Instrumental Music

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  • April 28, 2014 at 5:28 pm
    Misty
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    Ladies, I am wondering if you can help me.  I am looking for some composers music.  I only want the ‘music’ not the song lyrics or the song sung.  

    I am trying to find this for: Tchaikovsky, Roger & Hammerstein, George Gershwin and Verdi.  

    I have an iPad and would be willing to download from Amazon or iTunes. I am willing to buy a CD, etc.  I tried to look at my library and all I get is music with words song throughout.  I want my kids to ‘hear’ the music, because as you can see we have a few composers that have some very popular songs and I don’t want them to get distracted with the singing.  Thanks so much for your help.

     

    April 28, 2014 at 5:51 pm
    Katrina in AK
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    For Tschaikovsky, we have enjoyed Tschikovsky at Tea Time.

    http://www.amazon.com/Tchaikovsky-at-Tea-Time-P-I/dp/B0000041FC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398707374&sr=8-1&keywords=tchaikovsky+for+tea+time

    I have the CD, but it’s also available as an MP3 download.

    April 28, 2014 at 6:24 pm
    Bookworm
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    You might consider the fact that some of these composers have words/songs because that is the way they intended to be heard—the songs/words are part of the work of art.  Trying to hear a Gershwin song without the words would be like bleeding the blue out of a Picasso so you aren’t distracted by it.  Similarly–Verdi wrote opera.  It’s what he intended to write.  The voice IS one of the instruments he used.  

    April 28, 2014 at 7:18 pm
    Misty
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    Thanks Bookworm, you are so right.  I was so worried about ‘hearing’ the music I totally left out the fact that the song might be part of the music.  Thanks for that reminder.

    Katrina.. thanks.. Interlibrary loan has that one requestiong now!

    April 28, 2014 at 8:11 pm
    LindseyD
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    We listen to a lot of Pandora, just as background music during school. We have a Beethoven station, Mozart station, Debussy station, etc. The nature of Pandora is that not only Beethoven is played on the Beethoven station, but you get a feel for similar music from other composers, which I like. My dd absolutely adores the instrumental versions of music from Phantom of the Opera–so much so that she’s playing Music of the Night for her piano recital next month. You can search any composer. You might do some quick searches on Pandora and see if some songs pop up in your stations that are similar to what you’re talking about. One other thing is that Pandora is FREE! You’ll have an ad come up every 4-5 songs, but they last about 30 seconds and don’t bother me enough to want to pay for Pandora ($3.99/month). If you wanted to pay for it, you would have ad-free listening.

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