Classical Composers

The OptimaLearning Classic CDs provide uniquely sequenced excerpts of great classical music compositions--sequenced by tempo, key, pitch, instrumentation and themes--to stimulate your brain in specific ways.

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.

This is a simple, inspiring children`s biography of the great musician Haydn.

Filmed on the 250th anniversary of Bachâs death, this production guides the audience through the composerâs life. Selections from Bachâs orchestral and religious works are heard and excerpts from many of his masterpieces are performed on the harpsichord, clavichord and piano.

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.

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 friendâs player piano and taught himself popular tunes of the day. Today, many decades after his death, Gershwinâs music is known throughout the world as quintessentially American.

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. . .

Mozartâs 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 historyâs prototypical child prodigy.

Franz Liszt is the 19th-century equivalent of a rock star - handsome, rich and famous beyond his dreams. But the Hungarian-born Liszt wants to be more than simply Europe's most celebrated pianist; he wants to compose great music - not just play it.

A sensitive, appealing and lively biography of America's beloved composer which boys and girls (all others, too) will take to their hearts and treasure.

Mozart, The Wonder Boy presents the musical genius of this child prodigy, the loving family in which he was reared, and the impact he had on the world around him and to generations beyond.

Baroque music with its unique rhythmic structure and stability is particularly conducive to memory, productivity and healthy, stress-free environments. This 60 minute CD consists of carefully researched selections of Baroque composers that have been specially sequenced to give you optimal results.

With written step-by-step instructions for using this music for Studying  Teaching  Test Taking  Problem-Solving  Decision Making  Stress Reduction  Exercise  Healing

Called "program music," it fosters visualization, stimulates imagination, and empowers contemplation. Its ability to tap deep emotion and inner strength helps you cope with crises and overcome grief. In addition the particular sequence on this cassette or CD facilitates problem solving and engenders a flow of creativity and inspiration.

Many Romantic and post-Romantic composers wrote music with specific images in mindâto develop an idea, describe a scene or create a mood. Called "program music," it fosters visualization, stimulates imagination, and empowers contemplation. Its ability to tap deep emotion and inner strength helps you cope with crises and overcome grief.

Especially selected music by Mozart  Bach, J.S.  Vivaldi  Scarlatti -- Analytical Reasoning  Math  Planning  Organizing  Systematizing  Computer Work  Memorizing Concepts, Data, Vocabulary, Spelling Words  Calming  Healing M

Can your child name the composer who could write music he would never hear? Did you know that The Blue Danube was not accepted in Europe but when played in America, it became Strauss' greatest achievement? Composers III includes: Beethoven, Strauss,Jr., Brahms and Tchaikovsky.

OUT OF STOCK -- The Orchestra (CD) Peter Ustinov with the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. Children learn the sounds of the orchestral instruments.

Written with warmth and understanding, the present book on Paganini begins with his unhappy childhood along the wharves in Genoa and carries him straight through the tempestuous years when great genius and poverty waged an endless battle, which genius finally won.

Original portraits of the most famous composers with a short biography that includes the most interesting facts of the composerâs life.

This book is about the brilliant young Schubert, his merry friends, and their pranks and escapades, in most of which Franz is the hero.

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.

Song of the Unicorn from Classical Kid&#146s CollectionA Merlin Tale featuring Jeremy Irons, who narrates this musical journey through Medieval Times. There are more than two dozen excerpts of pr...

There is much more in this book than the engaging story of the young Stephen Foster, and his never-to-be-forgotten music. In this appealing, sensitive biography of the composer whose folk songs are our common heritage, is told one of the real stories of our own America.

Always enchanted with the world of childhood and far more at ease in it than in the more demanding world of adults, Peter began to write ballets for his sister Alexandra's children.

Here is a fascinating picture of Tchaikovsky the brilliant composer and delightful companion. It is perfect for young readers.

Marjorie Persons has written light-hearted, educational lyrics to 127 of the worldâs most beautiful classical music themes.

Volume 2 features all four of Vivaldiâs Four Seasons, Tchaikovskyâs Nutcracker Suite and Stravinskyâs Firebird Suite and lots more.

What a wonderful way to introduce your students, children and grandchildren to a lifetime adventure with classical music.

This book and CD have lyrics for each of the 12 main themes in DvorÃk's From the New World Symphony.

As Opal Wheeler's light-hearted and lively biography reveals, Richard Wagner is an amazing example in music history-one of the few composers of stature who learned his art from the untutored study of the masterpieces of his day.

A tale of courage and adventure: Tchaikovsky arrives in New York for the grand opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891. Itâs all aboard for a fun-filled musical adventure to Niagara Falls.

Great Classical Music & Great Hymns blended together in a magnificent and creative coupling of favorite hymn themes and great Baroque & Classical music...piano and orchestra.

This is a magnificent and creative coupling of favorite Christmas themes and great Baroque & Classical music...piano & orchestra.

Great Classical Music & Great Hymns and Praise Songs blended together with piano and orchestra.

Great Classical Music & Great Hymns and Praise Songs blended together with piano and orchestra.

There are eleven interesting songs full of good, general knowledge that everyone needs to know, i.e. Branches of Government, states and capitals, geography songs, planets, classical composers, bones of the body, days, months and years, table manners and more. Good for any age.

Color the Classics--Godly Composers Did you know that Johann Sebastian Bach served time in prison? Why did Josef Haydn marry the wrong woman? Did Handel really have to "file for Chapter 11?" . . .

Stories and pictures from the lives of Pachelbel, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Dvorak. Give your children a love for classical music while they are young. Color the Classics will help them to understand the history behind the pieces of timeless music.

Hymn Writers will help your children to understand the lives of the composers of many of the greatest hymns that have been loved by generations of Christians. Martin Luther, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Newton, and Fanny Crosby.

Color the Patriotic Classics What famous lawyer defended 2 traitors and went on to write the most well known hymn ever written? Who mistakenly stole another nations anthem, and made it "American?"

Where did we get our Christmas carols? Why did it take 4 men 115 years to write "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing?" Your kids will discover the origins of the Christmas carols. How long did it actually take to compose "Messiah?" This Christmas remember the carols that honor Christ!

In 1750, George Frideric Handel gave music his greatest gift-MESSIAH-to an orphanage in London. From that cityâs dark lanes comes Thomas, a boy who sings like an angel but will not speak. Finally, the boy is healed with the help of Maestro Handel, a young woman, and the power and glory of the music.

This story tells of a journey into "The Magic Flute" opera with all the plot and action of a great old-time radio drama. A young girl finds herself in the fairy-tale world of Mozartâs "Magic Flute."

This is a magnificent and creative coupling of favorite hymn themes and great Baroque & Classical music...piano & orchestra.

A young violinist, Katarina, arrives at the Pieta orphanage in Venice where Antonio Vivaldi was music director. The only clue to her family heritage, is a ring left with her as a baby.

Set in 1816, the year "The Barber of Seville" had its disastrous premiere, Rossiniâs Ghost is the story of three women who learn that friendship, like opera - or great pasta sauce - requires nurturing, patience, and time.

A CD with twenty themes from Volume 1 of Themes To Remember with a music only track followed by a music-with-lyrics track for each theme.

These songs put the multiplication tables to music--not just any music--but the timeless melodies of the great classical composers. Learn the multiplication tables from 2 x 2 through 12 x 12 to great classical music.

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. These 2 books cover his early years and his later years.