15-Minute Music Lesson on Music Inspired By Shakespeare

Today’s “15-Minute Music Lesson on Music Inspired By Shakespeare” is an excerpt from a lesson in the self-paced online course entitled 10 Weeks of Shakespeare ~ Introductory Course for Grades 7th-12th.

15-Minute Music Lesson on Music Inspired By Shakespeare

(Since the total playing time of these videos is more than 15 minutes long, either listen to each one for only a few minutes or listen to a different one each day.)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream  “Wedding March” by Mendelssohn (1842):

“Tonight” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, a musical based on Romeo and Juliet:

The Tempest by Sibelius (1926):

“Love Theme” by Henry Mancini from the soundtrack for Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet film:

Romeo and Juliet ballet by Prokoviev:

Otello opera by Rossini, duet:

Download a free 3-page Printable Pack to use with this 15-Minute Music Lesson:

Includes:

Composer Sheet, Listen and Write (Tempo, Mood, Like it?, and Instruments/Voices), and Listen and Draw

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I’m doing 5 Days of 15-Minute Music Lessons this week. See them all here:

1. 15-Minute Music Lesson of Music Inspired by Rivers and Seas
2. 15-Minute Music Lesson on Dvorak and African American Spirituals
3. 15-Minute Music Lesson on Nursery Rhymes
4. 15-Minute Music Lesson on Music Inspired By Shakespeare
5. 15-Minute Music Lesson on Music Inspired by Outer Space