Classroom Resource

Compare and Contrast Composers

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

3, 4, 5

Overview

Students will analyze Igor Stravinsky's Firebird and Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man. They will listen again and draw a picture of what they feel while listening to each piece. They will compare and contrast each composer.

Content Standards

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Music

AE17.MU.3.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Bar lines
Measures

Pitch set: Low So, Low La, High Do
Treble clef reading (Mi, Re, Do)
Middle C to high G
Ledger lines

Partner songs
Rounds
Ostinati

Theme and variations
Coda
D.S. al coda
Repeat sign
Fermata

Phrase/ phrasing
Pianissimo (pp), fortissimo (ff)

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Orchestral instruments: 4 families
Age-appropriate pitch matching (Bb3 - Eb5)

Essential Questions

EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

Skills Examples

Performing

Using movement, manipulatives, or visual representation, demonstrate and describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as different sections, selected orchestral, band, folk, or ethnic instruments).

Creating

Express melodic contour through movement.

Reading/ Writing

When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.
Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.

Responding/ Evaluating

Identify and respond to simple music forms (e.g., AB, ABA).
Identify elements of music using appropriate vocabulary.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Music

AE17.MU.4.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Conducting patterns in
Syncopation

Melody

Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti
Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do)
Middle C through High B
Create melodic sequences
Half-step
Whole step

Harmony

Canons
Chord components
Chord progression (I, V)
Crossover bordun

Form

Phrasing: antecedent and consequent
D.C. al coda
Fine

Expression

pp through ff

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Orchestra instruments within the 4 families
Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5)

Essential Questions

EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

Skills Examples

Performing

Demonstrate and explain how specific music concepts (such as form, timbre, etc.) are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as social and cultural contexts) through various means (such as manipulatives, movement, and/or pictorial representation).

Creating

Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.

Reading/ Writing

Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, citing evidence from the elements of music.
When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.

Responding/ Evaluating

Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of music applied to a listening example using teacher-given vocabulary (such as different sections of complex forms, teacher-selected orchestral instruments, etc.).
Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Music

AE17.MU.5.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Melody

Pitch set: Do-centered diatonic
Treble clef reading (choral octavos)
Grand staff
Bass clef
Accidentals
Major scale

Harmony

Part singing/ playing
Chord progression (I, IV, V)
Arpeggio
Descant
Level bordun

Form

Rondo form
12-Bar blues

Expression

Vibrato
Tremolo
Reggae
Blues
Timbre: soprano, alto, tenor, bass

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Age-appropriate pitch matching (Ab3-F5)

Essential Questions

EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

Skills Examples

Performing

Analyze the formal structure of music that is to be performed.
Identify elements of music to be performed for a specific context (for example, dynamic markings that are appropriate for a lullaby).

Creating

Choose a literary work, such as a poem or story, to generate musical ideas for performance.

Reading/ Writing

Examine performance music for expressive elements, and use correct notation to indicate placement.

Responding/ Evaluating

Justify personal preferences for certain musical pieces, performance, composers and musical genres both orally and in writing.
Discuss contributions of musical elements to aesthetic qualities in performances of self and others.
Consider and articulate the influence of technology on music careers.
Develop and apply criteria for critiquing more complex performances of live and recorded music.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

Link to Resource

http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/lessonplans/KSEd_Compare_and_Co…

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

San Francisco Symphony

Accessibility

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/Terms%20of%20Use%20for%20Lesson…

Comments or Notes

This chart is referenced in the lesson plan. It explains how teachers have integrated music into the classroom.

Connection to Pathways to Integration chart

Approved Date

2021-07-15

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Compare and Contrast Composers

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

AE17.MU.3.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.MU.3.19

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

AE17.MU.4.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.MU.4.19

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

AE17.MU.5.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

Unpacked Content

UP:AE17.MU.5.19

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

CR Resource Type

Resource Provider

License Type

Custom License Type (URL)

Comments or Notes

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Compare and Contrast Composers

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

AE17.MU.3.19 Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

AE17.MU.4.19 Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

AE17.MU.5.19 Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Essential Questions

Skills Examples

Anchor Standards

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CR Resource Type

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License Type

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Comments or Notes

Approved Date

AE17.MU.3.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

AE17.MU.4.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context.

AE17.MU.5.19
Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and explain appropriateness to the context, citing evidence from the elements of music.