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Vivaldi and the Four Seasons Teacher Resource Kit

VIVALDiFOUR SEASONSAND THETEACHER Resource KITPINCHAS ZUKERMANFor Classroom Teachers Grades 4 6 Cross-curricular lessons and activities includedMusic Director, Canada s National Arts Centre OrchestrarMUSICCDINSIDE! bbyyCCuurrrriiccuulluumm SSeerrvviicceess CCaannaaddaa1155 Eng 11/14/06 3:28 PM Page 1 Canada s National Arts Centre is proud to present Vivaldi and The four Seasonsforelementary school teachers and their students. This unique Resource presents aworld of classical music that is fun, interactive, and relevant. You and your studentswill discover Vivaldi s life, times, and music with the help of innovative lesson plansand student activity sheets. You will also learn about the four Seasons through music,language arts, social studies, science, visual arts, drama and First Nations storytelling. Who can use this Resource ? Generalist classroom teachers Music specialists Resource librarians Private music teachers ParentsHow do I use this Resource ? Read the booklet, listen to the CD, and peruse the lesson plans and studentnewspaper guide for an overview of this Resource .

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1 VIVALDiFOUR SEASONSAND THETEACHER Resource KITPINCHAS ZUKERMANFor Classroom Teachers Grades 4 6 Cross-curricular lessons and activities includedMusic Director, Canada s National Arts Centre OrchestrarMUSICCDINSIDE! bbyyCCuurrrriiccuulluumm SSeerrvviicceess CCaannaaddaa1155 Eng 11/14/06 3:28 PM Page 1 Canada s National Arts Centre is proud to present Vivaldi and The four Seasonsforelementary school teachers and their students. This unique Resource presents aworld of classical music that is fun, interactive, and relevant. You and your studentswill discover Vivaldi s life, times, and music with the help of innovative lesson plansand student activity sheets. You will also learn about the four Seasons through music,language arts, social studies, science, visual arts, drama and First Nations storytelling. Who can use this Resource ? Generalist classroom teachers Music specialists Resource librarians Private music teachers ParentsHow do I use this Resource ? Read the booklet, listen to the CD, and peruse the lesson plans and studentnewspaper guide for an overview of this Resource .

2 Photocopy pages from the kit as appropriate for your students. The text andstudent activity sheets have been designed to reflect grades four to six curricu-lum requirements. Use the enclosed student newspaper guide as an additional Resource . Access related content and resources, and see how the lessons and activities inthe Vivaldi kit correspond with music curriculum requirements for your provinceat can I get another kit and class sets of the student newspaper guide? By 2005, a copy of this Teacher Resource Kit will be distributed free of chargethrough school boards to every elementary school in Canada, thanks to the gen-erous support of the National Arts Centre Foundation. The National Arts Centre is pleased to make additional copies of the TeacherResource Kit (including the CD) and class sets of the student newspaper guideavailable for purchase. For more information on purchasing or free download of the Teacher ResourceKit in English or French, go to: and the four SeasonsTEACHER Resource KITCREDITSE nglish Text: Robert MarkowTeacher and Student Activities:Alison Kenny-Gardhouse,Catherine West, and Sylvia DunnFrench Translation: Alain Cormier Design:Sari NaworynskiCover Illustration: George LittlechildInterior Illustrations: Bill Slavin Education Editors: Genevi ve Cimon, Claire SpeedPhoto Research: Meiko LydallProject Director: Genevi ve Cimon1155i 11/14/06 3:50 PM Page 1 The National Arts Centre opened its doors on June 2, 1969, as a gift to all Canadians in celebration ofthe country s 100th birthday.

3 It was Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, who in the 1960s recognized theneed and desire for Canadians to showcase excellence in Canadian performance arts music, English andFrench theatre, dance, and variety. Come visit us at Canada s National Arts Centre located in the heart ofOttawa, Ontario and on the web at Teachers,Let me begin by thanking you forthe wonderful contribution youmake towards shaping the futureleaders, artists, and creators of thiscountry. With an eye to the future, the National Arts Centrecontinues to put tremendous energy into its educationoutreach. Maestro Pinchas Zukerman and the NACO rchestra take a leadership role in delivering pro-grammes that introduce young audiences to the per-forming arts, train musicians, and provide resourcesto teachers in classrooms from coast to coast. This newest Teacher Resource Kit is a rich source ofboth knowledge and culture. We are pleased to includean original story written by Mohawk writer Taylorfrom Quebec, and illustrated by Cree artist GeorgeLittlechild, who resides in British Columbia.

4 We hopethis study guide will provide you and your studentswith many hours of fulfillment and joy. Peter A. HerrndorfPresident and CEO of Canada s National Arts CentreDear Colleagues,Welcome to the wonderful worldof Antonio Vivaldi . I believe thatVivaldi s The four Seasonsrepre-sents the musical collage that islife. As one of the world s most influential and well-known classical composers, Vivaldi s importance lies,above all, in his concertos for their boldness andoriginality, and for their central place in the historyof music. I am excited to be sharing with you and your stu-dents the life and music of this great legend. I hopeyou enjoy the CD recording performed by Canada sNational Arts Centre Orchestra included in thisresource. Bringing music and music education back into theclassroom is paramount, and I thank you for all yourwork and efforts. Pinchas ZukermanMusic Director of Canada s National Arts Centre OrchestraPeter A. HerrndorfPinchas Zukerman tienne Morin, Le DroitMackenzie StrohMarc Fowler1155i 11/14/06 3:50 PM Page 2 Antonio VivaldiLife.

5 4 Times .. 6 Music .. 8 The four SeasonsMusic: The four SeasonsListening Guide .. 9 Language Arts: Vivaldi s four Sonnets .. 10 Visual Arts: Canada s four Seasons Gallery .. 12 Science: Our Changing Seasons .. 13 Musician s Corner Music Education .. 15 The Orchestra .. 16 Composition .. 17 First Nations Musicians .. 18 Teacher s 19 Creator and the Seasons .. 29by Taylor, illustrated by George LittlechildEnclosed in the inside back pocket: Vivaldi four SeasonsCD featuring Pinchas Zukerman and the National Arts Centre OrchestraVivaldi and The four Seasonsstudent newspaper guideTable of Contents1155i 11/14/06 3:51 PM Page 34 Vivaldi and The four SeasonsAntonio VivaldiDANGER OF DEATH Antonio Vivaldi wasborn in Venice onMarch 4, 1678. He was baptized immediately at home by the midwife due to danger of death. What did this mean?We re not sure, but itwas probably either an earthquake thatshook the city that day, or the infant s poor health. Vivaldi sofficial church baptismdid not take place until two months S LIFEI magine for a moment that you are a composer so famous that you are a touristattraction.

6 You are someone a foreigner might approach to write a piece of musicas a souvenir of his visit to your city. Such a man was Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741),one of the greatest musical figures of the Baroque period. Vivaldi knew kings and princes and twice was invited to play the violin for thepope. Strangely, after his death people ignored his music for two hundred years. Hismusic was not rediscovered until the mid-twentieth century. Now, once again, Vivaldiis tremendously popular, the way he was during his lifetime. Let s find out more aboutthis remarkable man and the exciting times he lived was born into a large family. He had four brothers and four sisters. Weknow little more about his early years. But we do know that, at age fifteen, he beganstudying to be a priest. He became a priest in 1703, but he said mass only a few became known as the red priest because of his bright red hair. Vivaldi had a medical problem he called tightening of the chest. Today wewould call it asthma.

7 His medical problems did not prevent him, however, fromlearning to play the violin, to compose, and to take part in many musical far as we know, his father was his only important Teacher , and they sometimesplayed the violin together in church. Antonio Vivaldi by La Arts & History BritishPicture 11/14/06 3:51 PM Page 4In 1703, Vivaldi joined the staff of the school of the Ospedale della Piet (Hospital of Mercy, so called because it was attached to a hospital) as a music Piet s musical reputation was so great that Vivaldi received a starting salarydouble that of his father, who worked at the city s most important church, St. Mark remained at the Piet for most of his professional life. There he wrote hun-dreds of compositions for the girls to perform in the orchestra or to sing in the choir. After forty years of service, Vivaldi left the Piet and moved to Vienna to workfor a former friend who was now an emperor, Charles VI. But Charles died suddenlyfrom food poisoning and no one else in Vienna was interested in hiring , within a year, Vivaldi also died on July 28, 1741.

8 The cause was given as internal inflammation, which could have meant almost anything in those days. Hereceived the cheapest possible funeral. The field where he was buried has disappearedentirely. 5 Vivaldi s LifeFAMOUS WOMENV ivaldi s orchestra was largely made up of residents of the Piet a refuge for poor and orphaned girls. His music was written for this talented group, which was famous throughout Europe. Visitors were surprisedthat young women could play such large or unusual instruments as the bassoon and clarinet. It was not considered proper for women to perform in public so they played from a gallery, as in this picture, or from behind an iron lattice, to protect their privacy. Similar institutions provided musical training for young S IN A NAME?In the Piet , whereVivaldi taught, it wascommon practice to be named after yourinstrument Katarinadella violino, for example. If you play an instrument, what couldyour nickname be? 1155i 11/14/06 3:51 PM Page 56 Vivaldi S TIMESV ivaldi lived near the end of an era known as the Baroque period, which lastedfrom about 1600 to 1750.

9 It was an exciting time to be alive. The spirit ofadventure and discovery filled the air. Astronomers like Copernicus and Galileolooked high into the heavens and learned that the Earth revolves around the van Leeuwenhoek found a whole new world under the microscope bacteria,blood cells, and much more. William Harvey discovered the circulation of were many great composers too: in Germany there were Bach and Telemann;Handel and Purcell worked in England; France had Couperin and Rameau. Just what does baroque mean? This is a term that was originally used to describearchitecture. Buildings of grand design and containing a lot of detailed decorationwere called baroque. By extension, these grandiose, highly decorated structuresinspired art, music, furniture, gardens (for example, those at Versailles, outside ofParis), and even clothes and hairdos of the period. Strong colours, dramatic effects,splendour, and a sense of both dynamic movement and spontaneity were all featuresof baroque style.

10 The word awesome would be appropriate to describe muchbaroque art, architecture, and and The four Seasons1665 FirstFilles du Roiarrive inCanada. 1678 Antonio Vivaldi is born. French explorer Ren -RobertLa Salleexplores the Great Lakesdistrict ofJohannSebastian Bach andGeorge FridericHandel, two of the greatestcomposers of the Baroque era. 1697 CharlesPerrault bringsout a collectionof fairy tales,Contes de mam re l Oye(MotherGoose). The lastremains ofMayancivilization aredestroyed bythe Spanish inMexico sYucatan Great Peace of Montrealestablishespeace between the FirstNations and the French in New France. 1705 AstronomerEdmund Halley correctly predicts the return (in 1758) of the comet that was last seen in the pianoforte(ancestor of today spiano).1711 The clarinet is used for the first time in an orchestra in Hasse s opera SEASON A carnival in eighteenth-century Venice did not mean a travelling amusement show. This was the season in the church calendar immediately preceding Lent.


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