Press the buttons to hear the music in this time-traveling journey
around the world, as young readers embark on a magical adventure through
the history of music!
Stopping off at 10 key chronologically organized moments in history,
in different places around the world, readers meet a great musician
in each, and can press their instruments to hear a clip of their
musical masterpieces!
From 1600s England, where you can hear the harpsichord play
Greensleeves, to 18th Century Munich, where you can hear Mozart's
piano sonata, to a classical Indian raga in 1700s Udaipur, to New
York in the 1940s, where readers can press Charlie Parker's saxophone
to hear bebop Jazz, this book will teach children about cultural
history, famous musicians and musical genres all while wanting to
press the buttons and hear the music again and again.
Each musician tells you about where they live, how their music was
inspired, and what it means to them, teaching children about the
origins of these most magical melodies.
A great playtime or bedtime read, complete with a soundtrack that
tracks key moments in musical history, children will love to listen to
the most beautiful and important, genre defining bars of music time
and time again.