Listen to the Music

Listen to the Music is a narrative non fiction trip through the history of music, complete with 12, 10 second sound clips of the worlds best loved, era defining pieces from baroque to bebop.

Press the buttons to hear the music in this time-travelling journey around the world, as young readers embark on a magical adventure through the history of music! Stopping off at 12 key chronologically organised moments in history, in different places around the world, readers meet a great musician in each, and can press their instruments to hear a clip of their musical masterpieces! From 1600s England, where you can hear the harpsichord play Greensleeves, to 18th Century Munich, where you can hear Mozart's piano sonata, to a classical Indian raga in 1700s Udaipur, to New York in the 1940s, where readers can press Charlie Parker's saxophone to hear bebop Jazz, this book will teach children about cultural history, famous musicians and musical genres all while wanting to press the buttons and hear the music again and again. Each musician tells you about where they live, how their music was inspired, and what it means to them, teaching children about the origins of these most magical melodies.

A great playtime or bedtime read, complete with a soundtrack that tracks key moments in musical history, children will love to listen to the most beautiful and important, genre defining bars of music time and time again.

WARNING: This product contains a button battery. Keep batteries out of reach of children. To activate the battery pull the tab from behind the secure battery on first use. This book complies to Australian Safety Standards.

About the Authors

Caroline Bonne-Müller is a Dutch artist living in Switzerland. She studied fashion in Amsterdam where she worked for 14 years as a fashion designer for kids collections. Her debut book for children is Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet.

Mary Richards is a writer, publisher and musician. Mary was Publisher at the Hayward Gallery in Londons Southbank Centre and Editor at Tate Publishing, commissioning and editing books for all the Tate galleries. She lives in London with four children, two cats and a large collection of Lego.Mary Richards is a writer, publisher and musician. Former publisher for the Hayward Gallery in London, she is now conductor of a community Childrens orchestra in South East London, along with her husband who is a composer. She has written many books for children, including her forthcoming "A History of Music for Children", to be published by Thames & Hudson.

Caroline Bonne-Müller is a Dutch artist living in Switzerland. She studied fashion in Amsterdam where she worked for 14 years as a fashion designer for kids collections. Her debut book for children is Portrait of an Artist: Claude Monet.