A Child’s Treasure of Music

Module 1Introduction
Unit 1How Do I Teach This Music?
Module 2Ages Baby to 4
Unit 1Methodology
Unit 2W. A. Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Unit 3J. S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Unit 4J. Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 5
Unit 5N. Rimsky-Korsakov, The Flight of the Bumblebee
Unit 6J. P. Sousa, Semper Fidelis
Unit 7L. v. Beethoven, Military March in F Major
Unit 8J. Brahms, Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
Unit 9J. Strauss II, Annen Polka
Unit 10P. Tchaikovsky, The Seasons - May
Unit 11J. Offenbach, Can-Can
Unit 12Stories and Songs for Little Children
Module 3Ages 5-8
Unit 1Methodology
Unit 2S. Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf
Unit 3C. Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals
Unit 4G. Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1
Unit 5F. J. Haydn, Trumpet Concerto
Unit 6G. Rossini, William Tell Overture
Unit 7G. F. Handel, Pastoral Symphony
Unit 8M. Glinka, Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
Unit 9M. Ravel, Bolero
Unit 10J. Strauss II, Blue Danube Waltz
Unit 11F. Mendelssohn, Song with Words (Spinning Song)
Unit 12S. Foster, “I Dream of Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair”
Unit 13Rodgers and Hammerstein, Sound of Music
Unit 14American Folk Songs for Children
Module 4Ages 9-12
Unit 1Methodology
Unit 2A. Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Unit 3J. S. Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Unit 4C. Debussy, The Girl With the Flaxen Hair
Unit 5A. Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Unit 6L. v. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight”)
Unit 7E. Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
Unit 8G. F. Handel, Water Music Suite No. 1
Unit 9J. Sibelius, Finlandia
Unit 10M. Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Unit 11M. Ravel, Mother Goose Suite
Unit 12R. Wagner, Ride of the Valkyries
Unit 13R. Strauss, Don Juan
Unit 14F. Chopin, Polonaise Op. 53 (“Heroic”)
Unit 15M. Wilson, The Music Man
Module 5Ages 13-16
Unit 1Overview
Unit 2W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 40
Unit 3G. Holst, The Planets
Unit 4S. Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
Unit 5R. Schumann, “Träumerei” from Kinderszenen
Unit 6L. v. Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Unit 7G. Puccini, “O mio babbino caro”
Unit 8J. Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez
Unit 9J. Dowland, “Flow My Tears”
Unit 10E. Satie, Gymnopedie No. 1
Unit 11F. Chopin, Prelude in D-Flat Major
Unit 12O. Respighi, The Pines of Rome
Unit 13E. Elgar, Nimrod (Enigma Variations, IX)
Unit 14P. Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
Unit 15S. Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag
Unit 16S. Barber, Adagio for Strings
Unit 17G. Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Unit 18Rodgers and Hammerstein, “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
Unit 19Kern and Hammerstein, “Ol’ Man River”
Unit 20E. Whitacre, Water Night