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    The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital
    The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital
    The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital
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    The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital

    By Marsha V. Poulin

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    Miss Blackberry, the gifted pianist and piano teacher, takes her three piano students, Lena, Thomas, and Andrew, on an exciting musical adventure where they travel back in time to meet the world famous musician, Mr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

    Mr. Mozart teaches the students many important things about music and then invites Miss Blackberry and the students to a royal ball where he is giving a musical performance of his newly written piano music. At the ball, Miss Blackberry and her students dress in historical clothes, meet an emperor and dine on sumptuous foods!

    The fun-filled musical adventure will help Miss Blackberrys piano students to better perform their music in the Great Piano Recital that will soon take place.

    This work of fiction can be utilized by the young pianist as a supplementary learning tool.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 26, 2010
    ISBN9781450262231
    The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital
    Author

    Marsha V. Poulin

    Marsha Poulin enjoys history, music, the fine arts and is a member of several historical societies and art associations. She resides in Massachusetts.

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      The Piano Teacher’S Great Recital - Marsha V. Poulin

      The Piano Teacher’s

      Great Recital

      Marsha V. Poulin

      iUniverse, Inc.

      New York Bloomington

      The Piano Teacher’s Great Recital

      Copyright © 2010 Marsha V. Poulin

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      The Piano Teacher’s Great Recital is a work of fiction based on historical figures and events. Certain details have been altered to enrich the story.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4502-6222-4 (pbk)

      ISBN: 978-1-4502-6223-1 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2010914504

      Printed in the United States of America

      iUniverse rev. date: 10/15/10

      For my family who gave me a piano and allowed me to have an education in music.

      Contents

      Chapter I

      Chapter II

      Chapter III

      Chapter IV

      Notes of Interest on Mr. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Glossary

      Sources of Information

      Biography

      Chapter I

      There once lived a kind and beautiful lady in the town of Hamlin. Her name was Miss Blackberry which suited her as she had long dark hair that resembled the color of blackberries. Her large green emerald eyes sparkled and her smile was cheerful and bright.

      Miss Blackberry was a piano teacher and taught many children in the town of Hamlin how to play the piano. Miss Blackberry was an extremely talented pianist. Her fingers would glide ever so gracefully over the piano keys and produced the most delightful of sounds.

      Miss Blackberry lived in a large lavender colored house that consisted of many rooms, and, in nearly every room there was a piano. She was very fond of pianos of all shapes and sizes and had quite a collection.

      She also had a collection of paintings of famous musicians who lived long ago. Throughout her house, there were paintings of highly admired musicians such as Mr. Johann Sebastian Bach, Mr. Ludwig Van Beethoven,

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