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Who was Mozart and why is his Horn Concerto (No.4) so popular?

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1. To write your answers in your best handwriting in your home learning / exercise / notebook.

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Y2 Music Unit Who was Mozart and why is his Horn Concerto (no.4) so popular?

General Glossary

brass family (n) a group of instruments all made from brass. They are the loudest family in the orchestra.

call and response (n) a musical phrase in which the solo part is copied by another player or group of players

concerto (n) a piece of music written for a solo instrument and an orchestra; it shows off the skills of the soloist

composer (n) composition (n)

a person who writes music a piece of musical writing

movement (n) Part of a longer piece of music – a bit like a ‘chapter’ from a longer piece of music

orchestra (n) a large group of instruments from all 4 families.

pulse (n) music’s heartbeat; the beat behind the music

Rondo (n) a musical structure in which the main theme returns many times

solo (n) soloist (n)

one single instrument playing alone the person playing their instrument alone

theme (n) In music, a theme is a tune

valve (n) the ‘buttons’ on a horn or trumpet; when pressed they change the note

vivace (adj) Italian musical term meaning lively, ‘full of life’

Learning Overview

Lesson Lesson Question You will learn:

1. Who was Mozart and how did he become a composer?

When and where Mozart was born and how his interest in music began. How he became a composer.

2. What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write them?

What a concerto is. What a horn is and other acts about instruments from the brass family. Why Mozart wrote horn concertos.

3. What is special about Mozart’s Horn Concerto (No.4)?

What the different parts of Mozart’s Horn Concerto are called.

4. What is a Rondo? What a rondo is in music. How Mozart used the Rondo in his Horn Concerto to make it memorable and popular.

5. What did I like best about the Rondo in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4?

How to listen out for pulse, patterns and call and response in music. To appreciate how Mozart used musical techniques to make his Horn Concerto popular. To describe preferences in music.

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Who was Mozart and why is his Horn Concerto (no.4) so popular?

Learning Activity: Connect with what you already know / think you know

Think to yourself: have I heard the words Mozart, horn or concerto before?

Write down everything you know or think you know about Mozart, horns or concertos in your home learning / exercise / note book.

Remember to use complete sentences.

The sentence stems are there to help you.

Lesson 1: Who Mozart?

When I think about the word ‘Mozart’, I think about / remember______________

______________________________________________________________________

When I think about the word ‘horn’, I think about / remember_______________

______________________________________________________________________

When I think about the word ‘concerto’, I think about / remember___________________

_______________________________________________________________________


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born a

long time ago (in 1756) in Salzburg, in the

Central European country of Austria.

He was a composer during the Classical

period of music. The Classical period of is

the time from about 1750 to 1820

when Haydn, Mozart, and

Beethoven were the most famous

living composers.

In the Classical music period, the structure

of the piece was very important.

Composers usually started their work with

a melody (tune) and this melody would be

repeated and developed in different ways

throughout the music. For example, the

melody could be changed from fast to

slow, or high to a low.

Mozart only lived to be thirty-five years

old, but he is one of the most famous

composers of all time. He composed over

six hundred pieces of music to be sung or

played on instruments.

Lesson 1: Who was Mozart?

Mozart was a famous composer from the Classical music period.

When he was only four, he learned to play the clavier.

He started composing music at the age of 5!

As a boy, he travelled around Europe playing music for royalty.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Joseph_Haydn

https://kids.kiddle.co/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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https://kids.kiddle.co/Composer


When Mozart’s sister Nannerl was seven,

she had music lessons with their father

Leopold Mozart on the clavier, which is a

keyboard instrument similar to the piano.

Mozart, who was then only three years

old, used to watch Nannerl’s lessons and

listened very carefully to everything. Then

he would sit at the clavier and play a few

notes on his own.

So when he was four, Mozarts’s father

gave him clavier lessons too. His sister was

so amazed by the way he learned to play

songs so quickly that she wrote about it in

her notebooks.

Mozart is one of the world’s most famous

composers, but what’s most amazing is

that he wrote music from such a very

young age. He was only five years old

when he wrote his first pieces of music.

He wrote his first symphony at the age of

eight and his first opera at eleven!

Mozart’s father was so proud of Mozart’s

talents that he decided to take his son and

daughter on a concert tour of the grand

courts of Munich, in southern Germany.

As a teenager he and his sister were

famous all over Europe; they travelled

around with their father performing piano

and violin duets for the Prince and his

courtiers. Their special trick was to make

up the music on the spot!

Listening activity

Many people say that Mozart was a

genius. Listen to this piece of music, which

he composed when he was only five. Just

think: in our school he would have been in

our Reception Class!

Why do you think Mozart wrote his first

pieces of music for the piano / keyboard?

Why do you think people say that Mozart was

a genius?

Did you hear how Mozart started the piece

with a simple melody (tune) and then

repeated it through the piece?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK97qrf_Hs8&lis

t=RDFejHZUyj_Lw&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK97qrf_Hs8&list=RDFejHZUyj_Lw&index=8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK97qrf_Hs8&list=RDFejHZUyj_Lw&index=8


Lesson 1 Learning Activity: Retrieve what you have just found out about Mozart

Step 1) Test yourself Without looking back at the text you have just read, answer at the four questions in the grid in

complete sentences.

4 Questions to test yourself (remember, no looking…!)

1) Can you remember what period of music Mozart composed his music in?

2) Can you remember how old Mozart was when he first had keyboard lessons?

3) Can you remember how old he was when he first started composing music?

4) Can you remember the two instruments that Mozart and his sister played together as children in concerts?

Your book will look something like this (remember blue is book):

Step 2) Self-marking and correcting Now look back at the text for Lesson 1 (Who was Mozart?) and mark or correct your answers in purple

pen (or any colour will do).

Step 3) Learn from your mistakes If you got any wrong, make sure you learn the right answer for tomorrow!

Lesson 1 Listening Activity

I think Mozart wrote his first pieces of music for the piano / keyboard because_________

I think people say that Mozart was a genius because______________________________

I could hear how Mozart started the piece with a simple melody (tune) and then repeated it

through the piece.

Or

I couldn’t hear how Mozart started the piece with a simple melody (tune) and then repeated it

through the piece.


1) Mozart composed his music in the ___________________________________________ period of music.

2) When Mozart first had keyboard lessons, he was _________________________________________________

3) When Mozart first started composing music, he was ______________________________________________

4) The two instruments that Mozart and his sister played together as children in concerts were ______________


Retrieval Practice: What can you remember about Mozart from Lesson 1?

Remember to answer the questions in complete sentences. Your book will look like this:

Now look back at the text for Lesson 1 (Who was Mozart?) and mark or correct your answers in purple pen (or any colour will do).

Lesson 2: What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write one?


Mozart was a famous composer from the Classical music period.

When he was only four, he learned to play the clavier.

Where was Mozart born? How did Mozart start learning the clavier before his father gave him lessons at the age of four?

He started composing music at the age of 5!

As a boy, he travelled around Europe playing music for royalty.

Which instrument did Mozart write his first ever pieces of music for?

Why were Mozart and his sister famous as teenagers?

Without looking back at your work from Lesson 1, answer these questions in your home learning / exercise / note book.

Lesson 2: What is a horn concerto? Retrieval Practice 1) Mozart was born in_________________________________________________________________________ 2) Before his father gave him lessons at the age of four, Mozart started learning the clavier by _______________ 3) Mozart wrote his first ever pieces of music for ____________________________________________________ 4) Mozart and his sister famous as teenagers because ________________________________________________


During his life, Mozart wrote four horn concertos. A concerto is a type of musical composition written for a single instrument to play with an orchestra. It’s like having a lead singer (the solo instrument), with a band and backing singers to accompany them (the orchestra). Traditionally, a concerto consists of three movements (parts), often a fast movement, then a slower movement, and then another fast one.

The French horn is a member of the ‘brass

family’ of instruments.

The brass family includes the trumpet,

tuba, trombone, French horn and

sousaphone, just to name a few.

Most brass instruments are made out

of…you guessed it a type of metal called

brass! Brass instruments are used in all

sorts of music, making a bright, brilliant

and, often, loud sound.

Lesson 2: What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write them?

A concerto is a piece of music made for a solo instrument and an orchestra.

A horn is an instrument from the brass family.

The horn was a popular instrument at the time.

Mozart wrote horn music for one of his best

friends to play.


Listening activity

Watch this video clip about the brass

family from GreenBeansMusic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5162icRy6Y

Which brass instrument would you most like

to try?

What words would you use to describe the

French horn?

At the time Mozart was writing, hunting

stags and other wild animals on horseback

was a popular sport for royals and rich

people.

In hunting, brass horns can be used to send messages to other hunters. Early

hunting horns were round so that the hunter could put his arm through it and carry it on his shoulder and blow it – all while riding a horse! The riders could send messages to one another by blowing particular notes.

Horns of the time (natural horns) were very difficult to play because they didn’t have valves (buttons) to press to change the notes. The player had to use his mouth to control the tune.

Look at the difference between the natural horn (from Mozart’s time) and the modern French horn.

Which one would you prefer to try the natural horn or the modern horn?

Mozart wrote his Horn Concerto for his friend Joseph Leutgeb who was a famous horn player. Leutgeb inherited a cheese shop in Vienna and might have become a cheese monger if Mozart hadn’t written such fabulous concertos for him to play!

Lesson 2 Listening Activity: The Brass Family

The brass instrument I would most like to try is

because ________________.

I think the French horn sounds_______________.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5162icRy6Y


Lesson 2 Learning Activity: Retrieve what you have just found out about concertos and

horns


complete sentences.


1) Can you remember what a concerto is? 2) Can you remember which family of instruments the French horn belongs to?

3) Can you remember why horns were used for hunting in Mozart’s time?

4) Can you remember the name of Mozart’s friend who was famous for playing the horn?

Your book will look something like this (remember blue is book!):

Step 2) Self-marking and correcting Now look back at the text for Lesson 2 (What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write one?) and

mark or correct your answers in purple pen (or any colour will do).



1) A concerto is_______________________________________________________________________________

2) The family of instruments the French horn belongs to is ____________________________________________

3) In Mozart’s time, people used horns in hunting to_________________________________________________

4) The name of Mozart’s friend who was famous for playing the horn was_______________________________


Retrieval Practice: What can you remember about how horn concertos from Lesson 2?


Now look back at the text for Lesson 2 (What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write them?) and


Lesson 3: What is special about Mozart’s Horn Concerto (No.4)?


A concerto is a piece of music made for a solo instrument and an orchestra.

A horn is an instrument from the brass family.

How many movements (parts) does a concerto usually have?

What is the main difference between the horn in Mozart’s time and the horns we have now?

The horn was a popular instrument at the time.

Mozart wrote horn music for one of his best

friends to play.

What was the horn used for in hunting in Mozart’s time?

What was the name of Mozart’s friend who was famous for playing the horn?


Lesson 3: What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write one? Retrieval Practice 1) A concerto usually has _______________________________________________________________________ 2) The main difference between the horn in Mozart’s time and the horns we have now is that________________ 3) In Mozart’s time, the horn was used in hunting for ________________________________________________ 4) The name of Mozart’s friend who was famous for playing the horn was_______________________________


Traditionally, a concerto has three movements (parts): a fast movement, followed by a slow movement, followed by a fast movement. Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 follows the traditional form of a concerto. It has three movements, a fast movement, followed by a slower movement, finishing with a fast movement. Each of the three movements has a name:

1. Allegro moderato 2. Romance (Andante cantabile) 3. Rondo (Allegro vivace)

The names of the three movements in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 are written in Italian. Most instructions in music are usually written in Italian. In English these movements are called:

1. Allegro moderato = moderately (quite) quick

2. Romance (Andante cantabile) = Romance (moderately slowly and in a flowing, singing style)

3. Rondo (Allegro vivace) = Rondo (fast, quickly, brightly and lively)

A typical performance of the concerto

takes 16-18 minutes.


Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 has three movements.

The third movement is the most popular.

Many people think that Mozart wrote his Horn Concerto No.4 to play a joke on his friend.

What do you think?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Italian_tempo_markings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Italian_tempo_markings



The third movement, Rondo (Allegro vivace), is the most famous and well-known part of Mozart’s Horn Concerto. Many people think that this movement describes the sport of hunting, which is very fast and exciting.

Mozart was also a lot of fun to be around. He loved to play practical jokes on people and he often got into trouble for doing so. Many people believe that Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4, particularly the third movement, was written to play a joke on Mozart’s horn-playing friend, Joseph Leutgeb. They think this for two reasons.

Firstly because the music was written in

multi-coloured ink, which was unusual,

and made it difficult to follow.

Secondly, because the third movement

was so difficult to play that it would really

tease his friend by testing his horn-playing

skills to the extreme!

Predictive listening (before you listen / watch): Think about what you have read about the third movement of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4.

How do you think the music

will feel? Here are some words to help you think

about that question: slow / frightening /

angry / lively / playful / sad / cheerful /

bouncy.

What do you think the

dynamics (loud or soft) of the music

will be like? Will they always be same

or will they change?

Remember to use complete sentences. The sentence stems are there to help you.

Lesson 3 Learning Activity 1: Listening to Mozart’s

Horn Concert No.4, Movement 3 (Rondo)

I think Mozart’s Horn Concert No.4, Movement 3

(Rondo) will feel____________________________

I think this because_________________________

I think the dynamics will be __________________

I think this because_________________________



Now listen to and watch the first part of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo

Allegro.

Were your predictions about how the music would sound correct?

Lesson 3 Learning Activity: What is special about Mozart’s Horn Concerto (No.4)?


complete sentences.


1) Can you remember how many movements (parts) Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 has?

2) Can you remember which movement (part) is the most well-known?

3) Can you remember the name of the third movement?

4) Can you remember how the music sounded when you heard it?

Your book will look like this (remember blue is book!):

Step 2) Self-marking and correcting Now look back at the text for Lesson 3 (What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write one?) and



Lesson 3: What is a horn concerto and why did Mozart write one?

1) Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 has __________________ movements.

2) The most popular movement in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 is _________________________________

3) The name of the third movement is _________________________________________________________

4) When I heard it, I thought the music sounded__________________________________________________

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-

pieces/KS2-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-horn-

concerto-no-4-3rd-movement/zmxtng8

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-horn-concerto-no-4-3rd-movement/zmxtng8




Retrieval Practice: What can you remember about Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 from

Lesson 3?


Now look back at the text for Lesson 3 (What is special about Mozart’s Horn Concerto (No.4)?) and


Lesson 4: What is a Rondo?


Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 has three movements.

The third movement is the most popular.

What is the name of the third movement of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 ?

Why do most people like the third movement best?

Many people think that Mozart wrote his Horn Concerto No.4 to play a joke on his friend.

What do you think?

What made people think that Mozart wrote his Horn Concerto No.4 to play a joke on his friend (2 things)?

What can you remember about the music?


Lesson 4: What is a Rondo? Retrieval Practice 1) The name of the third movement of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 is__________________________________ 2) Most people like the third movement best because_______________________________________ 3) People think that Mozart wrote his Horn Concerto No.4 to play a joke on his friend because_______________ 4) The thing I remember most about the music is___________________________________________________


The third movement from Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4 is called a Rondo. A Rondo is a musical form (structure / shape) The word "rondo" is an Italian related to the word round. It is also related to the Italian word "ritornello", which means something that keeps returning. A Rondo always starts with a simple but catchy tune which is heard many times and keeps returning throughout the piece of music.

Because it is a Rondo, the third movement of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 begins with a simple, but catchy theme (tune), which is then repeated by the whole orchestra. Here is the main theme from the Rondo:

The theme starts with a leap (jump) from a lower note to a higher note – can you see it? After that, there are several repeating notes – can you see them?


The third movement (part) of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 is a Rondo.

Mozart’s Rondo begins with the main theme (tune), which is played by the horn soloist.

In a Rondo, the musical structure always looks like this.

https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/w/index.php?title=Ritornello&action=edit&redlink=1


Now listen to and watch

Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo

Allegro.

Listen for the horn playing the main theme (tune) at the start.

Can you hear it being repeated by the orchestra? In music we call this ‘call and response’ – it’s exactly like when your teacher sings something to you and asks you to sing it back.

Count how many times you hear that same theme tune throughout the piece to the end?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-

wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-horn-concerto-no-4-3rd-

movement/zmxtng8

In your book, write down how many times

you heard the main theme from the

beginning.

Set your book out like this:

‘Mars, the Bringer of War’ written as a march, but an unusual one.

The structure of a Rondo always looks like this: A – B – A – C – A – D – A – E – A and so on… Or you could draw it like this:

A is the main theme. Can you see how the main theme (A)

always comes back? What do you think would come next in

the pattern? And then?


Horn Concert No.4, Movement 3 (Rondo)

When I listened to the music, I think I heard the

main theme _____________________ times.





Lesson 4 Learning Activity: Retrieve what you have just found out about Rondos in music


complete sentences.


1) Can you remember what words Rondo is connected to?

2) Can you remember what Mozart’s Rondo starts with?

3) Can you remember how many times you heard the main theme come back in Mozart’s Rondo?

4) Can you remember how the pattern of a Rondo looks?

Now your book will look like this (remember blue is book!):

Step 2) Self-marking and correcting Now look back at the text for Lesson 4 (How did Holst use timbre in ‘Mars, the Bringer of War’?) and




1) The word Rondo is connected to the words______________________________________________________

2) Mozart’s Rondo starts with __________________________________________________________________

3) In Mozart’s Rondo, I heard the main theme come back ___________________________ times.

4) The pattern of a Rondo looks like this:___________________________________________________________


Retrieval Practice: What can you remember about Rondos Lesson 4?


Now look back at the text for Lesson 4 (What is a Rondo?) and mark or correct your answers in purple

pen (or any colour will do).

Lesson 5: What did I like best about the Rondo in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4?


The third movement (part) of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 is a Rondo.

Mozart’s Rondo begins with the main theme (tune), which is played by the horn soloist.

What is a Rondo? What happens straight after the horn soloist plays the main theme at the beginning of the piece?

In a Rondo, the musical structure always looks like this.

How else could you draw the structure of a Rondo?


Lesson 5: What did I like best about the Rondo in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4? Retrieval Practice 1) A Rondo is a piece of music which _____________________________________________________________ 2) Straight after the horn soloist plays the main theme at the beginning of the piece _______________________ 3) You could also draw the structure of the Rondo like this:____________________________________________


In music, the pulse is the steady beat that you feel in the tune, like a clock’s tick. It’s the beat you’d naturally clap along to, or tap your foot to. The pulse usually stays the same throughout a piece of music and carries on behind the main tune, whatever happens in that tune. The pulse in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 Rondo movement is particularly clear, strong and lively. If you listen, you will clearly hear 8 quick beats 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 all the way through.

There are many places in the music where the horn soloist plays a theme (tune), which is then repeated by the orchestra. In music we call this ‘call and response’ and it’s exactly like when your teacher sings something to you and asks you to sing it back. Many people think that the call and response makes Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 Rondo movement sound like a musical game of chase or musical ‘tig’, where the French Horn player is always

Lesson 5: What did I like best about the Rondo in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4?

Many people like the clear, fast pulse (beat).

Many people like the call and response.

Many people like the Rondo form.

What did you like best?


one step ahead and the orchestra is always chasing and trying to catch up with him.

Many people enjoy the Rondo form of Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 Rondo movement because they like the way the main theme keeps coming back. The Rondo form helps the listener to join in with the music because the listener is waiting for their favourite theme to come back – a bit like the chorus in a song.

Now listen to and watch

Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4, Rondo

Allegro one more time.

Try tapping the pulse with your fingers on the table: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 all the way through.

Listen out for the ‘call and response’ – it doesn’t just happen at the beginning with the main theme.

How good at you at guessing when the main theme is about to return?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-

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movement/zmxtng8

Now decide what is do you like best about

Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 Rondo

movement and write your ideas down in

your book. Set your book out like this:

Mozart Music Challenge!

See if you can learn the main theme from

Mozart’s Horn Concerto No.4 Rondo

movement (it’s about the first 7 seconds

of the piece on the video, when the horn

is playing).

Make a video of yourself playing theme in

any way you can – tap it on the table /

clap it with your hands / sing it with your

voice / play it on any instrument you have

and drive your family crazy by asking them

to repeat it too!

Don’t forget to upload your pictures to

Class Dojo or email it to your teacher.


Horn Concerto No.4, Movement 3 (Rondo)

What I like best about this music is______because

________________________________________




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