Activities:
Read Grieg's Biography: (see links in left side bar for background, childhood, etc)
Listen to Classic For Kid's audio shows on Edvard Grieg HERE (you can also read the transcripts there).
Print this off for a timeline figure!!
Edvard Grieg
June 15, 1843 - Sept. 4, 1907
Image courtesy of Bergen Off. Library
June 15, 1843 - Sept. 4, 1907
Image courtesy of Bergen Off. Library
Edvard Grieg Music to buy:
I am thinking about downloading this mp3 album from amazon.com - $9.49 for TONS of music (38 tracks to be exact!): | This CD has several of the AO selections on one disc: (Peer Gynt No.1&2, Finlandia, Norwegian Dances) $6.49 w/ prime shipping | And last but not least, here's the album I would totally buy if the cover art were the only consideration :) |
Free downloads of AO term selections:
(I have downloaded and actually listened to all 3 - all perfectly suitable for a basic intro!)
Peer Gynt - look for 'McKeeverDuoGriegPeerGynt' - this is very nicely done!
Norwegian Dance No.2 - scroll 1/3 of the way down the page, look for 'Pianoteq Grieg' / Grieg Norwegian Dance 2
Piano Concerto in A - Op.16, I,II, III - download links at the bottom of the page
Some helpful links:
Ambleside Online's Composer Schedule page - lists the composers to be studied each term
How we do Composer Study - A how-to by Fisher Academy, yay!
And still more links (maybe helpful):
A teacher's lesson plan for an activity based on Grieg's Peer Gynt - The Tale of the Mountain King. Looks fairly interesting.
A wordsearch (pdf) with important words from Edvard Grieg's bio on the makingmusicfun.com site (left click to save file as).
A unit study (pdf) from jaysilveira.com for your perusal... seems a bit technical/band class/ music lesson-ish to me, but heh, I know that someone could find it useful :)
A downloadable biography of Edvard Grieg, by Henry T. Finck - from archive.org (I have NO idea of it's literary quality...)
A lesson plan/activities from BBC's Parents' Music Room - Motivate your Child with Music, using Peer Gynt - Tale of the Mountain King including a how-to for teaching your kids how to compose some music themselves.
Enjoy!
PS. Please leave a comment if you've found any other helpful resources online or from your library! It would be helpful to everyone else who comes along!!
Thanks everyone for pointing this one out!! We LOVED it!
Yay, for the Lego orchestra!
Posts
