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Engage children with this collection of some of classical music's most widely-recognized pieces.
This updated and expanded edition of the perennial favorite traces the line of composers from Monteverde to the tonalists of the 1990s. Schonberg discusses the lives and works of the foremost figures in classical music, weaving a fabric rich in detail and anecdote. Photos.
The ideal springboard for a lifelong journey through classical music. Each selection is carefully tailored for younger listeners and includes famous tracks as well as unexpected gems. The booklet is full of information on every piece of music. Unique and imaginative, these CDs wi...
Alastair Sawday's love of adventure began as a teenager in the 1960s, when he set sail on the RMS Queen Mary for Massachusetts. Then came teaching in St Lucia, and on to Trinidad and Guyana. A passion for exploration and a fierce commitment to the environment were set in motion. ...
Paris, 1860s. For Mimi Bisset, survival is everything on the streets of Paris. She tries to forget the pain of losing her daughter Colette, who was born out of wedlock and forcibly given away to a rich family. But Mimi's world turns upside down after a chance encounter with hands...
The French love their food, and children will too, by learning about France's most-craved delights. Witness a goat being milked and the process of making goat cheese, see children in French berets toting baguettes on their bicycles, and learn how grapes make the best grape juice ...
"Don Gato is a collection of favorite folk songs and melodies performed on string instruments (violin, viola, cello and bass). The performances are by some of the world's greatest performers, including many artist faculty members and students from the Eastman School of Music and ...
1865, United States -It took thirty years and a dislocated arm for Victoria to leave her abusive husband. Heartbroken, she has to choose her own life over the hope of ever seeing her son again. She escapes the manor in the dead of night, only bringing with her a white wedding dre...
It's Bastille Day in Paris. The Happy Hoofers -- Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini - are all set to kick off the fete by dancing the cancan on a beautiful sightseeing cruise down the Seine. As the leggy ladies soak in the magic of the city of lights, everything is magnifiq...
Looks at the producers of French films from 1945 to 1980 and how their films influenced cinema for generations to come.
The biography of Edward VII and his playboy lifestyle. Despite fierce opposition from his mother, Queen Victoria, Edward VII was always passionately in love with France. He had affairs with the most famous Parisian actresses, courtesans and can-can dancers. He spoke French more e...