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Chris V
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Posted: June 17 2013 at 12:36am \| IP Logged

Wondering here, have any of you heard of, or perhaps have this book :: Can You Hear It?

Here's the book description from Amazon:

In association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Now the best-selling series Can You Find It? in a great new format!

Similar to Abrams best-selling series, Can You Find It?, in this book, young readers are introduced to great music through great works of art. From “The Flight of the Bumblee” to “The Four Seasons” to “Night on Bald Mountain,” beloved music is illustrated by great works of art, and the text and accompanying CD urge young readers to listen for certain instruments. Can you hear the car horns honking, played by clarinets? Can you hear the horses’ hooves, played by castanets? When each CD track is played, young readers will stop, look, and listen as never before.

Classical music is filled with unforgettable images. In this book, great examples of pictorial music are matched to masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, for an introduction to both music and art appreciation for young listeners. Included is a CD featuring 12 short works and an introduction to the orchestra and the instruments.

I was in the process of looking through Maestro Classic CD's for my girls and happened upon this book. I like the idea - linking art with classical music in this way and am wondering if any of you have it or have experience with it; it has such positive reviews!

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Posted: June 17 2013 at 12:40am \| IP Logged

I do! We have enjoyed this book very much. It has some lovely artwork to go with each of the pieces of music, and gives you things to listen for. We've used it a lot since I bought it about a year ago. Definitely recommend!

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Posted: June 17 2013 at 2:22am \| IP Logged

I recommend it at well. It is part of a series of "Can you" art books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art - all very good.

It has been mentioned favorably in past threads several times. There are suggestions for how to use it and incorporate into studies as well, if you dig through.

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Posted: June 17 2013 at 6:01am \| IP Logged

A favorite here for years.

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Chris V
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Posted: June 17 2013 at 9:48am \| IP Logged

MaryM wrote:

Oh, thank you! I did an archive search prior to posting, but didn't find what I was looking for ... looking forward to reading through them

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Posted: June 17 2013 at 10:27am \| IP Logged

I used this book as part of our intro-to-classical-music lessons with my two first-graders last year. We had a lot of fun!

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