The Magic Music Shop(from Time and Tune) | |
| BBC Schools Radio | |
| Company: | BBC |
| First run: | 23rd September
1971 - 2nd December 1971 (1 school year) [more][less] |
| Episodes: | 10 episodes |
| Duration: | 20 minutes |
| Subject: | Music: Musicwarning.png"Music" is not in the list of possible values (Agriculture, Ancient History, Arabic Language, Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Books, British Sign Language, Business, Careers, Chemistry, Citizenship, Collective Worship, Computers, Cornish Language, Crafts, Current Affairs, Dance, Design, Drama, Early Learning, Economics, Education, Electronics, Engineering, English Language, Environment, Exam Revision, Food Science, French Language, Geology, General Science, Geography, German Language, Hindi Language, INSET, Irish Gaelic Language, Italian Language, Language, Latin Language, Literature, Mandarin Language, Mathematics, Media, Medieval History, Miscellany, Modern History, Modern Studies, Moral Education, Nature, Outdoor Education, Other Subjects, Philosophy, Photography, Physics, Poetry, Politics, Pre-History, PSHE, Reading, Religious Education, Russian Language, Safety, Scottish Gaelic Language, Sex Education, Singing, Social History, Social Studies, Spanish Language, Special Needs, Sport, Technology, Topics, Urdu Language, Welsh Language, Writing) for this property. |
| Audience: | Age 7-9 |
| Language: | In English |
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Contents |
The Jolly Fiddler is a shop selling musical instruments, including the harpsichord, the lute, the oboe, the french horn and the drum. Unbeknownst to the shopkeeper the instruments come alive after he has locked up, and play songs to themselves all night.
The shop has fallen on hard times and the shopkeeper is thinking of selling up, but the instruments hatch a plan to compose a Christmas carol that will enchant the townspeople and persuade them to buy lots of musical instruments from the shop.
The theme tune to this unit was the Ouverture from La Boutique Fantastique by Rossini, orchestrated by Respighi, and more music from La Boutique Fantastique was played for listening during the broadcasts.
Songs
All seven songs from this unit, with a short extract from each.
The Magic Music Shop
Words by John Emlyn Edwards, music by Douglas Coombes.
There's an oom-pa, oom-pa, oom-pa horn,
And a lu, lu, lu, lu, lute.
The Fiddler
Words by A.H. Body, from Six Songs of Happiness Set 2, Novello & Co Ltd.
So, come and join the dance merrily.
Dance! 'Tis a holiday.
When You Beat on the Drum
From Thirty More Folk Settings by Anne Mendoza & Joan Rimmer, J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
When you beat on the drum you play a jolly rhythm.
When you you beat on the drum you play a jolly rhythm.
Follow My Leader
From Clarendon Book of Singing Games Book I by Herbert Wiseman & Sydney Northcote, Oxford University Press.
Follow my leader to London town,
London town, London town.
Oh, I'm a Good Musician
From Thirty More Folk Settings by Anne Mendoza & Joan Rimmer, J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
Oh, I'm a good musician, and I play very well.
Oh, we are good musicians and we play very well.
Carol of the Instruments
New words by John Emlyn Edwards. Music from Children's Songs of Switzerland, arranged by Vera Gray, J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
'I'll sing the tune,' said sweet Violin.
'And gay as starlight I'll play,' said the Flute.
Angels on High are Singing
Words by Anne Mendoza, from A Festival of Folk Carols, Novello & Co Ltd.
Angels on high are singing.
Hark! Now the bells are ringing.
Credits
| Pamphlet illustrated by | Alexy Pendle |
| The Magic Music Shop written by | John Emlyn Edwards |
| Time and Tune written & produced by | Douglas Coombes |
Episodes
The programmes were broadcast in the spring term 1971 on Thursdays at 11:00-11:20am.
To the best of my knowledge, no recordings of this unit have been kept in the BBC archives. However a recording of the song When you beat on the drum is included on the first Time and Tune LP.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Broadcast one | 23 Sep 1971 |
| 2. | Broadcast two | 30 Sep 1971 |
| 3. | Broadcast three | 7 Oct 1971 |
| 4. | Broadcast four | 14 Oct 1971 |
| 5. | Broadcast five | 21 Oct 1971 |
| 6. | Broadcast six | 4 Nov 1971 |
| 7. | Broadcast seven | 11 Nov 1971 |
| 8. | Broadcast eight | 18 Nov 1971 |
| 9. | Broadcast nine | 25 Nov 1971 |
| 10. | Broadcast ten (concert) | 2 Dec 1971 |
Sources & References
- BBC (1971a) Time and Tune pupils' pamphlet, autumn 1971. London: BBC. ISBN 0 563 11045 7
- BBC (1971b) Time and Tune teacher's notes, autumn 1971. London: BBC. ISBN 0 563 11046 5
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