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Title: Asma asmaton
Other Titles: Hymn of Hymns
Date: 1966
Creator: Theodorakis, Mikis
Contributor: Lyricist: Kampanelis, Iakovos
Keywords: Mauthausen
occupation camp
love
beautiful
Place of Production: Greece
Event: National Day of the 17th November
Musical meter: 6/8 (six eights)
First words: How beautiful my love is
Vocal range: Octave
Psychopedagogical goals: Personal expression.
Ability of self-evaluation.
Becoming sensitive about the role of art in historical memory.
Aesthetic experience.
Understanding the significance of self-concept in the construction of individual's personality.
Musical goals: Meter 6/8.
Diaphragmatic breathing.
Breath control.
Song as means of historical memory and consciousness.
Expressive use of the voice.
Teaching ideas: Listening to the song (performance: Maria Farantouri) and assumptions by the students on the content of the lyrics.
The teacher informs the students that the song “Hymn of Hymns” was written by Iakovos Kampanelis during his imprisonment in Mauthausen concentration camp, during the World War.IIHe further encourages the students to seek and collect information about this period of European history.
Presentation of the data in the whole class and reflections on their knowledge of recent history.
Remark on the 6/8 meter and on the rhythmic development of the song. Rhythmic clapping on the 3/8 and 6/8 meters.
Practicing diaphragmatic breathing and breath control. Understanding the expressive function of breathing.
Expressive singing of the song with diaphragmatic breathing.
Discussion on the impact of the song (compassion, emotions, interest, aesthetic experience).
The concept of joyful sorrow.
Cross-curricular concepts: Conflict (ideas,feelings, moral dilemmas, social conflicts).
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