SuitabookCourage and performance
Tchaikovsky and the family encounter a musical journey connected with fears about conducting and learning about courage.
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Douglas Cowling - Author
This offers a lively introduction to Tchaikovsky through travel, family adventure and listening. Its distinctive feature is the meeting of his music with American ragtime, spirituals and folk traditions.
Classical kids series features stories for children with musical excerpts and movements written by the highlighted composer. Travel back in time to 1891, when composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky travelled to New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall. This title tells a story of all aboard for fun as a young family join the composer on a musical journey filled with excerpts both of Tchaikovsky's music and also well-known American music such as ragtime, spirituals, and popular folk classics. The family learn much about Tchaikovsky -- his life in Russia, his love of music and his fears of conducting. In the end, both the composer and the family discover something about courage -- and about themselves.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis offers a lively introduction to Tchaikovsky through travel, family adventure and listening. Its distinctive feature is the meeting of his music with American ragtime, spirituals and folk traditions.
Tchaikovsky and the family encounter a musical journey connected with fears about conducting and learning about courage.
Tchaikovsky’s music is presented alongside well-known American musical forms during the family’s journey to New York.
Be ready to pause over the range of Russian and American musical worlds. The book may invite attention to how different musical styles are presented during the journey.
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