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Publisher
DK Publishing
Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A compelling celebration of more than 90 of the world's most influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, Composers reveals the fascinating stories of their lives, loves, and works. Biographical entries - introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer - trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the...
3) Gershwin
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Publication Date
1987
Physical Desc
xv, 436 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Neko Case has long been revered as one of music's most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In The Harder I Fight The More I Love You, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl "raised by two dogs and a space heater" in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with the Children's Book of Music. You'll find out how instruments are made and played and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great composers and musicians, from Bach to Bowie, Bjork, and Beyonce. The book is packed with facts and photos highlighting musical styles from around the globe, from the very earliest music through classical and blues, via reggae,...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On ordinary days, you could see him. A beautiful boy, but small with a smile given only to lilacs growing between broken sidewalks carrying in his pockets a sound. Before Prince became one of the bestselling musicians of all time, he was a boy named Prince Rogers Nelson. Often overlooked and abandoned, he found his own inspiration in the world around him - teaching himself how to play the guitar, the piano, the drums, and much more. And when he grew...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
This toe-tapping picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz, is told through kaleidoscopic illustrations.
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Think of a composer right now. Was it a white man? Perhaps in old-fashioned clothing and wild hair? The music history we're told is one dominated by men, and even then, only a select few enter the zeitgeist. This conventional history perpetuates the myth of "great works" created by "genius" artists. Men who enjoyed institutional privilege during their lifetimes and have since been enshrined by an industry of publishers and record labels. But just...
14) Mozart
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Publication Date
1992
Physical Desc
[21] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the childhood and early musical training of the versatile eighteenth-century Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
15) Handel
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Publication Date
1992
Physical Desc
[21] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Focuses on the childhood and early musical training of the eighteenth-century Baroque composer, George Frideric Handel.
17) Chopin
Author
Publisher
Barron's
Publication Date
1993
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the childhood and early musical training of the nineteenth-century Polish composer.

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