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!
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11 comments:
Thank you so much for putting this here. I love your blog :) I don't mean to sound uh, lazy, but your site makes it extremely easy to find things ;)
~Blossom
Great listing of resources, Amy! For a bit of fun, we found the Lego orchestra performing Hall of the Mountain King quite entertaining. It's on YouTube, so you'll have to watch out for the inappropriate ads, etc....I just have everyone leave the room until I make sure things are "safe."
I know this took a lot of time to put together. Thanks again for making it easier for the rest of us.
I was about to recommend the same You-tube video as Queen Mom! Our kids thought it was a lot of fun.
I have to agree with the others. You put lots of resources in a wonderful way. I love love classics for kids. Great info, makes me stay on top of the music and art that I tend to neglect but that is such a crucial part of education.
Thanks a lot for adding my button, and no, I didn't have it in my site. However the link seems to be broken, in the link you have to add the http://charlottemasonsp.blogspot.com so it goes there when you click the picture. If it doesn't work, I'll have the code in my website too to add as an HTML gadget.
Silvia
Thanks for the great info!
Lizzie
Thanks for taking the time to fix the problem. I loved listening to his bio in classic for kids. I've done a three pieces playlist (it's the only ones that pop up at playlist.com), and added them to my blog. The other day I was listening to them and my oldest said, mom, what a beautiful music.
I'm with you, if I make the post, I do it!
Thanks, Silvia
Thanks for the great resources. We loved the Lego orchestra!
Thanks for this. I'm with blossom - love your blog; love you for putting everything together like this!
Hi, Amy! Came here via Sarah's blog (Herding Turtles on the Trail) and just can't LEAVE!
Blessings,
Suzanne
I love Grieg and his music. Not long ago I started to search for information about his life. This is very interesting - http://www.fampeople.com/cat-edvard-grieg
Edvard Greig was such a talanted composer, I read so much about him and his compositions. I could recommend this article http://www.fampeople.com/articles-the-most-unfortunate-composition-edvard-grieg
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