Model Music Curriculum - Listening KS1-3

Use the below links to explore a broad range of musical styles from across the ages:

 

Western Classical Music - Pre 1940:

 

Composer	Period	Title
Hildegard von Bingen	Early	O Euchari
Handel	Baroque	Hallelujah from Messiah
Mozart	Classical	Rondo alla Turca
Beethoven	Classical	Symphony No. 5
Tchaikovsky	Romantic	1812 Overture
Mussorgsky	Romantic	Night on a Bare Mountain
Ravel	20th Century	Bolero
Coleridge-Taylor	20th Century	Symphonic Variations on an African Air
Vaughan Williams	20th Century	English Folk Song Suite
Holst	20th Century	Mars from The Planets

 

 

The 20th Century and Film Music - Post 1940:

 

Title	Composer	Period
This Little Babe (from Ceremony of Carols)	Britten	20th Century
For The Beauty of the Earth	Rutter	20th Century
Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire	A.R. Rahman	21st Century
Connect It	Anna Meredith	21st Century
Night Ferry	Anna Clyne	21st Century

 

Popular Music:

 

Style	Title	Artist(s)
Blues	Runaway Blues	Ma Rainey
Jazz	Take The A Train	Duke Ellington Orchestra
Rock n Roll	Hound Dog	Elvis Presley
Pop	WIth A Little Help From My Friends	The Beatles
Funk	I Got You (Feel Good)	James Brown
Disco	Le Freak	Chic
80s Synth/Pop	Smalltown Boy	Bronsky Beat
90s Singer/Songwriter	Play Dead	Björk
90s RnB	Say My Name	Destiny's Child
Art Pop	Wildman	Kate Bush
90s Indie	Wonderwall	Oasis

 

Musical traditions from around the world:

 

Country	Tradition	Title	Artist/Composer
Middle East	Folk	Sprinting Gazelle	Reem Kelani
England	Folk	The Wellerman	Nathan Evans
Poland	Folk	Mazurkas Op. 24	Chopin
Argentina	Tango	Libertango	Piazzolla
Brazil	Samba	Fanfarra (Cabua-Le-Le)	Sergio Mendes
Indonesia	Gamelan	Baris	Gong Kebyar of Peliatan
India	Indian Classical	Sahela Re	Kishori Amonkar
Punjab/UK	Bhangra	Bhabiye Akh Larr Gayee	Bhujhangy Group
Trinidad	Calypso	Tropical Bird	Trinidad Steel Band
Nigeria	Drumming	Jin-Go-La-Ba (Drums of Passion)	Babatunde Olatunji
South Africa	Choral	Inkanyezi Nezazi	Ladysmith Black Mambazo

 

Credit Barnsley Music Education Hub