Stories of the Great Composers: Book & CD

Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780739012796
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 60

Book Description
It is important that young students learn about the lives of the great composers who have enriched our lives with beautiful music. The 12 units in Stories of the Great Composers give elementary students a glimpse into each composer's life, character and music. Includes a CD recording of the suggested listening, featuring one composition by each composer.

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!

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.

Meet the Great Composers, Bk 1

Author: Maurice Hinson
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780739010440
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
Contains information on 17 composers who range from the Baroque period to the Contemporary period. Book contains a picture with relevant facts and suggested listening, a brief biography, a study of his music (or time he lived) and a question and answer page for each composer. The accompanying CD includes the suggested listening for each composer; the activity sheets contain the picture with facts and question and answer page for each composer in a reproducible format.

The Lives of the Great Composers

Author: Harold C. Schonberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393013023
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 653

Book Description
Biographies of the important composers from Monteverdi and Bach to Bartok and Webern are designed to show the history of music.

Why Beethoven Threw the Stew

Author: Steven Isserlis
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571268676
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
In Why Beethoven Threw the Stew, renowned cellist Steven Isserlis sets out to pass on to children a wonderful gift given to him by his own cello teacher - the chance to people his own world with the great composers by getting to know them as friends. Witty and informative at the same time, Isserlis introduces us to six of his favourite composers: the sublime genius Bach, the quicksilver Mozart, Beethoven with his gruff humour, the shy Schumann, the prickly Brahms and that extraordinary split personality, Stravinsky. Isserlis brings the composers alive in an irresistible manner that can't fail to catch the attention of any child whose ear has been caught by any of the music described, or anyone entering the world of classical music for the first time. The lively black and white line illustrations provide a perfect accompaniment to the text, and make this book attractive and accessible for children to enjoy on their own or share with an adult.

The Great Composers

Author: Wendy Thompson
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754806813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This new authoritative reference provides an illustrated guide to the most influential western composers of classical music: the ones who have defined or developed particular styles of composition, and who have created for themselves a significant place in music history.

The Indispensable Composers

Author: Anthony Tommasini
Publisher:
ISBN: 1594205930
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
The chief classical music critic of "The New York Times" explores the concept of greatness in relation to composers, considering elements of biography, influence, and shifting attitudes toward a composer's work over time.

Lives of the Great Composers 3e

Author: Harold C Schonberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393038576
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664

Book Description
Schonberg brings the reader closer to an identification with the composers he discusses and thus closer to an understanding of their music. The book consequently places more emphasis on biographical details and less upon technical analysis of the music.

Composers

Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744036852
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1059

Book Description
“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” Maurice Ravel 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 musical masterpieces – symphonies, concertos, and operatic scores – that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated and treasured today. Lavishly illustrated with paintings or photographs of each composer, alongside original musical scores and personal correspondence, images of their homes and where they worked, and personal effects and other important artifacts, the book introduces the key influences, themes, and working methods of each individual, setting their works within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of classical music and music movements across the centuries, Composers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the giants of the classical music canon.