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CHAPTER 8: Chopin, Schubert, and Six-in-a-Measure
Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer who wrote music mostly for solo piano, and lived from 1810 - 1849. Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer who lived from 1797 - 1828.
Click on the blue buttons and the videos to learn more about these two composers
See the six-in-a-measure tune that Mrs. Honeybee plays on page 61, come to life in Chopin's Berceuse in D flat Major, Op. 57.
Mrs. Honeybee plays a tune on page 61, in "six-in-a-measure rhythm." Learn how this musical timing works. Hint: it's all about fractions!
Julie Andrews sings Oh Dear! What Can the Matter Be? which Mrs. Honeybee plays on page 63.
"Mrs. Honeybee softly played and sang an old music-hall tune that went: 'Oh, dear, what can the matter be?'." (p. 63)
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