My Thanks to You: Parents, Teachers, Grandparents, Educators

Why am I thanking you? You probably, very probably, haven't "done" anything yet! Yes, you are here, and you are giving my Project and our Mission a chance. For that ... thank you. Already here and now.

There are three groups of people who fit my hobby. First of all, there are those who have "nothing to do" with Classical Music at all. They don't come here. Why should they? Then there are those who are real Classical Music fans. But at the same time, they are very conservative on the subject of how to make Classical Music "palatable" to third parties. I would like to thank them alone for giving me and us the chance to very, very, maybe think about another way of trying. Finally, there is the third group: for this group, the benefit for each visitor and my gratitude " balances out" ... so to speak. How is that meant?

First of all, the first group. I estimate this to be 95 percent of all Germans, 95 percent of all Americans, British, Canadians, French, Australians and ... well you know, a few more people who live in the countries we count as industrialized nations. If we assume all people, this group is perhaps one percent of one per thousand of the earth's population.

Then straight away – and first – to the third group. I have to define them more precisely. They are those teachers, educators, parents and grandparents who a) find Classical Music beautiful from time to time. Or b) they are enthusiastic about popular Classical Music. Or c) they would like to listen to Classical Music now and then, but can't manage it, and now they want to at least smooth the way for their offspring. These were just the main reasons for parents and grandparents. And also for educators in kindergartens and day-care centers. Among teachers, however, there is now a further group, namely d) such professionals who are supposed to bring children into contact with Classical Music, but who themselves belong to the enormous group of 5% Germans and other nationalities who are enthusiastic about Classical Music. Then these professionals could be mightily disappointed, namely when - year after year - they hardly succeed in getting students enthusiastic about this musical genre. And by enthusiasm, I don't mean taking part in lessons, but rather the prospective lasting enjoyment of Classical Music, especially after school has finished. My thanks therefore go to exactly this group ... and then ... if such pedagogues would think about it once, whether it makes sense to approach the kids with my method - tentatively. My credo: With the introduction of Classical Music and works unsuitable for it, one very probably spoils everything. Not so, if you "start" with popular Classical Music. And my "credo number 2"? From popular music to - let's call it - general classical music a young person finds very quickly and easily later by himself. So nothing is never spoiled with my approach. I know, double negative.

The second group benefits from my offer, and my thanks for them is of course only of a polite nature. In this group, there are only teachers who do not like Classical Music and parents who want their children to enjoy Classical Music, but do not listen to Classical Music themselves. For the good of the children. It is the mothers and fathers who have found their way here on the Internet in search of an approach. It may be that for this group the path leads to the popular corner of Classical Music together with the little ones. Back to the teachers. They are a particular group that is special .... for my mission. Namely, they are the educators who are supposed to inform about a genre of music that they themselves have no affinity for. And here's what happens. At first, your kids feel that the teacher is not a fan of Classical Music. Naturally, this carries over. Classical Music thus becomes "mathematics, physics or chemistry" ... only more acoustic, so to speak: the child is glad when it's over. With popular music and light fare of teaching material on the subject of Classical Music, it is different. Whether the usual teaching material in the matter of Classical Music establishes itself sustainably is just as much up in the air as it is with any other teaching material. The option, however, that already the lessons are fun and in addition the probability is infinitely greater that the "affected" child has lasting fun with popular Classical Music or even later with general Classical Music, is indisputable.

Plus, Also Thank You for Your Purchase

Like a museum, our mission also costs money. Not for buildings, not for exhibits, not for staff. But for illustrations on the meanwhile many websites, for travels, for genealogy, for overnight stays at different places where we take pictures ... just a few examples.

We want to refinance this at least in part and for this I wrote my "Bach Biography for Children". In order not to have to look for a publisher (... a very frustrating undertaking for most fresh authors), my wife Renate founded her publishing house. Calendars followed, that is 99 music calendars, Bach gifts and finally the offer Teaching Material Classical Music.

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Thank you for that.

Right, Martin Luther was a composer, too.

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