musicamoninomj: 2º ESO. Bilingual Programme. 2024/2025

Welcome to a new year.

Carmen Alías´cover page

Marco Pedrero´s cover page

We started our year studying the music in films.

We enjoyed very much with many activities from this link:

Music in films

Then, we worked about the Ancient Music with "Historia de la Música en Cómic" and other videos.

We started to study the Middle Ages writing a summary about The main concepts:

Link to the Middle Ages in this blog

We drew a Medieval and important piece of music: Ut queant laxis

Daniela´s drawing

Elvira´s score
Ut queant laxis

Carla´s drawing
Gregory the Great

Teo´s drawing

Marco´s drawing

Links about The Middle Ages in Present-day music

Renaissance period

We worked this period playing and studying all the main aspects of this period.
Have a look to this page in this blog.
Renaissance materials
One of the main projects to learn about the composers and Renaissance pieces of music was AUDACITY PROJECT.
You can listen to the best productions ( called "mini podcasts) in this link.

I want to illustrate this period with a picture of Maddalena Casulana, one of the most important female composers and virtuoso lute player of the Renaissance.

Do you want to create a nice podcast about Renaisance music?
Here you are a text created by Juan Amador.

Welcome to the Renaissance Kitchen!

Hello, everyone! Today, we’re cooking up something special: Renaissance music!

Imagine a delicious recipe where we mix rich harmonies, add a pinch of complex vocal textures, and season it with some amazing polyphony.

This period, between the 15th and 16th centuries, was like a revolution in the kitchen of music: new ingredients, new techniques, and, of course, new flavors for the ears!

During this time, the madrigal became a favorite dish in Italy and across Europe: like a musical pizza, full of emotions and flavors! It was a secular vocal piece, meaning it wasn’t religious, and composers used it to express deep feelings, from love to sadness, just like a perfect blend of sweet and spicy.

But let’s not forget sacred music, where the Mass and the Motet brought depth and clarity, just like a perfect soup for the soul. Composers like Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Josquin des Prez mastered the art of balancing voices, making sure every note blended smoothly: like the perfect seasoning in a gourmet dish.

We can add a Spanish Ensalada, a typical form in which many ingredients are mixed, different languages, rhythms, topics in a fresh atmosphere.

For a dessert, the simple villancico, a delicious and even fun piece of music as a sweet cake always welcome after a good meal.

And if we want to finish our great meal dancing as if it were a wedding or a big party, you can find branles, pavanes, galliards and jigs until dawn.

Renaissance music? A five-star dish in the history of sound! It was the perfect combination of tradition and innovation, creating melodies that still inspire musicians today.

So, if music were food, the Renaissance would definitely be a feast fit for a king.

And that’s it, chefs of music! Renaissance music was like a perfect recipe, full of harmony, creativity, and passion.
I hope you enjoyed this little taste of history. Now, go out there and keep discovering the amazing flavors of music!

See you next time in the kitchen of sound. Bon appétit!

Link to the mini podcasts about The Renaissance in Present Day Music- Gospel music.

The Baroque:

Link to the contents about The Baroque period in this blog

1-First video to know the Five Hits in Baroque period:
Vídeo acerca del Barroco Instrumental

2-We worked about The Four Seasons by Vivaldi with a worksheet:
Video about Why youu should listen to The Four Seasons

3- We studied the great Johann Sebastian Bach with a brief play, Leonor´s baton

4-And then, we worked about Voyager in which many of the best pieces of music travelled to space and Lia Theotonio Caride, our Master assistant teacher, presented this project to work with our students.