Mod 8B: Program Music (notes 3)

The Planets

  • Seven-movement orchestral suite by Gustav Holst (1914-1916)

The Grand Canyon Suite

  • Ferde Grofe
  • Five Movements depicting the day in the Grand Canyon
    • Sunrise
    • Painted Desert
    • On the Trail
    • Cloudburst
    • Sunset

Symphonic Poems

  • A one-movement work whose primary purpose is to tell a story.
  • The Sorceror’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas (Fantasia

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  • Claude Debussy’s
  • From the piano to a full orchestra
  • About a mythological forest creature

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