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October 2011
Teachers' Guide
October 2011 Student
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Ideas to use
with the October Issue
Telemann Recordings:
Ouverture and Concerti, Alexis Kossenko, Holland Baroque
Society (Channel Classics)
Horn Concertos, Academny of St. Martin of the Fields(Brown, Baumann,
Hill soloists)
Wassermusic and Flute Concertos, Collegium Pro Musica, Stefano
Bagliano (Stradivarius)
Viola Concerto, Don Quichotte, Academy of St, Martin of the Fields,
(London/Decca)
Additional Baroque Concerto for listening
A. Vivaldi, Concerto For Four Violins in B minor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av7peBiJRRc
October Puzzle Answers:
Do You Know:
1. harpsichord, clavichord, organ
2. Bartolomeo Cristofori was an Italian instrument maker who is
credited with inventing the first pianos around 1700.
3. Modern pianos usually have 36 black keys and 52 white keys for a
total of 88 keys.
4. A, B, C, D, E, F, G: 7 letters.
Decode the hidden message:
What do they teach in witch school? Spelling!
Quiz
1. true, 2. true, 3. Half step, 4. Whole step, 5. False 6. Several
answers
October Birthdays
1 Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) Russian/American pianist
9 Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) French composer
10 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Italian opera composer
10 Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007) Italian tenor
12 Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) English composer
14 Gary Graffman (b. 1928) American pianist
20 Charles Ives (1874-1954) Innovative American composer
21 Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997) One of the greatest conductors of the
20th century.
22 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian composer and pianist
25 Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825-1899) Austrian composer known as the
"Waltz King"
26 Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) Italian composer and harpsichord
virtuoso, son of Alessandro
27 Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) Italian violin virtuoso/composer
28 Howard Hanson (1896-1981) American composer
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