Directions:

Students often have 'skewed' ideas about classical music, especially classical music used in popular culture.  Since all of this music has been taken out of context - and given a new context - it is important to inform students of the 'reality' rather than having them rely on their 'heavily influenced by pop culture' perceptions.  

 

Below are two PowerPoints that illustrate this idea.  The first is J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue (often associated with Halloween) and Julius Fučík's Entry of the Gladiators (often associated with the circus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following YouTube videos are lessons by my former students that show how classical music is often similar to music found in pop culture.

 

Toccata & Fugue                                                                                                                           New World Symphony

 vs                                                                                                                                                  vs                   

The Kraken Theme (Pirates of the Carabbean)                                                                             Shark Theme (Jaws)