Sing it and Say it: A Bookful of Ancient Greece (Audio CD)

Description: ISBN 1859093892 / Author: Sara Ridgley, Gavin Mole / Audio Cassette / 156 Pages / Book is published 1996-09 by International Music ... more

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Newest Review: ... is all about the daily life of people in the agora, or market place, with a trio of famous thinkers who pop in to say hello. ... more

... In this act the ensemble get to grips with the Greek alphabet, and I never thought I'd say it, but when University Challenge is on and Jeremy Paxman says "What's the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet?" My class would all be screaming at the screen, as the clever ones from Downing confer, "Lambda, woolly fellow" because the song is so very memorable. The three thinkers are Archimedes, in his bathrobe accompanied by his sister ( usually a boy in our case), Pythagoras clutching his little abacus...more

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Sing it and Say it: A Bookful of Ancient Greece (Audio CD): It's all Greek to me! (1427 words)
by - written on 21/06/09 (Very useful, 220 readings)
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Sing It and Say It- a Bookful of Ancient Greece, is a piece of musical magic in my opinion, written by Sara Ridgley and Gavin Mole, a professional partnership since 1999. Sara writes the lyrics and Gavin is an absolute genius with the melodies. With qualifications coming out of her ears, Sara is also a member of the Society of Authors, the National Union of Journalists, the Poetry Society, the Royal society of Literature and Women Writers' Network. Gavin has been a professional musician since he was a whippersnapper at the age of 11, so he's well qualified and the music in their collaborations proves it. His main passion is music in ... Read the complete review