Operating System:
Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000
Processor: Pentium 75
Hard Drive Space: 5Mb
Memory: 16Mb
Graphics: 800x600x16bit colour
CD-ROM Speed: 8x or faster
Audio: Soundblaster or Compatible
Printer: Optional (Reccomended)
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The Hutchinson Reference Suite is jam-packed
with more than 9,000 fascinating articles, complete with music clips,
pictures, and quotes. Explore the biographical entries on the wide range
of people that have shaped the musical world through the ages, from conductors
and composers such as Simon Rattle and Johnathon Bach, to tenors including
the world renowned Luciano Pavarotti.Discover the different types of works
such as Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Bizet's Carmen or Mozart's Jupiter Symphony,
and study the theory behind the music, inclusing musical terms and notations.
This CD-ROM Contains:
- An easy-to-use search facility to guide you through
the numerous articles available. Categories include People, Works, Instruments,
Instructions, Theory and a Timeline
- Listen to, and learn about a wide variety of musical
instruments from the accordion to the zither
- A timeline dating back to 25,000BC
- Key musical selections are all brought to live through
high quality sound extracts and illustrations
- Articles can be printed, copied to the clipboard and
pasted to other applications, such as your word processor for personal
use
- An interactive quiz to tesk your knowledge of music
- Supports the musical curriculum at GCSE level
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