orchestra

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orchestra

A young person's guide to music

2004
An interactive book designed to be used with accompanying CD, follows the development of a concerto, while studying the orchestra and each of its sections.

Sizzle and Splat

1986
Two high school students, members of a prestigious youth orchestra, investigate the sabotage of an important benefit concert and the kidnapping of the orchestra association president.

Scott Gustafson's animal orchestra

a counting book
1995
Depicts the members of an animal orchestra, from one toucan conductor to ten bestial flautists.

Jake the philharmonic dog

2006
Tells the story of Jake the dog, who comes along to work with New York Philharmonic stagehand Richie Norton and becomes a hit with the musicians and the audience. Teaches several orchestral terms.

Let's look at musical instruments and the orchestra

1968
Traces the development of musical instruments from prehistoric times to the present day. Also describes the instruments of the orchestra, how they are played, and the sounds they produce.

This is an orchestra

1973
Describes various instruments and their function in the orchestra. Also discusses points to consider when selecting an instrument to learn.

The heart of the orchestra

1962
Discusses the place of stringed instruments in the orchestra and explains how these instruments are played.

Second fiddle

a Sizzle & Splat mystery
1990
Two members of the Pirelli Youth Orchestra try to find the practical joker whose string of pranks includes destroying a very valuable violin.

The year of shadows

2013
Forced to move into a haunted concert hall with her distant father, "The Maestro," and aging grandmother, Nonna, twelve-year-old Olivia and classmate Henry try to lay to rest ghosts tied to the Hall's past before time and money run out.

Jellybean

1986
The only child of a single mother, Geraldine is tired of having to fit into her mother's busy orchestra schedule but things begin to change when she discovers a new friend and an ambition to be a conductor.

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