{"product_id":"the-classic-fm-family-music-box-hear-iconic-music-from-the-great-composers","title":"The Classic FM Family Music Box: Hear iconic music from the great composers","description":"Product Description\n\nThe Classic FM Music Box is the perfect introduction to the classical world for music lovers of all ages. Far from a stuffy, academic work, this entertaining book features brightly coloured, hand-drawn illustrations and concealed buttons that play short bursts of iconic pieces of music.\n\nThe book is arranged by era, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Each era will have an overview followed by profiles of significant composers and their works. Young readers will be introduced to the genius of artists such as Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Verdi, and Schubert.\n\nThe Classic FM Music Box is packed with fun facts that will capture its readers’ interest. For example, did you know that nineteenth-century piano composer Franz Liszt was the first pop star? His female fans used to swoon when he started to play.\n\nThe beautiful illustrations by Olivia Waller bring the subjects vividly to life, illustrating key moments, characters, and settings.\n\nThe front cover will be embedded with 10 soundchips which can be activated by hidden buttons. The sound clips will include short bursts from the most iconic compositions from each era, including:\n\n• Vespers by Claudio Monteverdi\n• The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi\n• The Bird Catcher’s Aria from The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\n• Liebesträume No. 3 by Liszt\n• Beethoven’s 5th Symphony\n• Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2\n• Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky\n• The Planets by Gustav Holst\n• La Donna e Mobile by Verdi\n• Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\nTim Lihoreau is the presenter of the biggest breakfast show on commercial radio: Classic FM's More Music Breakfast. Tim has won a multitude of awards for his radio writing and production on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as being the author of eleven books. His Modern Phobias has been translated into eleven languages. With a degree in music from the University of Leeds, he was a professional pianist before moving into radio. Along with his wife, he runs three amateur choirs in his home village in Cambridgeshire and regularly plays the organ at his local church.","brand":"White Lion Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40333533773909,"sku":"9781781318072N","price":10.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/7dfe4d19-4f9e-45b0-a5d9-e7169cf9d2b9.jpg?v=1663687862","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-classic-fm-family-music-box-hear-iconic-music-from-the-great-composers","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}