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Translation of the comic 'La vida en cómic' on the life of Joaquín Rodrigo. From the Music textbook for 5th Grade Primary, 'Propuesta Didáctica', by Montse Sanuy Simón (page 34). Editorial Luis Vives, Madrid (Spain), 2002. Translation by Katherine Zegarra.

On March 15, 2011, Cecilia Rodrigo presented an educational activity for children entitled El niño que soñó la música (The boy who dreamed of music) in the Joaquín Rodrigo Auditorium at the Cultural Center of Madrid’s Tetuán district. Some 450 fifth and sixth-grade schoolchildren from the district's schools attended.
On this occasion, the Victoria and Joaquín Rodrigo Foundation organized a contest in which the children competed in four categories: Essay, Poetry, Slogan and Drawing.

The prize went to the San Antonio School.  Congratulations to the prizewinners and the school!

Cecilia Rodrigo with the four prizewinners.	Awarding the prizes.	Students of prizewinning San Antonio School.

The following are the winning entries which were awarded:
A t-shirt
Joaquín Rodrigo musical puzzle
CD with the story “El niño que soñó la música”

Drawing: Donnalyn Parocha Agbuggo (6th. grade)	Essay: Iván Gago García (5th. grade)	Poetry: Nadia García González (6th. grade)	Slogan: Ingwie Atapana Torres (5th. grade)

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Contest


Listen to this piece of music. It belongs to “Berceuse de invierno” (“Winter Lullaby”), which is part of a longer work called “Musica para un jardin” (“Music for a garden”) by Joaquin Rodrigo and  contains three other lullabies: “Berceuse de otoño” (autumn lullaby), “Berceuse de primavera” (spring lullaby) and “Berceuse de verano” (summer lullaby). 

Afterwards, read what the composer himself said about this work:

“Under the title “Music for a garden”, I grouped the four lullabies that gently transform the four seasons of the year into a garden.  All four of them, although each is different, sway to the rhythm  of a cradle song that measures and separates the passage of time.

“Berceuse de invierno” (winter lullaby) is based on a ‘pedal’ or recurrent theme that the English horn gives a slightly pastoral character.  Over this ‘pedal’ the melody is heard played by the clarinet, resembling a Christmas carol, and later repeated by the celesta and finally by the violins and the woodwinds. “ Joaquin Rodrigo

And now, send us (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) a pdf with your drawing that shows what these words and this music suggest to you. The winner of the contest will see his drawing appear on our website and will receive either a CD of “Joaquin Rodrigo, el niño que soñó la música” or a t-shirt with the image from the CD.

IDEAL FOR SCHOOLS AND MUSIC SCHOOLS: activities for children between 6 and 12, designed to discover Rodrigo’s life, an example of talent and tenacity in overcoming hardships, talent.

Material includes:

• Illustrations
• CD: Joaquin Rodrigo, the boy who dreamed of music
• Text of the story of Rodrigo’s life as told to children
• Guidelines for presenting this activity

Price: 29,50€

To order this material, call the Foundation at 91 555 2728 o email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Translation of the comic 'La vida en cómic' on the life of Joaquín Rodrigo. From the Music textbook for 5th Grade Primary, 'Propuesta Didáctica', by Montse Sanuy Simón (page 34). Editorial Luis Vives, Madrid (Spain), 2002. Translation by Katherine Zegarra.

The gripping story of a young blind boy who dreamed of being a musician and went on to become
a great composer. His life was as exciting as a novel. His journey through life is an example of
overcoming hardships.

The boy who imagined music narrates in the first person the story of a child who rose above his physical handicap
of blindness to triumph in life and become one of Spain’s most universal composers. The narration
is accompanied by numerous fragments of Joaquín Rodrigo’s pieces.

Script by Eduardo Moyano, CD version narrated by Iñaki Gabilondo, and CD booklet illustrations
by Teo Puebla.

Available in Spanish, English and German.

MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH... JOAQUÍN RODRIGO An extraordinary bilingual book (Spanish/English) + CD for the entire family Available at our shop + FREE with the book: Listening guide with activities designed for children to participate as they listen. Educational material very useful for teachers to prepare for Christmas with the extraordinary music of Joaquín Rodrigo. Passtimes: pages to color, word search, crossword, find 7 differences. To help children get the most out of this charming story as they discover and develop their own capacities and sensitivity.   TECHNICAL DATA: ISBN: 978?84?88558?80?0 Formato: 27x21cm Hard plasticized cover, matt Pagess: 40 couché paper 150 gr. semimatt Languages: bilingual, Spanish and English Packaged CD audio: 75 minutes of music Date of release: september 2011 Publisher: Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo     De Madrid, A Joaquín Rodrigo By Javier Suarez Pajares. For teenagers.

Scores Sonatina para dos muñecas Score of Joaquin Rodrigo’s work for four hands. El álbum de Cecilia (for piano) Six piano pieces for children.   El álbum de Cecilia (for guitar) Six guitar pieces for children. Guitar version by Pepe Romero.

CDs Joaquin Rodrigo, the boy who imagined music The gripping story of a young blind boy who dreamed of being a musician and went on to become a great composer. His life was as exciting as a novel. His journey through life is an example of overcoming hardships. In this CD Iñaki Gabilondo narrates in the fist person the story of a child who rose above his physical handicap of blindness to triumph in life and become one of Spain´s most universal composers. Script by Eduardo Moyando, illustrations by Teo Puebla.

Miscellanea Puzzle Puzzle of a manuscript of one of Joaquin Rodrigo’s works.