FRENCH HORN

We're going to play some of the best music ever written, by the most famous The Great composers who ever lived! Join us on a journey t h r o u g h t i m e a s w e introduce you to the most Composers talented and creative men in history.

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Grade 2 (ABRSM) standard Level 2 (includes basic learner parts) music arranged by Matt Kingston Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809) Surprise Symphony

The composer Joseph Haydn had a good sense of humour, and often included little jokes in his music.

His 'Surprise Symphony' has become very famous. Most of it is played quietly, with a sudden very loud chord in the middle. Haydn thought it would make the ladies in the audience jump out of their seats!

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French Horn George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759) Music for the Royal Fireworks

Some composers are asked to write music to celebrate a special occasion.

Handel was a German composer who lived in London. King George II asked him to write music for a big reworks display to celebrate a military victory. More than 12,000 people came to hear it performed!

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French Horn 2 Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) Minuet (from Anna Magdalena's Notebook)

Bach was one of the greatest composers of a time, but when he was alive people didn't like his music very much.

It wasn't until long after he died that other composers realised that Bach was a genius. Nowadays his music is very popular and is loved by people around the world. Bach wrote this piece for his wife, Anna Magdalena.

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French Horn 3 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Ode to Joy (from Symphony 9)

Believe it or not, Beethoven kept writing music even after he went deaf.

As we as writing music, Beethoven became very we- known as a conductor and piano player. When he was a young man, he started to lose his hearing and later went totay deaf. He was sti able to compose fantastic symphonies, concertos and an opera.

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He learned to play the piano when he was just three years old, and started composing when he was ve. See, you don't have to be a grown-up to write your own tunes!

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There is music which represents many dierent things, animals, people or places. Our next tune is by an Italian composer caed Vivaldi. He wrote piece caed the Four Seasons, which depict Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

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French Horn 6 Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Dance of the Reed Flutes (from The Nutcracker)

Many great composers wrote music for the baet.

The most famous baet composer was Tchaikovsky, who came from Russia. He wrote a baet caed The Nutcracker, which is set at Christmas. A handsome prince takes a little girl to the Land of Sweets. The dancers are dressed as gingerbread soldiers, candy canes, snowakes and owers.

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French Horn 7 Giuseppe VERDI (1813-1901) La Donna è Mobile (from Rigoletto)

Verdi was an Italian composer, who is best known for his Operas.

An opera is a bit like a play, except the story is told through music and singing. The singers are also actors, who dress up in beautiful costumes, and the stage has scenery to take the audience to far-o lands.

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In the Ha of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) Some composers wrote music which depicts the landscape of their country.

Grieg was from Norway. Much of his music paints a picture of the mountains, forests and fjords of his homeland - and sometimes even the tros and other magical creatures who live there!

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Sir Edward Elgar was the most famous English composer.

He wrote many we-known tunes, but his most popular is caed 'Land of Hope and Glory'. When it is performed, the people in the audience are aowed to join in, and they wave Union Jack ags in the air whilst they sing along.

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