Enjoy a fun moment as a family while discovering the life and work of some of the greatest classical musicians!
This book describes the lives of twelve well-known classical music composers in a plain yet playful language. Each page features a picture and an interactive story which encourages the child to press a button and listen to that composer’s music. World-renowned maestro Zubin Mehta attended the book release party. With the help of this book, kids learn to recognize the instruments of the orchestra while listening to their magical sounds.
In this songbook, discover the lives and masterpieces of:
• Vivaldi
• Bach
• Mozart
• Beethoven
• Mendelssohn
• Brahms
• Grieg
• Tchaikovsky
• Bizet
• Rossini
• Strauss
• Khachaturian
EXCERPT
Mozart was born in 1791 in Salzburg, a city in Austria, to a musical family. His father, Leopold Mozart, was a famous musician. His sister, Nannerl, was a gifted pianist herself. Little Wolffi could play the piano and the violin quite well by the time he turned three, impressing everyone who heard him play. He had the amazing ability to hear a piece of music once and then play it from memory without any mistakes. Wolffi could spend hours and hours playing the piano. Once, when the barber came, Wolffi would not be interrupted: he continued to play while the barber cut his hair.
By the time he reached the age of five, Mozart had composed dozens of pieces. At the age of seven he began giving concerts all over Europe with his sister and father.
