Year 10 Homework: Tuesday 21st February

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Listen the first 1 and a half minutes or so of each track from Holst's The Planets Suite:

Mars, the Bringer of War


 

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity




 Click here to listen to all of the suite (it's amazing).


Choose one of the tracks and answer the following question:

How does Holst create the mood of each extract?  Describe texture, dynamics, instrumentation, tempo and any other features as discussed in today's lesson.

Due in: Tuesday 28th February.

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