Great Musicians Series: Handel & Schumann : 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:
Handel at the Court of Kings
Handel at the Court of Kings, Study Guide
Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff
Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff, Study Guide
Companion CD

Handel at the Court of Kings
With clarity and with admirable simplicity, keyed to the understanding of children, Opal Wheeler has traced the many-sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director.
Handel's strange boyhood, clouded by the fact that his father did not want him to become a musician, and the later years when, thanks to the patronage of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, his music was played before the greatest music lovers of Europe - all this makes absorbing reading. The selections of Handel's music included here are those best understood and most apt to be mastered by young musicians.
One evening, back in 1691, conservative Doctor Handel was shocked and dismayed to find his small son carrying the torch at the head of a band of singers wandering through the little town of Halle. The good doctor never quite understood the all-consuming love of music which drove his son from childhood on and on to the great heights he eventually attained as the beloved Father of the Oratorio, the composer of the magnificent MESSIAH.
Opal Wheeler has given us here the most finished, most completely satisfying book on her list of fine music biographies. Handel at the Court of Kings should be a favorite of all children who love music, whether they are young musicians themselves or not.

Handel at the Court of Kings, Study Guide
Packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Handel's life. Use this Study Guide to accompany the children's classic, Handel at the Court of Kings. Written for children in grades K-6, this Study Guide makes a perfect addition to any study of master composers.

Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff
From the time he was a little boy, playing with his beloved cat, Ziff, in his home village in Saxony, until he became the famous composer, friend of Mendelssohn, Chopin, and Liszt, Robert Schumann lived happily and pleasantly.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, he had few major problems to overcome. His work, his family life, all brought him the reward of renown and joy. Even the stiff finger which virtually ended his career as a musician was the means of emphasizing his genius as a composer.
Opal Wheeler has written a most engaging story for children of the great mans life, and the carefully chosen selections from his compositions which have been added, make this a distinguished acquisition to any young reader's library.

Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff, Study Guide
Packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Schumann's life. Use this Study Guide to accompany the children's classic, Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff. 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.)