Beethoven Lives Upstairs DVD

Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of an eccentric new boarder, Mr. Beethoven. In the end, he is won over by the great composers music. Includes excerpts from "Symphonies 5-9", "Moonlight Sonata" and "Fur Elise".

Set in 1875 Bizet’s Dream tells the compelling and bittersweet story of the friendship shared by a young Parisian girl named Michelle Marin, and the great composer Georges Bizet, who teaches her piano.

The waltz was all the rage in 1860’s Europe, and composer Johann Strauss Jr. was the known as the "King of Three-Quarter Time." In this movie, Strauss is stressed by the pressure of outdoing himself with each new composition and the memory of his late father’s disapproval of his music.

Set in 1717, Bach’s Fight for Freedom is a story about the positive power of ambition. It focuses on a temperamental, demanding composer and a free-thinking servant boy, both of whom feel like prisoners of circumstance.

Set in 1816, the year "The Barber of Seville" had its disastrous premiere, Rossini’s Ghost is the story of three women who learn that friendship, like opera - or great pasta sauce - requires nurturing, patience, and time.

When the boy is falsely accused of wrongdoing, Handel comes to his rescue. The Messiah’s premiere brings Handel glory and restores him to his rightful place in the musical world.

This is his story, an inspiring story of Beethoven's achievements against all odds of his growing deafness. Long live Beethoven! shouted the audience. But the master could not hear them, and as a singer turned him gently to face the audience, the noble head bowed low as he saw from the flutter of handkerchiefs, the applause that rained upon him.

Beethoven’s Wig Sing Along Symphonies are zany stick-in-your-head lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music. Filled with fact and fancy about the world’s most notable composers and their masterpieces, each Sing Along Symphony opens the door to "serious music" in a way that’s fun.

Beeethoven’s Wig 2: More Sing Along Symphonies is the second CD in the wildly popular series. Sing Along Symphonies are zany stick-in-your-head lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music.

Beethoven’s Wig 3 celebrates the instruments! With more zany lyrics set to the greatest hits of classical music, these new Sing Along Symphonies feature a variety of different instruments from the familiar to the fascinating. The instrumental performance of each piece is also included without lyrics. A fun foundation for classical music that will last a lifetime.

Franz Liszt is the 19th-century equivalent of a rock star - handsome, rich and famous beyond his dreams. But the Hungarian-born Liszt wants to be more than simply Europe's most celebrated pianist; he wants to compose great music - not just play it.

One of the finest achievements of Western culture is its brilliant heritage of classical music. A Gift of Music looks at the lives of the greatest composers who have given us this heritage, and especially at how their music was shaped by their beliefs.

Until the end of the eighteenth century, a musician in Europe was a skilled craftsman, basically a servant of the aristocracy. Beethoven saw himself as an artist, a creator. He ended the Classical Era of European music (1750-1800) and began a new era where the musicians were free to express themselves.

Marjorie Persons has written light-hearted, educational lyrics to 127 of the world’s most beautiful classical music themes.

Volume 2 features all four of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite and lots more.

What a wonderful way to introduce your students, children and grandchildren to a lifetime adventure with classical music.