Great Composers: Schubert, Brahms & Strauss

Trace the music and uncover the influences that shaped their  lives

Product Information

Understand the lasting contributions made to the history of music by the Austrian composer Franz Schubert, the German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms, and the Austrian composer Johann Strauss (the Younger). 

Listen to excerpts from major works by these composers, and perceive how their childhoods and musical training, and the respective cultures in which they lived, influenced their work. 

Explore the events that shaped Schubert's masterful Unfinished Symphony, Brahms's beloved song Liebestreu, and Strauss's classic waltz Blue Danube.

Product Features

• 48 minute Multimedia Presentation
• 380+ Color Images & Photographs
• 100+ Interactive Questions with Explanations & Automatic Quizzes
• Explanations and Automatic Quizzes
• Excerpts from Musical Compositions
• Customized Electronic Glossary
• No installation required
• No hard disk space required
• Plug and Play CD software

Includes

The American Concise Encyclopedia
Your one-stop information source for a wide variety of topics - including Art, Biology, Business, Computers, Geography, Government, Health, History, Law, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Religion, and more.  It also contains some of the world's most influential original source documents such as King James Bible.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
A concise and handy guide to the English language of today.  Drawn from Webster's Third New International Dictionary, it features concise definitions, word histories, and essential information about the spelling, pronunciation, and hyphenation of words.


Windows Requirements

• Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP
• 486DX/66MHz or faster CPU
• 16MB of RAM
• CD-ROM Drive
• 640x480 SVGA, 256 colors
• Mouse
• Sound Card

Macintosh Requirements

• Mac OS System 7.5 - 9.2
• 33 MHz 68040 or faster CPU
• 16 MB RAM
• CD-ROM Drive
• 640x480 SVGA, 256 colors
• Mouse