Six Stories Told By Katharine Hepburn

An actress with one of the greatest artistic reputations in cinematic history, Katharine Hepburn retells favourite stories from her childhood, including The Musicians of Bremen and Beauty and the Beast. Recorded on cassette, her iconic voice has created a world of delight for children from two to eight, or ten times eight.

 
This book brings together the most popular of the songs that sent a generation of men and women flocking to the music hall. It paints a social background of pubs, the seamy song and supper rooms, society drawing rooms and gas-lit music halls, and introduces the star artistes.

This anthology of 55 carols is both a delightful illustrated pageant and a historically significant work compiled with scholarly regard for detail. It features simple keyboard accompaniments suitable for the amateur player as well as the cathedral organist, freshly arranged by two outstanding composers of international reputation.