These delightful books by Thomas Tapper will gracefully accent your music education library. Written in a gentle and engaging, classical style, these stories will introduce your children to music theory and famous composers. Available titles: Music Talks with Children, A Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians, Vol. I (includes Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi, Liszt, and Schumann), and A Child’s Own Book of Classical Musician, Vol. II (includes Chopin, Haydn, Handel, Schubert, Grieg, and Wagner).
Available as single titles or in a discounted bundle.
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Music Talks with Children: Music Talks with Children is a classical-style series of short readings for adults and children to share. Through these Talks, children are gently and delightfully introduced to musical terms and concepts, while being encouraged in their character development as well. For example:
$8.50 Click to view an excerpt“Having observed the hands and their duties, we can readily see the kind of task they must do in music. It is just the same kind of task as laying a wall of stone. Every motion must be done honorably. Everything must be thought out in the mind and heart before the hands are called upon to act. Wise people always go about their tasks this way. Unwise people try the other way, of acting first and thinking it out afterward, and, of course, they always fail. You can now understand that a great pianist is one who has great thought with which to command the hands. And to be sure they will obey his commands at once, he has made them obey him continuously for years. This teaching the hands to obey is called Practice.”
A Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians, Vol. I: A Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians is an engaging, classical-style storybook for children that will invite them into the world of great composers, following them from childhood to musical renown. You’ll find interesting information, history and timelines, and charming illustrations in these volumes. Each chapter ends with a review and questions to reinforce learning.
Volume One includes Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Verdi, Liszt, and Schumann.
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A Child’s Own Book of Great Musicians, Vol. II: Volume Two includes Chopin, Haydn, Handel, Schubert, Grieg, and Wagner.
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The Music Education Bundle
Music Talks with Children, A Child’s Book of Great Musicians, Vol. I, and A Child’s Book of Great Musicians, Vol. II
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