[Finale] OT: orchestral piece for education

2010-04-18 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
Dear listers, Something different: I'm racking my brains to give my 1st year beginner music theory students a public domain orchestra piece that is a good demonstration of the different instrument families of the orchestra and introductory score reading. My first thought was perhaps Jupiter

Re: [Finale] OT: orchestral piece for education

2010-04-18 Thread John Howell
At 6:54 PM +1000 4/18/10, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Dear listers, Something different: I'm racking my brains to give my 1st year beginner music theory students a public domain orchestra piece that is a good demonstration of the different instrument families of the orchestra and

Re: [Finale] OT: orchestral piece for education

2010-04-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Apr 2010 at 14:14, John Howell wrote: And of course his 5/4 waltz movement from another symphony is a masterpiece of non-standard meter, alternating 3+2 with 2+3 throughout, that was unequalled until Brubeck's Take 5! I don't know the exact level of the orchestra that this was asked

Re: [Finale] OT: orchestral piece for education

2010-04-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Dear listers, Something different: I'm racking my brains to give my 1st year beginner music theory students a public domain orchestra piece that is a good demonstration of the different instrument families of the orchestra and introductory score reading. My first

Re: [Finale] OT: orchestral piece for education

2010-04-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Something different: I'm racking my brains to give my 1st year beginner music theory students a public domain orchestra piece that is a good demonstration of the different instrument families of the orchestra and introductory score reading. Since you're in