Songtime Kids - 101 Favorite Sing-A-Long Songs for Kids - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

As the progenitor of a style whose influence more or less came to define the instrumental music of the High Baroque, Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) occupies a position in music history as unenviable as it is to his great credit. Just what made Corelli's style seem strikingly novel to his contemporaries is a tricky question. To be sure, his standardization and popularization of certain formal tropes - most notably the succession of movement types in Sonate da Camera and Sonate da Chiesa - was a significant part of what his followers considered the 'Corellian' manner. But Corelli's actual compositional style, his way of organizing musical thoughts into phrases and motives, is fundamentally derived from the expressive capabilities of his chosen instrument, the violin. Certain melodic patterns used to modulate and to effect sequences (e.g., chains of sevenths and fifths) basically derive from specificities of violin technique that amplify an instrument with origins primarily in dance music into one that in Corelli's hands, could imitate the rise and fall of the sung and spoken human voice. This tension between idiomatically instrumental techniques and the evocation of the voice is the defining characteristic of Corelli's style throughout all his surviving works and would establish the InchRoman SchoolInch as the supreme measure of musical taste for generations. For this exploration of the 18th century's Corelli Craze, the dynamic star trio of Mahan Esfahani, Hille Perl and Michala Petri unite to trace the Roman's influence, (sometimes in name only...) on the musical legacies of Bach, Händel and Telemann, and of course two works from the pen of the celebrated Italian Master, himself. Gramophone about the Petri/Perl/Esfahani Trio's Bach recording InchWhile the tonal and expressive ra nge of the recorder, viol and harpsichord may appear constrained in comparison to, say, f

This beautiful boxed set makes a fabulous gift. The 4 CDs contain more than 100 favorite Kid's Songs that your children will enjoy over and over again. Plus, we've included 30 pages of kids activities like Kidsongs themed coloring sheets, connect the dots, puzzle games and other creative activity sheets. You can print out the free kid's activity sheets on your computer, for hours of fun. The 4 CDs of Kid's Songs range from nursery rhymes to kid's classics and include perennial favorites like InchOld MacDonald Had a FarmInch, InchBingoInch, InchMary Had a Little LambInch, InchTurkey in the StrawInch, InchLittle Bo PeepInch and 98 more!

Various Artists - Sing-A-Long Favorites [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/15/2016