Curieux comme un petit chat !: Franz Schubert

by Ana Gerhard, Marie Lafrance (Illustrator)

Overview

Voyagez dans le temps pour faire la rencontre de Franz Schubert en suivant Minime, une charmante petite souris qui raffole du fromage et de la musique ! C’est enfin le printemps et Minime flâne à la terrasse d’un café. Attablé au milieu de la cohue, un homme rêveur est si absorbé par sa lecture qu’il ne remarque pas la présence de l’intrépide souris. Minime grimpe sur son épaule et en profite pour lire un peu de poésie. Lorsque l’homme se met à gribouiller des notes de musique sur un coin de nappe, Minime est de plus en plus intrigué. Mais il a aussi très faim! Ayant repéré un morceau de gruyère, il s’élance comme une flèche. Malheur, il s’agit d’une souricière ! Heureusement que « Monsieur rêveur », Franz Schubert, est là pour le sauver. Le conte illustré, suivi de notes explicatives sur le compositeur et son œuvre, est accompagné d’un disque avec la narration du conte et l’interprétation de la pièce La truite (Quintette en la majeur). Un code unique pour le téléchargement des enregistrements est également inclus. Travel through time following a charming little mouse called Minim who loves cheese and music. The setting is a lively open-air café on a beautiful spring day after a long, hard winter. In the midst of people talking and laughing, a very strange fellow sits by himself, book in hand, reading a poem about a trout swimming joyfully in a brook. The small rodent spots a scrumptious piece of gruyere on the floor next to the man's table and is completely oblivious to the fact that it's being used as bait for a mousetrap. Fortunately, before he can sink his teeth into the cheese, he is quickly lifted off the floor by the odd-looking daydreamer… who happens to be Franz Schubert! A brilliant composer who has no qualms about making time for the little things in life. In addition to an illustrated story and introductory notes on the composer in French, this book is accompanied by a CD featuring recordings of the narrated story and the performance of the composition "Trout Quintet" ("Forellenquintett"). A unique code for the digital download of the recordings and a printable file of the illustrated story is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782925108757
Publisher:	The Secret Mountain
Publication date:	02/01/2022
Series:	Petites histoires de grands compositeurs
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Language:	French
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

With his undeniable comic gifts, Benoît Brière quickly became a favourite with the general public in Québec for the many characters that he created in a long series of television commercials for Bell Canada (more than 140 over 14 years). At the same time, he has pursued a career in Québec theatre, films, and television. His movie credits include Séraphin, un homme et son péché, Joyeux Calvaire, and most notably La Grande Séduction. Marie Lafrance is one of Québec's best-known illustrators, thanks to her participation in several children's books, including Le Grand voyage by Monsieur Caca, La fée des bonbons, and La Diablesse and the Baby, for which she was a finalist of the Governor General's Literary Award. Ana Gerhard studied as a concert pianist at the Mexican National Conservatory. She has taught piano for several years and has hosted numerous radio programs dedicated to the promotion of classical music. Her previous works on introducing classical music to children, Listen to the Birds, Simply Fantastic, Amazing Water, and Little Creatures all received a Parents' Choice Award in the US. Founded in 1983, I Musici de Montréal is a chamber orchestra of 15 musicians that performs a vast repertoire extending from baroque to contemporary. The ensemble has released more than 40 recordings and presents a busy schedule of over 100 concerts per season throughout the world at some of the best-known concert halls, including New York City's Lincoln Centre, Brussels' Palais des Beaux-Arts, Tokyo's Kioi Hall, and Geneva's Victoria Hall. Jean-Marie Zeitouni has served as artistic director and principal conductor since 2011.