Music Makers (radio): The Rum Story of Ali Baba
The Rum Story of Ali Baba is a unit of the BBC schools radio series Music Makers from the 1980s, covering music for primary and secondary school pupils.
Ali Baba is charged by the Sultan with marrying off his terribly ugly daughters, for the reward of marrying the beautiful daughter with whom he has fallen in love. He finds his way into a robbers' cave and tricks their Cleaning Genie into letting him steal some treasure, which he uses to try to bribe people into marrying the daughters. The robbers seek revenge on Ali Baba by hiding in large oil jars which are dispatched first to his home and then to the Sultan's palace.
The programmes also have features on "music in eastern countries", including both East Asia and Eastern Europe.
Songs
- Sultan's Song
- Mirage
- Secret Song
- Misunderstandings
- Robbers' Revenge
- Vizier's Song
- What a Way to End a Story!
Broadcasts
Credits
| Written by | R. D. Ward |
| Music by | Peter Hutchings |
| Producer | Peter Hutchings |
Resources
Pupils' pamphlet
A 28 page pupils' pamphlet illustrated by Peter Clark, with words and music to all of the songs, cartoons telling the basic story, and photographs referred to in the magazine elements of the broadcasts.
Teachers' notes
Teachers' notes containing a basic description of the broadcast and piano music for the songs.
Acting script
A script of the production adapted for performance in schools, available free to schools from the producer during the term of broadcast.
Melodic instrument parts
Accompaniments to all of the songs for tuned percussion instruments, also available free to schools from the producer during the term of broadcast.
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