week 1 - the dawnay school
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Week 1 LO Learn about famous composers
and their music – Vivaldi
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Read through this PowerPoint and have fun joining in the activities
Background
Antonio VIVALDI
(1678–1741)
• Vivaldi was an Italian composer, teacher and violinist
• He was as superstar among baroque composers, he wrote mostly concertos ( pieces for orchestra and a solo instrument ) and operas( plays that were sung in the theatre)
• Vivaldi lived over 300 years ago
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Background to the music
‘Winter’ from ‘The Four Seasons’, Allegro non molto (1st mvt)• The 4 seasons is a group of four violin concertos
written around 1721
• It was inspired by anonymous sonnets( poems ) , each one describes a season. The sonnets were possibly also written by Vivaldi
• They are one of the first examples of ‘programme’ music – i.e. music that tells a story
• Each ‘season’ has three movements – fast: slow: fast
• They are his most famous works and among the most famous pieces in the history of music
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Trailblazer
Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi was one of the very
first composers to write programme music – music
designed to evoke thoughts of places and things in the
world around us.
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This piece describes the weather in winter
How might you feel in cold weather, and what would you do to warm up?
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Follow this link to the BBC 10 pieces website https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/classical-music-antonio-vivaldi-winter-from-the-four-
seasons/zf98bdm
Watch the first video where Stephanie Childess introduces Vivaldi
Then watch the second video where she plays “ Winter “ with the Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Now have fun watching the video called “ l’hivern “
• Download your music map worksheet and you can start the activity
• You need colouring crayons• Green ( trees) orange(wind) yellow( clouds ) • blue( rain ) purple(water )brown (mountaintops and river)
• Watch the video and enjoy colouring the map • You might want to do this a few times , its good fun and helps you
to hear when the same tunes come back in the music .• You have made a drawing of the music• Well Done !