The History of Classical Music
by Richard Fawkes UNABRIDGED
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki, the first living classical composer to get into the pop album charts, here is the fascinating story of over a thousand years of Western classical music and the composers who have sought to express in music the deepest of human feelings and emotions. Polyphony, sonata form, serial music - many musical expressions are also explained - by performances from some of the most highly praised recordings of recent years.
Chapters:
01 The Early, Middle and Renaissance Periods [1:13]
02 The Baroque and Classical Periods [1:18]
03 The Romantic Period [1:17]
04 The Twentieth Century [1:17]
Rosemary Border The Piano
Oxford Bookworms Library
Level 2 (700 words)
One day, a farmer tells a farm boy to take everything out of an old building and throw it away. ´It´s all rubbish,´ he says.
In the middle of all the rubbish, the boy finds a beautiful old piano. He has never played before, but now, when his fingers touch the piano, he begins to play. He closes his eyes and the music comes to him - and the music moves his fingers.
When he opens his eyes again, he knows that his life is changed for ever . . . Book added by Tatyana Ïîëüçîâàòåëåì Tatyana äîáàâëåíà êíèãà
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Mendel's Accordion (Kar-Ben Favorites)
By Heidi Smith Hyde
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2—This gentle, picture-book history of klezmer music may have difficulty finding an audience. Mendel plays the accordion and forms a traveling band, but when life gets difficult in the old country, he leaves for America. On the way, he meets other musicians and starts a new group. In New York, he marries
and has children and grandchildren, who love different kinds of music. Finally, his great-grandson finds the old instrument in the attic and has it fixed, and a new generation of klezmorim emerges. The text is unremarkable and lacks transitions in places; but the simple language is accessible and makes the complex story of
immigration comprehensible for a young audience. The attractive folksy watercolor illustrations move the story along effectively and capture life in the various settings. The characters are representative of Jewish culture without being caricatures; the joy of music is clear on their faces. An endnote discusses immigration, klezmer music and its resurgence, and the history of the accordion.
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