{"id":446,"date":"2020-05-27T07:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martinj\/?p=446"},"modified":"2020-05-27T01:01:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T08:01:27","slug":"activity-7-the-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/martinj\/2020\/05\/27\/activity-7-the-planets\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity 7: The Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Gustav Holst was an English composer who wrote a very famous suite of music called The Planets<\/strong> over 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Planets<\/strong> was made of of 7 movements<\/strong> (different pieces of music that connect together). Each movement<\/strong> was named after a different planet and a different mood or characteristic Holst associated with that planet.<\/p>\n

The Planets<\/strong> was written to be played by a full orchestra<\/strong>. Holst used the different sounds made possible by all the instruments in the orchestra to give each movement<\/strong> of The Planets a very different mood and feeling.<\/p>\n

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Mars: god of war<\/p><\/div>\n

The first movement of Holst’s The Planets is called MARS: The Bringer of War<\/strong>. The planet Mars is named after the ancient Roman god of war, which was Holst’s inspiration for the mood of this movement.<\/p>\n

Watch this video of MARS: The Bringer of War performed by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (made up of students aged 13-19 years old). Do you think this music is a good fit for a “bringer of war”?<\/p>\n

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click here for the video<\/a> if you are having trouble playing it on my website.<\/p>\n