Introduce your child to classical music with this unique and creative retelling of the ballet Swan Lake. Follow along as a prince must battle to free his princess from a curse. On each page, as you read the narrative and encounter gorgeous illustrations, you will also see places to push a button. These buttons allow you to hear an orchestra playing from the ballet’s music score! There are ten musical excerpts total, each about ten seconds long. At the end of the book, there is a short biography on the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, as well as a discussion of the instruments, rhythms, and techniques used in his compositions. 24 pgs, hc.
The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake
SKU
024778
ISBN
9780711241503
Grade 1-4
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Product Overview
- Introduce your child to classic music with this retelling of the ballet Swan Lake
- Throughout the story, find 10 different buttons that play excerpts from an orchestra playing the ballet’s music score!
- Includes a biography of the composer and information on the instruments, rhythms, and techniques used
- Features rich illustration and narration
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Choking Hazard
- Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Description
Publisher's Description of The Story Orchestra: Swan Lake
Discover the spellbinding magic of Swan Lake in this musical retelling of the ballet – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Tchaikovsky's score.
This tale of a prince, a beautiful swan princess and an evil sorcerer begins in a woodland clearing far, far away. It is Prince Siegfried's 21st birthday. He is playing games with his friends when his mother, the Queen, arrives to tell him he needs to stop having fun and start looking after the kingdom. Prince Siegfried dreams of running away.
He follows an enchanting flock of swans to a clearing by a lake, where four of the little cygnets begin to dance. The most beautiful swan transforms into the Princess Odette, who tells him that she has been cursed to turn into a swan by day and return to her natural form at night by the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart. As the prince and Odette dance, they begin to fall in love.
The story follows Prince Siegfried as he attends his birthday party, is tricked into proposing to Von Rothbart's daughter Odile and returns to the lake to battle the evil sorcerer. Will the prince be reunited with his swan princess?
As you and your little one journey through the magical scenes, you will press the buttons to hear 10 excerpts from the ballet's music. Readers should press firmly on the pages to activate the sounds, encouraging interactive learning and introducing children to this beautiful piece of music.
At the back of the book, find a short biography of the composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with details about his composition of Swan Lake. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and, for each of them, read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.
The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores. With The Story Orchestra keyboard sound books, children can play the famous melodies themselves with the sound of a real grand piano.
Category Description for Story Orchestra
What a great selection of books that are sure to delight the senses! Not only are these wonderful stories, but the two-page layouts include bold beautiful illustrations covering both pages with objects and color to feed the imagination. On each page there is a "Press the note" button. When pressed the book will play a short clip of a selection written by the composer featured in the book. The back-page layout features a short biography of the composer and glossary of musical words. The books in this series also include song titles and descriptions next to the buttons which can be pushed to hear the selection again. 24 pgs, hc. ~Judy
Details
| Product Format: | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 1-4 |
| Brand: | Frances Lincoln |
| ISBN: | 9780711241503 |
| Length in Inches: | 10.75 |
| Width in Inches: | 12.1875 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5625 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1.1 |
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