Help your child learn about great musicians with this fact-packed guide, clip-art CD, giant wallchart and dedicated website From how modern artists like Jim Hendrix transformed music, to the great composers like Beethoven: let your child discover all about the genius of the world’s best musicians through the centuries. They’ll discover more browsing the dedicated Eyewitness website and downloading 100s of amazing images from the clip-art CD. Then use the giant pull-out wallchart to decorate t...
Describes how Johann Sebastian Bach survived the sorrows of his childhood and composed the music the world has come to love.
This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia "[a]n exuberant picture-book biography ...a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music."
A colourful, large-format music information book for 9-13 year olds arranged by topic and suitable for classroom project work. The five sections of the book are also available separately.
The Science of Song
by Alan Cross, Emme Cross, and Nicole Mortillaro
Though most of us know we love listening to music, we may not spend much time thinking about how this came to be, or the science, technology, engineering and mathematics that are crucial to its existence. This illustrated book explores all of this, starting with the basics - how does sound work? What is music? It details the progression of recorded music, from the phonograph to streaming, covers how everyday items like headphones were created, and includes a look at the science of how we experie...
50 Things You Should Know about Music (50 Things You Should Know about)
by Rob Baker
Deep Down in Music (Art of Jazz) (Art of Jazz S.)
by Leslie Gourse
Presents the lives and artistry of notable jazz bassists, traces their influence on one another, and investigates the impact of various innovations on the development of jazz music.
Text and pictures introduce the woodwind family of instruments, such as flutes, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, and their relatives.
John Philip Sousa (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
by Mike Venezia
Birth of the Star-Spangled Banner (Fly on the Wall History)
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
From Grandmaster Flash to Jay-Z rap has shaped generations and transformed the charts. Bop along with the greats in this adorable baby book that introduces little ones to the rappers that started it all.
"Read about the music, stars, clothes, contracts, and world of Latin music"--Provided by publisher.
Oxford First Companion to Composers and Their Music
by Kenneth McLeish
With the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, Nikki Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the glorious words of spirituals. Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. With the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through the words of songs such as "Go Down, Moses" and "Ain’t Got Time to Die," celebrating a people wh...
Rock and Roll - Baby Biographies (Baby Biographies)
by Editors of Whalen Book Works
Prepare to rock ‘n’ roll with your little one as they get introduced to 24 of the greatest bands of all time! Let’s face it, you and your kid are going to disagree about music at some point. Your favorite bands are dinosaurs, their favorite bands are TikTokers. Despite that universal truth, there are other truths that must be recognized: Grass is green; Pasta should be cooked al dente for maximum enjoyment; rock n’ roll will never die. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” comes on the radio, and it...