MUSIC IN THE VICTORIAN PERIOD 1837-1901 FACTS • The most popular form of music in the Victorian period was ‘Music Hall’. • This originated from traditional Folk Song. FOLK SONG • Folk song is a song/ tune originating among the people of a country or area, passed by oral tradition from one singer or generation to the next, often existing in several versions. Listen to this Folk Song which was sung in Brigg by a singer called Joseph Taylor. He lived in Saxby All Saints in North Lincolnshire. Brigg Fair was an annual event held in the market town of Brigg North Lincolnshire on 5 August since 1205. It was primarily an event at which horses were bought and sold. It stopped a few years ago. • Brigg Fair ( joseph Taylor) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdmgUM4LbS4 FREDERICK DELIUS 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934), This is a version of Brigg Fair from the ‘English Rhapsody ‘by the English composer Frederick Delius who was from Bradford in West Yorkshire. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_JUKXwHZz4 EXERCISE Write a short 4 line rap about Scunthorpe Make sure you can say the rap and keep the pulse. Record your rap. E.G: Scunthorpe is the place to be Everyone here is good to me Nowhere else I’d want to be The greatest place in this country! MUSIC HALL • Music Hall was a popular form of theatre entertainment from 1850 and included popular songs, comedy or variety acts. • By 1875 there were over 300 music Halls in London alone. • Women were allowed to perform for the first time in public. The Show Here is an example of a Music Hall show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWrsAPSbgD0 Daisy Daisy. • This was a popular Music Hall song written by British Songwriter Harry Dacre in 1892. • Have a listen and try and sing along. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEjBkMsmJs QUIZ • Which came first? Folk song or Music Hall? • What was the name of the folksinger who sang Brigg Fair? • Where was the composer Delius born? • What was the piece called that he used Brigg Fair in? • Where was Music Hall most popular?.