内容简介
ThisbeautifulbookandaccompanyingCDfeatures10carolsaswellassongbooklyrics,musicnotation,andillustrationsbyH.A.Rey.The30-minuteCDwillincludeoriginalrecordingsofthesesongs:OChristmasTree,DecktheHalls,WeThreeKings,GoodKingWenceslas,ISawThreeShips,OCome,AllYeFaithful,TheFirstNoel,OLittleTownofBethlehem,Hark!TheHeraldAngelsSing,andSilentNight.Withgoldfoilonthecover,itsclassicillustrationstyle,andcdoforiginalmusic,thisistrulyagiftbooktotreasure.JoyceRaskin,ChickGraning,JoePropatier,ofthepopularbandScarce,andMattWhiteprovidetheoriginalmusic.Singer,songwriter,andguitaristJoyceRaskinsays,"OurbandhasreinterpretedH.A.Rey'straditionalChristmasCarolsasafolksy,lighthearted,andkid-friendly?setofrecordings—alittleCarterfamily,MazzyStar,andBuddyHollymixedtogether.Wehopeitsmusicalfunforkidsofallages."
作者简介
HansAugustoReywasborninHamburg,Germanyin1898.Asachild,hespentmuchofhisfreetimeinthatcity'sfamousHagenbeckZoodrawinganimals.AfterservinginthearmyduringWorldWarI,hestudiedphilologyandnaturalscienceattheUniversityofHamburg.HethenmarriedMargretReyandtheymovedtoMontmartreforfouryears.ThemanuscriptforthefirstCuriousGeorgebookswasoneofthefewitemstheReyscarriedwiththemontheirbicycleswhentheyescapedfromParisin1940.Eventually,theymadetheirwaytotheUnitedStates,andCuriousGeorgewaspublishedin1941.CuriousGeorgehasbeenpublishedinmanylanguages,includingFrench,German,Japanese,Afrikaans,andNorwegian.AdditionalCuriousGeorgebooksfollowed,aswellassuchotherfavoritesasCECILYG.ANDTHENINEMONKEYSandFINDTHECONSTELLATIONS.