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
20th Century National March of America.
KS1 idea: listen (and march along to) the steady beat.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Military & State Occasions, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, March, Sousa, John Philip
Blues given the Swing / Big Band treatment by one of the most famous swing bands, established in 1938 and still playing and touring today.
KS1 idea: an example to explore music made for a purpose e.g. marching music or work songs, in this case for marching.
KS2 idea: listen to the blues chord changes (particularly if studying blues module)
Official classification: 1900-1949, Military & State Occasions, Work, Orchestras, Audio, Blues, Jazz, Curriculum support, March
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
Composed by German Romantic composer Johann Strauss Sr. in 1848. It was dedicated to the Austrian Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky von Radetz and regularly used by marching soldiers ever since.
KS1/2 idea: listen 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
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
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
Orchestral march by French romantic composer Hector Berlioz.
KS1/2 idea: Excellent example of March for focussed listening, along with plenty of loud/quiet variation of dynamics.
Official classification: The Romantic Period, Audio, Curriculum support, March
Written by German Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn as incidental music for Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1842.
KS1/2 idea; a good example of music for particular purpose, as it is widely known and used for weddings to this day. Often played on the church organ but this is a wonderful full orchestra version, great for pupils to identify brass, string and percussion instrument sounds.
Official classification: Brass, Bowed Strings, The Romantic Period, Weddings, Orchestras, Classical Pieces, Audio, Mendelssohn, Felix, Curriculum support, March
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
'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
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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