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No. of episodes
  
5

Original network
  
HBO

First episode date
  
14 May 2005

Number of episodes
  
5

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Country of origin
  
USA

Running time
  
25 Minutes

Original release
  
2005

Network
  
HBO

Awards
  
Peabody Award

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Genre
  
Children's television series

Executive producers
  
Amy Schatz, Sheila Nevins, Beth Levison

Similar
  
Laurel Avenue, Assume the Position, Classical Baby: I'm Grown U, Empire Falls, A Child's Garden of Poetry

Classical Baby is the name of an HBO television series touted as a show for parents to watch with their babies. The show features pieces of classical music played while images of clowns, animals, and works of art are shown.

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Critics, including some child psychologists, have condemned the show, which premiered on May 14, 2005, for marketing television to babies. They contend that television is generally unhealthy for children, and that such a promotion is geared towards acclimating children to television at too young an age. Nevertheless, the show won two Emmy Awards in 2006: one for Outstanding Children's Program and another for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation given to animator Barbara Wierzchowska.

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It won a Peabody Award in 2005, and was assessed by the judges as follows:

"This whimsical, charming, deceptively simple marriage of animation to the music of Tchaikovsky, Bach and Ellington becomes an interactive treat for young children and parents alike."
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Episodes

Classical Baby is run on HBO as five different episodes:

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  • The Music Show
  • The Art Show
  • The Dance Show
  • Classical Baby 1
  • Classical Baby 2
  • Plus, it includes a 2008 episode, The Poetry Show.

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    Note: Classical Baby 1 and 2 consist of selections taken from the other three episodes, and are not included on the DVD version.

    The Music Show

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    1. Open, Music: "Piano Concerto No. 1"
      by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      performed by Philharmonic Slavonica
    2. Bear Hugs, Music: "The Flower Duet" from Lakmé
      by Léo Delibes
      performed by Mady Mesplé (soprano) and Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano)
      Orchestre du Théatre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard
    3. Baby's Hands, "Von fremden Ländern und Menschen" from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1
      by Robert Schumann
      performed by Vladimir Horowitz, piano
    4. Baby Steps, "Dance of the Reed-Flutes"
      by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, Peter Wohlert, conductor
    5. Busy Caterpillar, "Prelude" from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
      by Johann Sebastian Bach
      performed by Yo-Yo Ma, cello
    6. The Cow Song, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
      by Puccini
      performed by Ying Huang, soprano, London Symphony Orchestra, James Conlon, conductor
    7. Good Morning, Peer Gynt: "Morning Mood"
      by Edvard Grieg
      performed by CSFR State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice), Stephen Gunzenhauser
    8. Night Music, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
      by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      performed by Capella Istropolitana Wolfgang Sobotk, conductor
    9. Aquarium, "Aquarium" from The Carnival of the Animals
      by Camille Saint-Saëns
      performed by Chamber Ensemble Philippe Entremont and Gaby Casadesus, pianos
    10. Musical Faces, "A Mare Encheu"
      by Heitor Villa-Lobos
      performed by Christina Ortiz
    11. Appalachian Spring, "Appalachian Spring Ballet Suite" Moderato coda movement
      by Aaron Copland
      performed by London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland, conductor
    12. The Cricket on the Roof, "Stamping Dance" from Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56
      written by Béla Bartók
      performed by Midori, violin, Robert McDonald, piano
    13. My Blanket, "Clair de Lune"
      by Claude Debussy
      performed by CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava), Keith Clark, conductor
    14. "Lullaby"
      by Johannes Brahms
      performed by Budapest Strings

    The Art Show

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    1. Open, Music: Piano Concerto No. 1
      by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
      performed by Philharmonic Slavonica
    2. Frogs, with music by Erik Satie, painting by Claude Monet
    3. I Love You, paintings by Mary Cassatt, with music by Franz Schubert
    4. Shapes, based on a painting by Joan Miró, with music by Johann Sebastian Bach
    5. The Museum, with music by Gabriel Fauré
    6. Trucks, with music by Duke Ellington, painting by Fernand Léger
    7. Dance Class, with music by Amilcare Ponchielli, painting by Edgar Degas
    8. The Conductor, Music: The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, performed by Vienna Opera Orchestra
    9. The Kiss, with music by Edward Elgar, painting by Marc Chagall
    10. Art Faces, Music: "Habanera" from Carmen Suite No. 2 by Georges Bizet
    11. Busy Bees, with music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, painting by Jackson Pollock
    12. City Streets, with music by Count Basie, painting by Piet Mondrian
    13. The Sculpture Garden, with music by Scott Joplin
    14. The Starry Night, with music by Claude Debussy, painting by Vincent van Gogh
    15. Baby paints with music by Frédéric Chopin – no title

    The Dance Show

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    1. Open
      Music "Piano Concerto No. 1" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (performed by Philharmonic Slavonica)
    2. Waltz of the Flowers
      Dance inspired by George Balanchine
      Music "Waltz of the Flowers" from "The Nutcracker" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    3. Dancing Sheep to Sheep, featuring Cheek to Cheek
      Music Irving Berlin performed by The Boston Pops
    4. Barn Dance
      Dance inspired by the "Dance of the Little Swans"
      from "Swan Lake" Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (London Festival Orchestra)
    5. Mambo
      Music "Mambo No. 5" (Original 1940's recording) performed by Pérez Prado
    6. The Swan
      Dance inspired by Anna Pavlova
      Music "Le Cygne" from "Le carnaval des animaux" Camille Saint-Saëns
    7. The Rectangles
      Dance inspired by Jerome Robbins
      Music "Prologue" from "West Side Story" Leonard Bernstein
    8. The Scarecrow
      Dance inspired by Martha Graham
      Music Aaron Copland
    9. Tap Dance
      Dance inspired by the Nicholas Brothers
      Music "I Got Rhythm" George and Ira Gershwin
    10. Sleepy Lion
      Music "Mbube" performed by Miriam Makeba & the C. Mitchell Trio
    11. Dancers
      dance inspired by Pilobolus
      Music Erik Satie
    12. The Hippo Dance
      Music "Rum Sugar Cherry" by Duke Ellington
    13. Dancin' in the Rain

    The Poetry Show

    1. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
    2. The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
    3. The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
    4. Grassy Grass Grass by Woody Guthrie
    5. The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
    6. Sonnet XVIII by William Shakespeare
    7. Mariposa (Butterfly) by Federico García Lorca
    8. This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams
    9. Skylark by Johnny Mercer
    10. April Rain Song by Langston Hughes
    11. A Very Valentine by Gertrude Stein
    12. Who Has Seen the Wind? by Christina Rossetti
    13. How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

    References

    Classical Baby Wikipedia
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