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Experience the wonder, beauty and creativity of classical music as a family with curated lesson plans delivered monthly.
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Current Month: Ludwig van Beethoven:
Trailblazer of a New Era
We have arrived at a pivotal moment in music history in which the works of one man changed music forever. Ludwig van Beethoven stands as the key transitional composer between the Classical and the Romantic eras, breaking through the Classical elegance into a vast, limitless horizon of exquisite expressive depth. With one foot in both eras but with a gaze fixed on the future, he cast new dramatic dimensions never heard before into what he inherited, transforming music into bold utterances of a new age. Because of his Olympian stature, we will spend more time with him than any composer prior. Over the course of seven weeks, you’ll meet this man, understand the historical events that made his innovations possible, and experience six groundbreaking works that show the shifting waters of time, sailing past the elegant, ordered worlds of Haydn and Mozart to a new age of deep feeling and unbridled creativity.
BEETHOVEN PART I:
Trailblazer of a New Era
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READING MATERIALS
Week 1:
A Noble Tribute to Friendship
Week 2:
The Bad Piano Pupil
Week 3:
Revolutions, Heroes and Antiheros
Week 4:
Four Notes Heard Around the World
Additional Age-Based Materials for Mozart
Coloring, Drawing & Journaling Activities
Activity Packet for Grades K-3
Activity Packet for Grades 3+
Flash Cards
Art Tutorial: Beethoven-Haus
Learn how to draw the house where Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany!
Materials Needed:
Painter’s Tape.
A waterproof pen or small marker.
Watercolor brush.
Water and a palette (I used an espresso cup and saucer).
Watercolors. I made my own palette, but whatever you have will be great!
A napkin or cloth.
The PDF print-out of the dot-to-dot drawing (ideally) on a card stock or watercolor paper (download below. This also comes in the Activity Packet for Ages 8+ PDF.)
