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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Pat,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>How about the Carl Orff’s Schulwerk?
There are a couple of versions available – a 6CD set on RCA and an even
better series of 3 discs on Celestial Harmonies. The Celestial harmonies discs
are available separately and I suggest Vol. 1 is a good place to start (all
instrumental pieces). Vol.2 mixes vocal pieces with Sprechstimme etc whilst
building a musical philosophy and vocab. It is childlike in its sense of wonder
and very approachable without sounding like kid’s music. Vol.3 is made up
of piano and violin pieces and as such doesn’t offer the unique
percussion based sound world of Orff that we also know through Carmina Burana
et al. Also check out Wikipedia and other sites for the system’s philosophy
and background. I hope this helps. You should be able to hear selections at
Amazon and on You Tube.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org [mailto:f_minor-bounces@glenngould.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Pat<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, December 06, 2011
3:54 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Discussion
of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [f_minor] OT: Intro to
Classical Music for a young lad ?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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.</span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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 ?</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Problem is, I
can’t find what I am looking for.</span></font><font color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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 german.</span></font><font color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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.</span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>I must do everything
in my power to prevent him from ending up listening to Rap, Taylor Swift or, <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City> forbid, Nickelback
and Good Charlotte. Yuck !</span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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.</span></font><font
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Any ideas or
suggestions ? </span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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.</span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Thank y’all in
advance for some good advice.</span></font><font color=black face=Calibri><span
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style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Pat</span></font><font
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