My First Classical Music App HD
- CategoryMusic
- First releasedOctober 13, 2011
- Versions2 archived
- Installable2 of 2
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- Bundle IDcom.naxos.mfcma
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueIt's the perfect introduction to classical music for children aged 4 and above.
Find out where you hear music, who writes it and what all the instruments sound like. Meet the great composers and be wowed by the orchestra.
Tap any words or pictures and hear the text narrated, extracts of music, and dozens of animations and sound effects. The animals can dance, sing and play!
Ideal for children to enjoy alone or together with a parent, this app is bursting with different pieces of music. It will fire the imagination of children and delight parents.
A full album of music includes Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Williams’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals, Holst’s Planets, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and many, many more.
“…a venture that gives the project of introducing children to proper music its biggest boost since Peter and the Wolf.” -The Sunday Times on My First Classical Music Book
* An interactive iPad version of the hugely successful My First Classical Music Book, published by the world’s largest independent classical record company, Naxos. * Three main sections: When? Where? / People / Instruments. * Friendly, engaging narration – tap on any piece of text to hear it. * Questions and ‘Listen For’ tips from the Music Bird: get more from the music. * Over 40 different pieces of music featured, in excellent recordings. * Every instrument in the orchestra is demonstrated. * Lively, characterful illustrations throughout.
Chart History
Archived Reviews
8 of 17We need more stuff like this.
It's a fun and interactive app that lets a child click through the content in a fun and entertaining way. Great, great, great!
Very interactive, loaded with information in a really fun and easy to use format, excellent introduction to the world of music for my preschooler, I know she'll get even more out of it as time goes by.
My kids love this. (They are ranging in age from a 4 year old boy to a 12 year old girl.) This App is interesting and fun and has great music to boot. This is a fabulous way of introducing children to classical music.
This is an amazing fun app for teaching music and classical music. The artwork is great, the layout is great. There is a huge amount of information about instruments and composers and uses of music. There are wonderful pieces for the music selections. This app had a lot of work and thought put into it. AND by people who knew what they were doing. It is very thoughtful and well-constructed. It has three main sections which cover instruments, composers and the when and where of classical music. Each page has loads of places to click to hear sounds, music or facts about music. The user interface is highly child-friendly and engaging. There is a lot of information here that is great for preschoolers. This app has enough information and complexity in it, that it would be great for older children and even adults. It is well researched and has lots of amazing facts and musical selections. It is like an interactive mini encyclopedia of classical music. Pure Genius!
If you have children or grandchildren who are remotely interested in music, this app is a must. There is so much wonderful information for all ages. An excellent introduction to the instruments in the orchestra and several famous composers. Mini-quizzes as well. Quality throughout. I can hardly wait to share this with my 7 year old and 3 year old grandsons. I know they will love it. This will be enjoyed by both of these grandsons many, many times as they both love classical music. I'm confident that if I expose my other grandchildren to this as well, this will be a huge hit. Very creative. Here's hoping you will develop other apps with such excellent quality, content, and opportunities for learning. Thank you for developing this app for all ages. This app sets the bar for others that call themselves "educational". Only negative had to do with the navigation (arrows) not always going to next screen, but there are some work arounds. Confident that will be fixed.
not only can you have the entire book read to you, there is some sort of interactivity with almost every piece of text/artwork on every page! click on anything, and the app responds. lots of great information, lots of music - very fun app!
This is an unbelievably fabulous app! The graphics, the humor, the clarity of the text, the sound quality of the music and the interactive aspects make it a superb learning tool and a compelling introduction for all children. It is particularly effective for my students who struggle with a variety of difficulties with respect to learning , attention and processing of information. Thank you so very much! I look for to expanded versions that might include modern day composers as well. Really fine work.
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