Year 8 Progamme Music

Introduction to Programme Music

What is programme music? Where you see an asterisk * one or more words are missing from the following definition. In your exercise book, complete the definition using the words below.

Programme music * a *, a scene, or an * through * alone (without the use of sung or spoken * or *). Programme music reached the height of its popularity during the * Century, before the invention of *. At concerts, audiences would follow the story in a booklet which we know as a *, giving the music its name.


words   programme   images   story   film   Nineteenth   emotion   describes   music

1Introduction to Programme Music Listening (Student Copy).pdf

Play the following extracts of programme music as you complete the table above in your exercise book.

1Programme Music Listening.mp3
Programme Music Composition Booklet.pdf