2016, Term 2 Weeks 7 and 8: Bird Brains and Bugs Bunny

Here's another song by Fatcat and Fishface.  Click on this link to find the music  for Bird Brain- but you can only play it a few times before it's blocked and then you will need to follow the instructions to buy it for yourself. (Well worth it!)
 






















Bird  Brain 

Bird . . .  Brain . . .  Bird. . . Brain 

The brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
It can teach you to fly. It can teach you to sing
It can teach you to operate both of your wings
Oh the brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
The brain of a bird is a marvellous thing

Bird . . .  Brain . . .  Bird. . . Brain  

The brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
It can make you take journeys in winter and spring
It can make you make nests of tinfoil and string
Oh the brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
The brain of a bird is a marvellous thing

Bird . . .  Brain . . .  Bird. . . Brain 

Your bones may be hollow
Your feet may be webbed
Your song may be just a quack
Yet you can fly thousands of nautical miles
You can fly thousands of nautical miles 
You can fly thousands of nautical miles
And know how to get yourself back

Bird . . .  Brain . . .  Bird. . . Brain 

The brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
It can help you to see when it’s terribly dim
It can lead you to water to duck, dive or swim
Oh the brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
the brain of a bird is a marvellous thing
the brain of a bird  -  is a marvellous thing

Brain  A marvellous thing        Bird  
Brain  A marvellous thing        Bird  
Brain  A marvellous thing        Bird 

Last week we looked at Tom and Jerry's version (Cat Concerto) of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2.  Here's another cartoon version of  Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2, starring Bugs Bunny.   What similarities can you find between the two versions?  They were both released in 1946, and both film studios accused the other of plagiarism, but no proof has ever been found.  In 1947, the Cat Concerto won an Academy Award for best animated short film.  

 Vocabulary: 

rhapsody -  a one-movement piece of instrumental piece of music with several  contrasts of tempo and mood 

movement - one section of a longer piece of classical music. Longer pieces of classical music are often broken up into different sections - called movements. Often  there is a different tempo and mood to each movement.  Audiences are not supposed to applaud between movements, but wait until the very end when the conductor puts down his baton and bows. 

tempo -  the speed a piece of music is played. There can be many changes of tempo in a single piece of music.

applaud -  to clap. Applause means clapping. 

concerto -  from the Italian language meaning 'agreeing' or 'playing together'.  A concerto is a piece of music played by a solo instrument with an orchestra.  (A piano is the solo instrument in the Tom and Jerry cartoon. We don't get to see the orchestra but we hear them.) 

nautical -  means to do with the sea, sailing, or navigation. 

plagiarism - copying someone else's work and using it as your own.  

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