Teaching about Vivaldi in the classroom?
<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Composers Like Antonio Vivaldi, who wrote the wonderful “four seasons” themes that we know and love are often getting left out of the music curriculum these days, in favor of teaching more modern and creative concepts to students. Still I feel that Teaching Music History still has a place in the classrooms of today, albeit a slightly reduced place from the amount that it may have been taught in prior years. It is still wonderful to introduce children to this wonderful music, have them understand what the composer is getting at with the different movements of the four seasons – this is a wonderful activity at any age for a developing musician.
