Author: Gladys Burch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Famous Composers for Young People
Author: Gladys Burch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
Author: Patrick Kavanaugh
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310208068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310208068
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world's greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
Young People's Guide to Classical Music
Author: Helen Bauer
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574671810
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Music is a powerful art. We sing it, we dance to it, and we listen to it because it moves us as little else can. Classical music in particular has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The works of such composers as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven have proven so appealing that generations of listeners have returned to them again and again. Young People's Guide to Classical Music invites you to join these listeners.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781574671810
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Music is a powerful art. We sing it, we dance to it, and we listen to it because it moves us as little else can. Classical music in particular has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The works of such composers as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven have proven so appealing that generations of listeners have returned to them again and again. Young People's Guide to Classical Music invites you to join these listeners.
Fifty Famous Composers, For Kids Of All Ages
Author: Carolyn Waters Broe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578846620
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Fifty Famous Composers for Kids of All Ages is a book of biographies about the lives of famous classical composers. You will discover how each of these composers grew up and what motivated them to become composers. This book explores the stories of these musicians and how they came to be famous. You will learn about composers who were child prodigies, won competitions, got into duels, got arrested, died young, and composed great masterworks of music. Fifty Famous Composers includes twenty-five famous male composers and twenty-five famous female composers. Many of these composers will be familiar such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. You will also meet brilliant composers who are not as well know such as Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint Georges, Francesca Caccini, Florence Price, and Alma Deutscher. This book was written to help both young and adult readers to enjoy classical music. It is perfect for music teachers and music lovers. Fifty Famous Composers for Kids of All Ages makes a great gift for your children and your grandchildren.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578846620
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Fifty Famous Composers for Kids of All Ages is a book of biographies about the lives of famous classical composers. You will discover how each of these composers grew up and what motivated them to become composers. This book explores the stories of these musicians and how they came to be famous. You will learn about composers who were child prodigies, won competitions, got into duels, got arrested, died young, and composed great masterworks of music. Fifty Famous Composers includes twenty-five famous male composers and twenty-five famous female composers. Many of these composers will be familiar such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. You will also meet brilliant composers who are not as well know such as Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint Georges, Francesca Caccini, Florence Price, and Alma Deutscher. This book was written to help both young and adult readers to enjoy classical music. It is perfect for music teachers and music lovers. Fifty Famous Composers for Kids of All Ages makes a great gift for your children and your grandchildren.
Young People's Guide to Classical Music
Author: Helen Bauer
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574671812
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Music is a powerful art. We sing it, we dance to it, and we listen to it because it moves us as little else can. Classical music in particular has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The works of such composers as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven have proven so appealing that generations of listeners have returned to them again and again. Young People's Guide to Classical Music invites you to join these listeners.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1574671812
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Music is a powerful art. We sing it, we dance to it, and we listen to it because it moves us as little else can. Classical music in particular has fascinated people for hundreds of years. The works of such composers as Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven have proven so appealing that generations of listeners have returned to them again and again. Young People's Guide to Classical Music invites you to join these listeners.
Stories of the Four Great Composers for Young People
Author: Bertha Seavey Saunier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Great Composers
Author: Piero Ventura
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399217463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Briefly introduces the greatest composers over the centuries and the contributions they made to the development of music.
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780399217463
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Briefly introduces the greatest composers over the centuries and the contributions they made to the development of music.
Secret Lives of Great Composers
Author: Elizabeth Lunday
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594747466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. Here, you’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594747466
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Discover little-known stories from music history—including murder, riots, and heartbreak—in this entertaining tour through the fascinating (and surprising) lives of classical music masters With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Gioachino Rossini (draft-dodging womanizer) to Johann Sebastian Bach (jailbird) to Richard Wagner (alleged cross-dresser), Secret Lives of Great Composers recounts the seamy, steamy, and gritty history behind the great masters of international music. Here, you’ll learn that Edward Elgar dabbled with explosives; that John Cage was obsessed with fungus; that Berlioz plotted murder; and that Giacomo Puccini stole his church’s organ pipes and sold them as scrap metal so he could buy cigarettes. This is one music history lesson you’ll never forget!
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart
Author: Georg Knepler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Described in Germany as the 'most thought-provoking' book of the bicentennial year, Georg Knepler's acclaimed study of Mozart is now available in paperback. The book explores Mozart's life and works from many new perspectives, providing fresh insights into his music and the tempestuous times through which he lived. Based on a close reading of the family correspondence and a careful consideration of Mozart's entire musical output, the book sheds new light on the composer's creative psyche, his political leanings, his relation to the thoughts and currents of the Enlightenment, and the underlying basis of his musical expression.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521588232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Described in Germany as the 'most thought-provoking' book of the bicentennial year, Georg Knepler's acclaimed study of Mozart is now available in paperback. The book explores Mozart's life and works from many new perspectives, providing fresh insights into his music and the tempestuous times through which he lived. Based on a close reading of the family correspondence and a careful consideration of Mozart's entire musical output, the book sheds new light on the composer's creative psyche, his political leanings, his relation to the thoughts and currents of the Enlightenment, and the underlying basis of his musical expression.
Lives of the Musicians
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152480103
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
What are musicians really like?
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152480103
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
What are musicians really like?