[BOX] Classical Giants Box Set

Description

Did you ever wonder:

• What Beethoven thought about the French Revolution?
• Or how Thomas Tallis came to write music for four of the five Tudor kings and queens?
• Or why Handel’s friends called him the Great Bear?
• Or that Elgar was a keen amateur chemist?

Find out the answers to these and many more fascinating questions in Classical Giants, the fun and informative music history series for kids. With interesting anecdotes and witty illustrations, Classical Giants brings to life fthe most famous composers in history, introducing them to children as real characters who lived and breathed on a real historical timeline.

Go on a journey of discovery to learn not only what the greatest classical composers in history were like as people, but also what made them tick, what were their struggles and their joys, what were the events that shaped their world, what was important to them, what influenced them and what inspired them to create their greatest masterpieces.