Classical Rhythm Patterns – Romantic Period Music: Romantic Period Composers

This interactive slideshow helps students practice reading rhythms while they hear music by composers from the Romantic period. Each slide shows a rhythm pattern from a real piece, and students can sight-read it, then play the audio to check. It works in band, choir, orchestra, and general music classes.

What’s included

• An interactive slideshow with a clickable menu
• 19 rhythm patterns, from half notes to sixteenth notes and dotted notes
• Audio of each rhythm in a real piece of music, with time stamps
• Directions and ideas for use

Composers and pieces

• Franz Schubert: Serenade
• Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March
• Fanny Mendelssohn: Nocturne in G minor
• Felix Mendelssohn: Wedding March
• Frédéric Chopin: “Winter Wind”
• Robert Schumann: Scenes from Childhood
• Franz Liszt: Liebestraum (Love Dream)
• Giuseppe Verdi: Triumphal March
• Clara Schumann: “Warum willst du and’re fragen”
• Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, Finale
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: “Waltz of the Flowers”
• John Philip Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
• Claude Debussy: “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair”
• Amy Beach: “Pierrot and Pierrette”
• Scott Joplin: “The Entertainer”
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: “Deep River”
• Alton Adams: “Virgin Islands March”

Formats

• PDF
• Google Slides: A link is included in your download and lets you add your own copy to Google Drive.
• PowerPoint

Important

• Videos play through YouTube, so an internet connection is required.
• The slideshow must be in presentation mode for the audio and video clips to work.

Ways to use it

• Sight-read one rhythm, then play the audio to check
• Cover the time stamps and have students find when, or how often, the rhythm happens in the piece
• Have band and orchestra students play the rhythm on one note or with a certain articulation
• Focus on one composer each week, with students sharing facts or a playlist of their music
• To learn more about each composer, pair it with the Romantic Period Quick Guide.

Standards (NCAS)

• Performing: Anchor Standard 4 (select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation)
• Responding: Anchor Standard 7 (perceive and analyze artistic work)
• Connecting: Anchor Standard 11 (relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context)

License & help

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