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Year 7 Unit 9 - Pictures at an Exhibition |
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Exploring Music & Art |
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This unit aims to explore how pictures and art can provide the inspiration and stimulus for composition. Mussorgsky’s work Pictures at an Exhibition is based on his close friend, the painter and architect, Victor Hartmann’s paintings at an exhibition mounted shortly after his death. Pupils begin by exploring how the recurring “Promenade” theme portrays Mussorgsky’s walk through the exhibition and perform the rhythm and melody of the “Promenade” theme to use later in the unit. Pupils then explore how Mussorgsky captures the mood of some of the paintings in more detail, through sound and how the elements of music are used to create different effects. Finally, pupils compose their own piece of music inspired by a picture or painting of their choice, which is put together to form a class “Pictures at an Exhibition” featuring the recurring “Promenade” theme. Element Focus - Rhythm, Timbre & Dynamics, Structure & Form |
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Promenade (Full Piano Score) |
Promenade Rhythm Score |
Promenade Rhythm
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Score 3 Promenade Melody Score Opening 2 Bars |
Promenade Melody Opening 2 Bars |
Song for a Lady |
Song for a Lady (Song Melody) |
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The Old Castle Opening Theme |
The Old Castle Opening Theme |
The Old Castle Opening Theme (Transposed) |
The Old Castle Opening Theme with Drone |
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The Gallery Picture Matching |
Listening to Gnomus
(Uses Audio 5) |
Hartmann’s Pictures |
Picture Bank |
Instruments in Pictures at an Exhibition
(Uses Audio 16) |
Listening Quiz - Pictures at an Exhibition (Uses Audio 15) |
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Two Different Promenades Card Sort
(Uses Audio 3 & 4) |
Listening to The Old Castle
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My Pictures at an Exhibition Learning |
Promenades from Pictures at an Exhibition |
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Baba Yaga Animation (Piano Version) |
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Animation (Piano Version) |
Introducing Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade Animation |
Promenade (Animusic) |
The Great Gate of Kiev (Animusic) |
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Listening to Baba Yaga
(Uses Audio 12) |
Picture Matching |
Mussorgsky Biography and Pictures at an Exhibition |
Promenade Rhythms
(Uses Audio 1 & 2) |
Pictures and Music
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Pictures and Music Listening Sheet (Uses Audio 14) |
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Listening to Promenade’
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Baba Yaga Rhythm Challenge
(Uses Audio 12) |
Pictures at an Exhibition Composing Sheet (Uses optional Starter/Plenary 4) |
Listening to Bydlo and The Great Gate of Kiev
(Uses Audio 10 & 13) |
Listening to Pictures at an Exhibition
(Uses Audio 9) |
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Mussorgsky Biography & Questions |
Pictures at an Exhibition |
Pictures at an Exhibition Word Search |
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Lesson Plan (PDF) |
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Lesson Bundles (ZIP) Download all the resources you need for each lesson (excluding video files) in a ZIP file. |
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Lesson 1 Exploring Pictures and Music |
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Lesson 2 Exploring the Promenade Theme |
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Lesson 3 Exploring “Gnomus” & “Baba Yaga” |
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Lesson 4 Exploring “The Old Castle” |
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Lesson 5 Composing a class “Pictures at an Exhibition” |
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Lesson 6 Performing a class “Pictures at an Exhibition” |
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