Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 2C written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by April Avenue Music. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson.Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences.Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic.Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Order all three Level 2 workbooks to cover the following topics in depth: Level 2A Topics Pitch: Ledger notes; whole steps up and down; the C, F, and G major scales. Musical Time: Eighth notes, dotted half notes, primary and secondary accents, time signatures. Level 2B Topics Pitch: Major and minor 2nds and 3rds. Perfect 4ths and 5ths. White key accidentals. Major and minor triads. Primary triads on I, IV, and V in C, F, and G major. Musical Time: 2/8, 3/8, and 4/8 time signatures. Eighth rests. Level 2C Topics Pitch: Scales and key signatures: D major and B flat major. Intervals: Unisons, octaves, 6ths, and 7ths. Natural minor scales. Harmonic minor scales and primary triads. Musical Time: 16th notes and rests. Dotted quarter notes. A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. After completing the Level 2 workbooks, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 3 workbook, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Doctor Mozart Level 2 workbooks are ideal for children aged 7 years and up. Music Teachers Reviews "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN For more teacher reviews, please see the Level 1 workbook descriptions or visit DoctorMozart.com .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 2A written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson. Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences. Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic. Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Order all three Level 2 workbooks to cover the following topics in depth: Level 2A Topics Pitch: Ledger notes; whole steps up and down; the C, F, and G major scales. Musical Time: Eighth notes, dotted half notes, primary and secondary accents, time signatures. Level 2B Topics Pitch: Major and minor 2nds and 3rds. Perfect 4ths and 5ths. White key accidentals. Major and minor triads. Primary triads on I, IV, and V in C, F, and G major. Musical Time: 2/8, 3/8, and 4/8 time signatures. Eighth rests. Level 2C Topics Pitch: Scales and key signatures: D major and B flat major. Intervals: Unisons, octaves, 6ths, and 7ths. Natural minor scales. Harmonic minor scales and primary triads. Musical Time: 16th notes and rests. Dotted quarter notes. A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. After completing the Level 2 workbooks, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 3 workbook, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Doctor Mozart Level 2 workbooks are ideal for children aged 7 years and up. Music Teachers Reviews "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN For more teacher reviews, please see the Level 1 workbook descriptions or visit DoctorMozart.com .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 2B written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson. Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences. Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic. Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Order all three Level 2 workbooks to cover the following topics in depth: Level 2A Topics Pitch: Ledger notes; whole steps up and down; the C, F, and G major scales. Musical Time: Eighth notes, dotted half notes, primary and secondary accents, time signatures. Level 2B Topics Pitch: Major and minor 2nds and 3rds. Perfect 4ths and 5ths. White key accidentals. Major and minor triads. Primary triads on I, IV, and V in C, F, and G major. Musical Time: 2/8, 3/8, and 4/8 time signatures. Eighth rests. Level 2C Topics Pitch: Scales and key signatures: D major and B flat major. Intervals: Unisons, octaves, 6ths, and 7ths. Natural minor scales. Harmonic minor scales and primary triads. Musical Time: 16th notes and rests. Dotted quarter notes. A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. After completing the Level 2 workbooks, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 3 workbook, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Doctor Mozart Level 2 workbooks are ideal for children aged 7 years and up. Music Teachers Reviews "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN For more teacher reviews, please see the Level 1 workbook descriptions or visit DoctorMozart.com .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Answers for Level 2 and 3 written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by April Avenue Music. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the answers for the exercises found in Levels 2A, 2B, 2C, and 3. Unlike the actual workbooks, which are printed in color, this answer book is printed in black and white, to make it more affordable. The answers provided are for the current versions of the workbooks.

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook for Older Beginners 1a 1b In Depth Piano Theory Fun for Children s Music Lessons and Homeschooling For Learning written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by April Avenue Music. This book was released on 2014-05-31 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php This workbook is suitable for children 8 years and older. It covers the same topics as the separate Level 1A and Level 1B workbooks, but at a much faster pace. Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson.Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences.Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic.Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. This workbook covers the following topics in depth: Older Beginners 1A+1B Topics The keyboardThe music alphabetSteps and skipsThe staffMiddle C and the clefsMeasures and bar linesQuarter, half, and whole notesTime signatures: 4/4, 3/4, 2/4The C chordAll the grand staff notesQuarter, half, and whole restsDynamics, articulation, and terminology This accelerated workbook should be followed by Level 1C. After completing Level 1C, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 2 and 3 workbooks, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Music Teachers Reviews "I have several of my 4 and 5 year olds using the Doctor Mozart Book. They are enjoying it immensely." D.L., AB. "Our Kindergarten and 1st graders especially love this book. I'm really impressed with how much they enjoy doing their theory work. If anything is going to get done during the week, it is their pages in Doctor Mozart." L.H., LA "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1B written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson. Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences. Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic. Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Free videos on the DoctorMozart.com website to help your child get started with music theory. Ideal for young beginners, the three Doctor Mozart Level 1 workbooks cover the following topics in depth: Level 1A Topics The treble and bass clefs. Match staff notes with keys on the keyboard. The C major triad. Quarter, half, and whole notes. Bar lines and measures. Time signatures. Level 1B Topics All notes on the treble and bass staffs. Draw lines from staff notes to the keyboard. Quarter, half, and whole notes and rests. Time signatures. Dynamics and articulation marks. Level 1C Topics Accidentals. Diatonic and chromatic semitones. Enharmonic notes. Key signatures. Scales. Tempo and expression terminology. A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. Children 8 and up may prefer the Doctor Mozart Older Beginners workbook, instead of Levels 1A and 1B. After completing the Level 1 workbooks, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 2 and 3 workbooks, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Music Teachers Reviews "I have several of my 4 and 5 year olds using the Doctor Mozart Book. They are enjoying it immensely." D.L., AB. "Our Kindergarten and 1st graders especially love this book. I'm really impressed with how much they enjoy doing their theory work. If anything is going to get done during the week, it is their pages in Doctor Mozart." L.H., LA "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 1C written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson. Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences. Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic. Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Free videos on the DoctorMozart.com website to help your child get started with music theory. Ideal for young beginners, the three Doctor Mozart Level 1 workbooks cover the following topics in depth: Level 1A Topics The treble and bass clefs. Match staff notes with keys on the keyboard. The C major triad. Quarter, half, and whole notes. Bar lines and measures. Time signatures. Level 1B Topics All notes on the treble and bass staffs. Draw lines from staff notes to the keyboard. Quarter, half, and whole notes and rests. Time signatures. Dynamics and articulation marks. Level 1C Topics Accidentals. Diatonic and chromatic semitones. Enharmonic notes. Key signatures. Scales. Tempo and expression terminology. A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. Children 8 and up may prefer the Doctor Mozart Older Beginners workbook, instead of Levels 1A and 1B. After completing the Level 1 workbooks, your child can progress to the more advanced Level 2 and 3 workbooks, for success with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). Music Teachers Reviews "I have several of my 4 and 5 year olds using the Doctor Mozart Book. They are enjoying it immensely." D.L., AB. "Our Kindergarten and 1st graders especially love this book. I'm really impressed with how much they enjoy doing their theory work. If anything is going to get done during the week, it is their pages in Doctor Mozart." L.H., LA "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Answers for Level 1 and Older Beginners written by Machiko Yamane Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the answers for the exercises found in Levels 1A, 1B, 1C, and Older Beginners. Unlike the actual workbooks, which are printed in color, this answer book is printed in black and white, to make it more affordable. The answers provided are for the current versions of the Doctor Mozart music theory workbooks.

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook Level 3 In Depth Piano Theory Fun for Children s Music Lessons and Home Schooling Highly Effective for Beginn written by Paul Christopher Musgrave and published by April Avenue Music. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's Inside? You can see some sample pages from this Doctor Mozart workbook at DoctorMozart.com/LookInside.php Help Your Child Succeed with Music Music theory knowledge is essential for your child's success. Doctor Mozart's keyboard-based approach to music theory can help your child succeed with any musical instrument, including piano, guitar, flute, violin, and voice. Doctor Mozart workbooks will help your child with: Entertaining graphic memory aids that help your child stay interested and remember each lesson. Clear, detailed explanations in short, simple sentences. Highly effective exercises to ensure that your child understands every topic. Experience with writing notes, clefs, and musical symbols by hand, for learning that is deep and enduring. Level 3 Topics The Level 3 workbook covers the following topics in depth: Key signatures with 3 and 4 flats, and with 3, 4, and 5 sharps The circle of 5ths Melodic minor scales Intervals on ledger notes Triad inversions Transposition by octaves Plagal, authentic, and half cadences using block chords Dotted eighth notes and rhythms Common time and cut time Triplets (quarter note, 8th note, and 16th note) Compound time signatures Upbeats Adding rests to complete a bar Repetition and sequences Musical terminology A colorful certificate of achievement at the end of each book rewards students for their effort. Ideal For Music Lessons and Home Schooling Because each topic is explained clearly and in detail, Doctor Mozart workbooks are easy to understand for children and parents alike. Hence they are ideal for home schooling. As well, Doctor Mozart workbooks are exceptionally helpful with formal music lessons, no matter what other teaching materials are used. They are also compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music(R) Basic Rudiments program and the Music Teachers' Association of California Certificate of Merit(R). The Doctor Mozart Level 3 workbook is ideal for children aged 8 years and up. It is longer than the other workbooks in the series by 8 pages. As the final workbook in the series, it provides the essential theory background your child needs to succeed with a musical instrument at an intermediate level. Music Teachers Reviews "I have been searching for a theory book which will enhance the piano student's lessons rather than bore them. The Doctor Mozart theory book is filled with everything for which I have been searching. The pages are colorful, and there are interesting, fun tips that help students retain information in ways not found in the traditional theory books." J.K., Maple Grove, MN For more teacher reviews, please see the Level 1 workbook descriptions or visit DoctorMozart.com .

Download or read book Doctor Mozart Music Theory Workbook written by Machiko Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative theory workbook is popular among students aged 6 to 12. It is also used by some adults as an easy way to get started with music theory. Use it for enjoyable learning and superior results.The topics are explained clearly and in-depth. Learning is reinforced by colorful illustrations and diagrams with every lesson. Printed in color throughout, with a durable laminated cover, students will be pleased to own and use this attractive workbook. At 9 x 12 inches, the dimensions are standard for theory workbooks. But Level 1 is 96 pages long, which is two to three times as long as the typical length for music theory workbooks. There is even a colorful Certificate of Achievement at the end to reward students for their effort.Doctor Mozart theory workbooks can be used alone, or together with other method books. They are compatible with the Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) theory requirements, as well as the requirements for the California Music Teachers Association (CMTA) Level 3 Certificate. Doctor Mozart can also be used as a supplement for students who are following programs like ABRSM, Alfred Piano Theory, Faber Piano Adventures, Hal Leonard Piano Theory, and Bastien Piano Basics Theory.Level 1 topics include: Pitch: treble and bass clefs, names of notes on the staff and keyboard, the middle C ledger line, accidentals (sharps, flats, naturals), and semitones (diatonic and chromatic). Rhythm: Time values (duration) of quarter, half, and whole notes and rests, time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, bar lines, and rests in simple time. Musical Terms and Signs: forte, piano, mezzo forte, mezzo piano, pianissimo, accent, staccato, legato, slur, tie, diminuendo, crescendo, repeat signs, and double bar lines.

Download or read book How Music Works written by John Powell and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Any readers whose love of music has somehow not led them to explore the technical side before will surely find the result a thoroughly accessible, and occasionally revelatory, primer."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why do ten violins sound only twice as loud as one? Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers these questions and many more in How Music Works, an intriguing and original guide to acoustics. In a clear and engaging voice, Powell leads you on a fascinating journey through the world of music, with lively discussions of the secrets behind harmony timbre, keys, chords, loudness, musical composition, and more. From how musical notes came to be (you can thank a group of stodgy men in 1939 London for that one), to how scales help you memorize songs, to how to make and oboe from a drinking straw, John Powell distills the science and psychology of music with wit and charm.

Download or read book The Theory of Musical Communication written by Alexander N. Yakoupov and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the communicative processes that encompass the creation, interpretation, perception, and evaluation of the various phenomena constituting musical art. The numerous internal and external communicative links in the spheres of the composer, the performer, the listener and the musicologist-critic – links which constitute a complex system of the transmission of musical information – are considered from a socio-cultural perspective, which determines the high social role of the academic genres of music. The book will be of use to professional musicians and to all those interested in the acute problems of musicology, musical aesthetics, the sociology of music, and musical pedagogics.

Download or read book This is Your Brain on Music written by Daniel Levitin and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Changing Mind and The Organized Mind comes a New York Times bestseller that unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with music ***** 'What do the music of Bach, Depeche Mode and John Cage fundamentally have in common?' Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, even more fundamental to our species than language. From Mozart to the Beatles, neuroscientist, psychologist and internationally-bestselling author Daniel Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience. In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand music, and what it can teach us about ourselves. ***** 'Music seems to have an almost wilful, evasive quality, defying simple explanation, so that the more we find out, the more there is to know . . . Daniel Levitin's book is an eloquent and poetic exploration of this paradox' Sting 'You'll never hear music in the same way again' Classic FM magazine 'Music, Levitin argues, is not a decadent modern diversion but something of fundamental importance to the history of human development' Literary Review

Download or read book Mozart s Music of Friends written by Edward Klorman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes chamber music from Mozart's time within its highly social salon-performance context.

Download or read book Beethoven s Hair written by Russell Martin and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-01-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America. When Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer, snipping a lock of Beethoven's hair as a keepsake--as was custom at the time--in the process. For a century, the lock of hair was a treasured Hiller family relic, until it somehow found its way to the town of Gilleleje, in Nazi-occupied Denmark. There, it was given to a local doctor, Kay Fremming, who was deeply involved in the effort to help save hundreds of hunted and frightened Jews. After Fremming's death, his daughter assumed ownership of the lock, and eventually consigned it for sale at Sotheby's, where two American Beethoven enthusiasts, Ira Brilliant and Che Guevara, purchased it in 1994. Subsequently, they and others instituted a series of complex forensic tests in the hope of finding the probable causes of the composer's chronically bad health, his deafness, and the final demise that Ferdinand Hiller had witnessed all those years ago. The results, revealed for the first time here, are the most compelling explanation yet offered for why one of the foremost musicians the world has ever known was forced to spend much of his life in silence. In Beethoven's Hair, Russell Martin has created a rich historical treasure hunt, a tale of false leads, amazing breakthroughs, and incredible revelations. This unique and fascinating book is a moving testament to the power of music, the lure of relics, the heroism of the Resistance movement, and the brilliance of molecular science.

Download or read book Projection Art for Kids written by Linda Buckingham and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the tools and techniques of projection art, a way of turning nearly any printed image into a painting of any size.

Download or read book Mozart s Starling written by Lyanda Lynn Haupt and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 27th, 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart met a flirtatious little starling in a Viennese shop who sang an improvised version of the theme from his Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Sensing a kindred spirit in the plucky young bird, Mozart bought him and took him home to be a family pet. For three years, the starling lived with Mozart, influencing his work and serving as his companion, distraction, consolation, and muse. Two centuries later, starlings are reviled by even the most compassionate conservationists. A nonnative, invasive species, they invade sensitive habitats, outcompete local birds for nest sites and food, and decimate crops. A seasoned birder and naturalist, Lyanda Lynn Haupt is well versed in the difficult and often strained relationships these birds have with other species and the environment. But after rescuing a baby starling of her own, Haupt found herself enchanted by the same intelligence and playful spirit that had so charmed her favorite composer. In Mozart's Starling, Haupt explores the unlikely and remarkable bond between one of history's most cherished composers and one of earth's most common birds. The intertwined stories of Mozart's beloved pet and Haupt's own starling provide an unexpected window into human-animal friendships, music, the secret world of starlings, and the nature of creative inspiration. A blend of natural history, biography, and memoir, Mozart's Starling is a tour de force that awakens a surprising new awareness of our place in the world.