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Step 1. Purchase Textbook
The Story of Classical Music Course, Part I
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Learn the story of classical music, from its origins in medieval chant up through the polyphonic masterpieces of J.S. Bach in the Classical Encounters Music History Series, Part I. This course contains 24 lessons that richly narrate the story of classical music for families, classrooms, and the adult learner. By contextualizing the development of Western music within the key artistic, historical, and philosophical movements that contributed to its flowering, each masterpiece of the classical canon comes to life as both a cultural synthesis of its own time and an artistic expression of transcendent beauty that crosses all borders of time and place.
Includes
- A beautiful, 272 page hardcover curriculum book delivered to your door, containing 24 fully scripted lessons on 22 composers and their worlds. Richly narrated, steeped in beauty and with engaging knowledge for all, this guide brings all ages together in encountering the masterpieces of the classical canon. Printed on premium-quality paper featuring art and architecture from the eras studied, it doubles as an elegant coffee table book to revisit and cherish year after year.
$150.00
Step 2. Add the Digital Resource Library (Optional Add-On)
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For just $50, get access to a rich extensive digital library of resources that will enrich your learning.
Includes:
- Links to six playlists for the six era specific parts of the course on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Music.
- Video art tutorials by Florence-based artist Elisabeth Waldstein on key architectural pieces from the composers’ worlds.
- Music Video tutorials by author Sadie Hoyt to break down theory concepts and terms.
- A complete set of 95 flashcards of key music terms, composers, and the significant pieces of art/architecture that contributed to the story of classical music.
- 6 Power point Presentations to showcase the vibrant visual artistics and historical worlds of the composers for classrooms (featuring visuals of cathedrals, palaces, opera houses, pieces of art and architecture, etc).
$50.00
For just $50, get access to a rich extensive digital library of resources that will enrich your learning.
Includes:
- Links to six playlists for the six era specific parts of the course on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Music.
- Video art tutorials by Florence-based artist Elisabeth Waldstein on key architectural pieces from the composers’ worlds.
- Music Video tutorials by author Sadie Hoyt to break down theory concepts and terms.
- A complete set of 95 flashcards of key music terms, composers, and the significant pieces of art/architecture that contributed to the story of classical music.
- 6 Power point Presentations to showcase the vibrant visual artistics and historical worlds of the composers for classrooms (featuring visuals of cathedrals, palaces, opera houses, pieces of art and architecture, etc).
$50.00
Access to the Digital Library of Teaching Resources
Includes:
- Links to six playlists for the six era specific parts of the course on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Music.
- Video art tutorials by Florence-based artist Elisabeth Waldstein on key architectural pieces from the composers’ worlds.
- Music Video tutorials by author Sadie Hoyt to break down theory concepts and terms.
- A complete set of 95 flashcards of key music terms, composers, and the significant pieces of art/architecture that contributed to the story of classical music.
- 6 Power point Presentations to showcase the vibrant visual artistics and historical worlds of the composers for classrooms (featuring visuals of cathedrals, palaces, opera houses, pieces of art and architecture, etc).
$50.00
Step 3. Add Listening Journals for Children (Optional Add-On)
Personalize your bundle by adding Listening Journals designed especially for children. These beautiful journals provide space for written narration, drawing,and reflection, helping young listeners engage with music on a deeper level.
(Recommended: one book per student)
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Listening Journal for Grades 4-8
$20/per journal
This 150 page activity book features a drawing, listening, and journaling activity for each lesson in the curriculum followed by a quiz. These activities are designed to deepen understanding of music history + theory while facilitating a connection to the works of music as living pieces of art. Students will learn 22 composers and their styles, 59 music terms, 8 of the most important instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and how to hear and identify key musical elements in the music.
$20.00
Listening Journal for Grades K-3
$15/per journal
Though the curriculum content is intended for older ages (grades 3+), this 76 page activity book was created with homeschooling families in mind, so that learning the story of classical music can be a family affair. It includes coloring pages and simple circle & describe prompts to help littles stay engaged while absorbing the music contained in the corresponding music guide. The coloring illustrations are carefully selected, ensuring high quality depictions of topics from the composers’ worlds.
$15.00
Not sure which Listening Journal is best for your child or student? Click below for a sample of pages from each Listening Journal.
Art Tutorials
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(included in the Digital Library of Resources)
Who is this Curriculum for?
Teachers & Parents
Classrooms
Life-long Adult Learners
All Educators & Students
You should not buy this book if you are someone who:
- Views music as a disposable extra curricular subject that comes second to other subjects
- Wants dumbed-down cartoon versions of composers stories
- Thinks that kids don't need or can't absorb high quality writing, design, art and music.
What Students Will Learn
- The key artistic and historical events that shaped the development of classical music
- The stories of 22 composers
- The distinct contribution and style of each composer
- How to identify medieval, Renaissance and Baroque styles of music
- 59 music theory terms
- Introductions to the 8 most important instruments of Early Music history
- How to actively listen so as to fully encounter the distinct artistic gift of each musical masterpiece
- How to articulate what you hear through guided journal prompts
Extra gold nuggets of knowledge you'll learn along the way:
- The different aesthetic goals and musical "virtues" of each era
- How key movements and events in history, philosophy, art, architecture, and decorative arts directly contributed to stylistic developments within classical music.
- How classical music is a powerful mode of artistic expression that is capable of expressing the full scope of the human experience and the order, harmony and beauty of the cosmos.
Meet the Author
Sadie Hoyt holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Hillsdale College & a Master of Music from the Catholic University of America and has performed as a pianist in music festivals across the United States, Canada and Austria. She runs a private piano studio, performs as a collaborative pianist and creates educational resources for deepening or jumpstarting classical music appreciation in the home or classroom.
With over 20 years of teaching experience to kids of all ages, I aim to create educational materials grounded in academic & aesthetic excellence for your home or classroom.
Praise for Classical Encounters:
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Why You Should Invest:
- Classical music is one of the most powerful art forms that we have, and as such, all children & adults deserve to encounter its beauty.
- Music is the great synthesis of culture and humanity. It crystallizes the human experience into a sonic world that we can enter. It allows us to step inside the art, culture, history, and human experiences of times past and present.
- Classical music is the literature of music. With masterworks reaching back 800 years and stretching all the way to the present, it encompasses musical works that have proved capable of speaking to the heart of what it means to be human across all time periods, continents and cultures. If we work hard to enrich our lives with the canon of literary masterpieces, why should we not also enrich our lives with the canon of musical masterpieces?
- Children of today are in greater need than ever before of good art. Born into a world that often prioritizes passive consumption and hyper productivity over creative participation, children need to encounter powerful works of art that remind them of their inherent worth as a creative being meant to play an active part in this beautiful life. Classical music is a powerful creative, contemplative space that allows each child to fill in the dots with their own unique interpretation, to process complex emotions, and to experience rich catharsis.
Overview of Contents
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1. Music of the Ancient Cathedrals: Hildegard of Bingen
2. Notre-Dame, The Cradle of Polyphony: Leonin & Perotin
3. A Renaissance Rose: Guillaume du Fay
4. Renaissance Masters of Polyphony: Giovanni da Palestrina & Thomas Tallis
5. Musical Tapestries of Whitehall Palace: William Byrd
6. Dowland’s Tears: John Dowland
7. Music of the Cosmos: Orlando Gibbons
8. Attend a Masque at Banqueting House: William Lawes
9. The Birth of Opera: Claudio Monteverdi
10. The Dancing Sun King and His Musician: Jean-Baptiste Lully
11. Opera in the Land of Poets and Playwrights: Henry Purcell
12. Crowning Jewels of the Aria: George Frideric Handel
13. The Rise of Instrumental Music: Arcangelo Corelli
14. Harpsichord Dances at Versailles: François Couperin
15. Italian Sacred Drama: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
16. Shivering Strings: Antonio Vivaldi
17. A Royal Birthday and Coronation: George Frideric Handel
18. A Barge Party on the Thames River: George Frideric Handel
19. Three Unusual Pearls of Paris: Jean-Philippe Rameau
20. Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus: Georg Philipp Telemann
21. Chorales and Cantatas at Thomaskirche: Johann Sebastian Bach
22. Bach’s Clavier: Johann Sebastian Bach
23. A Thrift Store Find: Johann Sebastian Bach
24. Baroque into the Cosmos: Johann Sebastian Bach
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