Introduction

The Battle Pavane is a piece by Tielman Susato, a Renassiance Composer and arranged by Bob Margolis. This piece is arranged from a collection of popular dance tunes published by the composer in 1551. The piece was set for Band by Bob margolis in 1981

This WebQuest project is to better inform the student of the period of this piece through learning more about the culture as well as listening to other pieces of music from this time from online sources. This will hopefully broaden a student's understanding and knowledge of this piece as well as the culture itself and enhance the performance of this piece.

1. To find out more about Tielman Susato, the composer

2. To find out more about Renassiance Culture

3. Learn more about Renassiance Instruments

4. Compare and contrast "The Battle Pavane" with other pieces that were also written at the time.

Students will answered questions that are posted under Process using the links under Resources and turn in their answer sheet on March 31st 2000. They may write this on a sheet of notebook paper or use the worksheet that has alreay been set up.

For more information on Tielman Susato the composer

• This is a biography of Tielman Susato

• Information on what is a Pavane

• This is a different one than the piece that we are playing

• The composer is Arbeau who is another composer at the same time as Tielman

• This will give you a more detail description of what a pavane is.

1. Answer the following question on Tielman Susato after reading his biography.
   1.What instrument did he played?
   2.What else did Tielman do besides being a musician?
   3.What kind of music was Tielman mostly attracted to? Does the "The Battle Pavane" fit into this category?

2. After looking at the website on Pavane
   1.What is a Pavane, give me some discriptions?
   2. What are some other dances that would be in a suite with a Pavane?
   3. Does "The Battle Pavane" fit the description

3. Answer the following question on Renassiance Instruments 1. Are we using any of these Renassiance instruments in our pieces
   2. Does any of the Renassiance Instruments resemble any instruments that are used today?
   3. Are there any instruments that you would like to use in performing "The Battle of Pavane" if it was possible and why?

4. Answer the following question after listening to Susato's Pavane
   1. Tell me about the similarities between this Pavane and "The Battle Pavane."
   2. What are some of the difference between this Pavane and "The Battle Pavane."
   3.Do you think this Pavane fits into the category of music that Susato was most attracted to.

5. Answer the following questions after you listening to both pieces by Arbeau.
   1. What are some similarities and differences between the Pavane by Susato and the Pavane by Arbeau?
   2. What are some similarites and differences between Arbeau's Pavane and his other piece
   3. What are some stylistic similarities or difference between Susato and Arbeau?

Learning Advice

If you like to learn more about any of these subjects, feel free to seach online for addition information. Here are several seach engines that you could use

www.yahoo.com
www.google.com
www.altavista.com

Evaluation Category	Evaluation Criteria
Participation 25%	Answered all the questions.
Effort 25%	Were all the answers adequte.
Thoughfulness 40%	Did the student show thought in their answers.(i.e. I want to know what you think, I don't just want to know that you did the worhsheet.)
Organization 10%	The worksheet is Legible and turned in on time.

I hope you have enjoyed this little learning journey in the Renassiance period. I hope this gives you a better understanding of the piece "The Battle Pavane," and that this understanding will reflect itself in your performance.

I hope you have enjoyed this little learning journey in the Renassiance period. I hope this gives you a better understanding of the piece "The Battle Pavane," and that this understanding will reflect itself in your performance.