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As you've been reading your poem aloud, you are probably discovering that sometimes the sound that your voice makes sounds like the insect you're reading about. Sometimes, composers use music to create the same effect.
Listening to Insects #1
Listening to Insects #1
Listen to the first minute of this piece of music.
As you listen, take notes:
What do you hear?
What do you think?
What do you wonder?
Share what you noticed.
What insect was Vaughan Williams trying to represent? How did the music convey this insect?
After discussing this with your class, listen once more. Did you notice anything new the second time?
Listening to Insects #2
Listening to Insects #2
As you listen, take notes.
What do you hear?
What do you think?
What do you wonder?
Share what you noticed.
What insect was Rimsky-Korsokov trying to represent? How did the music convey this insect?
After discussing this with your class, listen once more. Did you notice anything new the second time?
More Insect Music
More Insect Music
During the performance of our poems, members of our class will be able to share these musical masterpieces with our audience.
Listen to each of these pieces to hear a few more examples of music inspired by insects.
Which do you like best? Which do you think do the best job of sounding like the insect they are representing. Which represent the insect in a figurative way?
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