OBSOLETE - Discontinued

The Orchestra

Featuring "The Young Persons' Guide to the Orchestra," Op. 34 Composed by Benjamin Britten Benjamin

Britten conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

Annotated by Warner New Media

This Warner Audio Notes CD-ROM Disc contains:

• The complete "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," playable on any CD player
• On-Screen commentary and annotation about the music, viewable with HyperCard 2.0 or greater on a Macintosh computer.
• More than 500 extra CD audio examples to expand your understanding of the music, accessible from a Macintosh computer.

What You'll Need:

1. A Macintosh computer with at least 2 megabytes of memory System Software 6.0.5 or later is required.
2. A hard disk drive with at least 4.5 megabytes of free space.
3. An Apple CD SCSI CDROM drive (or compatible).
4. Audio playback equipment, which can range ftom headphones to desktop speakers up to the most sophisticated stereo system.
5. HyperCard® 2.0 or greater. HyperCard 2.1 is included on the CD-ROM disc.

This Audio Notes program invites you to see what instruments took like, hear how they sound and learn how they're played. Graphics highlight who's playing when, white a full-length, illustrated analysis explains how Britten put the piece together:

• Tune in the Theme and Variations channel and click on the Variation button for musical notation of every melody Play the attached audio examples, which isolate the melodies on piano. Or sit back and enjoy the annotation as it plays in sync with the music.
• The Instruiment Catalog details the instruments of the orchestra with photos of how they are played, diagrams of what they look like and audio examples of how they sound. Listen to solos and special effects played by nearly 50 different instruments.
• Find out what instruments are playing while you listen to the Exploring the Music channel. This annotation points out musical signposts and lets you branch off into the Instrument Catalog.
• More than 500 audio examples - from seagulls to Stravinsky-offer additional information and entertainment.Test your musical ear in the Arcade, which quizzes you on the instruments of the orchestra.
• Pick up a baton and follow the diagrams and musical examples in A Conducting Lesson,
• You're the composer in the Orchestration Lab! You select which instruments will play then hear the result.
• The Timeline sums up music history with audio examples from Gregorian chant to jazz jinprovisation.
• The Music Guide maps the music for you as you travel through the program. The guide can tell you where the fugue begins, or transport you to your favorite variation at the click of a button.
• A click on one of the hundreds of Index entries whisks you immediately to the information you want.

About The Music:

A SPECIAL OFFER! Printed score of "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra." See enclosed coupon.

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