Hi Pat, I introduced hundreds of students to classical music. I didn't tell them what it was, just played it and sometimes had them figure out "the beat". They loved Beethoven's 5th. It has great rhythm. The second movement can make anyone sway,even sitting at a desk. I would just sit with the kid, listen to good stuff and beat the rhythm, maybe with a little drum.<div>
<br></div><div>Let me know how it goes. </div><div><br></div><div>I "taught" my own children to eat vegetables by telling them that broccoli and asparagus were just for adults, and they were not to eat it, that it was just too expensive for kids and not meant for them. They kept sneaking into the refrig to get little bites of both. (-:</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anita<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Pat <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pzumst@bluewin.ch">pzumst@bluewin.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div><font size="4">I am fairly desperate, Amazon, Yahoo Answers and teh Internet
in general have been useless so far, forgive the OT. Because you are such a nice
and clever bunch of people I thought I’d ask you guys.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">I got a godson who is around 10, a bright and clever lad for
his age who does not get fooled easily. He is about to get an mp3 player for
chrissie and I intend to introduce him to (amongst other musical styles)
Classical Music. </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">I do firmly believe that you can shape the musical taste
and intellect of a child at this particular age. Of course he will decide what
he likes best but suggesting new, cool and fun stuff is what Godfathers are for,
right ?</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Problem is, I can’t find what I am looking for.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">What I would really like to get apart from Peter and the Wolf,
Carneval des animaux and dear old Lenny or Britten is something like this :
Deutsche Grammophon i.e. has a series in german in which a little woodworm
living in an opera house explains operas to the kids and young adults, but that
is only in german. (Der Holzwurm in der Oper). I think DG also has a series in
which composers are being introduced to the young ones, but also only in
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<div><font size="4">Does anybody know if something like that exists in english ?
Would also be very nice to have summet for individual composers, musical
styles and history, introduction to the instruments of a symphony orchestra etc
. A sorta Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories but for Classical Music. Or The Glenn
Gould Trilogy, but for kids.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">I must do everything in my power to prevent him from ending up
listening to Rap, Taylor Swift or, Darwin forbid, Nickelback and Good Charlotte.
Yuck !</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">At present I am rather reluctant to hand over the GG GBs or
Two and Three Part Inventions without any background info as much as I would
like to. Would be a bit too much I reckon.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Any ideas or suggestions ? </font></div>
<div><font size="4">I am talking about giving the joy of classical music (music in
general for that matter) to a new generation after all, or at least trying to.
And if you think me a Fool go and ask your local school about music
education. If they stil have any, that is.</font></div>
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<div><font size="4">Thank y’all in advance for some good advice.</font></div>
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