![]() ![]() ![]() This will obviously depend on the instruments available.Īs a class, consider which way the compositional process will occur. Discuss their use of pitch, duration, dynamics, texture and structure and tone colour. The students should be reminded to use all of the techniques and concepts that they learned throughout this resource: emotions, sound imitations, dynamics, articulation, shapes, tempo and so on.Ĭonsider the musical concepts before the students commence their compositions. As they paint, they should be imagining how they would like this story to sound. Use the poem to guide the students’ narratives. If creating individual compositions, choose all or just one of the seasons. If creating a group mural, either compose altogether as a class or separate the class into four groups and assign each group a season. For individual compositions, each one needs its own key but for a group mural, there can be one key. The students can either create a group composition as a class and make one giant mural or create individual works. Use the following steps to assist in planning and preparation: If the students have written their own poems, make sure they include general descriptions, sounds that one hears, emotions that one feels and activities that match that season. To help the students compose their four seasons, use the poem discussed previously or alternatively use student created poems. These are some of the highlights of the correspondence between words and music – the words are actually written in the sheet music above these specific passages (very loosely translated here from Italian).Ġ:35 The birds celebrate their return with festive songġ:15 And murmuring streams are softly caressed by the breezesģ:30 Pleasant meadows, murmur of fronds and plants, goatherd sleeps next to dogĦ:02 Rustic bagpipes, nymphs and shepherds dance.ġ0:25 Summer – harsh season burned by sun, languish, scorchedġ5:44 Weary limbs robbed of rest by fear of thunder and by furious swarm fliesĢ1:00 Autumn celebrates with dance and song and good harvestĢ4:25 End their enjoyment by falling asleepĢ8:42 Huntsmen come out at the crack of dawnģ5:22 Restful happy days at fireside with rain outsideĪlternatively explore the arrangement created by Max Richter in his Vivaldi interpretation ‘Recomposed’. The music was inspired by paintings of the four seasons by an artist named Marco Ricci, but in addition, either Vivaldi or a colleague of his (no one is quite sure which) wrote poems called sonnets about the seasons that correspond with the music. Read this poem ‘ Four Seasons’, or have the students write their own poem about the four seasons.ĭiscuss and revise the composition ‘The Four Seasons’ by Antonio Vivaldi. ![]()
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