“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
“Art starts out in the artists soul inwardly. The art can not be expressed outwardly
without the willingness of the artist to work hard."
COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade is the young bride of the Sultan. After one of his wives cheats on him, he decides to take a new wife every day and have her executed the next morning. But it all stops with Scheherazade. She marries the Sultan in order to save all future young women from this fate. She tells the Sultan fascinating stories, leaving him in such suspense each night that he can't execute her the next morning for fear of not hearing the end of the story. After 1,001 of these well-told tales, the Sultan relents. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10139009
COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade Op. 35
"Scheherazade"
LYRICS TO A POP SONG PERFORMED BY MADONNA
He was the sultan of Samarcand
He had a harem of dancing girls at his command
He owned all the eye could see
Something was wrong, he wasn't happy
And then it happened much to his surprise
The loveliest woman he'd ever seen
He asked her name and she replied
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
She was the daughter of the grand vizier
A real beauty with a heart of gold, she was so sincere
She made a date with destiny
Marry the king, make him happy
He was enchanted on their wedding night
Just a captive under her spell
Spending a thousand and one Arabian nights
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
All of his body tingled with delight
Hearing the stories she loved to tell
She was a vision, such a lovely sight
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
He made a promise on the morning star
He would change, throw away his scimitar
So she came to stay
And that's the way the story goes
Until this very day
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
He was enchanted on their wedding night
Just a captive under her spell
Spending a thousand and one Arabian nights
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
All of his body tingled with delight
Hearing the stories she loved to tell
She was a vision, such a lovely sight
[Madonna:] Scheherazade
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/madonna/scheherazade.html
The story of Scheherazade was also placed into music as a song cycle (and later as an orchestral version) by the famous French composer Maurice Ravel:
The story of Scheherazade was also placed into music as a song cycle (and later as an orchestral version) by the famous French composer Maurice Ravel:
Ravel's 'Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie,' written in 1898 but unpublished,
is a work for orchestra intended as the overture for an opera of the same name.
It was first performed at a concert of the Société Nationale on 27 May 1899.
LINKS
GENERAL MUSIC:
01. MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS
02. ALLEY CAT (QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTE RHYTHM COUNTING) GRAPH
........a. REVIEWED SYMBOL and MATH OF THE QUARTER NOTE and QUARTER NOTE REST
........b. CUTTING THE QUARTER NOTE IN HALF BY ADDING A "FLAG" ON THE NOTE MAKES THE NOTES VALUE AN 8TH (TWICE AS FAST AS THE QUARTER NOTE)
........c. 2 OR MORE EIGHTH NOTES CAN HAVE THEIR "FLAGS" HOOKED TOGETHER; HOOK "FLAGS" ARE CALLED BEAMS
........d. USED BODY PERCUSSION TO DEMONSTRATE THROUGH MOVEMENT THE EIGHTH NOTES BY SPLITTING THE QUARTER NOTE BODY PERCUSSION "PATSCH" IN HALF
........e. DISCUSSED THE FORM OF THE SONG BY VIEWING THE GRAPH OF THE MELODY PATTERNS
..............1) BINARY (2 MELODIC PHRASES) FORM: INTRODUCTION/ A/A/B/A/CODA
........f. STUDENTS LISTENED TO THE MUSIC and MOVED DIFFERENT BODY PERCUSSION ACTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT MELODIC PATTERNS
03. ALLEY CAT (QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTE RHYTHM COUNTING) RHYTHMIC SYMBOL READING and FOCUSING SKILLS
........a. STUDENTS SHOWN DIFFERENT WAYS TO COUNT QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES (IN PAIRS)
..............1) USING WORD RHYTHMS (EXAMPLE: "ONE" FOR THE QUARTER NOTE, "REST" FOR THE QUARTER NOTE RESTS, and "JELL-O" FOR EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
..............2) USING TONGUING SOUNDS (EXAMPLE: "TAH" FOR QUARTERS and "TEE-TEE" for EIGHTHS
..............3) USING WORDS THAT INDICATE SPEED (EXAMPLE: "SLOW" FOR THE QUARTERS and
"FAST-FAST" FOR THE EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
"FAST-FAST" FOR THE EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
..............4) USING MUSICAL MATH AN EXAMPLE IS “1” FOR A QUARTER and “1 +” FOR EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
........b. STUDENTS READ and COUNTED THE RHYTHMS OUT LOUD (TO HELP WITH FOCUSING SKILLS) AND USED BODY PERCUSSION MOVING TO THE RHYTHMS THEY WERE COUNTING WITH THE RECORDED MUSIC
ADV. STRINGS
01. LOS MACHETES
02. PIRATES
03. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a. WORKED ON THE 16TH NOTE PASSAGE TO SYNCHRONIZE IT WAS THE BASS/CELLO PARTS
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
05. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP: OPEN STRING ONE OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES PER BOW AT L.H. and U.H.
02. LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a. PRACTICED THE SECOND PHRASE
........b. ADDED THE FIRST PHRASE TO THE SECOND PHRASE
03. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a. LOOKED OVER THE FAST PART and LEARNED HOW TO SIMPLIFY IT WHEN PLAYING FAST (FOR CONTINUITY) UNTIL ALL THE NOTES ARE LEARNED UP TO SPEED