For Grownups Six Year Teaching Schedule
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Six Year Teaching Schedule |
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The following is a proposed schedule for This schedule is not meant to keep you from enjoying other themes at any time you think they may be of interest. This is just a guide to give some idea of the levels of difficulty. If this program is followed from Kindergarten through Grade 5, young students will have a love and understanding of classical music far beyond the normal standards of today's music education programs. You will help them build a solid foundation of appreciation for quality music which will enrich their lives. It will probably enrich the lives of others around them, too! |
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Number of Themes in each Book with CD
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| Themes To Remember, Volume 1 | 40 Themes | ||||||
| Themes To Remember, Volume 2 | 40 Themes | ||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | 37 Themes | ||||||
| Antonin Dvorak-From the New World with Lyrics | 12 Themes | ||||||
| 128 Themes Total | |||||||
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Kindergarten through Grade 5 - Overview by Grade
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Grade
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Vol. 1
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Vol. 2
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CKK
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Dvorak
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Number of themes per year
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K
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12
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2
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0
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0
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= 14 new themes
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1
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3
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3
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12
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0
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= 18 new themes, Grade 1
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2
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7
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11
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2
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0
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= 20 new themes, Grade 2
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3
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8
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5
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12
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0
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= 25 new themes, Grade 3
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4
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6
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7
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1
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12
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= 28 new themes, Grade 4
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5
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4
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11
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10
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0
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= 25 new themes, Grade 5
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Total
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40
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39
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37
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12
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= 128 themes total in 6 years | ||
| KINDERGARTEN | |||||||||
| (Themes in each grade may be taught in any order you prefer.) | |||||||||
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Page
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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7
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Vivaldi - Spring from The Four Seasons | ||||||||
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9
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Bach - Toccata & Fugue in Dm (Theme 1) | ||||||||
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25
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Haydn - Surprise Symphony | ||||||||
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27
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Boccherini - Minuet | ||||||||
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29
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Mozart - Symphony No. 40 | ||||||||
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31
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 | ||||||||
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32
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 | ||||||||
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35
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Schubert - Unfinished Symphony | ||||||||
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36
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Schubert - Trout Quintet | ||||||||
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47
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Schumann - The Happy Farmer | ||||||||
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53
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Brahms - Lullaby | ||||||||
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86
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Souza - Stars and Stripes Forever | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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76
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Story and Music | ||||||||
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75
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Overture | ||||||||
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79
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - March of the Toy Soldiers | ||||||||
| (Children can dance to all of The Nutcracker themes before they are ready to learn all of the words.) | |||||||||
| (If children know all of the themes above, continue with the Grade 1 selections.) |
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| GRADE 1 | |||||||||
| (Review all the themes from Kindergarten - Play "Name That Tune" often.) | |||||||||
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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33
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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata | ||||||||
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48
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Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette | ||||||||
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51
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Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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12
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Vivaldi - Autumn from The Four Seasons | ||||||||
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14
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Vivaldi - Winter from The Four Seasons | ||||||||
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69
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Dvorak - Humoresque | ||||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | |||||||||
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9
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Bach - Orchestral Suite, No. 1 - Bouree | ||||||||
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10
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Bach - Minuet in G | ||||||||
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37
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Mozart - Piano Sonata in C | ||||||||
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39
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Beethoven - Fur Elise | ||||||||
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40
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Beethoven - Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens | ||||||||
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43
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Schubert - Serenade | ||||||||
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49
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Mendelssohn - Spring Song | ||||||||
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51
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Chopin - Fantasie-Impromptu | ||||||||
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85
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Debussy - Reverie | ||||||||
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93
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Stravinsky - Petrouchka | ||||||||
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71
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Brahms - Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4 | ||||||||
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77
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Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty | ||||||||
| (If the children know all the themes from Kindergarten and First Grade, proceed to the next level.) | |||||||||
| GRADE 2 | |||||||||
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(Review Themes from Grade One and Kindergarten Regularly)
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Page
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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13
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Handel - Hallelujah Chorus | ||||||||
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13
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Handel - He Shall Feed His Flock | ||||||||
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41
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Rossini - William Tell, Trumpet Fanfare |
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70
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Grieg - Peer Gynt - Morning | ||||||||
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71
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Grieg - Peer Gynt - Solveig's Song | ||||||||
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72
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Grieg - Peer Gynt - Hall of the Mountain King | ||||||||
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89
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Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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10
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Vivaldi - Summer from The Four Seasons | ||||||||
| (Review Spring, Autumn, and Winter from The Four Seasons) | |||||||||
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17
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Albinoni - Adagio in G Minor | ||||||||
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19
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Bach - Air on the G String | ||||||||
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37
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Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | ||||||||
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39
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 | ||||||||
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40
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Beethoven - Fifth Symphony, Movement 3 | ||||||||
| (Review the Fifth Symphony, Movement 1, from Volume 1, page 31) |
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76
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Story | ||||||||
| (Review The Nutcracker - Overture and March of the Toy Soldiers.) | |||||||||
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83
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Russian (Cossack) Dance | ||||||||
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82
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy | ||||||||
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84
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Arabian Dance | ||||||||
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85
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Chinese Dance | ||||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | |||||||||
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7
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Pachelbel - Canon in D | ||||||||
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63
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Offenbach - Can Can | ||||||||
| If children know all the themes from Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2, proceed to the next level. Remember to review the themes from previous grades. | |||||||||
| GRADE 3 | |||||||||
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(Play "Name That Tune" with themes from Grades 1 and 2.
Review themes they have forgotten and sing their favorites.) |
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Page
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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10
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Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dm, Theme 2 | ||||||||
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12
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Handel - Water Music - Alla Hornpipe | ||||||||
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14
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Handel - Fireworks - Overture | ||||||||
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16
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Handel - Fireworks - Minuet | ||||||||
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18
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Handel - Fireworks - La Paix | ||||||||
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41
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Rossini - William Tell Overture, Theme 1 | ||||||||
| (Review William Tell, Trumpet Fanfare) | |||||||||
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55
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Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre | ||||||||
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69
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Dvorak's New World Symphony, Movement 2 | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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34
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Haydn - London Symphony No.104 | ||||||||
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61
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Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 - Themes 1 & 2 | ||||||||
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94
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Sibelius - Finlandia - Theme 2 | ||||||||
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76
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Tchaikovsky - All of The Nutcracker including the story and a review of:. | ||||||||
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75
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Overture | ||||||||
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79
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March of the Toy Soldiers | ||||||||
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83
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Russian (Cossack) Dance | ||||||||
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85
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Chinese Dance (Review) | ||||||||
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86
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Dance of the Reed Pipes | ||||||||
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87
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Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers | ||||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | |||||||||
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12
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Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1 Courante (verse one) | ||||||||
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15
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Scarlatti - Sonata in E | ||||||||
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17
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Handel - The Harmonious Blacksmith | ||||||||
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41
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Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 4 (Review Mvts. 1, 2, & 3) |
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| (Listen to a complete recording of the Fifth Symphony. It is about 35 minutes long) |
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37
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Mozart - Minuet from Don Juan | ||||||||
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69
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Strauss - Die Fledermaus, Waltz | ||||||||
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73
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Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours | ||||||||
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Prokofiev - The Love for Three Oranges | ||||||||
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25
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Haydn - The Clock Symphony (4 movements -9 themes) | ||||||||
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Movement One
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Movement Three
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25
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Adagio the Cat |
32
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Be Still Little Mouse | ||||||
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26
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Tickety Tock | ||||||||
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Movement Two
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Movement Four
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27
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Hear the Clock Tick |
33
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Cat's Going Home | ||||||
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28
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Mean Old Cat | ||||||||
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29
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Cat is Waiting | ||||||||
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30
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Ears for Breakfast | ||||||||
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31
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Watch Out | ||||||||
| (If the children know all the themes for K, Grades 1, 2, and 3, proceed to the next level.) | |||||||||
| GRADE 4 | |||||||||
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(Play "Name That Tune" with themes from Grades 1-3 to determine which themes children know. Sing the ones they love! Teach those they have forgotten.)
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Page
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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29
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Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 | ||||||||
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43
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Mendelssohn - Wedding March | ||||||||
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58
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Bizet - Carmen, Habanera | ||||||||
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59
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Bizet - Carmen, Toreador | ||||||||
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61
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Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Waltz | ||||||||
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67
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Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Theme 2 | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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21
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Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 | ||||||||
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25
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Mouret - Rondeau | ||||||||
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32
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Haydn - Serenade | ||||||||
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51
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Mussorgsky - Great Gate of Kiev | ||||||||
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57
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Suppe - Light Cavalry Overture | ||||||||
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98
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Stravinsky - The Firebird | ||||||||
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99
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Stravinsky - Infernal Dance | ||||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | |||||||||
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34
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Haydn - Drum Roll Symphony | ||||||||
| Antonin Dvorak - From the New World with Lyrics (12 themes) |
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Movement One
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Movement Three
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2
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Play for the People |
22
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Welcome to Spillville | ||||||
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4
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With the Gypsies I Want to Stay
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24
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Antonin, Happy Again | ||||||
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7
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Music Calls Me |
27
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It's Back to New York | ||||||
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Movement Two
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Movement Four
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14
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Antonin Dvorak |
29
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Chief Big Moon | ||||||
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16
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I Miss You So, My Country |
30
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Antonin, Baby | ||||||
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18
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Antonin, Darling, Speed It Up |
32
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How I Love the Woods | ||||||
| (If the children know all the themes from K, Grade 1, 2, 3, and 4, proceed to the next level.) | |||||||||
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GRADE 5
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(Play "Name That Tune" with all selections from Grades K-4 to see what the children have retained. Learn those they don't know and enjoy singing their favorites).
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Page
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Volume 1 - Themes To Remember | ||||||||
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45
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Chopin - Grand Valse Brillante | ||||||||
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81
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Debussy - Clair de Lune | ||||||||
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83
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Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 | ||||||||
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87
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Souza - Semper Fidelis | ||||||||
| Volume 2 - Themes To Remember | |||||||||
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59
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Offenbach - Barcarolle | ||||||||
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43
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Schubert - Ave Maria | ||||||||
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49
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Chopin - Minute Waltz | ||||||||
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50
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Chopin - Funeral March | ||||||||
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53
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Listz - Liebestrauim | ||||||||
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55
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Verdi - Rigoletto | ||||||||
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63
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Borodin - Prince Igor | ||||||||
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65
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Delibes - Lakme - Flower Duet Song | ||||||||
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71
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Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor | ||||||||
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73
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Faure - Pavane | ||||||||
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93
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Sibelius - Valse Triste | ||||||||
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94
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Sibelius - Finlandia - Themes 1 and 2 | ||||||||
| Classical Karaoke for Kids | |||||||||
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52
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Chopin - Tristesse Etude | ||||||||
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55
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Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries | ||||||||
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65
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Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld | ||||||||
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59
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Verdi - Nabucco, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves | ||||||||
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61
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Verdi - Aida, Triumphal March | ||||||||
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67
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Smetana - The Moldau | ||||||||
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75
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Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 1 | ||||||||
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79
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Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet | ||||||||
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87
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Satie - Gymnopedie | ||||||||
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89
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Joplin - The Entertainer | ||||||||
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By the Fifth Grade, children can listen intelligently and joyfully to fully orchestrated symphonies whose themes they have learned: |
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| Beethoven's Fifth Symphony | |||||||||
| Haydn's Clock Symphony | |||||||||
| Dvorak's New World Symphony | |||||||||
