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Imserba Webstore - Beethoven's Wig: Sing Along Symphonies
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List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $10.99
Your Save: $ 1.99 ( 15% )
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Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Audio CD
Brand: Rounder Kids
EAN: 0011661811225
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rounder / Umgd
Release Date: 2002-03-05
Studio: Rounder / Umgd
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GENERAL FEATURES: Beethoven's Wig Sing Along Symphonies are zany stick-in-your-head lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. Filled with fact and fancy about the world's most notable composers and their masterpieces, each Sing Along Symphony opens the door to "serious music" in a way that's fun. As a bonus, the orchestral performance of each classical piece is included without lyrics. Educational entertainment for all ages.
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Summary: wonderful for any age
Comment: My kids, 4 1/2 & 11 yrs., love all these 4 sing-along symphonies, and the first one is their favorite.
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Summary: The entire family loves this CD
Comment: From 4 years old to 40 years old, each of us enjoys Beethoven's Wig. We have #1 and #2 and I could not tell you which the kids enjoy more - but I do have a slight preference for #1. I'm online now getting ready to purchase #3 and #4 will be for Christmas. I'm also buying #1 for a baby shower gift. My friend is not particularly "into" classical music but she laughed a good bit listening to our CD's then she asked for them for her soon-to-be child.
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Summary: Beethoven's Wig
Comment: My kids LOVE this CD! They play it over and over everyday! I can't wait to try the next volume!
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Summary: Music Notes
Comment: This product is a great way to introduce the classics to children. Once they know the words, they enjoy singing along. The selections are good,and the words are humerous.
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Summary: "Mommy, Mommy, it's Tchaikovsky . . ."
Comment: This is a fantastic CD on so many levels -- Perlmutter has added witty, silly, yet often educational lyrics to some of the most recognizeable melodies in classical music. Most of the lyrics include some information about the composer, so that anyone who listens a few times will at least learn the composer's name, perhaps the popular name of the melody, and a few other facts. For example, "Beethoven's Wig . . . . is very big" is sung to the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth. "The crowds were cheering at the concert hall (rah rah) the night Tchaikovsky shot the cannon ball (boom bah)" is sung to the 1812 Overture. A ditty about the Schumann family is sung to Schumann's Happy Farmer. Some lyrics are educational, such as "All the Kings and Queens of England," which names, sequentially all the kings & queens of England. Others are just plain fun, such as "All the girls in Paris France, love to do the can can dance . . " set to Offenbach's can can.
This CD doesn't present itself as a substitute for concert-style music, sans lyrics, performed in a serious manner by first-rate classical musicians. But it is an entertaining supplement, for both kids and adults. I love it when my daughter hears music on the radio and shouts out, "Mommy, it's Tchaikovsky" or "Mommy, Beethoven, listen. . ." -- and I'm pretty sure that the reason she is able to connect the composer to the music is because of what she learned listening to Beethoven's Wig.
Personally, my favorite of the four Beethoven's Wig collections published to date is Beethoven's Wig, Vol. 2: More Sing-Along Symphonies followed closely by #1; they're pretty much neck and neck. Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing-Along Symphonies gives broad exposure to different instruments, but the lyrics are much less memorable. Beethoven's Wig 4: Dance Along Symphonies includes a broader array of music, such as John Philip Sousa and Scott Joplin. I've given #1 and #2 as gifts on several occasions and they always seem to be a hit.
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