The Kodaly Method II Folksong to Masterwork

by Choksy, Lois

• ISBN13: 9780139491733
• ISBN10: 0139491732
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-13
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book is aimed at Advanced Methods in Music Education courses , which address the organization of a curricular framework for upper elementary and secondary school students. Designed to guide older beginners through the transition from folk songs as the basic vehicle of instruction to art music as the core of the music curriculum, this step-by-step guide features 19 lessons organized precisely in the sequence of the Kodaly Method. Its interactive, outcome-based approach exposes students to the great music of the world, letting them experience its dynamics in a firsthand, meaningful way.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Kodaly in North America	1	(23)
Desired End Product	2	(3)
Suggested Curriculum	5	(18)
Conclusion	23	(1)
Putting It All Together: 19 Sample Lessons for Getting Older Students Started	24	(49)
Constructing Lessons	24	(1)
Teaching Toward Concept Inference and Skill Development	25	(46)
Conclusion	71	(2)
What Shall We Teach Once a Common Musical Vocabulary Is in Place?	73	(9)
The Hungarian Model	74	(1)
Implications for Music Programs in North America	74	(1)
Organizing a Curricular Framework for Teaching and Learning	75	(2)
The Pedagogical Cycle	77	(2)
Singing as the Basis for Listening	79	(1)
Levels of Music Listening	80	(1)
A Suggested Curriculum Based on Selected Works, Composers, Periods, Styles, Forms, and Ensembles	80	(1)
Conclusion	81	(1)
First Experiences in Directed Listening	82	(28)
Music of the Classical Period	82	(4)
Rondo Form	86	(1)
Listening Strategy 1: Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4 in Eb Major, K. 495	86	(12)
Listening Strategy 2: Haydn, Cello Concerto in D. Major, Op. 101	98	(4)
Minuet and Trio Form: Information for the Teacher	102	(1)
Listening Strategy 3: Mozart, Symphony No. 41, K. 551	103	(5)
Listening Strategy 4: Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525	108	(2)
Experiences in Directed Listening: The Symphony and Sonata Form	110	(22)
Sonata Form	110	(1)
Listening Strategy 5: Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D Major	111	(6)
Listening Strategy 6: Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68	117	(10)
Listening Strategy 7: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, Op. 73	127	(4)
Conclusion	131	(1)
Experiences in Directed Listening: Music of the Baroque (1600--1750)	132	(27)
Background Information for the Teacher	132	(3)
Listening Strategy 8: J.S. Bach, The Fugue from Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor	135	(8)
Listening Strategy 9: J.S. Bach, The Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major	143	(9)
Listening Strategy 10: George Frideric Handel, The Water Music	152	(7)
Experiences in Directed Listening: Music of Schubert and Brahms	159	(16)
Background Information for the Teacher	159	(2)
Listening Strategy 11: Franz Schubert, ``Die Forelle'' (The Trout)	161	(3)
Form: Theme and Variations	164	(1)
Listening Strategy 12: Schubert Quintet, Op. 114, ``The Trout,'' Fourth Movement	164	(5)
Listening Strategy 13: Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E Major, Op. 98, Fourth Movement	169	(6)
Experiences in Directed Listening: Music of the Impressionist Period and Early Twentieth Century	175	(13)
Background Information for the Teacher	175	(1)
Listening Strategy 14: Claude Debussy, ``Nuages'' (from Nocturnes)	176	(2)
Listening Strategy 15: Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite	178	(4)
Hand Signs for Diatonic Scale	182	(2)
The Most Common Chromatic Tones	184	(4)
Conclusion	188	(3)
Creating Further Listening Strategies	189	(1)
Achieving Music Outcomes	190	(1)
Bibliography	191	(4)
Discography	195	(6)
Music Index	201	(2)
Index	203