The Music of Life
The Music of Life

Author: Elizabeth Rusch

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1481444859

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Award-winning biographer Elizabeth Rusch and two-time Caldecott Honor–recipient Marjorie Priceman team up to tell the inspiring story of the invention of the world’s most popular instrument: the piano. Bartolomeo Cristofori coaxes just the right sounds from the musical instruments he makes. Some of his keyboards can play piano, light and soft; others make forte notes ring out, strong and loud, but Cristofori longs to create an instrument that can be played both soft and loud. His talent has caught the attention of Prince Ferdinando de Medici, who wants his court to become the musical center of Italy. The prince brings Cristofori to the noisy city of Florence, where the goldsmiths’ tiny hammers whisper tink, tink and the blacksmiths’ big sledgehammers shout BANG, BANG! Could hammers be the key to the new instrument? At last Cristofori gets his creation just right. It is called the pianoforte, for what it can do. All around the world, people young and old can play the most intricate music of their lives, thanks to Bartolomeo Cristofori’s marvelous creation: the piano.

The Music of Life
The Music of Life

Author: Louis Thomas

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2020-02-18

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 125077733X

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Full of joy and discovery, Louis Thomas' The Music of Life is a simple, melodious picture book about finding big inspiration and beauty in the smallest of details. At night when everyone else is asleep, one artist sits awake--pencil in hand, stuck. Lenny is a composer, but this evening, no music floats from his head. Then as night breaks into dawn, Lenny's cat, Pipo, begins lapping milk. Lick lick lick. Birds yawn awake, singing in the trees. Tweet tweet! A bike bell tings on the street below. Suddenly, Lenny notices a rhythm to the world around him. He pulls on his coat and walks through the city to write down every sound he can find. Lenny listens to a gardener, a jogger, a dogwalker, and more neighborhood characters. Finally, the morning's sounds culminate in a sun-dappled symphony that Lenny conducts in the center of the park.

My Life and Music
My Life and Music

Author: Artur Schnabel

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0486255719

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"A clear picture of a musician of rare integrity." — The Musical Times. Highly readable reminiscences, musical philosophy of great pianist: his experiences as a child prodigy in turn-of-the-century Vienna, concert career, thoughts on great conductors and composers of the day, preferences in the repertoire, much more. Also includes "Reflections on Music," address delivered at University of Manchester, 1933. Introduction by Edward Crankshaw. 20 illustrations. Index.

The Music of Life
The Music of Life

Author: Inayat Khan

Publisher: Suluk Press

Published: 1998-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780930872380

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Teachings on sound presenting a vision of the harmony which underlies and infuses every aspect of life. Science of breath, law of rhythm, the creative process, healing power and psychological influence of music.

Bringing Music to Life
Bringing Music to Life

Author: Barry Green

Publisher: GIA Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781579997571

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Delves into the methodology, techniques, and inspiration needed to enliven music making. Includes activities.

Music for Life
Music for Life

Author: Fiona Maddocks

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 057132939X

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How does music reflect the key moments in our lives? How do we choose the works that inspire, delight, comfort or console? Fiona Maddocks selects 100 classical works from across nine centuries, arguing passionately, persuasively and at times obstinately for their inclusion, putting each work in its cultural and musical context, discussing omissions, suggesting alternatives and always putting the music first.

Mozart
Mozart

Author: Jeremy Siepmann

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Sourcebooks MediaFusion and Naxos proudly present the life and works of Mozart, complete with two audio CDs and an exclusive website. In this lively and accessible biography, Jeremy Siepmann reminds us of a remarkable natural talent who was, however, all too human. Read the text and listen to two CDs containing a carefully chosen cross-section of Mozart's music. Readers also gain access to an exclusive website that offers the musical works in full, the music of Mozart's father, a detailed timeline and more. This revolutionary biography utilizes traditional and new media to provide a uniquely rounded portrait of the composer himself. Naxos is the world's leading classical music label and provider of classical music over the Internet at www.naxos.com.

Music as Social Life
Music as Social Life

Author: Thomas Turino

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-10-15

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0226816982

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In 'Music as Social Life', Thomas Turino explores why it is that music and dance are so often at the centre of our most profound personal and social experiences.

Music of a Life
Music of a Life

Author: Andrei Makine

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-02-24

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 0743475607

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May 24, 1941: Alexeï Berg, a classical pianist, is set to perform his first solo concert in Moscow. But just before his début, his parents -- his father a renowned playwright, and his mother a famed opera singer -- are exposed for their political indiscretions and held under arrest. With World War II on the brink, and fearing that his own entrapment is not far behind, Alexeï flees to the countryside, assumes the identity of a Soviet soldier, and falls dangerously in love with a general officer's daughter. What follows is a two-decades-long journey through war and peace, love and betrayal, art and artifice -- a rare ensemble in the making of the music of a life.