composers

Describes the life and work of the nineteenth-century Polish composer who invented beautiful music for the piano and new ways of playing it.

Introduction to the piano, discussing how it is made, how it works, its origins, and its role in the orchestra, with profiles of ten composers who wrote scores for the instrument, accompanied by an audio compact disc featuring their work.

Introduction to the violin, discussing how it is made, how it works, its origins, and its role in the orchestra, with profiles of ten composers who wrote scores for the instrument, accompanied by an audio compact disc featuring their work.

Brief text and illustrations recount Mozart's childhood and the discovery of his phenomenal musical talent.

A biography of Scott Joplin, king of the ragtime writers.

Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.

Traces the life of the African American classical composer.

Introduces some of the major artists, writers, and composers that flourished in Europe during the eighteenth century.

Introduces some of the major artists, writers, and composers that flourished in Europe during the seventeenth century.

Chronicles the life of nineteenth-century German composer Johannes Brahms, describing his musical childhood, his struggle for success, and the conflict between those, such as Brahms, who favored musical tradition and those, including Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner, who favored new directions.