Introduce me to music where melodies have special meanings

Help me to understand that music can have special meanings

• Play me music that tells a story, like ‘Peter and the wolf’ and ‘The sorcerer’s apprentice’*
• Get a musician friend to play the important themes: talk about them, sing them, dance to them!*
• Play me music that is meant to sound things like ‘Honky Tonk Train Blues’ of ‘The flight of the bumblebee’*
• Play me music that describes things in a more abstract way, like ‘Vltava’ (depicts a river from source to sea)*
• Play me music from particular TV programmes or films, and explain the association
• Play me music that has particular cultural or religious connotations, and talk to me about them

*(with help from a musical friend if needed)