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Classics for Kids - Classical Music Podcast

6/29/2016

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Classics for Kids
Have you ever tried finding age-appropriate music podcasts for young musicians?  Look no further...Classics for Kids, a service of Cincinnati Public Radio, brings the classics to life for young musicians with bite-size podcasts full of educational and entertaining content.
From Ludwig van Beethoven to Leonard Bernstein, Classics for Kids covers a range of composers and continues to add new podcasts each week.  Each music podcast is six minutes in length, with an average of four podcasts on each composer.  Naomi Lewin does an excellent job writing each podcast and defining musical terms for younger musicians.  Also, the podcasts are filled with beautiful samples of each composer's musical masterpieces.
My piano students love Classics for Kids, and one student asked what piece played during the introduction of every podcast.  After contacting Classics of Kids, I discovered it was from Amilcare Ponchielli's Dance of the Hours.  They sent me a link to this YouTube video, and the Classics for Kids theme song can be found approximately 7:40 into the video.
Classics for Kids Theme Song in C Major
However, this piano student also wanted to play the sheet music, so I found a piano reduction of Dance of the Hours and wrote a simpler version for young musicians who enjoy listening to Classics for Kids.  A digital copy of the sheet music is available for FREE and contains the theme song in both A Major and C Major.
Classics for Kids Theme Song
File Size: 247 kb
File Type: pdf
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MetalWenchie
2/18/2018 11:26:18 pm

Hello! I love your radio show! Just wondering if you'll ever do an episode that illustrates how some aspects of "heavy metal" music can be compared to classical music. I think your listeners would find that surprising as well as interesting. Thanks!

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Metalwenchie
2/18/2018 11:38:13 pm

Hello (again)! There's a running argument I have with some friends of mine about the use of classical music in a looney tunes cartoon. The composer is Ponchielli and it's the section from "Dance of the Hours" that you use in your theme song! It's some kind of chase scene and I think it involves the slamming of lots of doors in a hallway. Hope someone out there can help with my vague flashback! LoL : P

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Abigail Johnson
2/19/2018 07:43:12 am

Thank you for the comment; however, I do not create the podcast. Classics for Kids is created by Naomi Lewin and it is a service of the Cincinnati Public Radio. I just created the sheet music of the theme music for one of my students. To contact the creators of Classics for Kids please visit http://www.classicsforkids.com/more/contact.html

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