Edvard Grieg
Quick Facts Born in Norway Romantic Period Started to study the piano at the age of 6 (his mother taught him) At 16, he entered the Leipzig Conservatory Later, he moved to Copenhagen, where he met his cousin, Nina Hagerup, ...
Camille Saint-Saëns
Quick Facts Accomplished Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Organist Born in 1835 in Paris, France Child prodigy Started to study piano at the age of 2 Composed his first piece at the age of 3 Organist at church for 20 years First ...
Cublak-Cublak Suweng
Info The deeper meaning of this song is about finding the treasures around you that bring you joy and wisdom instead of following false treasures such as greed and corruption. (source) Lyrics – Javanese (Folk song from Indonesia) Cublak-cublak suwengSuwenge ...
George Frederick Handel
Quick Facts Born in Germany As a child, played harpsichord and organ Played violin, harpsichord, organ & piano Harpsichord – feather quills plucking strings Age 19, lived in Italy, wrote Italian operas, then oratorios Oratorio = like opera, but less = ...
Sergei Prokofiev
Quick Facts Russian composer, conductor and pianist one of the major composers of the 20th century born in part of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine as a child prodigy, wrote his first piano piece at age 5 and opera at ...
Cinco lobitos
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song from Spain) Cinco lobitos tiene la lobaCinco lobitos detrás de la escoba,Cinco parió cinco crióY a todos juntitos lechita les dió English Translation – Five little wolves The (mother) wolf has five little wolvesFive little ...
The Hours are Quickly Flying
Lyrics (Lowell Mason) The hours are quickly flyingWith care those hours employ,Be watchful, be watchful,With care those hours employ. Yet think no moment wasted,That gives another joy,That gives another joy. Yet think no moment wasted,That gives another joy,That gives another ...
Hist, hvor vejen slår en bugt
Lyrics – Danish (Music by J. C. Gebauer, 1846, Denmark, Lyrics by Hans Christian Andersen, 1829) 1. Hist, hvor vejen slår en bugt,ligger der et hus så smukt. (repeat)Væggene lidt skæve stå,ruderne er ganske små,døren synker halvt i knæ,hunden gør, ...
Diū shǒu juàn
Lyrics – Pinyin (Chinese folk song) Diū shǒu juàn, diū shǒu juàn,qīng qīng dì fàng zài xiǎo péng yǒu de hòu miàn,dà jiā bù yào gào sù tā,kuài diǎn kuài diǎn zhuō zhù tākuài diǎn kuài diǎn zhuō zhù tā ...
Ja-Da
Lyrics (Bob Carlson, 1918) Ja-Da, Ja-Da,Ja-Da, Ja-Da Jing, jing, jing,Ja-Da, Ja-Da,Ja-Da, Ja-Da Jing, jing, jing,That’s a funny little bit of melodyIt’s so soothing and appealing to me,It goes Ja-Da, Ja-Da,Ja-Da, Ja-Da Jing, jing, jing, See also Harmony: chords I, ii, ...