What in the

music made you choose your answer?



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1. This music describes a peaceful scene/character.

What in the music made you choose your answer?

WHAT DO YOU HEAR?

4. There is a “turning point in this music. What in the

music made you choose your answer?



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What in the music made you choose your answer?

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DIRECTIONS: As you listen to each selection of music, draw an arrow from each description to the

column of your choice on the left or right.

BEETHOVEN Second movement from Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Loud at the end

DESCRIPTIONS

BEETHOVEN Fourth movement fro

m Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

SELECTION #1 SELECTION #2

Quiet at the end

Gets slower at the end

Gets faster at the end

Has fewer instruments

Has more instruments

Reminds me of a rainy day

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Sounds like a battle was just lost

Sounds like a battle was just won

Makes me want to move slowly

Makes me want to move quickly

Loud at the beginning

Quiet at the beginning

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