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Seeing with music: the lives of 3 blind African musicians
Par Simon Ottenberg. 1996
An anthropologist's study of three performers' life experiences as sightless, unmarried, poor men in northern Sierra Leone. Describes their relationship…
to their music as individuals and as a group. Includes some of their lyricsIt's only rock 'n' roll: the ultimate guide to the Rolling Stones
Par James Karnbach. 1997
The history of the English band presented as a chronology. The longest chapter is a complete listing of the group's…
tours and concerts from 1962 to 1998. Contains a sessionography and a discography of releases for the U.S. and the U.K. Ends with a section on bootlegsBlowing on the changes: the art of the jazz horn players (Art of jazz)
Par Leslie Gourse. 1997
Discusses the development of jazz from the 1900s to the 1990s. Gourse relates the story of Louis "Pops" Armstrong's rise…
to fame and his influence on the world of jazz. She also covers many other well-known horn players, including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, and Wynton Marsalis. For junior and senior high readersHer piano sang: a story about Clara Schumann (Carolrhoda creative minds book)
Par Barbara Allman. 1997
Allman details the life of Clara Wieck Schumann, who in 1828 gave her first full-length concert at the age of…
nine. She discusses Schumann's childhood and explains how her father influenced her life. The author portrays the pianist's early relationship with Robert Schumann, her father's disapproval of their marriage, and her love for her husband that lasted even after his death in 1856. For grades 3-6Blues legacies and Black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Par Angela Davis. 1998
A feminist interpretation of the lives and lyrics of three African American blues musicians of the 1930s. Also includes the…
complete lyrics of some of Ma Rainey's and Bessie Smith's songsLudwig van Beethoven, composer
Par Dynise Balcavage. 1996
The life and times of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, born in 1770. He began losing his hearing as a young…
adult but was able to communicate and to pursue his musical career by using an ear trumpet and various devices. By the age of forty-eight he was totally deaf, but he continued working despite this challenge and several debilitating bouts of illness. For grades 6-9 and older readersMaking people's music: Moe Asch and Folkways records
Par Peter Goldsmith. 1998
The story of Asch's founding of Folkways Records and an account of his life from his birth in Poland in…
1905 to his death in America in 1986. Describes how his recording studio helped preserve musical and oral traditions from the United States and other countriesMusic, the brain, and ecstasy: how music captures our imagination
Par Robert Jourdain. 1997
Using science, psychology, and philosophy, the author explains the evolution of sound in humans and the meaning of music. Uses…
historical anecdotes and different examples of common musical themes to explain the way music gives pleasureRay Charles: soul man
Par Ruth Turk. 1996
Biography of the black musician who was blinded by glaucoma as a child. Charles left school at an early age…
to pursue his musical career. He traveled from his home in Florida to form different bands and became a popular performer of international renown. Covers periods of Charles's life from childhood to age sixty-three. For grades 4-7Based on commentaries originally presented during the first intermissions of Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. Father Lee, a professor of…
classics, analyzes and interprets works by Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Puccini, and StraussDuke Ellington (Importance of)
Par Adam Woog. 1996
Biography of the African American composer, bandleader, and pianist whose fame began in the 1920s. Covers his childhood in Washington,…
D.C., his educational background, and his entry into a musical profession. Traces his career development from Harlem to world tours with his band. For grades 6-9Music was not enough
Par Bob Wilber. 1987
Bob Wilber writes of his up-and-down career as a jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and arranger. Although he achieved fame early as…
a bandleader and student of Sidney Bechet in the 1940s, he spent many years in obscurity. Wilber's reminiscence about his life with the greats of jazz from Dixieland to swing covers nearly forty yearsRay Charles: voice of soul
Par David Ritz. 1994
Biography of musical genius Ray Charles, who was left sightless by glaucoma as a child. While a student at the…
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Charles learned to read and write music in braille. Describes his personal and professional struggles, including drug addiction, as well as triumphs. For junior and senior high and older readersLives of the musicians: good times, bad times (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1993
Lively portraits of twenty well-known composers and musicians, filled with anecdotes and amusing facts. Included are Bach, Verdi, Clara Schumann,…
Foster, Joplin, Gershwin, and Guthrie. For grades 3-6 and older readersMeet Buffy Sainte-Marie (Scholastic Canada Biography)
Par Elizabeth MacLeod. 2023
Meet Buffy Sainte-Marie, music legend, activist and teacher!Buffy Sainte-Marie is not exactly sure where or when she was born, but…
it was likely the Piapot Reserve in the Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. As a baby she was adopted out to a white family in the United States. But nothing would stop Buffy from connecting to her roots and sharing the power and the beauty of her heritage with the world.As a musician, Buffy’s songs have inspired three generations of fans, garnering international acclaim and many awards. She’s a peace activist, an advocate for Indigenous-focused education, and a tireless supporter of Indigenous rights.After an incredible career lasting more than 60 years, Buffy’s music and message are as uplifting and important today as they ever were. Now is the right time to introduce young readers to this fascinating change-maker, with this accessible, engaging book.The Scholastic Canada Biography series is an award-winning collection of titles focused on fascinating people who have shaped Canada’s past and present. Written by acclaimed non-fiction author Elizabeth MacLeod, each book also features comics-inspired illustrations by Mike Deas, which appeal to today’s readers and help bring the story to life.The symphony: a listener's guide
Par Michael Steinberg. 1995
These essays on 118 symphonies by thirty-six composers were written by the program annotator for the Boston, San Francisco, and…
New York Philharmonic orchestras. Includes works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Haydn, Mahler, Mozart, Prokofiev, Schumann, Sibelius, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and TchaikovskyUnfinished journey: twenty years later
Par Yehudi Menuhin. 1976
Originally published in 1976, this revised edition adds four new chapters, extending the author's memoir to age eighty. A world-renowned…
violinist, Menuhin offers his views on a wide range of topics, revealing his lifelong interest in musical and humanitarian pursuitsDizzy Gillespie and the birth of bebop
Par Leslie Gourse. 1994
Life of the jazz trumpeter who pioneered a progressive style of jazz known as bebop in the 1940s and 1950s.…
The author discusses how Gillespie, along with such musicians as Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, introduced to jazz more-complex harmonies, adventurous improvisation, and quicker tempos. For junior and senior high readersIn the country of country: people and places in American music
Par Nicholas Dawidoff. 1997
These portraits of notable figures in American country music include Earl Scruggs, whose innovative approach to the banjo took the…
instrument beyond being a vaudeville prop, and Patsy Cline, country's first torch singer. Also discusses Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens, Harlan Howard, Emmylou Harris, Bill Monroe, and the Louvin Brothers. Some strong languageCharles Ives: a life with music
Par Jan Swafford. 1996
Portrait of an innovative composer and insurance executive whose work affected the course of twentieth-century classical music. Recounts his youth…
and early influences that shaped his life and music. Traces his career as a radical composer up to the gradual acceptance of his music in the concert hall after World War II