Music Study

We have been listening to Mozart for our music study, which we've all enjoyed so far. The kids will actually request the Mozart CD in the car. One of the first times through the CD, I was discussing with the kids how Mozart wrote music for all sorts of different instruments, whole orchestras, single pianos, voices (opera), etc. Clover responded, "Even whistles!" to which I said, "Maybe he wrote some music for whistles..." while thinking in my head, "I highly doubt Mozart wrote any whistle music."

Then, as we began listening to the very next song, wouldn't you know it had a prominent part for a whistle in it (which I immediately pointed out to Clover, much to her delight)! The kids are not the only ones learning more about Mozart's music. Now they always identify the whistle part when it comes up. That and the french horn in another piece. If you're curious, the piece with the whistle is "Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja" from The Magic Flute. (I suppose the "whistle" is technically a kind of flute, but it's certainly not the instrument we commonly call a flute--it sounds like a tin whistle).