A combination package includes a fifteen-track CD and backup text to demonstrate sounds of instruments and musical examples as well as timelines that chart the

Provides information about the history of the orchestra since its beginnings in the seventeenth century, instruments of the orchestra, and famous composers of c

Music is a powerful art. We sing it, we dance to it, and we listen to it because it moves us as little else can. Classical music in particular has fascinated pe

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