Foreign Rights - Children's Books - Autumn 2011

ForeignRights Catalogue Children’s Books Autumn 2011

Dear friends, dear colleagues, Music is the motto of our new foreign rights catalogue. We are delighted to present to you our brand-new publications and some of our best-selling backlist titles.

You will find amazing picture books for the little ones, exciting biographies full of colourful illustrations and exciting stories about and around music. If you are looking for an encyclopedia of music for children you will find the right title in our catalogue.

We would be happy to send you copies for perusal and give you some background information on the books.

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Compiled: August 2011 KAT 3040-99

We hope you will enjoy browsing through our catalogue!

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The prices are indicated in EURO and subject to change.

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Renate Seelig

Mein allererstes Schlafliederbuch Mein allererstes Instrumentenbuch Mein allererstes Liederbuch 16 pages – paperback Fully illustrated in four colours 15 x 15 cm € 6.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0364-6 · ED 20493 ISBN 978-3-7957-0365-3 · ED 20492 ISBN 978-3-7957-0673-9 · ED 20667

These paperbound picture books provide the ideal entry into the world of music for the very little ones. In Instrumentenbuch, funny animals present their 14 musical instruments and invite the children to look at and name them. In Liederbuch, colourful pictures with notes and verse texts introduce well-known children’s songs.

Schlafliederbuch contains the most beautiful lullabies from Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf and Weißt du, wie viel Sternlein stehen to La-le-lu. This paperbound picture book provides the ideal entry into the world of music for the very little ones. The notes and text verses are complemented by evocative colourful pictures.

Renate Seelig, born in Bielefeld, studied at the Academy of Art in Kassel and Hamburg. She worked in advertising agencies and since 1974 as freelance illustrator. She illustrated numerous picture and children’s books for various publishers. Renate Seelig lives in Frankfurt.

Books on music for the very little ones To look at, to name and to sing

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Andrea Hoyer

Andrea Hoyer

Im Konzert At the Concert

Im Ballett In the Ballet

32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0420-9 · ED 9187

32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 13.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0171-0 · ED 20358

Little Paul spends the weekend with his Uncle Ludwig, a professional cellist at a large orchestra. He takes little Paul with him to a concert in the evening. On their way, they make a short stop at the violin maker. Little Paul then has the opportunity to take a closer look at a symphony orchestra. He observes how the musicians warm up and gets to know some of Uncle Ludwig’s colleagues and their instruments. Finally, he hears his first symphony concert in its ‘classical’ form: contemporary piece, solo concerto, intermission, and large-scale symphony.

Little Paul accompanies his little sister Mathilde to the ballet school where people are busily rehearsing for a performance of the Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

Little Paul watches a ballet lesson, learns something about the classical ballet and jazz dance, and finds out that ballet is not just for girls. During the final rehearsal for the Nutcracker at the opera-house, little Paul steps in for an extra whom is taken ill and suddenly finds himself right in the middle of the action on the stage.

Andrea Hoyer studied visual communication at the Berlin Academy of the Arts and has been working as a free-lance illustrator since 1992. She published illustrations in the European Piano Method by Fritz Emonts (Deutscher Musikeditionspreis 1993), among others.

Since 1998, she has been writing children’s books of her own. Andrea Hoyer lives in Berlin with her husband and four children.

‘Andrea Hoyer is extraordinarily good at putting herself in the children’s world.’

Westfalenpost The most recent volume in the successful picture book series

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Andrea Hoyer

Andrea Hoyer

In der Musikschule At the Music School

Im Musikinstrumentenmuseum – Flöte, Geige und Giraffe At the museum of musical instruments - Flute, Violin and Giraffe

32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0339-4 · ED 8842

32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0470-4 · ED 9528

Little Paul gets a very special present from his grandma for his 6th birthday: he can learn to play a musical instrument if he likes. So the following week his mother takes him to the music school where he can have a look around.

Ms von Moll, the headmistress, shows little Paul round the house: he gets to know many instruments, tries some out and listens to the great music concert in the evening.

Little Paul visits a museum of musical instruments with his schoolmates. In the museum, one can see instruments from all over the world – very old ones, but also modern ones. Apart from well-known instruments, there are of course many other fascinating things to discover: sonorous stones from Northern Togo, a bone flute, the snake-shaped serpent, a walking-stick violin, an armadillo guitar, a giraffe piano and many more. In an entertaining way, the reader learns a lot about historical instruments and gets to know fascinating information on exotic instruments from faraway countries.

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Andrea Hoyer

In der Oper At the Opera 32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0346-2 · ED 8947

Little Paul goes to the opera with his grandfather to see Engelbert Humperdinck’s fairy-tale ‘Hänsel and Gretel’.

Fascinated by the magic of the theatre, he is happy that his grandfather, who used to work there as a stage designer, makes it possible for little Paul to take a look behind the scenes as well. There he sees what is going on behind and under the stage, and he even takes a look at the orchestra pit, the ballet room, and various workshops.

That way he learns a lot about the interesting work of the tailors, make-up artists, props, painters, and sound engineers.

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Dirk Walbrecker and Bernhard Oberdieck

Margaret Rettich

Katzenkonzert

Ein Haus voll Musik House Full of Music

The story of Bianca and Nero

Illustrations by Rolf Rettich

32 pages with CD– hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0186-4 · ED 20433

32 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0441-4 · ED 9307-50 Book without accompanying music CD ISBN 978-3-7957-0432-2 · ED 9307 € 14.95

How sad life can be if there is no one to play with! This is the fate of an old piano which is all alone in a cellar bar. Longingly, it remembers the days when the pianist Tom coaxed beautiful sounds out of it. But who appears in the cellar instead of Tom and starts to produce totally new sounds? First Nero, the amorous black tomcat with the white paws! Then Grrr, the amorous grey tomcat with the grim face! And finally Bianca, the elegant cute white cat with the black paws … A concerto for cats in major and minor modes, on black and white keys, with black, grey and white paws. And who plays best with whom in the end? The text and music of Katzenkonzert can be listened to on the accompanying CD – spoken by Dirk Walbrecker with jazzy classical improvisations by Jenö Nyári.

There once lived a man whose head was filled with music – but the city was so noisy that he could barely hear the beautiful melodies. So he bought a house in the quiet countryside and invited other musicians to move in: the String family, the Woodwind and Brass families, a man with his piano, a harpist, and several percussionists. Soon sounds droned and groaned, thundered and rumbled throughout the house. This was not what the man had imagined. Find out how the musicians resolve their conflict and become a real orchestra. The CD version of this wonderful story is read by Godela Orff, the daughter of the famous composer Carl Orff. The music was written by the composer Michael Rüggeberg.

Dirk Walbrecker studied German language and literature and educational science, among others. Since 1986 he works as freelance author: He has written screenplays, radio plays, picture books, novels for children and young people. For further information, see his web site at www.dirkwalbrecker.de.

Margret and Rolf Rettich are well-known authors of children’s stories and picture books, some of which have been made into television films. In 1981 Margret Rettich received the German Youth Literature Award, and in 1997 Margret and Rolf Rettich were awarded the Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children’s and Youth Literature for their lifetime achievements.

Bernhard Oberdieck sat at the desk of his father at the age of four already, decorating the back sides of business letters. He studied graphic design in Bielefeld, worked as art teacher and in advertising agencies. Since 1978 he has worked as a freelance illustrator of more than 180 books for national and international publishers. For further information, see web site at

A story of musical cooperation

www.kinderbuchillustration.com.

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lady panda Mei Yue who longs to return to her home country so much that she can neither eat nor sleep.

Stinky, the skunk, cannot care less what happens with the lady panda but the other zoo animals hatch a secret plan: With Eulenschubbiduh, Schnatterenten-Marsch, LöwenJazz and many other songs, they welcome their new friend.

Heidi Leenen

Der Elefantenpups.

Direktor Fröhlich und das Zoo-Orchester Vol. 1 Illustrations by Martin Bernhard Music by Christian Klaessen (Vol. 1) Music by Sebastian Laverny (Vol. 2) Music by Armin Sanders (Vol. 3)

Vol. 3 Mayoress That’s-Enough plans to build a motorway – right through the grounds of the zoo: The enclosures would have to be torn down and the animals be moved to other zoos. The orchestra would be no more…

A terrible thought – not only for Director Jolly, keeper Timo and the animal occupants. To prevent the end of the zoo, they hatch a plan at a crisis meeting: Musical demonstrations, guided evening tours and animal sponsorships shall help to collect money and recruit volunteers for the renovation of the zoo.

And there is always the orchestra with its melodies, like the Vulture Blues or the Sumba Zumba Rumba. Now, they only have to convince Mayoress That’s-Enough!

Ein tierischer Geheimplan. Vol. 2 Rettet den Zoo! Vol. 3 32 pages with CD – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0666-1 · ED 20650 ISBN 978-3-7957-0646-3 · ED 20939 ISBN 978-3-7957-0770-5 · ED 21210

Vol. 1 Mr Fröhlich is the director of a large zoo. Every morning, he cheerfully greets the animals in the enclosures, singing merrily. But one day he stumbles into the elephant enclosure and has to be hospitalized. From that day on, life in the zoo changes dramatically: The lion lies in the corner, completely bored; the parrot stops talking, and the tortoise does not move at all any longer. No wonder that there are no visitors. Fortunately, zookeeper Timo has a brilliant idea…

For all curious people who want to know how an elephant’s fart sounds on the bass tuba.

Heidi Leenen is a teacher with additional training in music who founded Mobiles MusikAtelier in 2000. In this workshop three- to six-year-old children experience music in various forms the fun way. Heidi Leenen works as a lecturer for further kindergarten training and as a specialist in the field of music education.

Martin Bernhard, born in Cham, is a versatile artist. He worked as a teacher of children and young people before going freelance as an illustrator in 2004. For more information, see at www.martinbernhard.de.

Vol. 2 In the second adventure around Director Jolly’s zoo orchestra, there is again plenty of musical action going on: Sometimes the animals even give a concert for the visitors. One day, however, there is a lot of excitement in the bamboo enclosure – a new arrival from China! It is the

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Katharina E. Volk

Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester

Amanda

Wirbelwind und Saitentanz

Das Schwein im Orchestergraben Illustrations by Kerstin Hlawa

Musikalische Expeditionen mit den Berliner Philharmonikern

32 pages with CD – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.99 ISBN 978-3-7957-0740-8 · ED 21032

48 pages with DVDs– hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 24.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0709-5 · ED 20849

A music-loving pig who, on top of that, is in love too? There is no such thing? Yes, there is!

When Adalbert moves to the farm where Amanda lives, she is thrilled all at once. And when Amanda notices that Adalbert beautifully plays the violin, she is first enraptured and then even falls in love. But Amanda is not so blinded by love that she does not discover Adalbert’s secret: Before every performance, the violinist suffers from severe stagefright. Amanda would be glad to help him. But how? Amanda finds a solution. She acts as a lucky charm, thus being close not only to Adalbert, but also to the music unlike any other pig before.

It’s hard to believe how exciting classical music can be.

Do you know why trumpets have valves and trombones slides? And how long is a rolled-out horn, or what is a csárdás? But that’s not all. Everybody who pays careful attention at a concert and listens carefully can discover a lot of fascinating things. As soon as the musicians begin to play, the ideas of composers turn into music. And what interesting ideas they express with their music without any words – a shoal of fish, a train station… This book, the result of the family concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, not only provides lively texts and illustrations but mainly makes you enjoy the music!

Note: In Germany, the pig is a symbol of good luck.

Katharina E. Volk, born in Witten on the Ruhr, has been working as a freelance author since 2002. She not only writes books for children and young adults, but also teaches creative writing workshops for parents and grandparents who want to write stories themselves for their children and grandchildren. More information available at www.poesievolk.de Kerstin Hlawa, born in Leipzig in 1981, studied painting and art education at the Nuremberg Akademie der Bildenden Künste. Since 2008 she has been working as an author of picture books, illustrator and art teacher. More information available at www.kerstin-hlawa.de

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Christine Mellich and Maren Barber

Christine Mellich and Maren Barber

Charlottes musikalische Abenteuer Volume 1

Charlottes musikalische Kreuzfahrt Volume 2

96 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0584-8 · ED 20089

104 pages – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 16.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0652-4 · ED 20590

Some of the young readers may remember Charlotte – the little winged being with the golden listening horns! Some time ago, she embarked on exciting musical adventures in a belfry… And in this volume? Charlotte is in distress at sea! Fortunately, she is saved by a cruise ship – by Smutje, the ship’s cook. But what a strange ship it is! The cabins are occupied by composers from various centuries… The fun-loving Charlotte is curious and meets 15 great musicians during their cruise. She learns a lot about musical genres (opera, oratorio, string quartet), about musical theory terms (notation, twelve-note music) or instruments (organ). And in the ship’s logs, Charlotte finds funny anecdotes and quotes of the famous masters as well as fascinating music riddles…

Charlotte, a little winged creature, invites all children to spend a day full of music with her. Every hour she meets another composer and embarks on different adventures in which she learns about musical genres (symphony, opera, ballet) and music theory terms (tempo, interval). In addition, the book contains anecdotes and quotations of the musicians as well as interesting music riddles waiting to be solved.

For a whole day, the young readers are accompanied by fun-loving Charlotte who is elated by old and new music.

Who is Charlotte going to meet in the morning – and who in the evening? Walther von der Vogelweide, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, or even Charles Ives?

This richly illustrated book provides portraits of 15 composers, from the Middle Ages to the present.

Christine Mellich studied musicology and philosophy.

She worked as an assistant producer for the opera and radio. She writes articles for the Berliner Philharmoniker GmbH, radio stations and music journals, among others.

Maren Barber studied communications design and published various books and CD-ROMs for children. She works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for the Berliner Philharmoniker GmbH, among others.

A day full of music, riddles and anecdotes

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Target group: Children aged 8+, instrumental teachers, music teachers

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Dirk Walbrecker and Maren Blaschke

Dirk Walbrecker and Maren Blaschke

Robert Schumann

Peter Tschaikowsky

Komponistenporträts für Kinder Vol. 1

Komponistenporträts für Kinder Vol. 2

32 pages with CD – hardback 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0695-1 · ED 20780

32 pages with CD – hardback 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.99 ISBN 978-3-7957-0739-2 · ED 21027

Unlike hardly any other composer, Robert Schumann is able to make children see the beauty of classical music.

As a father of eight children, he virtually wrote „hits for kids“ almost 200 years ago: Works such as „Kinderszenen“ or the „Album für die Jugend“ and many other pieces have got children enthusiastic about piano playing for generations.

In the first person, Robert tells of his childhood, his youth and his eventful musical life. Children (and their parents) hear from his own mouth when, how and where his famous compositions were created. They hear about fascinating things of that time and about Schumann’s composer friends – and above all about his great love of Clara Schumann, also a composer and famous pianist even as a child…

The year 1840 saw the birth of the probably most famous Russian composer – Pyotr Tchaikovsky. As a little boy he loved nature, so it was all the more painful for him to move with his parents first to Moscow and soon after to the Tsar’s capital, St. Petersburg. Inspired by the folk music of his country, he began to compose very early and left a varied and abundant oeuvre. But it is his ballet works that Tchaikovsky is most loved and admired for: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker delight both children and adults alike.

Dirk Walbrecker and Maren Blaschke make the life and work of one of the most important composers of classical music accessible to children and at the same time resurrect the magic of old Russia with their texts and pictures.

Dirk Walbrecker studied German studies and pedagogics among others. Worked as a teacher and for the film.

Since 1986 freelance author: screenplays, radio plays, picture books, children’s and juvenile novels. Many reading tours. (www.dirkwalbrecker.de)

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Target group: Children aged 7+, parents, grandparents, relatives, teachers

Target group: Children aged 7+, parents, grandparents, relatives, teachers 9 10

Dirk Walbrecker

Ludwig van Beethoven Illustrated by Maren Blaschke 32 pages with CD – hardback numerous colour illustrations 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0776-7-1 · ED 21241

Dirk Walbrecker invites his readers on a journey to the days of Viennese Classicism, letting Ludwig van Beethoven tell stories from his exciting life: about revolutionary Europe, about famous artists in his environment as well as about his visionary music.

We accompany Ludwig in a horse-drawn carriage from Bonn to Vienna and to the Bohemian spas, get to know something about his ‘Immortal Beloved’ and much about how he composed although he lost his hearing in the course of his life.

Illustrated with imaginative illustrations by Maren Blaschke, Beethoven’s life and his days come alive in their very own way. A selection of his most popular works recorded on the accompanying CD leaves the reader musically enchanted.

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Michael Frowin

MIKROPOLIS Illustrated by Joëlle Tourlonias 32 pages – hardcover 21,0 x 21,0 cm € 11.95 ISBN 978-3-941787-47-6

City Insects Stick Together Micropolis – even in the tiny world of insects, life in the city is very different from life in the country. It is much more dangerous and exciting and not every insect’s cup of tea. Neither that of Gesine, the little cricket, who is blown to the asphalt insects in the big city one night. The picture book of the eponymous children’s opera which is premiered at the Berlin Komische Oper this autumn.

Michael Frowin, born in 1969, is author, actor, cabaret artist and director. He is the director of the Hamburg Theatre Ship and has a cabaret TV programme. What he likes best is to sing and play chansons and cabaret or write operas. He lives peacefully with many insects in Berlin. Mikropolis is his first children’s opera and his first children’s book.

The insect gang with different migration backgrounds who lives (together with a spider) on the grass strip of a street in the big city has a dangerous enemy: the gigantic leaf vacuum. To save Gesine, their friend from the country, the insects have to climb into the dark interior of the terrible machine. Everything goes well in the end, and with the help of their friends Gesine happily returns home to her green meadow. But to her friends, life in the country becomes too boring over time…

Michael Frowin, the author of both this book and the libretto of the children’s opera, touches on the spirit and attitude of modern city children who can well empathize with the asphalt insects of his story. Joëlle Tourlonias has given each of the children-insects their individual and unmistakable shape. […

Joëlle Tourlonias, born in 1985, studied visual communication (majoring in illustration and painting) at the Bauhaus University of Weimar. Since 2009 she has been living in Essen as a freelance artist. In spring 2011 Jacoby & Stuart published the first picture book illustrated by her: Besuch bei Oma [Visiting Grandma].

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Beate Dölling, Didier Laget

Vol. 3

Drummer gesucht Vol. 1

About the Berlin band The Pommes has the first real test in store for the four band members: Although everything goes brilliantly for the band, there is more and more tension between them. Sarah is dissatisfied with the lyrics of The Pommes and wishes for songs which have a message, denounce problems… The fact that she often goes too far and does not exactly meet with the support of her fellow band members causes the friendship among the band members to suffer greatly. The situation becomes even more complicated when Sarah falls in love with a rival of all people – with Yo, the guitarist of the band Nancy was a seal. And he even offers her to join his band and sing their provocative songs. All of a sudden, the fulfilment of Sarah’s wishes seems to be within reach, and the dissolution of The Pommes seems to be only a matter of time…

Lampenfieber Vol. 2 Zerreisprobe Vol. 3

162 pages – hardback 12,0 x 18,0 cm € 9.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0660-9 · ED 20624 ISBN 978-3-7957-0714-9 · ED 20851 ISBN 978-3-7957-0735-4 · ED 21015 Vol. 1 It’s hard to believe! At her parents’ boring symphony concert, of all concerts, wearing her most uncool clothes, Mathilde meets the electric guitar player Leon. For a long time she has dreamt of playing in a real band and pepping up her classical guitar education. Leon is just the person she wants to get going with. And so the two of them make their way through the urban jungle of Berlin – looking for the best bassist and drummer of the city. But this turns out to be more difficult than expected…

Beate Dölling worked as a radio journalist for RIAS Berlin, Kinderfunk and Deutschlandfunk for many years and is now a successful freelance author of books for children and young people. Her publications have won several prizes. In writing workshops, she passes on her knowledge and her joy of writing to the pupils.

Didier Laget discovered his passion for web design after having worked as a musician and producer of various rock bands for 20 years. He contributes his experience enthusiastically to his courses for children, young people and students. Together with Beate Dölling, Laget has been successfully writing books for young people since 2005. In addition, he makes regular appearances as a music critic on the French radio.

Vol. 2 Poor Leon! To be the only boy in a band with three girls is not always easy. Particularly if one falls in love with one of them – without knowing himself with whom. Is it the fellow girl Mathilde, exciting Sarah, or rather cheeky Olivia? And then there is Olivia’s annoying friend Schnucki who gets along great with all three girls…

But Schnucki has his strong points too: Again and again, he organizes performances of the band ‘The Pommes’.

Despite several setbacks, the four even get on the radio.

But the real test is yet to come: Is the band good enough to win a music battle and secure a record deal?

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Monika und Hans-Günter Heumann

Monika und Hans-Günter Heumann

Musiklexikon für Kinder

Musikgeschichte für Kinder

Die Welt der Musik entdecken Encyclopedia of Music for Children Discovering the world of music Illustrated by Andreas Schürmann

Eine spannende Zeitreise The History of Music for Children An exciting time travel

192 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours More than 200 colour illustrations 250 articles, over 50 music examples 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0025-6 · ED 9161

176 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0489-6 · ED 9162

Illustrated by Andreas Schürmann

Is there anyone who has not once wished to go time travelling and be in a different century in just a second? In this book, the two music-loving kids Clara and Frederik undertake an exciting journey through music history where they learn about different epochs: from classical antiquity to the present day. But how does one travel into the Stone Age? A time-travel machine may be helpful – but this is all that is revealed for now… After each journey through time the reader gets a lot of valuable and interesting information: Was there a kind of notation in ancient Egypt? Who was the first professional musician?

What is the origin of the musical? The answers to these and other questions are given in boxes, tables, illustrations and photos. This edition also contains a quiz and amusing stories about great composers. So now, let’s start: Into which century do you want to journey?

From Absolute Pitch via ´Blues´ to ´Zither´ – this dictionary contains clear and suitable answers for children to questions on musical terms, genres and epochs, instruments, composers, interpreters, etc. The answers are given either in short, easily comprehensible articles or in the form of a dialogue between Clara and Frederik, two music-loving children who accompany the reader through the dictionary. The explanations on the origin of the words make the present book a work of reference that children like to consult and look at. The informative texts are complemented and illustrated by numerous music examples, phonetic transcriptions of foreign-language terms, as well as more than 200 photos and lovely fourcolour illustrations. The explanations contain cross references, and a detailed index of more than 1,000 headwords enables the reader to find entries which are not explained in an extra article.

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Arnold Werner-Jensen

Gerd Albrecht

Geschichte der Musik

Musikinstrumente und wie man sie spielt

350 pages with CD – hardback With numerous music examples 17,3 x 24,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0366-0 · ED 20494

Ein Führer durch das Orchester für kleine und große Leute

65 pages with CD – hardback With numerous photos and illustrations 15,0 x 21,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-254-00001-9 · ATL 6001

Who ‘invented’ Gregorian chant? How did the opera come into being? Who is regarded as the ‘first romanticist’? What is meant by ‘experimental music’? All these questions and many others too are answered by Arnold Werner-Jensen in his music history book for children and young people in a concise and comprehensible way. This volume invites the reader to take an exciting and very readable walk through the history of Western music – from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The accompanying CD contains music examples from all epochs and musical genres.

‘The whole range of percussion instruments can be compared to a magic kitchen. Like a good cook who is in great command of his spices and uses them effectively, the resourceful percussionist can create the most wonderful musical treats in his magic kitchen…’ – This is how Gerd Albrecht introduces his young and old readership to the orchestra in his book ‘Musical Instruments and how to play them’. He gives a comprehensible and illuminating account of the instruments’ history, construction features, sound generation, sound and playing technique.

Which is the oldest instrument of the orchestra? Where is the set of timpani positioned on the stage? What is a ‘lemon mouth’ and what does that mean to a wind player?

The answers to such questions are contained in this edition, complemented by graphic explanatory photos and humourous cartoons as well as by the accompanying CD introducing the sound of the individual orchestral instruments.

Arnold Werner-Jensen, born in Innsbruck in 1941, studied music education and German language and literature in Frankfurt. Trained as a conductor, then grammar school teacher and music critic. Professor of music and music didactics in Heidelberg and Weingarten. Works as a pianist and harpsichordist with concert performances and radio recordings. Numerous musico-educational and musicological publications.

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Target group: Children aged 10+, young people, parents, teachers

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Arnold Werner-Jensen

Ulrich Rühle

Opernführer für junge Leute

Komponistenlexikon für junge Leute 153 Porträts von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart

383 pages – paperback Illustrated in b&w With numerous music examples 12,5 x 19,0 cm € 13.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08384-5 · SEM 8384

643 pages – paperback Ca. 180 illustrations 12,5 x 19,0 cm € 16.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08404-0 · SEM 8404

This opera guide is written for children and young people, and also their parents and relatives. It contains concise, comprehensible information on all aspects of the opera. This edition describes the four-hundred-year-old history of the opera, the creation of an opera performance, as well as the opera house and the people working there. In addition, the reader is introduced to 40 operas – from Verdi’s ‘Aida’ to Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ – which are suited to young opera-goers and are quite frequently performed at opera houses. The list of the dramatis personae is followed by a vivid summary of the contents, as well as by notes on the music, the genesis and significance of the work, and complemented by music examples written in simple keys so that they are easy to play. Black and white graphic illustrations by Reinhard Heinrich show selected scenes and introduce the reader to important characters of the story in typical costumes.

How did Orlando di Lasso, Ludwig van Beethoven, Modest Mussorgsky or György Ligeti live – and how did their major works come into being? The Encyclopedia of Composers for Young People wants to make important musicians accessible to children and young people interested in music (and their parents too) – from the Renaissance to the 21st century. The encyclopedia is both a work of reference and an entertaining storybook, presenting vivid portraits of 156 composers from A to Z: In the centre of each portrait is a graphic biography of the respective artist, covering his most important works and the composer’s significance with regard to music history.

Characteristic episodes from the musician’s everyday life enable the reader to get to know the composers’ personalities from different perspectives.

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Target group: For ages 9 to 99

Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, teachers

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Stefan Sell

Hans-Günter Heumann

Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Gitarre

Musikinstrumente entdecken – Das Klavier

80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,5 x 27,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0177-2 · ED 20379

80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0152-9 · ED 20227

Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Gitarre provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. The reader learns how the concert guitar and electric guitar have developed and taken shape, how a guitar is built, which composers wrote pieces for this instrument, details about famous guitar players from history and the present day – and much more. The volume also provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a guitar. Amusing anecdotes and riddles make this volume a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD provides an overview of the instrument’s versatility: the guitar as solo instrument, in an ensemble, and in jazz, rock and pop. – A book for all who want to play or learn to play the guitar!

Discovering Musical Instruments – the Piano provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. The reader learns about the history of the piano of today, how a piano or grand piano is built, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, which great interpreters play the piano – and much more. In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a piano. Amusing anecdotes and riddles make this book a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the piano as solo instrument, in chamber music, in the orchestra and in popular music. A book for all who want to play or learn to play the piano!

Stefan Sell, trained as a classical guitar player, studied multi-style guitar playing, from Japanese gagaku to new music, has worked on various radio productions (WDR, DLF, BR), spent many years as a teacher and project manager in the field of music education, and played in numerous concerts, compositions and CD releases for solo guitar.

Hans-Günter Heumann, after completing his studies at the Hanover Musikhochschule (piano, music education, musicology) and his composition studies in New York and New Orleans, he worked as a piano teacher and composer, focussing on the publication of educational piano literature. His particular concern is to teach music in a comprehensible way and make it accessible to a large target group.

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Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, teachers

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Rudolf Mauz

Gefion Landgraf

Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Klarinette

Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Flöte

80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-2365-1 · ED 9880

80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-2366-8 · ED 20079

This book provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. In this book the reader learns how a clarinet is built, of how many components a clarinet is made up, where clarinet reeds ‘grow’, who invented the clarinet, how the clarinet has developed in the course of time, why clarinets squeak, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, and which great interpreters play the clarinet.

In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a clarinet. Amusing anecdotes and a riddle make this book a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the clarinet as solo instrument, in chamber music and in the orchestra, in the classical and Romantic periods, in klezmer music, in alpine music and in dixieland jazz.

Discovering Musical Instruments – the Flute provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner.

In this book the reader learns that flutes existed in the Stone Age, of how many components a flute is made up, how a beautiful sound is generated, which flute instruments – from piccolo to sub-contrabass flute – belong to the family, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, which great interpreters play the flute – and much more. In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a flute. Amusing anecdotes, a riddle and many colour photos and illustrations make this book a real pleasure to read.

The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the flute as a solo instrument, in chamber music and in the orchestra, in the Baroque era, in jazz and contemporary music. A book for all who want to play or learn to play the flute!

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Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, teachers

Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, teachers

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Rudolf Nykrin

Rudolf Nykrin, Michael Boland

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus Vol.1

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus Vol. 2

Musiklehre für Kinder Illustrated by Michael Boland

Harmonielehre ganz leicht 104 pages with CD – softcover 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 17.50 ISBN 978-3-7957-0580-0 · ED 20055

72 pages – paperback 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 12.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0499-5 · ED 9690

‘Harmonielehre - ganz leicht’ [Harmony – Made Easy] leads to the conscious experience of intervals, triads and chord progressions in easily comprehensible steps. The book provides important basic information on harmony: Intervals Triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented) Triads and their inversions Scales and keys Pentatonic and whole-tone scales The cadence The dominant seventh chord The contents are consolidated through active experience: by listening, singing and playing, reading and writing.

Numerous exercises and music riddles (incl. solutions) help to deepen what has just been learnt. The accompanying CD contains ear training exercises and even allows the sensual experience of harmonies.

The exercise book is the ideal companion for instrumental and school lessons. – Suitable for all instruments!

Mit Musik kenne ich mich aus’ is a handbook of musical theory for children which is a lot of fun. Major basics of music are presented in a clear and easily understandable manner: Note values and rests, times, rhythms, scales, intervals, dynamics, articulation, etc. The contents are consolidated through active experience: by singing and playing, reading and writing. Numerous exercises and music riddles (incl. solutions) help to deepen what has just been learnt. Songs with piano accompaniment that correspond to the respective topic liven up the matter.

The exercise book is the ideal companion for instrumental lessons as well as for basic music education and the children’s choir. – Suitable for all instruments!

Rudof Nykrin, born in 1947 in Augsburg, is professor at the Orff Institute of the Salzburg University ‘Mozarteum’. For the Schott publishing house, he coordinated the teaching editions ‘Musik und Tanz für Kinder’ (Early music education/basic education) which have proven a million times over. These and many others of his publications on the theory and practice of music lessons, they all want to make music alive through the learners’ experience and action. In this book, it was particularly important to him to present ‘musical theory’, which is often regarded as dull, in such a way that children may find it interesting.

Discover the secrets of harmony the fun way – in the music school, at school – and at home!

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Rudolf Nykrin, Dorothea Nykrin, Stéffie Becker, Michael Boland

Rudolf and Dorothea Nykrin

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus Vol. 3

Instrumentenkunde für Kinder Illustrations by Michael Boland

Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus Vol. 4

Rätsel – Spiele – Spaß – Musik

88 pages – softcover 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 16.99 ISBN 978-3-7957-0747-7 · ED 21056

88 pages with CD – softcover 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 17.50 ISBN 978-3-7957-0676-0 · ED 20672

Why do instruments sound differently? What makes an instrument special? Which instruments constitute an orchestra? – These are just a few of the questions asked and answered in this book of musical instruments for children. This edition is about the building, playing, sound, repertoire and history of the instruments which are brought to life on the accompanying CD. It is the ideal companion in instrument and music lessons and the perfect guide for choosing the right instrument.

‘Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus’ is an enjoyable musicmaking series!

Volume 3 of this series, focussing on ‘Rätsel - Spiele Spaß - Musik’ [Riddles - Games - Fun - Music] provides exciting entertainment and interesting learning methods, for example with instruments and sounds, sheet music, rhythms and melodies or composers.

With many audio riddles and audio games on the accompanying CD! Musical knowledge wrapped up in riddles and games – for learning at home, in instrumental lessons and at school!

Dorothea and Rudolf Nykrin have been working as music teachers for decades. For SCHOTT MUSIC, Rudolf Nykrin coordinates the well-established educational works of „Music and Dance for Children“ and the series „Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus“, among others.

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Target group: Children aged 6+, parents, grandparents

Target group: Teachers, Children

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Rudolf and Dorothea Nykrin

Rudolf and Dorothea Nykrin

Schlaf gut mit dem Musikater

Die Rhythmusreise mit dem roten Klapperbus

Geschichten, Gedichte und viel Musik

Illustrations by Stéffie Becker

For singing, listening, storytelling and clapping along Illustrations by Peter Nishitani and Stéffie Becker

96 pages with CD – hardback 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0697-5 · ED 20784

48 pages with CD – softcover 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 16.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-4507-3 · ED 20955

‘Schlaf gut mit dem Musikater’ is a book for reading, looking, singing, listening and getting into the right mood for dreaming – with 21 imaginative stories as well as many songs, poems and lovingly designed illustrations.

Thanks to the Musikater [Musicat] who guides the reader through the book, the evenings turn into pleasant and peaceful experiences for children and parents.

The children travel to school on their island in the blue sea on a red rickety bus. Suddenly it goes BANG. A brazen monkey has thrown a coconut onto the roof of the rickety bus. And that does not remain the only stop: The children are in for other surprises, all the while learning a lot about music.

‘Die Rhythmusreise mit dem roten Klapperbus’ by Dorothea and Rudolf Nykrin (‘Musik und Tanz für Kinder’, ‘Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus’) encourages children to sing along, speak, listen and clap along in unison with the rhythm. This is made sure by many happy songs and rhythms, groovy pieces of music as well as an exciting story – an ideal work for elementary lessons, kindergarten and home.

Dorothea and Rudolf Nykrin have been working as music teachers for decades. For SCHOTT MUSIC, Rudolf Nykrin coordinates the well-established educational works of ‘Music and Dance for Children’ and the series ‘Mit Musik kenn ich mich aus’, among others.

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Target group: Children aged 4+, parents, grandparents, relatives

Target group: Children aged 4+, parents, grandparents, relatives

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Musik und Tanz für Kinder Editors: Rudolf Nykrin (coordinator), Micaela Grüner, Manuela The successful concept of this series encourages many skills. The focus of the lively lessons is on joint singing and instrumental playing, speaking, dancing, moving, listening to music and first experiences of music theory.

Imagination and creativity are inspired by fun and games.

The concept of Music and Dance for Children covers two years of lessons: In the first year, the children are accompanied by the Musicat and the Tripptrappmaus [Pitter-Patter Mouse].

In the second year, they meet the Indian children Clever Moon and Smart Feather and eventually become DaMu children in the Land of the Dance Music Children.

More than one million children have got to know the world of music with ‘Musik und Tanz für Kinder’ [Music and Dance for Children] – a world which is explored actively while playing.

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Maren Blaschke

Rudolf Nykrin

Komponisten-Duell

Musikinstrumenten-Memo

Das Musik-Quartett

Composer Duel

Deck of cards with CD € 23.99 ISBN 978-3-7957-0048-5 · ED 20589

Musical Happy Families Deck of cards € 9.50 ISBN 978-3-7957-0708-8 · ED 20801

The Musicat has got 72 cards in his box.

Who finds the most matching pairs?

Who knows the instruments?

Who can allocate the sounds to the instruments?

This game of pairs, a musical instruments matching card game, is an exciting and interesting memory training game for the whole family. While playing, children and parents get to know all musical instruments ‘en passant’: from clarinet and timpani to balalaika.

These instruments can be heard on the accompanying CD in well-known song melodies. Thus, the different sounds can be memorized quite easily. Apart from the ‘classic’ game of pairs, the instructions describe many other possibilities of how to play with the cards of pairs and the CD.

32 composers from all eras of music history are introduced on the colourfully illustrated playing cards.

Whether the classic game of happy families or exciting quiz – thanks to numerous different playing possibilities, children learn a lot of interesting and funny things about the life and work of the artists. Who composed the largest number of works? Who was the oldest? Who has the greatest scandal factor? Can Beethoven be taken with Mozart? Fun and games for little and big music lovers. .

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Target group: For children aged 7+

Target group: Children aged 6+, parents, grandparents

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Jürgen Terhag

Jürgen Terhag / Andre Schmidt

Warmups

Songwriting

Musikalische Übungen für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene

40 Wege zum eigenen Song 104 pages – softcover 23,1 x 30,3 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0732-3 · ED 20956

136 pages – softcover 21,0 x 29,7 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0684-5 · ED 20709

This book offers 40 new ways to write one’s own song.

What is so special about it is: Most of these ways can be implemented without any prerequisites; musical knowledge or instrumental skills are not required. At the end of this workshop, the reader not only has written his/her own song but also has a profound knowledge of forms, metrics and musical basics. In this sense, ‘Songwriting’ is also a playful approach to the world of music theory – a compendium which is suitable for both self-study or music and German lessons or for teaching at music schools.

This edition offers ideal possibilities to approach the artistic and educational work at schools and music schools and during spare time. With the help of the preceding warm-ups and music examples for music-playing in class, group lessons and training which can be adapted flexibly to the different target groups, the approach to music-making is conducted in a more playful, certain and goal-directed way than would be the case with a leap in the dark.

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Target group: Secondary school, teachers, youth-/adult groups

Target group: Secondary school, teachers, interested persons (self study)

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Micaela Grüner

Wolfgang Hering / Angelika Jekic

Orff-Instrumente und wie man sie spielt

Musikmäuse Lieder, Tänze und Spielideen für die Kleinsten Illustrations by Jane Borg

Illustrations by Maren Blaschke and photos by Manuel Widmer

120 pages – softcover 19,2 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0690-6 · ED 20765

120 pages – softcover 19,2 x 27,5 cm € 24.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0746-0 · ED 21039

Dancing bats, partying cuddly toys, running musical mice and many jointly drumming hands – ‘Musikmäuse’ provides a lot of fun, games and music for the little ones thanks to numerous well-tried songs with easy instructions which can be ‘playfully’ put into practice with twoand three-year-olds in kindergarten, in parent-child groups or even at home. Active music-making with instruments suitable for children complement the experience of music. The accompanying CD invites singing and playing along.

‘Orff-Instrumente und wie man sie spielt’ is a textbook and practice manual alike. It provides extensive and descriptive information on the way of playing the individual instruments, including numerous methodological information and valuable tips. Apart from information on the selection, care and maintenance as well as development of the instruments, this edition also contains numerous practical examples and instrumental pieces as well as corresponding sound examples and playback tracks on CD. All this can be put into practice without any prerequisites – musical knowledge is not mandatory. ‘Orff-Instrumente und wie man sie spielt’ is a reliable companion for group lessons in kindergarten and primary school – but also for anybody who works with the instruments in groups.

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Target group: Day nursery staff, teachers

Target group: Day nursery staff, parent-child groups, play groups

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‘An Instrument for Every Child’ series Published by Stiftung Jedem Kind ein Instrument.

14 newly conceived booklets for pupils provide a varied and interesting approach to instrumental group lessons.

Special feature: Thanks to comprehensive contents and didactics, the individual instrumental methods are closely linked with each other.

In addition, numerous new pieces, pupil-orientated texts and many methodological suggestions open innovative ways for constructive and modern group lessons.

All Rights Available Target group: Children aged 6+, teachers

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Imprint SCHOTT MUSIC, Mainz Compiled: August 2011 Errors excepted.

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KAT 3040-99 · 08/11

Catalogue Children’s Books Autumn 2011

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