North & Central America & Carribean
Nina Perlove, flute and Toni Sheffer, piano in recital at Northern Kentucky University.
Official classification: Flute, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Video, United States, Copland, Aaron
Nina Perlove, flute and Toni Sheffer, piano perform Copland's Duo April 22, 2007 at Northern Kentucky University.
Official classification: Flute, The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Video, United States, Copland, Aaron
Example of a couple performing the Latin dance form Salsa that was originated in Cuba.
Official classification: Dance, Video, Latin, Cuba, Curriculum support, Salsa
Instructional Salsa dancing video.
Official classification: Dance, Video, Dance, Latin, Cuba, Curriculum support, Salsa
Instructional Salsa dancing video.
Official classification: Dance, Video, Dance, Latin, Cuba, Curriculum support, Salsa
by American composer of concert and film music Aaron Copland (1900–1990).
KS1 idea: What do you think this music is describing? a cowboy dance/party
Official classification: The 20th & 21st Centuries, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Copland, Aaron
Classic 12 bar blues by American, Big Joe, known for his characteristic style of guitar-playing, his nine-string guitar, and his bizarre, cantankerous personality.
Official classification: 12 Bar Blues, Song, 1960s, Audio, Blues, United States, Curriculum support
One of the most popular exponents of the Piedmont blues style, guitarist and singer Blind Boy Fuller recorded, between 1935 and 1940, 135 sides that found their way into the repertoires of a great number of bluesmen of the pre-World War II era.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Audio, Blues, United States, Curriculum support
Track from American twelve-string finger picking Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and song writer who recorded 149 songs between 1927 and 1956.
Official classification: 1900-1949, Audio, Blues, United States, Curriculum support
An excellent example of descriptive music and simple rhythmic/melodic ostinato (KS2)
Official classification: 1900-1949, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Anderson, Leroy
Number 8 of 8 from the orchestral suite to accompany the ballet Appalachian Spring. Suggested as useful example for listening to changes in mode and
tempo in QCA Unit 7 for KS3 'Variations'.
Official classification: Modes, Tempo, 1900-1949, Dance, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Copland, Aaron
Number 5 of 8 from the orchestral suite to accompany the ballet Appalachian Spring. Suggested as useful example for listening to changes in mode and
tempo in QCA Unit 7 for KS3 'Variations'.
Official classification: Modes, Tempo, 1900-1949, Dance, Classical Pieces, Audio, United States, Curriculum support, Unit 7. Variations, Copland, Aaron
Song from Leonard Bernstein's Broadway musical West Side Story.
KS2 idea: An example of music creating mood, the strong feature is alternating 3/4 and 6/8 metre.
Try clapping, tapping or walking along with this alternating pulse, which creates it's own rhythm.
Some good examples of contrasting texture throughout.
Official classification: Musical, 1950s, Audio, United States, Unit 19 Songwriter, Curriculum support
Released in September 1988, this became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The "instruments" are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all.
Official classification: 1980s, Jazz, Popular Songs, Audio, Jazz, Vocal Percussion, Vocalising, United States, Curriculum support, reggae, A Capella
1939 recording of jazz standard by virtuoso pianist Art Tatum, his unique style is identified by the range, speed and accuracy of his playing. Whilst many have tried, rarely has anyone managed to replicate Tatum's sound.
Official classification: Piano, Improvising, 1900-1949, Jazz, Audio, Jazz, United States, Curriculum support
1960s number 4 hit by US Rock, Pop and Country singer Brenda Mae Tarpley, alsoe known as Little Miss Dynamite, due to her height of just 4 ft 9 inches and 1957 single 'dynamite'.
Official classification: 1960s, Popular Songs, Audio, Country, Rock, United States, Curriculum support
Mama" is a popular song first written in 1941 by Cesare Andrea Bixio with Italian lyrics, recorded with mixture of italian and english by American pop singer Connie Francis in 1959 for her album Connie Francis Sings Italian Favorites, with her hit single released in February 1960.
Official classification: 1900-1949, 1960s, Popular Songs, Audio, Pop, United States, Italy, Curriculum support
O Canada, for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. Originally in French, it was translated to English in 1906 and officially adopted in 1980.
Official classification: National Anthems, Audio, Canada, Curriculum support
Disco classic and theme from movie of the same name, released in 1976, featuring hand clapping rhythm intro.
Official classification: 1970s, Film & Animation, Video, United States, Curriculum support, Disco
12-bar-blues-based number 1 hit released in 1954. Classic rock and roll, great for hand-jiving.
Official classification: 12 Bar Blues, 1950s, Dance, Video, Blues, United States, Curriculum support, Rock n Roll