Time and Tune: Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is a unit of the BBC schools radio series Time and Tune from the 1970s, covering Music for primary school pupils.
A musical adaptation of the fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a beautiful princess who is cursed and sleeps for 100 years, before being woken by a handsome prince.
The story was adapted by John Emlyn Edwards, and music from Tschaikovksy's ballet based on the story was played for listening during the broadcasts, but was not part of Time and Tune's production for children.
Songs
All 7 songs from Sleeping Beauty, with an extract from each. Written by John Emlyn Edwards unless stated.
On the christening day of a child princess, most beautiful ever seen,
Came a party of guests to the palace feast, by order of King and Queen.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
Your mother watch will keep.
Go through my window, my sugar lump,
Go through my window, my sugar lump,
And buy molasses candy.
With myself, the spinner,
And spinning the grey wool.
Oh we can play on the big bass drum,
And this is the music to it...
Winds through the olive trees softly did blow,
Round little Bethlehem long, long ago.
Hurry, hurry, hurry or we shan't be early,
Hurry, little pony on the way!
Credits
| Pamphlet illustrated by | Sheila Bewley |
| Sleeping Beauty adapted by | John Emlyn Edwards |
| Time and Tune produced by | Douglas Coombes |
Episodes
To the best of my knowledge, no recordings of this unit have been kept in the BBC archives.
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Broadcast one | 21 Sep 1972 |
| 2. | Broadcast two | 28 Sep 1972 |
| 3. | Broadcast three | 5 Oct 1972 |
| 4. | Broadcast four | 12 Oct 1972 |
| 5. | Broadcast five | 19 Oct 1972 |
| 6. | Broadcast six | 26 Oct 1972 |
| 7. | Broadcast seven | 9 Nov 1972 |
| 8. | Broadcast eight | 16 Nov 1972 |
| 9. | Broadcast nine | 23 Nov 1972 |
| 10. | Broadcast ten (concert) | 30 Nov 1972 |
Resources
There was a 20-page pupils' pamphlet, printed several colours, containing the words and tunes of all the songs, short rhymes to perform on different instruments, and poems following the themes of the story.
There was also a booklet of teacher's notes.
Sources & References
- BBC (1972a) Time and Tune pupils' pamphlet autumn 1972. London: BBC.
- BBC (1972b) Time and Tune teacher's notes autumn 1972. London: BBC.
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