SSVS Music Literature Curriculum 6-Year Program Course This timetable is followed from Pre-K through Grade 5. and will provide students with the love and understanding of classical music far beyond the normal standards of today's music education programs. SSVS will help our students build a solid foundation of appreciation for quality music which will enrich their lives and the lives of others around them. |
Year 1 (Pre-K/Kindergarten) Themes To Remember
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Vivaldi - Spring from The Four Seasons |
Bach - Toccata & Fugue in Dm (Theme 1) |
Mozart - Symphony No. 40 |
Boccherini - Minuet |
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 1 |
Haydn - Surprise Symphony |
Schubert - Unfinished Symphony |
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 |
Schubert - Trout Quintet |
Souza - Stars and Stripes Forever |
Schumann - The Happy Farmer |
Brahms - Lullaby |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Story and Music |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - March of the Toy Soldiers |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Overture |
Year 2 (Grade 1) Themes To Remember
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Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata |
Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette |
Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz |
Vivaldi - Winter from The Four Seasons |
Vivaldi - Autumn from The Four Seasons |
Dvorak – Humoresque |
Bach - Minuet in G |
Mozart - Piano Sonata in C |
Bach - Orchestral Suite, No. 1 - Bouree |
Beethoven - Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens |
Mendelssohn - Spring Song |
Beethoven - Fur Elise |
Chopin - Fantasie-Impromptu |
Schubert – Serenade |
Brahms - Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 4 |
Stravinsky – Petrouchka |
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty |
Debussy – Reverie |
Year 3 (Grade 2) Themes To Remember
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Rossini - William Tell, Trumpet Fanfare |
Handel - Hallelujah Chorus |
Handel - He Shall Feed His Flock |
Grieg - Peer Gynt - Morning |
Grieg - Peer Gynt - Solveig's Song |
Grieg - Peer Gynt - Hall of the Mountain King |
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance |
Vivaldi - Summer from The Four Seasons |
(Review Spring, Autumn, and Winter from The Four Seasons) |
Albinoni - Adagio in G Minor |
Bach - Air on the G String |
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 2 |
Beethoven - Fifth Symphony, Movement 3 |
(Review the Fifth Symphony, Movement 1, |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Story |
(Review The Nutcracker - Overture and March of the Toy Soldiers.) |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Russian (Cossack) Dance |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Arabian Dance |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Chinese Dance |
Pachelbel - Canon in D |
Offenbach - Can Can |
Year 4 (Grade 3) Themes To Remember
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Bach - Toccata and Fugue in Dm, Theme 2 |
Handel - Water Music - Alla Hornpipe |
Handel - Fireworks - Overture |
Handel - Fireworks - Minuet |
Handel - Fireworks - La Paix |
Rossini - William Tell Overture, Theme 1 |
(Review William Tell, Trumpet Fanfare) |
Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre |
Dvorak's New World Symphony, Movement 2 |
Haydn - London Symphony No.104 |
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 - Themes 1 & 2 |
Sibelius - Finlandia - Theme 2 |
Tchaikovsky - All of The Nutcracker including the story and a review of: Overture March of the Toy Soldiers Russian (Cossack) Dance Chinese Dance (Review) |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Dance of the Reed Pipes |
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker - Waltz of the Flowers |
Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 1 Courante (verse one) |
Scarlatti - Sonata in E |
Handel - The Harmonious Blacksmith |
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 4 |
(Listen to a complete recording of the Fifth Symphony. |
Mozart - Minuet from Don Juan |
Strauss - Die Fledermaus, Waltz |
Ponchielli - Dance of the Hours |
Prokofiev - The Love for Three Oranges |
Haydn - The Clock Symphony (4 movements -9 themes) |
Year 5 (Grade 4) Themes To Remember
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Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 |
Mendelssohn - Wedding March |
Bizet - Carmen, Habanera |
Bizet - Carmen, Toreador |
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Waltz |
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake - Theme 2 |
Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 |
Mouret – Rondeau |
Haydn – Serenade |
Mussorgsky - Great Gate of Kiev |
Suppe - Light Cavalry Overture |
Stravinsky - The Firebird |
Stravinsky - Infernal Dance |
Haydn - Drum Roll Symphony |
Antonin Dvorak - From the New World with Lyrics |
Year 6 (Grade 5) Themes To Remember
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Chopin - Grand Valse Brillante |
Debussy - Clair de Lune |
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Souza - Semper Fidelis |
Offenbach – Barcarolle |
Schubert - Ave Maria |
Chopin - Minute Waltz |
Chopin - Funeral March |
Listz – Liebestrauim |
Verdi – Rigoletto |
Borodin - Prince Igor |
Delibes - Lakme - Flower Duet Song |
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A Minor |
Faure – Pavane |
Sibelius - Valse Triste |
Sibelius - Finlandia - Themes 1 and 2 |
Chopin - Tristesse Etude |
Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries |
Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld |
Verdi - Nabucco, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves |
Verdi - Aida, Triumphal March |
Smetana - The Moldau |
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 1 |
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet |
Satie – Gymnopedie |
Joplin - The Entertainer |
By the end of the 6th year, children will be able to appreciate and listen intelligently to fully orchestrated symphonies whose themes they have learned.
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