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A practical look and listen guide to the world of music. Includes a specially created CD featuring a new work by innovative Danish composer Poul Ruders.Special symbols in the book show you when to turn on the CD and listen to the instruments featured on the page or to BBC Sympony Orchestra conductor, Andrew Davis, explaining different parts of the music.Easy-to-follow timelines chart the lives of composers and their works, together with photos of young musicians and today's famous performers. A must for any budding musician. ... Read more

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An Inspiring Product
My two-year-old was there when I opened the package containing this book.After five minutes of looking through the new book with me, she was inspired to pick up a large leaf and place it under her chin.She took a stick and began rubbing it back and forth across the leaf."I'm playing my viola," she said.The really funny scene was when she tried to pretend a guitar case was a double bass.The pictures are really great for kids.I think they could have chosen nicer music for their cd.The Witches Chorus is rather overpowering.The instrument examples sound electronic to me.The charts of music history is confusing.Incidents in each period seem to have been picked at random rather than for their overall importance to the period.It isn't really a general overview.However, I still like the book.The strong point is that it gives children a good introduction to the instruments.It is entertaining.

Great book to start study of instruments!
I used this with my children (ages 2-13) in 1999 as an introduction to different musical instruments.We enjoyed the photos of instruments being played, diagrams to clarify details, and historical information on the instruments.In the first 51 pages called Making Music, topics covered arethe orchestra, conductor, composer, groups of instruments (stringed,woodwind, brass, percussion, and keyboard), and chamber music.Eachinstument section includes how the instruments actually make the sounds andis correlated to the CD.I wish the CD tracks could have been longer andsometimes the track included several instruments playing.It was hard tojust pick out a particular instrument, especially for the younger children.

The music on the CD is Concerto in Pieces by Poul Ruders played by theBBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Andrew Davis.In the composersection there are photos of Ruders working on this score, in the orchestrasection there are photos of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and in theconductor section there are photos of Andrew Davis conducting.

Part 2 isthe History of Music.We enjoyed an interesting timeline with historic artfrom 40,000 BC to 2000 AD.(Since they have so little information, itreally starts in 2600 BC.)Major divisions are ancient, medieval, baroque,classical, romantic, and national music.A reference section on composers,musical forms, and a glossary of musical terms completes the book.

Ididn't really care for the CD, especially now having listened to it many,many times through.I wish it could have more clearly indicated individualinstruments too.

I think this was a good start in our study of musicalinstruments.The children were interested in reading from it each day (2-4pages per day).They enjoyed the diagrams and seeing the instruments.TheCD added to the book.I just think it could have been better. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Institute on Religion and Public Life on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2542 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Bigot's Opera. (Opinion).(Danish composer Poul Ruders' opera, The Handmaid's Tale)
Author: Michael Linton
Publication: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Institute on Religion and Public Life
Issue: 137Page: 14(4)

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This is the Vocal Score for The Handmaid's Tale, an Opera based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. ... Read more

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Tundra - A Hommage To Jean Sibelius<-i> was commissioned by the Helsinki Philharmonics to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius. The work was world premiered in Helsingfors 7th December 1990 and repeated the next day on Sibelius

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In Latin Anima means soul but it is also a Jungian expression for the female element of the male. Anima forms the first part of a nameless trilogy of solo concertos, which emphasizes reflective moods. In this cello concerto it is mainly the melodic aspect that is in the foreground, a bitter-sweet but always gentle song for cello. ... Read more

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This is the complete vocal score to Poul Ruders' critically acclaimed opera, in a hardbound edition.Features a piano reduction by the composer. ... Read more

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A second Symphony by Ruders, commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress for the New York City based chamber orchestra, Riverside Symphony. The piece is subtitled Symphony And Transformation<-i> to express the for

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Concerto In Pieces<-i> was commissioned by the BBC as a celebration of two major events in British history of music: the 1995 tercentenary of the death of Henry Purcell and the 50th anniversary of Benjamin Britten's Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestr

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This digital document is an article from Opera Canada, published by Opera Canada Publications on September 22, 2004. The length of the article is 1322 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: New productions/new roles: the Canadian Opera Company presents the Canadian premiere of The Handmaid's Tale by Poul Ruders and Paul Bentley.
Author: Eric Domville
Publication: Opera Canada (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2004
Publisher: Opera Canada Publications
Volume: 45Issue: 3Page: 9(2)

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