Adventures in Music Listening Student Activity Book Level 2

An integrated elementary listening program for music classes, regular classes, libraries and home use. Includes 20 great musical selections complete with historical information, composer/arranger biographical information, musical features sketches, cross-curricular connections and anticipated outcomes. Meets the National Music Standards.

Activities go along with the musical selections - number the pictures to show the order the events are heard in the music, find a measure that includes an example of syncopation, sing the song, write the name of each instrument shown, which words best describe the music, play the rhythm pattern, etc.

Featured Musical Works

• I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - African-American
• The Little Fugue in G Minor - Bach
• Jamaican Rumba - Benjamin
• This Little Babe from A Ceremony of Carols - Britten
• Variations on "Pop! Goes the Weasel" - Cailliet
• Hoe-Down from Rodeo - Copland
• In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite - Grieg
• Cloudburst from The Grand Canyon Suite - Grofé
• Overture to Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
• Tabuh Penyuwud from Gamelan Batel - Indonesia/Bali
• Russian Dance from Gayane Suite No. 2 - Khachaturian
• Si, Señor - Latin America
• Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
• Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas from Mother Goose Suite - Ravel
• Chester from New England Triptych - Schuman
• The Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa
• Infernal Dance of King Kaschei from The Firebird - Stravinsky
• The Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore - Verdi
• Little Train of the Caipira from Bachianas Brasilieras No. 2 - Villa-Lobos
• Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin - Wagner