Magnificent Seven: Great Composers in Song

Introduce your young students to the music and lives of seven great composers! This unison collection by well-known composers John Carter and Mary Kay Beall can be taught in many ways. It's effective as a songbook, or a series of musical history lessons, or add the informative narrative verse to create an enjoyable program. The Teacher's handbook also includes 14 reproducible activity sheets for classroom use. Both the teacher and the student books contain biographical information and portraits of the seven featured composers. The CD features full performances (using children's voices) and accompaniment orchestrations arranged by Alan Billingsley. The clever lyrics describing the composers' lives are set to their most famous melodies. Turn the kids on to the classics while studying the music and lives of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Musical Sequence: Opening Fanfare; Bach: When You Think Of Baroque Music; Haydn: One Of Twelve When He Was Born; Mozart: King Of All The Classic Charts; Beethoven: What's It Like To Be A Prodigy?; Chopin: He Was A Polish Boy; Brahms: When You're Sleepless In Hamburg; Tchaikovsky: How Would You Like To Have A Middle Name Like Ilyich? and Closing Fanfare. Grades 1-3. 20 minutes.