Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0763666009
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.
Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Composers
ISBN : 9781484407639
An illustrated introduction to the life of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel.
Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : pages
File Size : 14,5 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780606325738
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.
Author : Paul Henry Lang
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 0486144593
Exceptionally full, detailed study of the man, his music and times. Childhood, music training, years in London; analysis of Messiah and other works; much more. Introduction. Includes 35 illustrations.
Author : Jane Glover
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 46,79 MB
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1681779471
In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II and the composer was George Freidrich Handel. Handel, then still only twenty-seven and largely self-taught, would be at the heart of music activity in London for the next four decades, composing masterpiece after masterpiece, whether the glorious coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest, operas such as Rinaldo and Alcina or the great oratorios, culminating, of course, in Messiah. Here, Jane Glover, who has conducted Handel’s work in opera houses and concert halls throughout the world, draws on her profound understanding of music and musicians to tell Handel’s story. It is a story of music-making and musicianship, but also of courts and cabals of theatrical rivalries and of eighteenth-century society. It is also, of course the story of some of the most remarkable music ever written, music that has been played and sung, and loved, in this country—and throughout the world—for three hundred years.
Author : Thomas Tapper
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 17,10 MB
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"Handel: The Story of a Little Boy who Practiced in an Attic" is one of a series known as the Child's Own Book Of Great Musicians, written by Thomas Tapper, author of "Pictures from the Lives of the Great Composers for Children," "Music Talks with Children," "First Studies in Music Biography," and others. The book is an illustrated children's book on the life of the famous German composer Georg Friedrich Händel. Despite his humble background, Handel grew into one of the most famous composers the world has ever known, composing many pieces loved by many to this day.
Author : Marian Van Til
Publisher : WordPower Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Composers
ISBN : 0979478502
The author presents a view of Handels life--his character, faith and music--as his contemporaries saw him.
Author : Donna Leon
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 0802194907
A “real tour de force” exploring the mythic history of animals in Handel’s operas complete with illustrations and audio recordings of the composer’s arias (News—Austria). When New York Times–bestselling novelist Donna Leon isn’t writing her Commissario Guido Brunetti mysteries, she often listens to her favorite composer, George Frideric Handel. Leon noticed that Handel frequently references animals in his music. In his arias, Handel explores the perceived virtues and vices of the lion, bee, nightingale, snake, elephant, and tiger, among others. With this in mind, Leon combined her knowledge of medieval bestiaries—illustrated collections of animal stories—with her love of Handel. In Handel’s Bestiary, Leon traces twelve animals through history, mythology, and Handel’s arias. Each chapter is joined by original illustrations by German painter Michael Sowa. And in this enhanced edition, music is included from conductor Alan Curtis and his orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco.
Author : M. T. Anderson
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763651559
Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. Winner of the LA Times Book Prize. For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who knows something about what it’s like to live without the feed-and about resisting its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., M. T. Anderson has created a brave new world - and a hilarious new lingo - sure to appeal to anyone who appreciates smart satire, futuristic fiction laced with humor, or any story featuring skin lesions as a fashion statement.
Author : Michelle Knudsen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1536237922
"A reminder that sometimes, there is a good reason to break the rules. . . .This winsome pairing of text and illustration is a natural for storytime." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review) (Ages 4-7) Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.
