Composer Study, Term 2

These Composer Study selections for Term 2 of 2014-2015 come from the Ambleside Online website.

This terms selections are from Children's Classics (what fun!). (This term's artist: Diego Velazquez) Links below benefit Ambleside Online.

   1. Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Wikipedia; purchase CD or purchase mp3; includes both Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Peter and the Wolf) (YouTube)


   2. Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf (Wikipedia; purchase CD or purchase mp3; includes both Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Peter and the Wolf) (YouTube)



   3. Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Wikipedia; purchase CD or purchase mp3) (YouTube) (This is featured in Disney's Fantasia)


   4. Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel (Opera in 3 Acts; Wikipedia; purchase CD or purchase mp3) (YouTube or in English)


   5. Claude Debussy: La Boite A Joujoux (The Toy Box, a ballet for children; blog post featuring images from the French book "La Boite a Joujoux" illustrated by Andre Helle; Purchase mp3 or here for 99 cents) (YouTube) [Ballet on YouTube: 1 The Toy Box Asleep; 2 The Toy Shop; 3 Dance of the Doll; 4 The Field of Battle; 5 The Sheepfold for Sale; 6 Fortune Made After (?); 7 Epilogue]

With the story, in French (piano)

or just the orchestra music:


   6. Georges Bizet: Jeux d'enfants, op. 22 (Children's Games; 12 short piano pieces. Wikipedia) (Purchase CD or purchase mp3 or here) (YouTube)

Or click on link above that is recommended by AO - embedding has been disabled so I chose a different link.