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Introduce 4 composers to your class!

Each set includes a CD-ROM and a DVD that mix lesson plans, history, and live performances of historic pieces for you and your students to enjoy. They serve as a cross-curriculum exercise, integrating music, history, reading, writing, and listening with the foreign language. Each of the four lessons takes approximately 40 minutes to present in class. 
For each of the four composers featured in each set, expect a lesson plan contained in the CD-ROM, alongside a DVD  with:

CD-ROM Contents

  • A Photo of the composer
  • Biographical Information of the composer
  • Historical events of the time
  • Famous people of the time
  • Information about the music
  • Questions for students to answer after reading, and listening to the DVD

DVD Contents

  • Each composer introduced by a foreign language teacher
  •  Live performance of carefully chosen music
  • Each performed by violinist Riana Ricci Muller and pianist Francis Brancaleone
Introduce Spanish Composers to your Class
Introduce French Composers to your Class
Introduce Italian Composers to your Class

Spanish

  • Musical Performances of Falla, Piazzola, Turina, and Sarasate
  • Introductions by Spanish teachers
  • Carefully curated lesson plans for each composer
  • Biographical and historical information from each time period

French

  • Musical Performances of Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Leclair, and Massenet
  • Introductions by French teachers
  • Carefully curated lesson plans for each composer
  • Biographical and historical information from each time period

Italian

  • Musical Performances of Vivaldi, Corelli, Paganini, and Tartini
  • Introductions by French teachers
  • Carefully curated lesson plans for each composer
  • Biographical and historical information from each time period
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