Themes to Remember, Volume 1 Book and CD (Classical Magic Music Series)

Themes to Remember, Volume 1 (Book and CD) by Marjorie Kiel Persons

Learn classical music... the easy way! Children learn the names of compositions and composers by singing the author's lyrics to themes by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and the rest of the best. The included CD has 40 themes (80 tracks) of music from 24 composers. Each theme is recorded first without lyrics, then with lyrics for "name that theme" type games. Music by keyboards, violins, trumpets, and four adult male and female singers will have you singing along in no time! The hardcover book includes black-and-white illustrations, with a notation of each theme. 

Contents of Book:

• How to Use Classical Magic Themes to Remember, with ideas for games, art, drama and movement.
• Timeline of Composers
• The Baroque Period (c.1600-1750) - Vivaldi (The 4 Seasons - Spring); J.S. Bach (Toccata & Fugue in D minor - Theme 1 & Theme 2); Handel (Water Music - Alla Hornpipe, The Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus & He Shall Feed His Flock, Royal Fireworks Music - Overture/ Minuet/ & La Paix); Good Listening from the Baroque Period.
• The Classical Period (1750-1820) - Musical Forms of the Classical Period; Symphony Orchestra Seating Plan; Haydn (Symphony No.94 (Surprise) - Mvt.2); Boccherini (String Quintet Op.13 No.4 - Minuet); Mozart (Piano Concerto No.21 - Mvt.2, Symphony No.40 - Mvt.1); Beethoven (Symphony No.5 - Mvt.1, Symphony No.9 - Mvt.4, Sonata No.14 - Moonlight); Schubert (Symphony No.8 (Unfinished), Piano Quintet in A - The Trout); Good Listening from the Classical Period.
• The Romantic Period (1820-1900) - Rossini (William Tell Overture - Theme 1 & Theme 2); Mendelssohn (A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March); Chopin (Grande Valse Brillante); Schumann (The Happy Farmer); Gounod (Funeral March of a Marionette); Strauss (The Blue Danube Waltz); Brahms (Lullaby); Saint-Saens (Danse Macabre); Bizet (Carmen - Habanera & Toreador); Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake - Theme 1 (Waltz) & Theme 2); Dvorak (Symphony No.9 - New World); Grieg (Peer Gynt Suite - Morning/ Solveig's Song/ In the Hall of the Mountain King); Good Listening from the Romantic Period.
• The Modern Period (1900 to the Present) - Debussy (Clair de Lune); Rachmaninoff (Piano Concerto No.2 - Movement 3); Sousa (The Stars & Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis); Elgar (Pomp & Circumstance); Good Listening from the Modern Period.
• Appendices - Musical Notation of Themes, Glossary.

Tracks on CD:

• Bach - Toccata &Fugue in Dm, Theme 1
• Bach - Toccata &Fugue in Dm, Theme 2
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
• Beethoven - Symphony No. 9, Movement 4
• Beethoven - Sonata No. 14 - (Moonlight), Theme 1
• Bizet - Carmen, Habanara
• Bizet - Carmen, Toreador
• Boccherini - Minuet
• Brahms - Lullaby
• Chopin - Grand Valse Brillante
• Debussy - Clair de Lune
• Dvorák - Symphony No. 9 - (New World)
• Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance
• Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette
• Grieg - Peer Gyne Suite, Morning
• Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite, Solveig's Song
• Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite, Hall of the Mountain King
• Handel - Water Music, Alla Hornpipe
• Handel - The Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus
• Handel - He Shall Feed His Flock
• Handel - Royal Fireworks Music, Overture
• Handel - Royal Fireworks Music, Minuet
• Handel - Royal Fireworks Music, La Paix
• Haydn - Symphony No. 94 (Surprise)
• Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21
• Mozart - Symphony No. 4
• Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2
• Rossini - William Tell Overture, Theme 1
• Rossini - Trumpet Fanfare
• Saint-Saëns - Danse macabre
• Schubert - Symphony No. 8 - (Unfinished)
• Schubert - Piano Quintet in A - (The Trout)
• Schumann - The Happy Farmer
• Sousa - The Stars and Stripes Forever
• Sousa - Semper Fidelis
• Strauss - The Blue Danube Waltz
• Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Theme 1
• Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Theme 2
• Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Spring

We have the complete Themes to Remember, Classical Magic Music Series available in our Music Books Section. 

Book Details:

• Number of Pages: 110
• Book Size: 8-1/2" x 11"
• Book Type: Hardcover, Library Quality (Smyth-sewn, acid-free paper), Fully Illustrated, with Audio CD
• Recommended Ages: 3-14
• ISBN 10: 0967599709
• ISBN 13: 9780967599700

Book Condition:

• This book is brand new and is in perfect condition. 

About the Author:
Marjorie Kiel Persons is an experienced music educator, the author of many lyrics for classical music themes, and a music consultant. She is also the developer of the lyric based Classical Magic Program for introducing anyone, including little children, to the wonderful world of classical music. Her three books with CDs, Themes to Remember, Volumes 1 & 2 and Classical Karaoke for Kids constitute the core of this program. She is also active as a clinician at music education conferences.

Why We Love It

The lyrics written for this CD are amusing and memorable. Thanks to this book and CD, children (and adults) will easily recognize this music when it's played.