Grover's Overtures
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| Written by | Michaela Muntean |
| Illustrator | Tom Cooke |
| Published | 1991, 1994 |
| Publisher | Astor Books Music and Books (1991) Golden Books (1994 re-issue) |
| Series | Learn About Music |
| ISBN | 0943351480 0307144275 |
Grover's Overtures is part of a series of books designed to introduce children to music concepts.
Grover is thrilled because he has been assigned to play the cannon in the Monsterpolitan Opera performance of the 1812 Overture. However, Grover gets lost, pushes the cannon up stairs and down hallways, and stumbles upon the overture to Carmen (starring Placido Flamingo), a can-can, The Barber of Seville, and the William Tell Overture. Elmo the cymbal player, joins him halfway through. They finally arrive and give stirring performances, but an exhausted Grover decides next time, he'll just play a trumpet solo.
Music excerpts
- The Toreador Song - Georges Bizet
- Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld - Jacques Offenbach
- Barber of Seville - Gioachino Rossini
- William Tell Overture - Gioachino Rossini
- 1812 Overture - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Credits
- Produced by Geni Sackson
- Frank Oz as Grover
- Richard Hunt as Placido Flamingo and assorted male voices
- Jerry Nelson as assorted male voices
- Kevin Clash as Elmo and assorted male voices
- Camille Bonora as the narrator and assorted female voices
- Fran Brill as Prairie Dawn and assorted female voices
