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Meet The Musicians DVDs
This is another AWESOME product that I recently discovered. I saw the first few minutes of the Bach DVD they had sent to me to review, and I knew it was a winner. Without even viewing the DVD any further, I picked up the phone and placed an order for multiple sets of this DVD series. All ages will enjoy and benefit from the impersonations of these five great composers.
Brilliant pianist Dennis Kobray becomes Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, friend of Scott Joplin or George Gershwin for an hour-long dramatic presentation. The audience discovers first-hand the music, feeling, life and history of some of the world’s most famous composers. Mr. Kobray strikes chords that children can understand and adults appreciate.
Dennis Kobray is a skilled actor, gifted and delightful musician, who enjoys the challenge and opportunity of acquainting audiences of all ages with the real life stories of some of history’s greatest musicians.
You can view video clips of each of the DVDs
from our web site.
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Bach from Meet The Musicians
Filmed on the 250th anniversary of Bach’s death, this production guides the audience through the composer’s life. Selections from Bach’s orchestral and religious works are heard and excerpts from many of his masterpieces are performed on the harpsichord, clavichord and piano.
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Mozart from Meet The Musicians
Mozart’s music was the embodiment of the Classical style of late eighteenth century Europe. Teaching himself piano and violin by age four and composing by age five, he went on to dazzle the music world, becoming history’s prototypical child prodigy.
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Beethoven from Meet The Musicians
Until the end of the eighteenth century, a musician in Europe was a skilled craftsman, basically a servant of the aristocracy. Beethoven saw himself as an artist, a creator. He ended the Classical Era of European music (1750-1800) and began a new era where the musicians were free to express themselves.
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Gershwin from Meet The Musicians
Born in 1898 in New York City, George Gershwin was the son of a non-musical immigrant family. At a young age, he was fascinated by a friend’s player piano and taught himself popular tunes of the day. Today, many decades after his death, Gershwin’s music is known throughout the world as quintessentially American.
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Joplin from Meet The Musicians
The music of America in the late nineteenth to early twentieth century was Ragtime, and the King of Ragtime was Scott Joplin. Born in 1868 in Texarkana, Texas, he came from a music loving family and began to study piano at the age of seven. By fourteen, he was proficient enough to leave home and travel through the worlds of minstrel, dance halls and vaudeville in Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas. . .
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Music With The Brain In Mind by Eric Jensen
Although compelling evidence supports the value of the musical arts in school, many educators still fight for its inclusion. This timely resource translates the latest brain and music research and provides practical strategies for incorporating the musical arts at all levels.
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