Great Musicians Series: Frederic Chopin : Bundle

Description from the publisher:

The Great Musician Series represents a milestone in homeschooling music history/appreciation education. This line of textbooks and supplementary materials focuses on the foundational musicians and composers that have had the greatest influence on musical composition and performance. These great masters have composed some of the most memorable and timeless musical pieces that we enjoy today. 

Our Great Musician Series pulls back the curtain to reveal the lives and times behind these great classical compositions. Explore the persons, places, and events that influenced the masters and the beautiful music they created. This series engages students of all ages, using all learning modalities, thereby providing the richest and most memorable learning experience for your children. We include a variety of materials that will help you deliver this wonderful musical education quickly and easily.

This Bundle Includes:
Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early Years
Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Later Years
Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early & Later Years Study Guide
Companion CD

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early Years
Frederic Chopin, celebrated pianist and probably the greatest composer for the piano the world has ever known, was born in a little cottage in Poland on the estate of Count Skarbek, whose children were tutored by his father, Nicolas Chopin.
The child loved music from babyhood and when the family moved to Warsaw a few years after his birth, he was placed under the tutelage of the best masters of music in Poland. His astounding performance in playing the solo part of a difficult concerto with the full
Warsaw orchestra when only nine years of age marked little Frederic as the genius he was. Through the early years to that momentous day in Vienna when his playing at the theater of Count Gallenberg actually launched his career as a major figure in the world of music, Frederic Chopin's childhood and boyhood are dramatically presented. Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Later Years completes the great man's life story.

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Later Years
Chopin remembered Vienna as the city where he had made an instant success with his music, so when, after years at home in Warsaw, he returned to Vienna he was heartsick to find only a cool welcome awaiting him. Vienna wanted to dance and sing and forget war...and Poland was on the brink of war.
In Paris, however, Chopin found himself warmly welcomed; his concerts became the vogue; his days were crowded with both gayety and the work he loved. Years passed and the world hailed his greatest compositions. Then ill health began making inroads on his time, and he went to Majorca, England, Scotland, seeking relief. However, time was running out, and, at the peak of his career, the great composer and pianist died in Paris, the city he loved
Thus, simply, yet with drama is completed this excellent two-volume biography of one of the world's greatest artists.

Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early & Later Years Study Guide
Packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Chopin's life. Use this Study Guide to accompany the children's classics, Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Early Years and Frederic Chopin, Son of Poland, Later Years. Written for children in grades K-6, this Study Guide makes a perfect addition to any study of master composers.

Companion CD
This enchanced CD includes:
MP3 audio files of all the music
Coloring pages for each chapter
Printable sheet music of all the music
A wonderful supplement to your reading experience.

Please note: All music files are in an MP3 format. You will need to play this CD on either a computer or an MP3-compatible CD player.
Also included are illustrations from each chapter in a pdf format. You can print as many of these as needed for your children to color as you read to them these wonderful books. (Program needed to print these is included. Windows PC-compatible.)