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Aaron Copland
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Mike Venezia |
Author/lllustrator Mike Venezia has been getting to know the world's greatest composers for as long as he can remember.
A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Mike believes the … |
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George Gershwin
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Mike Venezia |
A biography of the American composer, George Gershwin. |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
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Mike Venezia |
A brief biography of the prolific eighteenth-century composer and organist who created some of the world's greatest instrumental and religious music. |
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Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
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M. T. Anderson,Kevin Hawkes |
In this biography, the man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown to have once been a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own. |
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Great composers
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Piero Ventura |
Briefly introduces the greatest composers over the centuries and the contributions they made to the development of music. |
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Scott Joplin
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Janet Hubbard-Brown |
As the son of a former slave, a musical pioneer, and a posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize, composer Scott Joplin fought a lifelong campaign to have ragtime music accepted by the American public. T… |
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W.C. Handy
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L. S. Summer |
A biography of African-American bandleader and composer W.C. Handy, known as the "Father of the Blues," discussing his childhood as the son of religious parents, his early love for music, and his rol… |
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Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Yona Zeldis McDonough |
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Yann Walcker |
Short text, illustrations and recorded music tell the story of Beethoven's childhood musical experiences. Children are encouraged to experience and think about music in their own life. Suggested leve… |
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Frédéric Chopin
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Eric Michael Summerer |
A biography of the Polish composer who was one of the greatest pianists in history. |
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