{"id":1148,"date":"2026-06-17T20:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T19:17:55","slug":"victorian-street-cries-becoming-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/2026\/06\/17\/victorian-street-cries-becoming-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian Street Cries &amp; Becoming Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This term we have been learning about music in the Victorian era in connection to our class project. One aspect we looked at was Victorian street cries. We worked together to work out the rhythms of five different street cries and then in small groups, we composed a melody to go with the words.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1154\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201254\/street-cry-gp-1-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201254\/street-cry-gp-1-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201254\/street-cry-gp-1.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1155\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201256\/street-cry-gp-2-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201256\/street-cry-gp-2-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201256\/street-cry-gp-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201258\/street-cry-gp-3-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201258\/street-cry-gp-3-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201258\/street-cry-gp-3.jpg 617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201259\/street-cry-gp-4-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201259\/street-cry-gp-4-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201259\/street-cry-gp-4.jpg 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1158\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201301\/street-cry-gp-5-300x106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201301\/street-cry-gp-5-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201301\/street-cry-gp-5.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1159\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201305\/street-cry-gp-6-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201305\/street-cry-gp-6-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201305\/street-cry-gp-6.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1160\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201307\/street-cry-gp-7-300x112.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201307\/street-cry-gp-7-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201307\/street-cry-gp-7.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1161\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201309\/street-cry-gp-8-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201309\/street-cry-gp-8-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201309\/street-cry-gp-8.jpg 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each group performed their street cry melody on a glockenspiel and this is how our melodies look using standard notation. We can now play each others compositions. We are composers!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1162\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201547\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-1-3-300x118.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201547\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-1-3-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201547\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-1-3-1024x404.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201547\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-1-3-768x303.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201547\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-1-3.png 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1163\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201550\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-4-6-300x116.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201550\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-4-6-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201550\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-4-6-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201550\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-4-6-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201550\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-4-6.png 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1164\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201552\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-7-8-300x80.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201552\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-7-8-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201552\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-7-8-1024x275.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201552\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-7-8-768x206.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/public\/primary62526\/uploads\/sites\/3629\/2026\/06\/17201552\/Victorian-Street-Cry-compositions-7-8.png 1197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This term we have been learning about music in the Victorian era in connection to our class project. One aspect we looked at was Victorian street cries. We worked together to work out the rhythms of five different street cries &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/2026\/06\/17\/victorian-street-cries-becoming-composers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":576,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/576"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1165,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/primary62526\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}