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How to Build an Orchestra (Hardback) – LSO Live

How to Build an Orchestra

  • Publication date: 23 April 2020
    Author: Mary Auld
    Illustrator: Elisa Paganelli
    Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
    ISBN: 9781526309839
    Number of pages: 48
    Weight: 520 g
    Dimensions: 300 x 244 x 10 mm

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Mary Auld 
Elisa Paganelli


Discover everything about orchestras and their instruments with this beautifully illustrated children's book, produced in association with Hachette Children‘s Group. 

This wonderfully illustrated story follows a conductor who is auditioning each instrument for his orchestra. With accompanying CDs and downloadable music, follow our conductor on his journey and uncover every detail of an orchestra.

With pictograms of a full-size symphony orchestra and information on all of the music featured, as well as a foreword by Sir Simon Rattle, former Music Director and now Conductor Emeritus of the LSO, this is the must-have book on the orchestra and its instruments for children aged 7+.

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