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    Ride of The Valkyries Listening Lesson

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    The document provides information about Richard Wagner's piece "Ride of the Valkyries" including missing terms to fill in about the time signature, tempo, and instruments playing in the introduction. It also asks the reader to identify the instrument playing the leitmotif and its family, and asks the reader to analyze how Wagner uses the leitmotif to represent the piece through its instrumentation, accompaniment, dynamics, rhythm, and melody. Finally, it prompts the reader to work with others to choose two words from a list that summarize the first three minutes of the piece and present their analysis to the class.

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    The document provides information about Richard Wagner's piece "Ride of the Valkyries" including missing terms to fill in about the time signature, tempo, and instruments playing in the introduction. It also asks the reader to identify the instrument playing the leitmotif and its family, and asks the reader to analyze how Wagner uses the leitmotif to represent the piece through its instrumentation, accompaniment, dynamics, rhythm, and melody. Finally, it prompts the reader to work with others to choose two words from a list that summarize the first three minutes of the piece and present their analysis to the class.

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    The document provides information about Richard Wagner's piece "Ride of the Valkyries" including missing terms to fill in about the time signature, tempo, and instruments playing in the introduction. It also asks the reader to identify the instrument playing the leitmotif and its family, and asks the reader to analyze how Wagner uses the leitmotif to represent the piece through its instrumentation, accompaniment, dynamics, rhythm, and melody. Finally, it prompts the reader to work with others to choose two words from a list that summarize the first three minutes of the piece and present their analysis to the class.

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    Ride of The Valkyries Listening Lesson

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    The document provides information about Richard Wagner's piece "Ride of the Valkyries" including missing terms to fill in about the time signature, tempo, and instruments playing in the introduction. It also asks the reader to identify the instrument playing the leitmotif and its family, and asks the reader to analyze how Wagner uses the leitmotif to represent the piece through its instrumentation, accompaniment, dynamics, rhythm, and melody. Finally, it prompts the reader to work with others to choose two words from a list that summarize the first three minutes of the piece and present their analysis to the class.

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    RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES

    RICHARD WAGNER

    Introduction (0:00-0:21)

    The time signature is ………………………………………

    The tempo is ……………………………………………….

    The two families of instruments you can hear playing are:

    ……………………………………….. and ………………………………………..

    Fill in the missing words

    1. (0:00-0:21) At the beginning of the piece we hear ……………………… flourishes played at different
    ……………………….

    2. (0:22-0:30) The leitmotif is written as a ………………………….. rhythm. It is an ascending


    ………………………………..

    3. (1:24-1:39) In this contrasting section, you twice hear the violin sections playing a descending
    ……………………………… scale

    DOTTED ARPEGGIO OCTAVES


    CHROMATIC ASCENDING

    Deeper thinking

    A leitmotif is a theme or musical idea symbolising a person, an idea or an object. The leitmotif is repeated, either in
    its original or altered form, at various points throughout a work to dramatic effect. It is often used in film music or
    in opera.

    Listen to the opening of Richard Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries and to the four-bar leitmotif (0:22-0:30). Can you
    identify the instrument playing this initial theme, and to which family of instruments it belongs:

    Instrument: …………………………………………………………

    Family: ………………………………………………………………

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    RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES

    RICHARD WAGNER
    Listen again to this theme within the opening section (0:00-1:23), and write a short paragraph explaining how
    Wagner’s use of the leitmotif represents Ride of the Valkyries. Think about the following keywords:

    INSTRUMENTATION ACCOMPANIMENT DYNAMICS


    RHYTHM MELODY

    Write your thoughts here:

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    Odd one out!

    Work in pairs or threes to choose two words from this list that sum up the first three minutes of Ride of the
    Valkyries. You must have reasons for your answers.

    OPERATIC INTENSE FILMIC CHAMBER


    BATTLEFIELD OPERATIC THEMATIC

    Team up with another group. Make connections, contrast and compare, and select and reject the words. Prepare to
    present your views to the class.

     What evidence do you have?


     Why do you think this?
     Where in the music does it show this?
     What musical ideas does Wagner use to demonstrate this?

    Your presentation should be concise and accurate. Choose one person to present the class.

    Is there an odd word out from the list above? Which word doesn’t fit?

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