Classics For Kids
Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way.
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Claude Debussy: Non-Dancing Music Based on Dances
The last movement of Claude Debussy's Children's Corner is a ...
The last movement of Claude Debussy's Children's Corner is a cakewalk -- a dance done by African-American slaves on plantations. But Debussy didn't intend for anyone to dance to his cakewalk. Lots of other composers wrote music that wasn't meant for dancing, even though it was based on dances.
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Claude Debussy: Music Composed for Children
A lot of classical music was written just for kids. ...
A lot of classical music was written just for kids. Peter and the Wolf is just the beginning -- there are also pieces based on children's books, toys, games, and more.
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Claude Debussy: The Children's Corner
Claude Debussy had a daughter named Emma-Claude, but everyone called ...
Claude Debussy had a daughter named Emma-Claude, but everyone called her Chouchou, a French pet name that means "darling." When Chouchou was three years old, she started taking piano lessons. Her proud father composed the Children's Corner as a present for her, even though it was much too hard for her to play at the time. The suite was meant to entertain Chouchou, since it starred her favorite toys.
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Claude Debussy: About Claude Debussy
Even when he was young, Claude Debussy loved to experiment ...
Even when he was young, Claude Debussy loved to experiment with new sounds. That got him into trouble when he was a student at the Paris Conservatory, but it turned out to be a good thing when he grew up. Inspired by Impressionist poets and visual artists around him, Debussy created Impressionism in music.
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Sergei Prokofiev: The Story of Lt. Kije
Lt. Kije is the story of an imaginary soldier, created ...
Lt. Kije is the story of an imaginary soldier, created when the Russian Tsar misread a smudged name on a list of his men. Everyone around the Tsar was too afraid to tell him there was no such person, so they just invented an entire life for the nonextistent Kije. He gets married and become a hero -- all on paper. When the Tsar finally demands to meet Kije, the military holds his funeral.
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Sergei Prokofiev: How Suite It Is
In music, a suite is a specific collection of pieces. ...
In music, a suite is a specific collection of pieces. Here are some examples of various kinds of musical suites.
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Sergei Prokofiev: Musical Sleigh Rides
Prokofiev was not the only classical composer to paint a ...
Prokofiev was not the only classical composer to paint a musical portrait of a sleigh ride on a snowy day. Listen as we take you through several other examples of this frosty form of transportation.
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Sergei Prokofiev: About Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev lived and traveled around the world, ...
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev lived and traveled around the world, but found that he was most at home in Russia. This look at his life takes you on his travels and highlights some of his music, including Peter and the Wolf, which he wrote for the Central Children's Theatre in Moscow.
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Igor Stravinsky: Composer Teachers and their Students
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov spent years as a professor at the St. ...
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov spent years as a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Many of his students became famous composers themselves: Anatol Liadov, Alexander Glazunov, and Igor Stravinsky. A lot of famous composers studied with each other.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Winter in Music
It's December, and winter has officially begun. This is a ...
It's December, and winter has officially begun. This is a program of music with wintery themes.
