Press the buttons to listen to music on this time-traveling journey around the world, as young readers embark on a magical adventure through the history of music! Stopping at 10 important, chronologically organized moments in history, in various places around the world, readers meet great musicians and can press their instruments to hear excerpts from their musical masterpieces! From 1600s England, where you can hear the lute play Greensleeves, to 18th-century Munich, where you can listen to Mozart's piano sonata, as well as a classical Indian raga in 1700s Udaipur, to 1940s New York, where readers can press Charlie Parker's saxophone to hear bebop jazz. This book will teach children about cultural history, famous musicians, and musical genres, all while they want to press the buttons and listen to the music again and again. Each musician tells you about where they live, how they were inspired by their music and what it means to them, teaching children the roots of these magical melodies. An excellent choice for play or bedtime reading, filled with a recorded story tracking the pivotal moments in music history. Children will love hearing the most beautiful and important pieces of music again and again.