Music Appreciation Grades 6-8 Curriculum Map Month: August (January) Music in daily life What to listen for in music/elements of music -melody& musical line -rhythm & meter: musical time -harmony: musical space -the organization of musical sounds -musical texture -music forms -music expression: tempo and dynamics -basic music notation -voices -musical instrument families -western musical instruments -musical ensembles -style and function of music in society Music in Ancient Cultures Music of the Middle Ages -three classes of people -sacred music of the Middle Ages -chant -monophonic/homophonic/ polyphonic -Ars Antiqua & Ars Nova -Guido of Arezzo -neumes -Leonin, Perotin & the Notre Dame School of organum -Machaut, Dufay & isorhythm -Crusades -secular music of the middle ages: troubadours/trouvers/ golliards/minstrels/waits /jongleurs -instruments of the Middle Ages -Developments that led to the Renaissance -Florence -Medici family -printing press -development of middle class Various (as basic elements are introduced) Ancient to 450 Middle Ages: 450-1450 project: elements of music (oral & written presentation) Britten: Young Person s Guide to the Symphony (instrument families) Voice type listening examples plainchant: Dies Irae Hildegard von Bingen: Alleluia, O virga mediatrix Notre Dame school: Gauda maria virgo Anon: Sumer is icumen in Machaut: Puis qu en oubli listening examples of Middle Ages instruments -aulos -recorder -shawm -sackbut -krumhorn -viols -hurdy gurdy MMSMA.7. b. Identify various uses of music in daily experiences. MMSMA.8.a. Describe ways in which other disciplines taught in the school are interrelated with those of music MMSMA.1 a. Sing to recognize fundamentals of tone production. MMSMA.1.d. Sing to recognize and reinforce fundamentals of tone production, breathing, and quality of sound MMSMA. 2a. Perform on a classroom instrument accurately and independently, alone and in small and large ensembles, with good posture, playing position, and technique. MMSMA.2.b. Play a musical example with accurate pitches and rhythms MMSMA.2.d. Play an instrument and correctly respond to a conductor s musical directions. MMSMA.3 a. Identify standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, expression, and key signatures. MMSMA.3.b. Notate music on a staff using either staff paper or notation software. MMSMA.4 a. Improvise a melody or variation to a live or recorded accompaniment. tempo, dynamics, and texture. MMSMA.6.c. Analyze the uses of elements of music in representing diverse genres and cultures. MMSMA.9 a. Identify and explain a particular music example s historical and cultural significance. and evaluate the roles of musicians throughout history
Music Appreciation Grades 6-8 page 2 Month: September (February) Renaissance Era -renaissance sacred music mass, motet, hymn music of Josquin & Palestrina Reformation -renaissance secular music madrigals music of Morley, Henry VIII, & Farmer consorts & individual dance music forms instruments of the renaissance music of Susato Baroque Era -baroque opera and its components emulate choral dramas of ancient Greeks aria, recitative, staged, costumes Monteverdi-Orfeo Purcell-Dido & Aeneas Beggar s Opera Lully-ballet & opera for Louis XIV -the baroque cantata and oratorio -baroque instruments and the suite binary dance forms allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue minuet, bouree, gavotte -development of the orchestra concerto grosso -the baroque concerto -other baroque instrumental music trio sonata solo sonata -harpsichord, organ, and other keyboards -bowed string instruments dominate, esp. violin Renaissance Era: 1400-1600 Baroque Era: 1600-1750 1 page research project on a Baroque Era composer project: AABA composition Josquin: Ave Maria Palestrina: Pope Marcellus Mass: Gloria Morley: Now is the Month of Maying Henry VII: Pastime with Good Company Farmer: Fair Phyllis Susato: selected dances Monteverdi: Toccata from Orfeo Lully: selected ballet music Mouret: Rondeau Purcell: Dido s Lament Gay/Pepusch: selections from the Beggar s Opera Corelli: selections from the Christmas Concerto Corelli: La Folia Vivaldi: trio sonata version of La Folia Vivaldi: Gloria Vivaldi: selections from the Four Seasons Bach: selections from the Brandenburg Concertos Bach: Cantata 140 (Wachet Auf) Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor Bach: Violin Conceto #1 in a minor Handel: Hallelujah Chorus & Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion from the Messiah Handel: Hornpipe from Water Music MMSMA.3.c. Analyze and harmonic and tonal being studied. MMSMA.5.a. used to achieve unity and variety. MMSMA.5.b. Compose short pieces within a blues, rondo, or AABA form. MMSMA.6.a. Identify and texture. MMSMA.6.c. Analyze the uses of elements of music in representing diverse genres and cultures. MMSMA.7 a. Identify and examine criteria for evaluating music performances. MMSMA.9 a. Identify and and evaluate the roles of history Telemann-Tafelmusik
Music Appreciation Grades 6-8 page 3 Month: October (March) Classical Era -development of classical forms -classical chamber music string trio, quartet, quintet, wind ensemble -the classical symphony 3 movement to 4 movement form fast-slow-medium-fast minuet, scherzo, rondo -the classical concerto -sonata in the classical era -theme and variation -the solo concerto -development of the fortepiano to piano expanded range -classical choral music and opera -Janissary music -beginnings of romanticism program music Berlioz, Schubert, Paganini administer mid-term Period: Classical Era: 1750-1825 Rondo composition project 1 page research paper on a classical era composer Chamber Music: Haydn Bird quartet Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Symphonies: Haydn: Farewell, Surprise & Military Symphonies Mozart: Symphony #1 & #40 Beethoven: Symphonies 3, 5,6,8,9 Concertos: Mozart Violin Concert #5 Sonatas: Beethoven Moonlight Sonata Opera: Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Magic Flute-Queen of the Night aria (singspiel) MMSMA.3.c. Analyze and harmonic and tonal being studied MMSMA.4.a. Improvise a melody or variation to a live or recorded accompaniment. MMSMA.5 a. used to achieve unity and variety. MMSMA.5. b. Compose short pieces within a blues, rondo, or AABA form MMSMA.6.a. Identify and texture. MMSMA.6. c. Analyze the uses of elements of music in representing diverse genres and cultures. MMSMA.7.c. Apply specific criteria to evaluate the quality of their own performance. MMSMA.9.a. Identify and and evaluate the roles of history
Music Appreciation Grades 6-8 page 4 Month: November (April) Romantic Era -Song in the Romantic Era -Romantic piano music Chopin, Liszt -music in 19 th century America -Nationalism in America Songs of Stephen Foster Band music Gilmore & Sousa marches -development of saxophone -operetta -romantic program music -Schubert -Berlioz -Mussorgsky -Rimsky-Korsakov Mighty handful -era of the virtuoso Paganini Liszt -concert overture -absolute music in the 19 th century Mendelssohn Brahms Dvorak Tchaikovsky -national schools of romantic opera Rossini Verdi Wagner Ring Cycle -European nationalism Strauss-Waltzes -cartoons and classical music Romantic Era: 1825-1900 evaluations & critiques using guidelines project: write a mini libretto to go with selected musical example project: arrange song for other instruments using available resources Schubert-art songs Erlkonig, The Trout Stephen Foster songs: Swanee River Piano music: Chopin: Prelude in e minor, Revolutionary Etude Liszt: Hung. Rhapsody #2 Program Music: Berlioz: Symphony Fantastique, 4 th movement Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture Smetena: Moldau Grieg: Peer Gynt Symphonies: Schubert: Symphony #8 Unfinished, first movement Mendelssohn Symphony #4 Italian - Tarantella Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5 Dvorak: Symphony 9 Brahms: Symphony #3, 3 rd movement Opera: Rossini: Overtures to Barber of Seville & William Tell Verdi: La Donna e mobile from Rigoletto Va Pensiero from Nabucco Grand March from Aida Wagner-Ride of the Valkyries Sousa-Stars and Stripes Forever Chamber Music: Schubert: Death & The Maiden String Quartet Other: Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Brahms: Hung. Dances Strauss: Blue Danube Waltzes Rhapsody Rabbit Cat Concerto Mickey Mouse Band Concert What s Opera, Doc MMSMA.3.c. Analyze and harmonic and tonal being studied MMSMA.9 a. Identify and explain a particular music example s historical and cultural significance. and evaluate the roles of musicians throughout history MMSMA.5.a. used to achieve unity and variety. MMSMA.5.c. Arrange simple pieces for voices or instruments other than those for which the pieces were written. MMSMA.6 a. Identify and describe simple forms of b. Use music terminology to describe tempo, dynamics, and texture. MMSMA.6.c. Analyze the uses of elements of music in representing diverse genres and cultures.
Music Appreciation Grades 6-8 page 5 Month: December (May) Modern Era -Impressionism -Ravel -Early modern musical style -Music of the early modernists Stravinsky-ballet music Prokofiev-ballet music & Peter & the Wolf Modern Era: 1900-present Review the of the musical eras Stravinsky: Rite of Spring Firebird Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf Ravel: Bolero American Popular Styles -Ragtime, blues, and jazz Joplin, Holliday, Ellington, Strayhorn, Gershwin William Grant Still -Musical theater Rodgers & Hammerstein -Music for films John Williams -Many voices of rock -music of Macon, GA Redding, Little Richard, Allman, etc. American Composers Ives Copland Bernstein Cage Glass (minimalism) World Music Music Technology administer final evaluations & critiques using guidelines project: concert review project: compose a simple blues song Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag Blues examples William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony Strayhorn: Take the A Train Ellington: It Don t Mean a Thing Gershwin: Summertime from Porgy & Bass Bernstein: Westside Story Overture to Candide Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid Ives: Unanswered Question Variations on America Orff: Carmina Burana John Williams: Music for Star Wars & Harry Potter Otis Redding: Sittin on the Dock of the Bay Little Richard: Good Golly, Miss Molly MMSMA.1 c. Sing to match diction and dialect of various genres of MMSMA.1.b. Sing to match pitch through call and response. MMSMA1d. Understand and interpret performance requirements for culturally diverse music literature MMSMA.4 b. Create musical ideas from a variety of available sound sources. MMSMA.5 - Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines b. Compose short pieces within a blues, rondo, or AABA form. MMSMA.6 - Listening to, analyzing, and describing music a. Identify and b. Use music texture. c. Analyze the uses of elements of music in representing diverse genres and cultures. MMSMA.8 b. Identify and describe common terminology used in music and another fine art. c. Discover and research persons who have achieved professional or commercial success in more than one fine art discipline. MMSMA.9.a. Identify and and evaluate the roles of history. MMSMA.9.c. Recognize music s role in today s culture.