g n i n e t s i L e v i t c A MEET THE CLASSICS

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with Movement, Props, & Activities An all -s progra chool m classic of a music l in 3 m in a day! . Dan Fee Denise Gagne

LISTENING FUN WITH SCARVES AND TENNIS BALLS: Rhythmically Expressive Movements to Classical Music by Dan Fee.

MORE LISTENING FUN with Parachutes, Paper Plates, Ribbons, and Scarves

by Dan Fee and Denise Gagné. Get kids moving to classical Introduce classical works of music, with parachutes, scarves, Bach, Grieg, Mussorgsky, and ribbons, and paper plates! This others with expressive moveexciting new active listening kit Both Volumes ment routines and props. Kit includes a Teacher’s Guide with 9725 $75 includes Teacher’s Guide with lessons and reproducible lessons, movement routines, and visuals—composer biographies, listening logs, reproducible composer biographies; enhanced beat charts, dynamics cards, form cards, CD of printable PDFs and movies of routines; and texture visuals; audio CD; digital CD with DVD of performances; and CD of all the music. PowerPoints to aid in teaching concepts and Digital resources are formatted for PowerPoint, routines; movies about the composers; and Smartboard and QuickTime videos. Gr. 1-6. QuickTime videos of each activity.

Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, & DVD 6156 $45

PB & 2 CDs 9749 $35

More Listening Fun Kit & Movement Props: Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, 12-ft. Parachute, 6 Ribbon Wands (36"), 12 Rainbow Scarves (27"), 10" Playground Ball, King’s Crown, and Storage Box 9748 $155

Listening Fun Kit & Movement Props: Book, Audio CD, Enhanced CD, DVD, 24 Scarves (27"), 24 rubber balls (2") 9759 $119 ($149 value)

Peter Tchaikovsky's NUTCRACKER SUITE: Active Listening Strategies for the Music Classroom

WHAT IS MUSIC? DVD

by Wesley Ball. Listening maps, lesson plans, reproducible activities, and the complete work on CD. $19.95 ea.

Activity Book/CD 8073 Student 20-pak 8074 Both 8075 $37

Explore the phenomena of sound. Why are some sounds musical and others only noise? What causes vibrations, and how do they relate to our perception of musicality? Plus a look at the cultural context of musical perception. Middle school & up. 60 min.

DVD

6349 $109

Amazing Music

Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony bring a new generation to the wonderful world of classical music in the tradition of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts. Filmed live at children’s concerts, Amazing Music is a breath of fresh air and shows the enthusiasm and involvement of the young audiences. Bravo!

DVDs

$24.95 ea. 

Witness the expressive power of music, even in a Tom & Jerry cartoon. 46 min. DVD 5726

Vol. 3: FAMILIES. Meet the families of instruments as they explore many different sounds and emotions. 27 min. DVD 5728

Vol. 2: PICTURES IN MUSIC

Vol. 4: JAZZ. The Billy Taylor Trio

Vol. 1: EMOTION IN MUSIC

Discover how music creates images in the mind—and in an art contest! 27 min.

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joins the Symphony, and with help from the audience, demos the elements of jazz. Jazz is a language, and the kids “get” it! 27 min.

DVD

SIMPLY FANTASTIC: An Introduction to Classical Music by Ana

All 5 Sets 7147 $122 LISTENING RESOURCE KITS by Denise Gagne. Here’s an active music listening program for the whole school in about 3 min. a day, even without a music teacher. Kits include a book with listening scripts to read aloud on the intercom in preparation for the daily classical selections on the CD, plus reproducible activities to reinforce the listening experience: listening logs, worksheets on composers and instruments, and more. Levels 4 & 5 include a timeline for historical context. Great for homeschoolers, too. Also coordinates with Gagne’s Musicplay Curriculum (see our website). PB & CD $25/set 7142 Level 1 K-Gr. 1

see Digital Resources for Level 1 below 7143 Level 2 Gr. 2

7144 Level 3 Gr. 3 7145 Level 4 Gr. 4 7146 Level 5 Gr. 5-6

LISTENING RESOURCE KIT 1: Digital Resources by

Denise Gagne. Interactive whiteboard visuals to accompany Listening Resource Kit 1: Listening maps, composer bios, instruments guide, listening logs, Venn diagrams, & kids demo videos of activities.

CD-ROM 7844 $20

MUSICPLAY Curriculum by Gagne

FROM FOLKSONGS TO MASTERWORKS: Art Music Listening Lessons for Grades K-6

“A primary objective of ‘listening’ in a Kodalybased music lesson is to practice a learned element in a selection of art music.” Organized by grade level, lesson plans integrate skills learned from folk songs with practice using classical selections found on the CDs. This comprehensive listening & learning resource includes appendices of song lists, sources, games, plus glossary. 285 pp.

Set of 4 DVDs 5730 $95

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Music takes wings... Gerhard, illus. by Claudia Legnazzi. Who knew that composers loved gnomes, fairies, witches, goblins, elves, and wizards as much as kids do? Simply Fantastic pairs 3 centuries of music inspired by magical legends and classic tales with evocative illustrations and listening guides keyed to topnotch recordings on the CD. The listening guides focus on musical elements, instruments, terms, etc. The book’s illustrations, explanatory notes, music glossary, short composer bios, & backgrounds on the fantastical characters and themes of the works are also on the CD as PDFs. What else can we say? This set is… well, simply fantastic! Ages 7-10.

What color do you hear?

THE GIRL WHO HEARD COLORS

by Marie Harris, illus. by Vanessa BrantleyNewton. What color is a dog's bark? The ring of a school bell? Or the patter of falling rain? Just ask Jillian, because for every sound she hears, she sees a color! Explore many ways to sense the world, with our 5 senses and synesthesia, a mixing of the senses which gifted musicians and artists often experience.

HB 6313 $16.99

MY HANDS SING THE BLUES: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey. “Visual jazz” is how the artist referred to his paintings & collages.

HB 6825 $17.99

3 Colors HBs above 99022 $49

Rosenstock, illus. by Mary Grandpre. Vasya saw colors singing and sounds dancing as he listened to the orchestra. “I could hear the hiss of the colors as they mingled” said the young artist. How could he capture the colors, movement, and emotions of the music on canvas? “Art should make you feel, like music.” HB 6376 $17.99

HB & Enhanced CD 6900 $16.95

Seeing Music & Hearing Art

LISTEN TO THE BIRDS: An Introduction to Classical Music by

Ana Gerhard, illus. by Cecilia Varela. Birds and their songs have long captured our imagination and inspired poets and musicians. Listen to 20 works by Mozart, Vivialdi, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Vaughan Williams and others, learn about the birds that inspired them, and how each was represented in the work. Includes a listening guide, short bio of each composer, and a glossary. Enhanced CD includes music, printable illustrations, notes and more. HB & Enhanced CD 8780 $16.95

Both Gerhard HBs/CDs above 99021 $32 HAJA: The Bird Who Was Afraid to Fly p. 3

from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Taking a few minutes every day to hear a great piece of music or see a beautiful painting enriches young lives. Combine them to whet the imagination even more!

CAN YOU FIND IT?

CAN YOU HEAR IT?

Search for objects in Locate sound clues 19 famous paintings. in the paintings and Then “listen”to the then listen for them in paintings and describe the music. Brueghel’s the sounds suggested winter landscape by the art. To add a brings to life Vivaldi’s Both Books, CD musical dimension, play swirling ice skaters, 7770 $35 music that reflects the Remington’s cowboys moods of the paintings depict the gunfire of or “orchestrate” them with body percussion and Copland’s Billy the Kid, and Posada’s skeletons instruments. Index of works and artists included. rattle their bones to Saint-Saën’s Fossils. Plus HB 7700 $17.95 guides to musical instruments, composers, artists, and works. HB & CD 7760 $19.95

Ann Bryant introduces

Classical Music Through Stories

Details and audio clips

more Children’s Classics pp. 86-89

Anna Harwell Celenza’s

Stories Behind the Classics

Set of 5 Books & CDs 9727 $59

Discover the stories behind the Complete Set masterworks, listen to the music 8659 $77 on the CD, and learn about the Gershwin’s composer and his period. Very well Rhapsody in Blue done for ages 4-12. HB & CD

6582 $21.95

Spiral PB & 4 CDs 6688 $145 ESSENTIAL LISTENING ACTIVITIES FOR THE MUSIC CLASSROOM: Ready-to-Use Lessons and Games for Grades PreK-8 by Eric

Branscome. Through games, activities, and creating their own listening maps, kids learn to recognize instruments and hear changes in timbre, texture, dynamics, and pitch. Enhance listening adventures with lots of reproducible templates, tips, and tools in lesson-plan format. 92 pp.

PB 7516 $24.95

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THE NOISY PAINT BOX: The Colors & Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb

Integrate music, art and literature for ages 6-10. Each read-aloud story coordinates with a related classical work on the CD. PB & CD $12.95 ea.

The Incredible Spinning Wheel

This story blends with Omphale’s Spinning Wheel by Saint-Saëns.

9723 William, The Crack Shot Kid

The Crazy Alien Ball. A Night on Bare Mountain by Mussorgsky creates the mood. 9722 Billy Briggs, Big on Skates

Smetana’s stirring Moldau sweeps us Told to The William Tell Overture by along. 9721 Rossini. 9726 Jupiter Cove. Jupiter from Holst’s The Planets sets this stage. 9724

Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite 6023 $19.95

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons 6028 $19.95

Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre 6039 $19.95

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Luigi’s Music Kits

LUIGI’S BATON and the Orchestra Family Reunion by John Jacobson,

can you hear it?

Both HB/CDs 7241 $24 MY FIRST CLASSICAL MUSIC BOOK

by Genevieve Helsby & Jason Chapman. An earand-eye-opening interactive journey into classical music! The clever text and cartoon illustrations are keyed to the 28-track, 69-min. audio CD. Meet composers and hear their music, learn about and listen to instruments in classical works, enjoy musical stories, & more. Discover the who, what, where, when, and hows of classical music, with the aid of a little bird that quizzes you along the way. Ages 6-12. HB & CD 7237 $12.99

MY FIRST ORCHESTRA BOOK

by Genevieve Helsby, illus. by Karin Eklund. Meet the most amazing team ever: the orchestra! A little green troll guides children through the orchestra, featuring every instrument, with audio examples and classical works on CD keyed to the text. Charmingly illustrated, plus a musical quiz. Ages 6-12.

HB & CD 7240 $12.99

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Poster & Repro Guide 40" x 30". Q239 $21.95 p. 67

John Higgins, and Wesley Ball. Join Maestro Luigi at Symphony Hall to learn about the instruments of the orchestra. Lively lesson plans feature humorous story-telling, original songs, and listening maps of orchestral recordings that spotlight each instrumental family. Project (or print) full-color PDFs of the stories, songsheets, and listening maps—with embedded audio and video recordings so you can listen, watch, sing or dance with a single click! Click on a picture of each instrument and hear a short sound clip—great for review and assessment! To ice the cake, put on a Luigi’s Baton revue with the songs, production and choreography tips, and the P/A CD. Gr. 3-6.

Teacher/CD-ROM & P/A CD 7520 $69.99 Kids’ Baton 3756 $2.95 ea.

12 or more $2 ea.

LUIGI’S LISTENING LAB: Multimedia Music History for the Classroom NEVER PLAY MUSIC RIGHT NEXT TO THE ZOO by John Lithgow, illus. by

Leeza Hernandez. When the animals hear the nearby orchestra playing, they burst from their cages to join in the music making. This hilariously inharmonious rhyming tale introduces musical instruments in a low-key way.

HB & CD 6733 $17.99

SOUNDS OF THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Interact with the orchestra by sight and sound on whiteboards or your computer! Identify instruments aurally and visually—individually, by families, and in various ensembles. Learn the background and history of the instruments and how the orchestra evolved through the centuries. Gr. 4-12. Win/Mac.

Enhanced CD 3423 $39.95 Sounds of the Symphony Enhanced CD, Poster & Repro Guide Q239 9030 $59

Discover the Great Composers & the Instruments

Now available in 2 formats! Sets of 24 laminated posters (9" x 12") include fun facts on the back. Digital editions have full-color photos, history, bios, facts, printable PDFs, and audios. Composers digital set includes recordings of composers’ works, and Instruments set has recordings of individual instruments plus Britten’s A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, and a listening game.

DISCOVER THE INSTRUMENTS Set of 24 Posters 6533 $24.99 Digital Edition 6502 $29.99

DISCOVER THE GREAT COMPOSERS Set of 24 Posters 6532 $24.99 Digital Edition 6510 $29.99

Both Poster Sets 9655 $47

Both Digital Sets 9657 $55

by Cristi Cary Miller. Join Luigi in the listening lab to study masterworks by Haydn, Saint-Saëns, Mancini, Gershwin, John Williams, and 5 more. Luigi tells recorded fun facts about the composers and their music on the CD-ROM, which also has projectable full-color listening maps with embedded audio, and printable stories and maps. Teacher Edition has lesson plans linked to the National Standards.

Teacher Book & CD-ROM 7529 $29.99 Both Luigi Kits 9679 $93

THOSE AMAZING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS! Your Guide to the Orchestra Through Sounds and Stories with Interactive CD

by Genevieve Helsby, with Conductor Marin Alsop as guide. The book introduces each instrument, places it in the family and in the orchestra, and sprinkles the pages with engaging poems, anecdotes, and much more. The enhanced CD offers musical excerpts, history, the instrumental sounds, range, and families, plus sections on the voice, electronic instruments, the conductor and more, for listening and projecting. Comprehensive and entertaining for ages 9-12. 175 pp.

HB & Enhanced CD 6256 $24.95

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ORCHESTRA PLAYGROUND: Interactive Lessons about the Instrument Families by Debbie Anderson.

Interactive Listening & Learning

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8 interactive lessons and games to teach Gr. 2-5 about the 4 instrument families. Includes a memory game and a game of chance called Orchestra Blackout. CD-ROM 3722 $24.95

THE STORY OF THE ORCHESTRA

by Robert Levine, illus. by Meredith Hamilton. Learn about instruments, composers, and periods of classical music with lots of illustrations, appealing sidebars, humorous anecdotes, and quality recordings cued to the book. 96 pp.

SYMPHONY Jumbo Jigsaw Puzzle

24 pieces, extra thick. 22" x 17". 2331 $16.95 more Jigsaw puzzles

Albrecht, Charles Grace, & Mitch Wyatt. Color a Tiger on the Trombone and a Hippo on the Harp and learn about each of the 29 instruments. CD has 60 sound samples of the intruments and printable PDFs of the coloring pages and instrument info sheets. K-4. Reproducible.

HB & 70-min. CD 7032 $19.95

ONCE UPON A SOUND DVD KIT

Meet the four families of instruments through lively stories, songs, and listening activities. Hear the tales of how each instrumental group began (with storybook illustrations); then meet the modern instruments (with humorous songs about their characteristics). DVD Kit includes website links, printable teacher's guide, and supplemental resources. Ages 6-12. 55 min.

PB & Enhanced CD 7742 $24.99 INSTRUMENTAL CLASSMATES DVDs

DVD Kit 5702 $119

These complete kits introduce individual instruments and their families, along with a brief history of the instruments, with demos and performances by young musicians. Humorous dialogue and discussions led by the zany host add zest to the series. Kids encounter music of different styles and ensembles, including an orchestra, marching band, jazz combo and even a jammin’ rock band. Includes five 30-min. programs on Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Strings, and Keyboards, plus extras. Gr. 2-6. English/Spanish with printable PDFs of supplemental materials in both languages. 5-DVD KIT 2196 $89

ORCHESTRA! DVDs/CD with Sir Georg Solti and actor/pianist Dudley Moore. This classic from the PBS series introduces the orchestra, the instruments, and composers, with the help of young musicians from the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra. For kids 8 to 80! Set includes 2 DVDs (250 min. with subtitles avail. in Spanish) plus a 75-min. CD. 2-DVD/CD Set 4970 $49

Marsalis on Music

This exciting PBS young people’s video series is hosted by Wynton Marsalis with the help of conductor Seiji Ozawa and an orchestra and jazz band from Tanglewood. Marsalis is an engaging and effective teacher, who draws analogies not just from jazz and classical music, but from sports, history, contemporary culture, and more. Elem-Jr. High.

Boxed Set of 4 DVDs 5889 $84.95 Vol. 1 Why Do Toes Tap? Marsalis on Rhythm

Vol. 2 Listening for Clues: Marsalis on Form

Vol. 3 Sousa to Satchmo: From

the Wind Band to the Jazz Band

Vol. 4 Tackling the Monster: Marsalis on Practice

INSTRUMENT ZOO! A Wild and Wacky Way to Learn about the Instruments by Sally

EVERY NOTE COUNTS: Instruments of the Orchestra DVD 5778 $45 p. 78

Instrument Bingo 6099 and World Instrument Bingo 7405 p. 36

Young Person’s Guide to R Orchestra Benjamin Britten’s THE YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA: Teaching Strategies for the Classroom by Wesley Ball.

A YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA. Conductor Andrew Davis

narrates, enlightens, and entertains in a narrative introduction to the instruments, their unique qualities, families, origins, makers, etc., with commentary from famous musicians, such as Yo-Yo Ma. Davis then conducts Benjamin Britten’s A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, highlighting the instruments and sections for viewers to experience the instruments visually and musically. 39 min. DVD 5357 $59

Enhance music appreciation and explore the unique qualities of orchestral instruments with this creative collection of visuals and strategies. The Activity Book/CD features reproducible listening maps, worksheets, teaching suggestions, and a full CD performance of Britten’s classic. Classroom Kit Combine with instrument posters (below) Book/CD & Poster Set for a superb classroom kit for Gr. 4-8! 6372 $39.99 Activity Book with Reproducibles and CD

6371 $24.99

DISCOVER THE INSTRUMENTS POSTERS

Laminated posters have a brief history of each instrument and “fun facts” on the back. 9" x 12".

Set of 24 6533 $24.99 Digital Edition 6502 $29.99

Complete Kit (DVD, PB/CD, & 24 Posters) 9685 $99 Complete Kit (DVD, PB/CD, Digital Edition) 9488 $103 p. 72

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Composers

First Discovery: Music

Getting to Know the

World’s Greatest Composers Mike Venezia introduces ages 4-9 to classical music and musicians with playful tales, colorful cartoons, and illustrations from the period. PB $7.95 ea.

The Composers’ Specials DVDs

COMPOSERS POSTERS. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, with characteristics, achievements, compositions, life events and interests. 11" x 17". Set of 8 Posters. 4486 $16

5592 Q352 Q379 5591 7045 6017 Q353

Bach Beatles Beethoven Bernstein Brahms Chopin Copland

Q371 Q364 Q355 Q375 5593 Q351 Q359

These award-winning PBS films present fictionalized stories based on 8-CD Set. The narrated lives & musical works of composers in the poster the composers’ music in the context of their lives. The stories are a wonset above. 8-CD Set 9355 $36 Set of 8 Posters & CDs 9370 $49 derful vehicle to introduce classical music to children, personalizing the o! al, to lives of the composers within their historical and social milieu. Approx. digit w o N Multimedia Ki 50 min. ea. DVD $20 ea. Set of 6 DVDs 6312 $99

Fun with Composers

5843 Bach’s Fight for Freedom 6 DVDs & Teacher’s 5844 Bizet’s Dream Guide 6323 $115 5845 Handel’s Last Chance 5848 Liszt’s Rhapsody 5846 Strauss: The King of Three Quarter Time 5847 Rossini’s Ghost Teacher’s Guide by Betsy Henderson. Both Composer & 100 pp. PB 6014 $19.95 Artist DVD Sets 6359 $179 The Artists’ Specials DVDs Cassatt, Monet, Rembrandt, Degas, Goya, Homer. 6316 $99

BACH TO ROCK: An Introduction to Famous Composers and Their Music by Rosemary Kennedy. Introduce the musical periods and 37 composers, with entertaining narratives, illustrations and activities for Gr. 3-9. CD has musical selections by major composers of all periods. PB & CD 8172 $45

ACCENT ON COMPOSERS: The Music and Lives of Great Composers by Jay Althouse & Judith O’Reilly.

Kit Packs $79 ea.

Classical Kids

4 DVDs/CD-ROM 5924 $39.95

Mr. Bach visits a modern day Elizabeth and tells stories about his life and music and his era. Includes over 20 music excerpts and other bonus features. 54 min. DVD 5707 $24.95

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5974 Bach

5975 Beethoven

5976 Mahler

5977 Mozart

5978 Puccini

5988 Tchaikovsky

5990 Wagner

more Composer resources p. 66-67 &

22003 Vol. 1 - PreK-Gr. 3 22004 Vol. 2 - PreK-Gr. 3 22005 Vol. 3 - Ages 7-12

film series includes a bundle of interactive music resources to introduce children to classical music, inspiring their musical creativity and active participation in music-making. 13 episodes are based on experiences, often humorous, in the childhood and life of Mozart. The set includes 4 DVDs, an interactive game to identify musical instruments, and a CD-ROM of printable resources correlated to each episode: 13 lesson plans, 60 activity pages, 60 coloring pages, 10 posters, 10 screensavers, and 100 sheet music pieces. 355 min.

MR. BACH COMES TO CALL

DVD 5006 $24.95 Both Classical Kids DVDs 5110 $46

All 7 DVDs 5992 $159

Wunderkind LITTLE AMADEUS DVDs/ CD-ROM. This award-winning PBS animated

Vol. 1 Spiral PB & CD 6830 $39.95 Vol. 2 Spiral PB & Enhanced CD (music & PDFs) 6858 $39.99 Both 9848 $75

BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS. When Beethoven moves upstairs, 10-year-old Christoph resents the grumpy new boarder. But he slowly comes to appreciate the genius of the man, the torment of his deafness, and the beauty of his music. With 25 excerpts of Beethoven’s works. 55 min.

Great Composers DVDs

This landmark BBC series, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, presents the lives and works of 7 pivotal figures in Western music, with outstanding performances, dramatizations, and insightful interviews with respected artists and scholars. DVD $24.95 ea.

Dowloadable Kits $64.95 ea.

7171 Vol. 1 - PreK-Gr. 3 7186 Vol. 2 - PreK-Gr. 3 7172 Vol. 3 - Ages 7-12

A complete music appreciation course in one package. Learn about composers in context of all historical periods and styles. Bios, portraits, historical events, listening CD, reviews & tests, portraits, plus a timeline, map, glossary and extras—all reproducible. Gr. 4 & up.

Cezanne, Dali, da Vinci, Kahlo, Michelangelo, Monet, Rembrandt, Rockwell, Van Gogh, Vermeer, Warhol. 11 PBs

7048 $85

All 3 Downloadable Kits 99038 $189 FUN WITH COMPOSERS Multimedia Kits by Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski. Everything you need to introduce classical music to children, with song, movement, instrumental play, storytelling, and drama! Each kit includes a comprehensive teacher’s guide, with detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity pages, listening maps, illustrated composers’ bios, classical melodies with clever lyrics, CD with music (with and without lyrics), plus an instructional DVD with a live classroom of children. An incredible value, and perfect for homeschoolers, with everything at your fingertips.

GETTING TO KNOW THE WORLD’S GREATEST ARTISTS

Complete Set 14 Musician & 11 Artist Books 7004 $179

All 14 Composer Books 7063 $105

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All 3 Kit Packs 9933 $229

Ellington Gershwin Handel Mozart Sousa Stravinsky Tchaikovsky

STORIES OF COMPOSERS IN WORDS & MUSIC

Set of 18 3931 $79 3915 3916 3917 3918 3919 3920

Bach Beethoven Berlioz Brahms Chopin Dvorak

Hear narrated stories of 21 composers’ lives and works, interwoven with their music, plus 30 extra minutes of musical works without narration, and 6-pp. booklets. Excellent for all ages and homeschoolers! About 60 min. ea. CDs $4.95 ea. 3921 Grieg & Schumann 3926 Sousa & Foster 3922 Handel 3927 J. Strauss 3923 Haydn 3928 Tchaikovsky 3932 Mendelssohn 3929 Verdi 3924 Mozart 3938 Vivaldi & Corelli 3925 Schubert 3930 Wagner

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Set of 5 5832 $115

Meet the Musicians DVDs

Illustrated by Charlotte Voake, narrated on CD by Michael Cantwell. An excellent all-in-one teaching package for elem.⁄middle school. Each biography includes a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities, making these ideal for music appreciation, active listening, and music history, for both classroom & homeschoolers.

Dennis Kobray, accomplished pianist and actor, portrays each composer in full costume, with dramatic and musical performances to draw the viewer into the composer’s world. Meet the composers face-to-face, relating their hardships, sacrifices, and triumphs. A tour de force! 54 min. ea. DVD $24.95 ea.

5827 Mozart 5828 Beethoven 5829 Joplin 5830 Gershwin 5831 Bach Composer Playing Cards 2204 $6.99 p. 37

GREAT COMPOSERS Poster

Portraits, bios, works, dates of 20 famous composers, arranged by musical periods. 23¼" x 33". Poster 2166 $19.95 More Composer Posters p. 66, 72

HB & CD $19.99 ea. 9300 9301 9303 9304 9305

Bach Beethoven Chopin Debussy Handel

9306 9307 9308 9309

Complete Set Mozart 9310 $169 Purcell Schubert Vivaldi

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Music, Arts, & the Brain In the Footsteps of…

Viking Helmet with braids 3977 $9.95

THE MUSICAL BRAIN: A Journey of Discovery into the Mystery of Music. Does music

make us smarter? Why do we feel like dancing when we hear a beat? Why does music stir our emotions and memories? Inspired by neurologist Daniel Levitin’s This is Your Brain on Music, this PBS documentary seeks answers by putting Sting’s brain under FMRI (Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) to explore how music affects us. Illuminating! 60 min. DVD 5792 $24.95

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC. Neurologist Daniel

Levitin unravels the mystery of music, from its evolutionary origins to its role in hardwiring the brain for language and learning. Discover how elements of music (rhythm, pitch, timbre, melody, etc.) activate and interconnect both spheres of the brain, and how music affects memory, movement, and emotions. 322 pp. PB 7217 $16

Opera for All Ages

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF…Composer DVDs

Intimate film bios, filmed at original locations, with narration, interviews, musical sequences, & archival info. 52 min. Gr. 5-12.

DVDs $21.95 ea. 11 DVDs 8166 $219 8155 8156 8157 8158 8159 8160

Beethoven Berlioz Bizet Chopin Liszt Mahler

8161 8162 8163 8164 8165

Puccini Offenbach Tchaikovsky Verdi Vivaldi

Stories of

Famous Composers DVDs

OPERA STORIES. An ideal introduction to the music, drama, characters and spectacle of opera! Charlton Heston retells the stories from location settings inspired by the operas, interspersed with excerpts from major opera productions. For example, La Boheme is told from the sidewalk cafes of Paris, where Mimi and Rodolfo fall in love; Aida from the pyramids of Egypt. 10 programs, each the story of a single opera—a perfect format for an appreciation class. Includes La Boheme, Manon Lescaut, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, Il Trovatore, Aida, Tosca, Otello, Andrea Chenier, and Ernani. 524 min. 5-DVD Set 5203 $49.95 WORLD’S VERY BEST OPERA FOR KIDS

hosted by Bobby McFerrin and neuroscientist Daniel Levitin. Musicians, including McFerrin, YoYo Ma, Evelyn Glennie, & Daniel Barenboim, join forces with scientists, musicologists, anthropologists, researchers, and psychologists in quest of defining how and why music developed. Explores music in different cultures, and the animal kingdom. 120 min. DVD 5043 $29.95

8901 Bach 8908 Ravel 8902 Beethoven 8909 Schubert 8903 Brahms 8910 R. Strauss 8904 Handel 8911 Stravinsky 8905 Haydn 8912 Verdi 8906 Mozart 8917 Wagner 8907 Puccini All 13 DVDs 8900 $245 Famous Composers 13-DVD set & Greatest Hits 13-CD set 9112 $399

MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES TIMELINE. Highlights music history from the Renaissance through the 20th Century, including classical, jazz, rock, and pop, with photos and drawings, dates and biographical thumbnails. Includes a 4-page Teacher’s Quick Reference. Over 16 ft. long in 5 sections.

Poster and Guide 2067 $24.95

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The History of Music DVD KITS

Explore the history of music, enriched with period art, graphics and illustrations. Discover the role of music from early to modern times, including non-Western music. Musical concepts—such as polyphony, homophony, tonality, and form— are defined and illustrated visually and aurally. An online PDF teacher’s guide includes program notes, full text of the narration, a glossary, and complete identification of all works performed. Divided into 4 sections for classroom use. Grades 7-12. 90 min. ea.

Both DVDs DVD Kits $169 ea. 5776 $299 5566 Medieval - Classical 5567 Romanticism - 20th Century

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LIGHTS, ACTION, MUSIC: Creating Music for the Movies. Composers and

Music DVD and Both Music Makes the Scene Books/DVDs 7593 $99

directors share their stories and craft that reveal the vital importance of music in films. Academy Award winners Julie Taymor, Francis Ford Coppola, Ang Lee, Spike Lee, John Barry, David Shire, and Rachel Portman, and various music and film technicians shed light in this fascinating documentary by Dan Lieberstein. 57 min., plus 2 bonus hours.

Planets is choreographed with live NASA footage of the moon landing and space probes, and computer animation. Subtitles silently convey information on the planets DVD 5663 $29 and other space phenomena. 3 extras: NASA Promo, NASA Pictures from the Solar System, and Hubble Space Telescope. 2 hrs. DVD 5431 $24.95

Improvisation, Communication, Collaboration: All 3 McFerrin DVDs 5870 $72

Hearing

This series of video biographies features portraits, music, commentary, and rare archival material. Each program concludes with an informative outline of the key works of the featured composer. Background excerpts are performed by the Elysian Ensemble. Extend your listening experiences by combining these biographical videos with our Greatest Hits CD Collection #4202 (website) for a great introduction to classical music for ages 12 and up. 35 min. ea. DVDs $19.95 ea.

MUSIC MAKES THE SCENE: The Sequel PB & DVD 7590 $39.95

VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS: A Musical Video Voyage in Outer Space. Gustav Holst’s orchestral suite The

Mystery of the Senses DVD. This PBS film explores the

science and emotions involved in our sense of hearing, and human and animal responses to music and sound. Fascinating! With printable PDFs. 52 min.

Music at the Movies

MUSIC MAKES THE SCENE: The Impact of Music on the Movies… and on You! by Cathy Blair. Ever

wonder why music is so important in movies? Show original movie clips on the DVD once without audio, then 3 more times with different music. Listen, anaBoth lyze, and compare how the music changed percep4670 $76 tions, worked or didn’t, and why. Guided listening activities and reproducible worksheets. Gr. 5-8. 40 pp. PB & DVD 7580 $39.95 Lights, Action,

DVD $21.95 ea. Both 9397 $39.95 5286 Animusic 1 DVD 75 min. 5287 Animusic 2 DVD 40 min.

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ARTS AND THE MIND: Strengthening Our Minds Across a Lifetime

THE MUSIC INSTINCT: Science and Song DVD

Like an animated STOMP or Blast, these music-driven computer animations have enormous appeal. Watch the movement of the futuristic “instruments” as you listen to the interplay of rhythms and melodies. Follow the flow of the music with both your eyes and ears, as you experience the synchronized animation and sounds obeying the natural laws of physics. Grasp the overall relationships of time, movement and space, and get an image of musical form as architecture, as in Cathedral Pictures, based on Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. With bonus features and online PDF teaching guides.

A great intro to opera for kids! Teacher’s Guide includes lesson plans, activities, composer biographies, synopses, lyrics, and glossary, and CD has 14 arias by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, Puccini, Wagner and others, sung in English. Gr. 2-8

PB & DVD (above) 9615 $37

This 2-part PBS program— The Art of Connection and Creativity—reveals the vital role the arts play from our earliest to our final years of life. Arts & the Mind should be required viewing for every school administrator or politician who considers the arts expendable. 120 min. DVD 5510 $24

Book, CD and 5 DVDs 9177 $79

Music in Animation & Outer Space

ANIMUSIC DVDS

BOBBY MCFERRIN IN CONCERT: Try This at Home. Recorded live in

1999, this entirely improvised solo performance displays the artist’s astonishing vocal virtuosity, musicianship, humor, and gift for audience interaction. 43 min. DVD 5851 $24.95

BOBBY MCFERRIN: Spontaneous Inventions

BOBBY MCFERRIN: Beyond Words

This Bravo profile traces his life and career, his extraordinary gifts, and his warm and generous spirit of sharing music. 45 min.

McFerrin interacts spontaneously with the audience and improvises original works and “inventions” on the music of Gershwin, Charlie Parker, and others. 55 min.

DVD 5855 $24.95

DVD 5852 $24.95

BENNY GOODMAN & TEDDY WILSON: Taking the Stage as the First Black-andWhite Jazz Band in History by Lesa

Cline-Ransome, illus. by James Ransome. Trace the lives of these jazz legends from segregated childhoods to America’s first integrated band. Rhythmic, jazzinspired text and vibrant, sweeping illustrations give kids a visceral feel of the swing era, along with notes on other jazz musicians who, like Benny & Teddy, made America dance. “It wasn’t soft, It wasn’t black, it wasn’t sweet, it wasn’t white… It was swing.” HB 21006 $16.95

EL SISTEMA: Music to Change Life. In 1975,

visionary Venezuelan musician, economist, and social reformer Jose Antonio Abreu founded the music education program “El Sistema” that brought music into the lives of thousands of impoverished children. This inspiring program of early music education and youth orchestras has spread to other countries, boosted by untiring advocates such as Gustavo Dudamel. Follow young Venezuelan musicians through their days and lives, seeing and hearing the amazing results of their participation. 100 min.

DVD 5092 $29.95

What Music Teaches Us

MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT

Explore the meaning of music and the role it plays in our lives, through the diverse stories and performances of members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Enjoy a musical feast of classical, jazz, bluegrass, salsa, and more, interwoven with their stories. Students listen, discuss, write, create, map music, and more. Kit includes A Teacher’s Guide of 26 chapters, reproducible activities, a listening CD, and 90-min DVD by Daniel Anker. A field guide to imagination for Gr. 6-12. PB/CD/ DVD 9980 $99

VICTOR BORGE CLASSIC 6-DVD SET

This “Smorgas-Borge” of performances includes 6 of his most popular PBS specials & memorable skits. 412 min.

6-DVD Set 8076 $39.99

THREE NIGHTS WITH CANADIAN BRASS

3 concerts over 3 decades. Tribute to Ballet, Hornsmoke (A Horse Opera in One Act), Tuba Tiger Rag, Saints Hallelujah, many more. 118 min.

DVD 5941 $19.95

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Each hour-long musical journey takes you on an adventure to discover musical genres, cultures, styles, and instruments, with narration and live performances before student audi$45 ea. ences. DVDs

Set of 7 DVDs 5805 $289 ROCK ROOTS

Featured on PBS, this traces the evolution of American rock and popular music.

DVD

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EVERY NOTE COUNTS: Instruments of the Orchestra. Meet the families

of instruments with a live orchestra of both students and professionals. Conductor John Sinclair, with the help of students, demonstrates and explains the role of the conductor.

DVD

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LATIN LEGENDS. Trace Afro/

Cuban music in an historical and geographical context from its beginnings to current trends, including son, rumba, mambo, cha-cha, merengue, songo and Afro/Cuban jazz. DVD

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JOURNEY THROUGH JAZZ. Hear the story of

jazz with musical selections from blues, ragtime, swing, be-bop, cool jazz, fusion, and avant-garde. Join the Dan Jordan Trio as they perform Armstrong, Waller, Ellington, Basie, Goodman, Parker, Coltrane, and more. DVD 5781

ARS ANTIQUA: SOUNDS OF A DISTANT TYME

Discover the colorful Medieval and Renaissance periods. Costumed musicians (including Artie Almeida) perform music on period instruments.

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AFRICAN DANCE AND DRUMMING

An excellent introduction to the rich heritage of African culture through dance, music, song, language, and clothing. DVD 5783 African instruments p. 19

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DVD 5258 $24.95 THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR

When a workaholic accountant’s life begins to fall apart, he tries to start a choir at a homeless shelter. Based on a real Montreal homeless shelter choir, this film has inspired other such choirs, and will make you laugh and cry at the power of music and friendship to transform lives. 84 min.

THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED

CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL

DVD

An award-winning documentary on the power of music to change us and sustain us at all stages of life. Interviews from musicians like Bobby McFerrin to scientists and doctors like Oliver Sacks show how music touches our lives, helps us connect with others, embeds and protects our memories, and activates more areas of our brain than any other stimulus. Audience Award-Winner from Sundance Film Festival 2014. 78 min.

DVD 5157 $19.95

Join in the carnival with Virgin Island-born Tom Reynolds as he introduces rhythms and musical styles of soca, calypso, reggae and more. See how steel drums are made, too!

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ALIVE INSIDE DVD

This moving film, based on a true story, “honors the ability of music to heal” (Hollywood Reporter). When Gabriel is located years after a traumatic brain injury, a music therapist unlocks the key to his memory with music of the 1960’s, and reunites a family in the process. Includes interview with author Oliver Sacks. 105 min. plus extras. DVD 5122 $29.95

THE SINGING REVOLUTION DVD. For centuries in Estonia

the huge outdoor song festival “Laulupidu” has brought together a chorus of thousands to celebrate their heritage. So when the time came for revolt from the Iron Curtain, song became the Estonians’ vehicle for free speech, uniting them in a soaring and daring anthem of independence. Inspiring, gripping, and true. 97 min. + 45 min. of extras.

GREAT DAY IN HARLEM Poster

Art Kane’s historic photo of 57 jazz greats. Poster identifies who’s who. Can you? 35” x 24”. Poster 2102 $24.95

DVD & Poster 5039 $52

Both DVDs 9077 $39

Reading Rainbow Set 18 DVDs 8096 $699

MAD HOT BALLROOM

As New York inner-city 5th graders prepare for the citywide dance competition, their lives are transformed. You’ll laugh and cry at this touching documentary based on the Dancing Classrooms program started by Pierre Dulaine. PG 105 min.

DVD 4601 $14.95

PERFECT HARMONY

The world of southern tradition boy-choir classical meets black community blues gospel. Music is the bridge in this inspiring film of young people who overcome the prejudices of their upbringings. Hear great choral singing and passionate blues and gospel as you watch these two boys grow, thanks to a choir master (Peter Scolari) who insists on the best in both music and character. Rated PG. Disney, 93 min. DVD 5763 $21.95

ABIYOYO. Pete Seeger nar-

rates and sings the African tale (p. 18). Meet a ballerina, a rap group, and animators who show other ways to tell a story without words. DVD 8045

PB & CD 9875 $26 PB, CD & DVD 6836 $62 BARN DANCE. A Tennessee hoe-

down, bluegrass music, and a clogging lesson at an authentic barn dance. DVD 8046

BERLIOZ THE BEAR. Visit The

Boys Choir of Harlem, and New York street musicians. DVD 8047

BERLIOZ THE BEAR BOOK

by Jan Brett. Berlioz has a buzz in his bass fiddle and gets stuck in the mud. How will the bandwagon make it to the ball? PB 6585 $6.95

PB & DVD 5864 $45

BORREGUITA & THE COYOTE. A little lamb

outwits a hungry coyote in this Mexican-American folk tale. Then explore Latino culture with the musical group Los Lobos at a fun-filled Mexican fiesta. DVD 5207

ORCHESTRA OF EXILES DVD. Polish violinist Bronislaw

Huberman overcame incredible obstacles to move over 1000 persecuted Jewish musicians from Hitler’s Europe to Palestine, where he eventually founded the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra. Directed by Josh Aronson, featuring commentary by Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, and Joshua Bell, archival films and photos, re-enactments and a classical score. 82 min.

MUSIC IN TIME DVD SERIES

DANCING IN JAFFA

When Pierre Dulaine (Mad Hot Ballroom) introduces Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers to ballroom dance, the sparks really fly! This award-winning documentary attests to the power of the arts to transcend centuries-old prejudices, hostilities, and war. 90 min. DVD 5455 $29.95

DVD 5798 $29.95

DVD 5218 $32.95 indicates performance rights.

AUTISM: The Musical

Autistic children and their families prepare for a lifechanging event: putting on a musical! Moving and painfully honest, this inspiring awardwinning documentary is a must see. 93 min. + extras. DVD 5985 $24.95

GREAT DAY IN HARLEM DVD

Narrated by Quincy Jones, the Oscar-nominated film tells the story behind the historic Art Kane photo of 57 jazz stars, with rare, archival footage of live performances and interviews with 30 musicians. Navigate to any image in the photo to see the musician’s name, and click on the name to bring up related scenes in the film (including outtakes). 60 min. A great classroom intro to jazz history! 60 min. DVD 5036 $29.95

PB 6719 $6.99 THE JOURNEY OF BUTTERFLY DVD

A moving documentary on the power of music, poetry, and art in times of extremity, as witnessed by surviving childhood prisoners of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp. The American Boychoir sings the title work on location, and, in Part 2, they reflect on their experiences 10 years later. Includes web link to PDF Educator’s Guide. 122 min.

DVD 3790 $29.95

HIP CAT. Hang out with cool jazz musicians and hear saxophonist Joshua Redman tell how he uses music to communicate. DVD 8048 THE LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH

A young Indian boy follows his quest for a special gift he can give to his people. Visit the Pueblo Indians and discover their gifts for pottery, painting, and dance. DVD 5219

MAMA DON’T ALLOW

A taste of New Orleans jazz, and a visit to an alligator farm. DVD 8049

MAMA DON’T ALLOW BOOK by Thacher Hurd.

Tom Chapin tells the story of Miles the Possum and his new saxophone. He forms the Swamp Band and gets a gig with the alligators. YIKES! CD won a 2001 Grammy. Includes tune. PB & CD 9047 $19.95

PB, CD & DVD 5857 $58 MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS

LeVar Burton learns how to play authentic African instruments and joins an African dance troupe. DVD 8050 African Instruments p. 18-19

THE PAPER CRANE

Celebrate Japanese culture by exploring the ancient arts of origami and Japanese dance.

FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD. Follow the road to

freedom, and learn about African-American history, heroes, and music.

DVD 5208 PB 6459 $7.95 PB & DVD 5867 $46

Reading Rainbow DVDs

This Emmy Award-winning series inspires a love of reading in PreK-3, and offers an excellent introduction to many varieties of music through the medium of the best children’s literature. Travel with host LeVar Burton. $39.95 ea. 30 min. ea. DVDs

PB & DVD 9717 $45



Superb 16-vol. panorama of Western music in the artistic, social, and historical context of the eras. Beautifully filmed on location and narrated by James Galway, with music performed by world-acclaimed musicians. 60 min.ea. 16 DVDs 8930 $1599

DVD 8051 PB 6981 $6.99 PB & DVD 9192 $45

RUMPELSTILTSKIN. LeVar visits a Renaissance festival. Enjoy madrigals and instruments of the period. DVD 8052

SILENT LOTUS. A young Cambodian girl, who is deaf and mute, becomes a dancer in the king’s court and communicates through the beauty of movement and dance. Then learn about sign language and the family life of a young deaf boy. DVD 8053 PB 6583 $7.95 PB & DVD 6826 $46 SOPHIE AND LOU

A mouse named Sophie overcomes her shyness by learning to dance. See dances from around the world, including Bali, Ireland and Australia. DVD 8054

TY’S ONE MAN BAND. Lou Rawls narrates the

story of a mysterious stranger who creates a one-man band out of odds and ends. Hear rap, do-wop, jazz, and salsa. Ben Vereen dances.

DVD 8055

UNCLE JED’S BARBERSHOP

Uncle Jed, a black barber, struggles to save enough money to open his own barbershop. Meet The Persuasions, a black a cappella quartet (former street musicians). DVD 8056

THE WALL. Visit the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, Washington, D. C. Meet the architect, Maya Lin. See Mt. Rushmore and a mural dedicated to jazz man Louis Armstrong.

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WHEN AUNT LENA DID THE RUMBA. A little girl brings Broadway to her aunt who is recovering from a rumba-related spill. Hear the Boys Choir of Harlem and actors from the musical Cats. DVD 8057 ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! Narrated by Gregory Hines and filmed on location at Juilliard School of Music in New York City. A youth orchestra gets a visit from cast members of STOMP! (p. 83) DVD 5204 HB Q571 $19.99 HB & DVD 8989 $55

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TEACHING MUSIC ACROSS HISTORY

DISCOVER MUSIC HISTORY AND CULTURE Posters

Laminated 24-poster set integrates music, historical events, visual arts, and architecture from the Middle Ages through Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century. Includes helpful information on the backs. 9" x 12". Set of 24 Posters 6543 $24.99 Music Math p. 41

ALPHA BOP! A to Z Movement Songs for PreK-Gr. 1 by John Jacobson. Sing words and

ideas and moves for each letter. “Jump, Jam, Jive with J.” PB & P/A CD 7299 $29.99

This exciting resource helps kids “understand music in relation to history and culture,” (Nat’l Standards #9), through lessons, games, reproducible activities, a classical music CD, and internet links. Enjoy holiday units on black history like Martin Luther King or the Underground Railroad; President’s Day (George Washington’s Rap and Copland’s Lincoln Portrait); or learn about harmony with a Thanksgiving partner song. Discover what inventions were created in which musical period, or explore the history of opera, jazz, Broadway, or Early American songs. In The Time Machine, track clues on composers’ nationalities, works, and periods, along with historic events. Set up a courtroom trial of J.S. Bach, or a TV game show on composers. Enjoy 29 mind-expanding units, many only 20 to 30 min. Elem./MS.

PB & Enhanced CD 7572 $29.99

SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK!

The animated Emmy Award-winning PBS series unleashes the mnemonic power of music to help kids learn concepts of grammar, science, math, history, and money, with rockin’ rhythms and rollin’ rhymes. Both 5559 $43

TEACHING MUSIC THROUGH ART. Lessons and reproducible activities introduce musical concepts through music-related art projects to create and display in the classroom. Easy preparations and great results as you teach concepts such as: Lines, Color (Timbre), Form, Texture, and Shape. The CD includes classical music and reinforces lessons.

DVDS. 46 songs, and special features. 283 min. 2 DVDs 5738 $29 SONGBOOK. 10 favorites. 71 pages. 6216 $15.95

PB/CD 7390 $34.99

Music & Character Education

Discover the magic of artistic creation with the help of magicians Penn & Teller, who take you behind the scenes to explore the elements of music and 10-DVD Set & other arts. Sparkling with humor and imagination, these 30-min. DVDs distill Teacher Guide the essence of the arts. This PBS series is an immensely entertaining and 5327 $385 valuable resource for all ages—elem. and up. DVDs $46 ea.

ALL THAT I CAN BE: 15 Unison Songs to Build Character and Integrity in Young People by Sally

Albrecht & Jay Althouse. Songs in a wide variety of styles reinforce concepts of teamwork, respect, patience, honesty, manners, trust, punctuality, and more. Combine as a 30-min. program. Teacher's book, repro song sheets, and P/A CD. For Gr. 2-7.

PB & CD 7597 $44.95

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Vol. 1: The Illusion Of Depth with David Hockney. DVD Vol. 2: Color with Robert Gil de Montes. DVD Vol. 3: Balance with Nancy Graves. DVD Vol. 4: Framing with Carrie Mae Weems. DVD Vol. 5: Line with Wayne Thiebaud. DVD Vol. 7: Melody with Allen Toussaint. DVD Vol. 6: Rhythm with Max Roach. DVD Vol. 8: Texture with JoAnn Falletta. DVD Vol. 9: Pattern with David Parsons. DVD Vol. 10: Setting a Scene with Julie Taymor (The Lion King). DVD indicates performance rights.

E.G Marshall narrates this documentary, with historical performances. 24 min.

DVD

8105 $49.95

THE ANTHEM: The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner. Historians and musi-

cians explore the role of music and patriotism during the War of 1812, which inspired Francis Scott Key’s anthem. 61 min.

DVD 5152 $19.95

CHARACTER STREET: A Character Education Musical for People and Optional Puppets by Andy

Beck, Brian Fisher, and Michael Souders. Script and 9 songs on character building. Add our Flower Pot costume (p. 88) for Daffodil, and she’ll steal the show! 30 min. Gr. 3-up. Reproducible Book & CD with P/A and PDFs.

PB & Enhanced CD 7818 $69.99

America’s Musical Melting Pot

THE STORY OF JAZZ

Enjoy compelling histories of jazz greats, with narration, archival footage and performances, personal profiles, and firsthand observations by dozens of artists. Highly recommended for all ages as an entertaining and comprehensive introduction to jazz. 98 min.

DVD 5412 $29.95

AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC

Jazz/Blues Set 5425 $49

BLUES STORY. The story of the blues told by the musicians who lived it. PBS documents the migratory history of blues and preserves rare, firsthand memories and music of these vanishing artists. Some language inappropriate for kids. 120 min. plus 1 hr. bonus. DVD 5406 $25 THE STORY OF GOSPEL MUSIC: The Power in the Voice. From

TEACHING MUSIC ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Created to achieve the #8 National Music Standard goal, “understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts,” to build teamwork in the school’s “ensemble” and to improve motivation across the curriculum, this program includes a host of clever reproducible activities and practical lessons that integrate music with communication arts, history, math, and science. 92 pp. PB 7329 $26.99

values, time, counting, and fractions with catchy tunes and movements. K-2.

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THE MAN, THE MUSIC, AND THE MARINE: John Philip Sousa Marches to Greatness

PB/CD 7343 $34.99

NUMBER BOP: Easy Math and Movement for Young Learners by John Jacobson. Learn coin

Behind the Scenes

Patriotic

MUSIC OF WILLIAMSBURG DVD. Music was a daily ritual

of life in colonial America. In this re-enactment, hear children’s game songs, slaves’ field songs, marching militia, a sea chanty, college choir, harpsichord lesson, Negro spirituals, chamber music concert, songs from The Beggar’s Opera, and Benjamin Franklin’s glass “harmonica” with historical settings, architecture, and costumes. Extra feature: see a harpsichord and violin being made with 18th-century tools, and hear period performances on the instruments. An excellent intro to colonial life and music in America, for music and history classes of all ages. 114 min. DVD 5731 $24.95

Our History in Songs

TRYIN’ TO GET HOME: A History of African American Song. Witness the

West Africa to the Southern plantation to the Fisk Jubilee Singers to the inner city, this is the story of struggle and a redemptive spirit that heals communities and flows through generations. This exceptional BBC documentary features definitive performances, historical footage, interviews, and narration that fill the story with sound and meaning. 90 min. DVD 5409 $19.95

Christensen. He was just a shy kid from a poor Mississippi family, who loved to sing in church because music gave him hope. When he grew up his music brought together classes and races, and lifted everybody’s spirits. Elvis remains the best-selling solo artist in the history of recorded music. HB 21015 $17.99

LATIN MUSIC USA

highlights the great American music created by Latinos, exploring Latin sounds & rhythms which infused jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues. This fresh take on America’s musical history spans 5 decades and includes a Printable Viewing Guide and two bonus videos. 240 min.

the jazz movement, with performances by Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Bojangles, and others, with narrative, and reminiscences by jazz artists and historians. 75 min. DVD 5906 $24.95

2 DVDs 5215 $34.95

HIGH LONESOME: The Story of Bluegrass Music Trace the

roots and branches of bluegrass. Meet the old timers: Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, the Osborne Brothers, and more. Fascinating narrative, with vintage footage and music. 95 min. DVD 5676 $29.95

DVD 5106 $39.95

tory of popular music from our diverse roots—English, African, Irish, European, and Jewish immigrants— through Tin Pan Alley, Vaudeville, Ragtime, Jazz, Broadway & Hollywood. Narrated by Michael Feinstein, with performances and rare footage. For all ages. 174 min. DVD 5417 $39

ELVIS: The Story of the Rock and Roll King by Bonnie

HARLEM RENAISSANCE: The Music & Rhythms that Started a Cultural Revolution. Trace the roots of

musical odyssey from slaveera spirituals to contemporary rap through songs, narration, historical photos and documentary film. Brilliantly written and performed by Kerrigan Black, and highly recommended for Gr. 6-12. 54 min.

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK: Celebrating 100 Years of Music in America. Trace the his-

At the beginning of the 20th Century, the concept of “American Music” did not exist. By the end of the century, American Music was a major influence in the world. This PBS series features historical footage and musical performances by the pioneers of American music and traces the cultural evolution that shaped our rich and diverse musical heritage. Hear masters of folk, country, blues, gospel, western swing, bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, Tejano and Native American music. See rare footage and hear music of the Carter Family, B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Elvis Presley, The Weavers, and many more. Color/B&W. 120 min. 2 DVDs 5148 $35

DISCOVERING AMERICAN INDIAN MUSIC DVD Discover

AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH FOLK SONG. Keith and Rusty McNeil chronicle the

history of the United States through narration and songs. 7 volumes (18 CDs) with historical notes: Colonial & Revolution Songs, American Religious Songs, Moving West Songs, Western Railroad Songs, Civil War Songs, Cowboy Songs, and Working & Union Songs.

Complete 18-CD Set 9921 $169

the rich heritage of Native American Indian music and dance, and the importance of keeping these traditions alive. Shot on location with native instruments and beautiful costumes. 24 min.

DVD 2058

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Jazz & BroadJazzway Legends

HOW JELLY ROLL MORTON INVENTED JAZZ by Jonah Winter,

illus. by Keith Mallett.

HB 21013 $17.99 Bird & Diz HB & CD 99025 $35

THE LITTLE PIANO GIRL: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend by Ann Ingalls & Maryann Macdonald, illus. by Giselle Potter.

HB 21014 $16

BIRD & DIZ by Gary

Golio, illus. by Ed Young. A fast-paced rhythmic tribute to the masters of bebop —Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie, based on their famous 1950 album. Bird and Diz chase each other with sounds, tossing notes back and forth, Dizzy’s cheeks puffing out like a frog. HB 6879 $19.99 CD 21301 $19.95

PURE ELLA CD 5742 $19.95

BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT: A Song of John Coltrane

by Carole Boston Weatherford, illus. by Sean Qualls. Ella HB & CD “BeforeJohn was a jazz giant,he was 9893 $36 all ears.”

SKIT-SCAT RAGGEDY CAT: Ella Fitzgerald

by Orgill, illus. by Qualls. The story of the Queen of Scat for ages 4-8.

HB 6726 $19.95

JAZZY FAIRY TALES by Susan

Milligan and Louise Rogers. Each jazzy story has a full complement of playful rhythm and scat activities and discussion starters. Melody lines are included. CD has words and melodies for listening, learning, and singing. PreK-Gr. 2.

PB & CD 7199 $29.95

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“Cats, this isn’t The Nutcracker you’re used to... All the themes are there, but they’re wearing different threads— get it?”

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THE COSMOBIOGRAPHY OF SUN RA: The Sound of Joy Is Enlightening by Chris

Raschka. Sun Ra always said he came from Saturn, and was interested in everything musical on earth. Music, he said, is what holds us all together, so he played joyfully all over the world with the Sun Ra Arkestra. A colorful, uplifting life story of the famed jazz musician.

HB 21021 $15.99

HB & CD 9408 $17.95 JAZZ FLY 2: The Jungle Pachanga

CHOO-ka CHOO-ka TING. Ay, caramba!

Both Jazz Fly Books & CDs 9414 $34

HB & CD 9409 $17.95

Novesky, illus. by Vanessa Newton. The great jazz singer loved her boxer named Mister, who was always waiting nearby when she was in the spotlight. But could Mister give her courage to face her greatest challenge of all: to sing at Carnegie Hall?

HB 6531 $16.99

JAZZ STORIES DVD: Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa; Ellington was Not a Street; John Henry. These narrated, beautifully illustrated video storybooks with jazz & blues scores bring jazz legends to life for ages 4-10. 70 min.

ARTIE’S JAZZ PACK: Games and Activities for Teaching Jazz in the Classroom by Artie Almeida. Treat your

classes to a jam session of activities & games! Use Jazz Style Dials as you actively listen to the CD to explore jazz styles, or identify the instruments of jazz. The Flashcards and Concentration Game match terms to definitions. Reproducible worksheets explore the history and giants of jazz. Teacher’s Guide includes clearcut processes, extensions, and listening and reading lists. Game boards & playing cards for 36 students. Gr. 4-8.

Teachers’ Guide, Manipulatives, and CD 7230 $39.95

JAZZ MOSAIC: Jazz Activities for the Early Childhood Classroom by Louise Rogers &

Susan Milligan. Jazz is perfect for young children because it is imaginative, play-centered, social, improvisational, and swings. These easily accessible lesson plans introduce styles, Both musicians, scat and blues through 9353 $49 echo chants & songs, movement to music, rhythm instruments, poetry, and interesting facts. Suggestions for a preschool jazz festival, listening lists, terminology, too. PreK- Gr. 3.

PB & CD 7141 $22.99

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MISTER AND LADY DAY: Billie Holiday and the Dog Who Loved Her by Amy

DVD 5542 $19.95

JAZZ FLY by Matthew Gollub, illus. by Karen Kanke. ZA-baza, BOOzaba, ZEE-zah, Ro-ni!

ACOUSTIC ROOSTER and His Barnyard Band by

HB 6896 $15.95

DUKE ELLINGTON’S The Nutcracker Suite

HB 6727 $17.99

Jazz Tales for Kids Kwame Alexander, illus. by Tim Bowers. Scat and swing with Mules Davis, Ella Finchgerald, Thelonious Monkey, Duck Ellington, and more in the rhythmic, rhyming tale. Glossary, timeline and indexes.

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J IS FOR JAZZ by Ann Ingalls, illus. by Maria Corte. Alphabet one-liners set the stage for a basic jazz intro—each letter/word interpreted artistically, Asides highlight jazz slang and vernacular: “When this jazz man picked up his licorice stick, he could really groove.” People, places, instruments, terms and expressions, with glosssary to help. “Put on your glad rags and get a wiggle on.” HB 7028 $16.99 JAZZ CATS: History of Jazz by Brad Keller &

Bonnie Rossa. 15 lessons on the major points of jazz history and jazz legends using digital resources, reproducible pages, QuickTime movies, guided listening, and assessments. Listening examples are YouTube links or iTunes suggestions. Flexible units on Roots of Jazz, Dixieland, Blues, Swing, Be-Bop, Soul, Bossa Nova, Fusion and Smooth Jazz, Cool and Modal, Armstrong, Ellington, Basie, Young, Gillespie, Parker, Davis, Coltrane. Gr. 4-8.

PB & Digital CD 7243 $29.95

JAZZ: A Film by Ken Burns

Gene Kelly’s DANCING: A MAN’S GAME

This gem from the 1950’s TV show Omnibus is a must-have for dance fans and sports buffs alike! Gene Kelly joins baseball’s Mickey Mantle, football’s Johnny Unitas, basketball’s Bob Cousy, Olympic skater Dick Button, boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, and ballet’s Edward Villella to discuss and demonstrate the connections between music and sports. Kelly takes moves from these athletes to create a modern dance. Other treats are Sugar Ray and Kelly’s “buck & wing” dance, and a soft shoe routine by Button and Kelly. Dancing really is a manly sport! 55 min.

DVD & Booklet 5200 $29.95 BARRAGE: The World On Stage. This stunning fusion

of music, dance, theatre, and song features 8 fiery fiddlers from Canada. Dean Marshall’s high-octane music ranges from Celtic to country, calypso to kleczmer, folk to swing. 60 min.

BLAST!

Ultimate epic celebration and history of the music that defines America. 19 hours.

Star of Indiana drum corps plays, dances, sings, and even performs acrobatic feats to classical, jazz, blues, folk, and rock music in this Tony-Award-winning Broadway hit. Don’t miss it! 115 min. DVD 5326 $24.95

10-Vol. DVD Set 5475 $99

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SCAT WORDS. 25 Flashcards. 1498 $16.95 SCAT SINGING FOR KIDS Teacher’s Guide 7235 $12.99 FLYING JAZZ KITTEN Intro to jazz and blues.

All 3 HB/CD 7234 $23.95 7236 $49

STOMP OUT LOUD. The stars of the off-Broadway hit STOMP use ordinary objects—even the kitchen sink—to make extraordinary found-sound music. This production, filmed live in New York City, is a unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy. Join the cast dangling from a billboard, dribbling basketballs on the streets, or sweeping with brooms, and get ready to Stomp Out Loud! Not rated. 50 min. DVD 5324 $21.95

STOMP goes global! Take a world tour of music and movement, guided by the performers of STOMP. Enjoy such diverse performances as a 100piece Brazilian drum ensemble, Japanese taiko drum ensemble, South African dancers, and the Winchester Cathedral All 3 Bellringers. 40 min. plus STOMP DVDs 41 min. bonus material.

9320 $49

DVD 5056 $21.95

Broadway DVDs & Posters

Broadway Show Kits

BROADWAY BEAT: Musical Highlights from Over a Century of Song and Dance arr. by John

for Kids

Kits include 30 Student Books, 2 Rehearsal/ Accompaniment CDs, Piano/Vocal Score, Director’s Guide, Choreographic DVD, 30 Family Guides, and contract for 1-year Performance Rights. See website for more kits & prices. CD samplers listed below. $10 ea.

BROADWAY PARTNERS: 10 Terrific Partner Songs for Young Singers arr. by

Sally Albrecht and Tim Hayden. Teach one song to one group or class and its partner to another and put them together in production.

STOMP LIVE. This is the full show, LIVE from the Brighton Dome—the ultimate ‘found sound’ rhythmic experience. The Stompers bang, swish, clip, clomp with brooms, cans, trash, basketballs— anything they find. The audience even becomes an “instrument” in a call and response duo. Funny, athletic, most of all, rhythmic! Bonus interviews with Stomp creators, tour previews, behind-the-scenes footage, history and performer bios. 109 min. plus 53 min. of extras. DVD 5295 $21.95

PULSE: A Stomp Odyssey

DVD 5453 $29.95

Jacobson. Celebrate musical theater with 7 hits. 25 min. Gr. 6-8. Classroom Kit 7410 $79.99

Learn to Scat

STOMP!

BROADWAY KIDS

BROADWAY JUNIOR

PB & Enhanced CD 7569 $59.99

30-min. musicals for elementary.

60-min. shows for middle school/jr. high.

WE HAZ JAZZ! by John Jacobson & Kirby Shaw. This swingin’ 30-minute musical traces the history of America’s own music. 30 min. Gr, 4-8.

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Teacher Manual 9359 $15.99 Accomp. CD 9363 $49.99 Singer’s 5-Pack 9360 $16.95

Aladdin Annie Aristocats Jungle Book 101 Dalmations

Annie Beauty & the Beast Little Mermaid Music Man Peter Pan Seussical

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CATS DON’T DANCE

The fur really flies when a song-anddance cat stirs up Hollywood. Purr-fect! Clever, tuneful... and the best of its kind since ‘The Lion King.’ (L.A. Daily News). 120 min. DVD 5139 $12.95

Peter & the Wolf Willie the Operatic Whale

DISNEY’S MAKE MINE MUSIC MELODYTIME. Music, fun, Disney’s animated version of Peter and and fantasy in Disney’s Johnny the Wolf, The Whale Who Wanted to Appleseed, Little Toot, Pecos Sing (Willie the Operatic Whale), The Bill and four others. Silly Symphony, Casey at the Bat, The DVD 4648 $29.95 Band Concert and 5 other features. Make Mine Music/ 67 min. DVD 7582 $29.95 see Disney Sing-Along DVDs p. 28

WILDLIFE SYMPHONY: A Musical Celebration in Nature. 15 classical

selections “choreographed” by the animal kingdom! Dolphins and whales swirl to Debussy’s Reflections on the Water. Antarctic penguins playfully romp to Bizet’s Children’s Games, and more. 48 min. DVD 8663 $21.95

THE ORCHESTRA DVD

Peter Ustinov reads this award-winning book by Mark Rubin, introducing the instruments and music of the orchestra, with 26 classics performed by the Toronto Philharmonia Orch. Also hear the narrated concert Bring on the Brass. 54 min.

DVD 5888 $21.95

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Melodytime Set 7583 $55

ARTHUR’S MUSIC JAMBOREE FROM PBS KIDS. Arthur (from

Marc Brown’s popular books) pits classical music vs. jazz in the duel of the century between Yo-Yo Ma and Joshua Redman. In other episodes, Arthur faces stage fright (Arthur vs. the Piano); real kids enjoy a world drumming class; and why does the best clarinetist in the band refuse to tryout for the Young Person’s Orchestra? 8 episodes, plus downloadable activities. 104 min. DVD 5220 $12.95

OLIVER! DVD. This musical

based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale is hugely entertaining. With words and lyrics by Lionel Bart, Oliver won the 1968 Oscar for Best Picture. When the desperate orphan Oliver is taken in by the Artful Dodger and a rowdy gang of boy thieves, the Dickensian plot begins to thicken. Time for a new generation to discover Oliver! 153 min. DVD 6357 $19.95

Classic Musical Stories DVDs

These well-loved classics, mixed with storytelling, animation, music, songs and sound effects, are recipes for adventures! Add movement, singing, and instruments for enthusiastic classroom participation. Ages 3-9. DVDs $19.95 ea. Set of 4 9786 $65

JAZZ STORIES DVD. Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa; Ellington was Not a Street; John Henry. Jazz & blues scores bring black history & jazz to life for ages 4-10. 70 min. DVD 5542 WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE… and Other Sendak Stories brought to life with

rhythmic melodies. In the Night Kitchen, Pierre, Chicken Soup With Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny. 35 min. DVD 4784

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THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY

by Simms Taback, Dem Bones, Giraffes Don’t Dance, This Land Is Your Land, The Chinese Violin, Frog Went A-Courtin’, Over in the Meadow, Changes, Changes. 57 min. DVD 4785

THE WHEELS ON THE BUS by Paul

Zelinsky, Musical Max, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!, Hush Little Baby, Keeping House, All the Colors of the Earth. 45 min.

DVD 4783

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the heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye,” says the fox to the Little Prince. St.-Exupery’s wise little fable, which lasts far beyond childhood, comes alive in this luminous opera, with music by Rachel Portman. 90 min.

DVD 5981 $19.95 PB 6324 $10 DVD & PB 9872 $26 DVD & 2HBs 99039 $69

RETURN OF THE FIREBIRD

3 ballet classics stunningly created by the Bolshoi: Stravinsky’s Firebird and Petrushka and RimskyKorsakov’s Scheherazade. Take the time to share the stories with your classes and discuss what to look for in the dances. Discover ballet as theater without words. Consider a unit on Music Makes the Scene (p. 77) to find out how music strongly affects our emotions and imaginations. 120 min. DVD 5743 $45

TALE OF THE FIREBIRD

by Gennady Spirin. This legendary bird of Russian folklore inspired Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet. Spirin adds his elegant, exquisite art to the adventure of the Prince seeking the Firebird, who has been stealing the king’s apples. HB 7126 $17.99

PETROUCHKA retold by Vivian Werner, illus. by John Collier. The folk tale behind Stravinsky’s ballet. Are the ballerina, Moor, and Petrouchka the clown really puppets, or do they have lives of their own? HB 9352 $16

Fish Puppet 3273 $15

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Listening Guide and Coloring Book by Mary Ann

Elephant Puppet 4605 $15

Jumbo Fossil Bones Plastic, 16" Bird Puppet 4361 $6 4646 $20 Hardback/CD (9143) & Puppet Set 9763 $149

3 or more Bingo games $15 ea. CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Book & CD illus. by Sue Williams. Book & CD

6341 $16 Stewart, illus. by Amy Stewart. How many times do the lions roar? What instrument imitates the sound of the CARNIVAL cuckoo? Develop listening skills and learn OF THE concepts in this play-along guide, plus ANIMALS glossary, instrument guide, CD (narr. and intro to Saint-Saëns & his by Leonard suite. PB 6339 $5.95 Bernstein, 12 or more $4.95 ea. with Ogden Nash poems). PB & 12 twist-up crayons

THE LITTLE PRINCE: The Opera DVD. “It is only with

Russian Classics

Hen Puppet 4651 $15

Horse Puppet 4674 $11

Puppets & Props Set Complete Set (10) 9762 $128 Swan Plush Toy 4652 $15

Tortoise Puppet 4656 $15

TOM AND JERRY: Spotlight Collection

This 2-disc set of 40 restored and remastered cartoons is a marvel of animation and music, including 9 Oscar nominations and 7 winners. Musical highlights include The Cat Concerto; The Zoot Cat (bass-playing, scatsinging, swing-dancing jazz cat); Johann Mouse (this waltzing mouse lives with Johann Strauss); and Anchors Away, with animated Jerry dancing with real life Gene Kelly. Bonus tracks show how the music coordinates with the animation, using 12-tone scales, classical, pop, Broadway, and original music and sound effects to serve as a kind of humorous Greek chorus for the animated actors. 332 min. 2-DVD Set 5928 $39.95

Kangaroo Puppet 4653 $15

Lion Puppet 4642 $11

9959 $7.95 PB, Set of 12 Twist-up Crayons, & Poster (Q222) 9598 $10.95

4107 $12.95

Carnival of the Animals LISTENING BINGO. Play

3-in-a-row Bingo as you identify the animals & music in the Carnival of the Animals Suite. 3 versions for different levels plus activities and movement suggestions. With 10 student cards, caller card, MP3 download, Activity Guide, and bingo tokens. 9751 $16.95

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky’s original poems inspired by Saint-Saëns’ Carnival stir our imaginations as we listen to both the poetry and the music on the CD, performed by the author and the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra. HB & CD 7102 $19.99

HB & 23-min. CD 9143 $24.99 Hardback/CD & DVD (below) 6293 $58 CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS DVD

Camille Saint-Saëns’ witty musical suite is “his salute to feathers, fur, and fin.” Host Gary Burghoff charms the young audience with the whimsical verses of Ogden Nash, as live animals at the San Diego Zoo (and lively animation) join this outdoor concert by the Mormon Youth Symphony. The live orchestra allows kids to see and hear the instruments that characterize the different animals. Award-winning video, highly recommended. 30 min. DVD 5859 $39.95

DVD & Repro. Activities Kit (9295) 5897 $49 BUGS & DAFFY'S CARNIVAL: Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5 (1935). Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck,

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Activity Kit by

Debra Lindsay. 24 looseleaf pages of reproducible puzzles, melodies & activities based on Saint-Saëns’ suite. 9295 $14.95

Set of Carnival and Peter & the Wolf (p. 86) Activity Kits 9297 $24 Carnival of the Animals Puppet Classics DVD 5756 $16.95 p. 87

Vibrant illustrations, easy narrative text, and a CD of the music bring to life each movement of Saint-Saëns’ beloved animal suite. Introduce the instruments, and discover why the composer created this work. 45 pp.

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Poster 17" x 22". Q222 $7.95 6 or more $5 ea.

as duo pianists, perform Carnival of the Animals with a live orchestra (23 min.). Enjoy 60 restored cartoons, plus 5 hours of extra features. Lots of fun! Musical animation is a real art, and doesn’t get any better than Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, & the Looney gang. 417 min. 4 DVDs 5330 $89

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CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS: An Early Childhood Musical-Play Unit features activities for each animal song and a brief playlet.

Spiral PB & CD 9712 $19.95

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS CHART. Colorful 10-ft. chart illustrates each movement of Saint-Saëns' suite. Includes reproducible activities and The Carnival of the Animals verses by Ogden Nash. Chart & Reproducible Guide 2062 $25 Chart, Repro Guide, & Leonard Bernstein CD 2065 $35

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icsRTuba ChPeerilGyntdren’s ClassTubby TUBBY THE TUBA DVD. Tubby,

tired of only being able to sing ‘Oompah,’ runs away from the orchestra. His travels lead him to discover a melody of his own, and he gets a hero’s welcome when he returns. Music by George Kleinsinger, wonderful animation, and the vocal talents of Dick Van Dyke and Pearl Bailey. 81 min.

IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING

DVD 5759 $16.95 DVD 5068 $19.95 HB/CD & DVD 99023 $36

by Allison Flannery, illus. by Vesper Stamper. Based on Ibsen's 1867 play, Peer Gynt, set to music by Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian tale comes alive with humorous illustrations and a CD of 5 Peer Gynt pieces, including the title work. Downloadable lesson plans and story puppets to cut out and color enrich the musical experience. HB & CD 6829 $22

HB/CD & Peer Gynt Repro Activity Kit (9272 p. 87) 9018 $35

Fairy Tale Classics

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HB/CD & DVD 9477 $35 TUBBY THE TUBA by Paul Tripp, illus. by Henry Cole. A great introduction to instruments and a hit with kids. Paul Tripp narrates on the CD with music by George Kleinsinger. HB & CD 6915 $16.99

Children’s Classics Activity Kits

Debra Lindsay. Reproducible puzzles, melodies & activities based on the classical story and music.

$14.95 ea.

SMagic Flute

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These joyful productions, abridged for the classroom, are a perfect introduction to classical music. 30-40 min. ea.

DVDs $19.95 ea.

Set of 3 9696 $36 9296 Peter 9295 Carnival and the Wolf of the Animals

9272 Peer Gynt

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MOZART: THE MAGIC FLUTE DVD

Julie Taymor’s dazzling, abridged, English-language production with the Metropolitan Opera is sheer enchantment. A great intro to the storytelling magic of opera, which becomes a spectacle of delight thanks to Lion King’s Julie Taymor. 112 min. DVD 5489 $29.95

BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS retold and

DVD $16.95 ea.

illus. by Ilse Plume. A Caldecott Honor Book.

PETER AND THE WOLF DVD. Suzie Templeton’s Academy Award-winning film has stunning stop-motion animation and no dialogue or narration. Set on a Russian farm, the characters are darker and a bit haunting yet amusing in their antics. Prokofiev’s score is brilliantly synchronized with the animation, and the story takes a surprising twist at the end. Includes an hour of bonus material including The Musical Themes, The Story in Pictures, The Making of…, Behind the Scenes, Audio Commentary, and an Educational Workshop. 32 min. plus extras.

DVD 5630 $29.95

DVD 7582 $29.95

Wolf Hand Puppet Plush. 10"

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Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) Peter and the Wolf (Prokofiev) The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky) Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck) The Adventures of Peer Gynt (Grieg) Set of 5 DVDs 5761 $79

4 jewels from The Royal Ballet: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, and Tales of Beatrix Potter.

BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS DVD from Rabbit Ears. See below. DVD 5523 $24.95 PB & DVD 7061 $29.95

Set of 4 DVDs 5494 $99 Tales of Beatrix Potter

BREMENTOWN QUARTET: Plush Animal Masks $8.95 ea. 3851 Rooster 3847 Cat 3849 Dog 3850 Donkey Set of 4 Masks 3852 $32 PB/DVD/Masks 9459 $59

PETER & THE WOLF PLAYTIME KIT

Full Kit includes Wolf Cap, Duck Puppet, Cat Puppet, Peter’s Cap, Grandpa’s Beard, 3 Hunter’s Hats, and White Gloves (for bird). 9 pieces.

99011 $65

ELMO’S MUSICAL ADVENTURE: The Story of Peter and the Wolf DVD. The fun begins when

Baby Bear hears the Boston Pops perform Peter and the Wolf. He imagines his Sesame Street friends as characters in the Prokofiev story, and with Elmo’s help discovers the secret to making beautiful music. 45 min. DVD 5812 $16.95

PETER AND THE WOLF Activity Kit by Debra Lindsay. Reproducible pages of puzzles, melodies and activities based on Prokofiev’s work. 9296 $14.95 Set of Peter & Carnival (p. 85) Activity Kits 9297 $24 PETER AND THE WOLF illus. by Peter Malone

Wolf Puppet/Hat 4162 $25

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Royal Ballet Classics

PB 9550 $6.95

Peter & the Wolf

Rabbit Ears Storybook DVDs

mated version of Peter with Prokofiev’s music, plus other Disney classics including Willie the Operatic Whale, Casey at the Bat, Mickey Mouse’s The Band Concert, Farmyard Symphony, & more. 67 min.

Award-winning puppeteer Jim Gamble recreates these children’s classics with outstanding symphonic performances by European orchestras. Live action. 30 min. ea.

Set of 3 9029 $56

Peter Fthe Wolf

Disney’s PETER & THE WOLF/ MAKE MINE MUSIC DVD The original ani-

Puppet Classics

CHILDREN’S CLASSICS: Reproducible Activity Kits by

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with a CD by the Cincinnati Pops. Dreamlike paintings and a kinder ending in this retelling, with a short bio of Prokofiev. HB & CD 9691 $19.95

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The Nutcracker

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Getting to Know

Classical Masterpieces

Award-winning series of folktales told by celebrities, with music performed by outstanding musicians and illustrations by well-known artists.

DVDs $24.95 ea. Set of 4 5558 $95

Names listed in order of storyteller, musician, illustrator.

5523 Bremen Town Musicians

Bob Hoskins, Eugene Friesen, David Johnson

5456 The Elephant’s Child

Jack Nicholson, Bobby McFerrin, Tim Raglin

5524 Follow the Drinking Gourd

Morgan Freeman, Taj Mahal, Yvonne Buchanan

5480 John Henry

Denzel Washington, B.B. King, Barry Jackson more Rabbit Ears DVDs

Interactive ClassicsV Kids INTERACTIVE CLASSICS FOR KIDS CD-ROMS Hear the music and stories, read

the composer’s bio, play listening games, all the while improving audio skills. For Windows.

$29.95 ea. All 3 3557 $79 3542 Mozart’s Magic Flute 3544 Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker 3541 Alice in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

arr. by Hans-Günter Heumann. Each of these lavishly illustrated volumes contains a brief bio of the composer, a history of the work, the plot or thematic synopsis, and simplified piano arrangements of the musical themes of the work. PB $12.95 ea. Complete Set

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7330 $135 Carmen Bizet Peer Gynt Grieg Royal Fireworks & Water Music Handel Hansel and Gretel Humperdinck The Magic Flute Mozart Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky Scheherazade Rimsky-Korsakov The Carnival of the Animals Saint-Saëns The Moldau Smetana The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky The Four Seasons Vivaldi

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