Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach

Author: Judy Wilcox

Publisher:

Published: 2005-12

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780974650524

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Intended to complement Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher's classic Sebastian Bach, The Boy of Thuringia. Packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Bach's life and his music. Written for children in grades K-6, this study guide makes a great addition to any study of master composers.


Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Author: Christoph Wolff

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780199248841

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Now available in paperback, this landmark biography was first published in 2000 to mark the 250th anniversary of J. S. Bach's death. Written by a leading Bach scholar, this book presents a new picture of the composer. Christoph Wolff demonstrates the intimate connection between Bach's life and his music, showing how the composer's superb inventiveness pervaded his career as a musician, composer, performer, scholar, and teacher.


Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach

Author: Opal Wheeler

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13:

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A fictional life of Bach for children, with excerpts from his music arranged for the piano.


Handel: At the Court of Kings

Handel: At the Court of Kings

Author: Opal Wheeler

Publisher:

Published: 2006-08

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781933573038

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With clarity and with admirable simplicity, keyed to the understanding of children, Opal Wheeler has traced the many-sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director.Handel?s strange boyhood, clouded by the fact that his father did not want him to become a musician, and the later years when, thanks to the patronage of the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, his music was played before the greatest music lovers of Europe ? all this makes absorbing reading. The selections of Handel?s music included here are those best understood and most apt to be mastered by young musicians. One evening, back in 1691, conservative Doctor Handel was shocked and dismayed to find his small son carrying the torch at the head of a band of singers wandering through the little town of Halle. The good doctor never quite understood the all-consuming love of music which drove his son from childhood on and on to the great heights he eventually attained as the beloved Father of the Oratorio, the composer of the magnificent MESSIAH. Opal Wheeler has given us here the most finished, most completely satisfying book on her list of fine music biographies. Handel at the Court of Kings should be a favorite of all children who love music, whether they are young musicians themselves or not.


Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades

Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades

Author: Elisabeth Tanner

Publisher:

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781610061131

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Music Appreciation for the Elementary Grades: Book 1 will introduce children to seven different composers, dating from 1685 to 1828 (Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Paganini and Schubert). Each composer's childhood and adult life are vividly described in individual biographies. Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the stories is true. Each book contains written music and delightful pictures throughout. It is more than the human side of these books that will make them live, for in the music the great masters breathe. This book includes a variety of hands-on activities such as: geography lessons, history lessons, recipes, instrument studies, music vocabulary, hand writing, musical facts of the Classical period, timelines, character trait studies, and so much more. Geared for a variety of learners-auditory, kinesthetic, visual, and just plain "active"-the Student Activity Book is an excellent companion to your reading experience. * Exceeds all of the national standards required for music appreciation (kindergarten - sixth grade.) * User- friendly for multi-age groups * Geared for a variety of learners- visual, auditory and kinesthetic * Incorporates activities from across the curriculum


Bach's Feet

Bach's Feet

Author: David Yearsley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-01-19

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0521199018

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Yearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.


Evening in the Palace of Reason

Evening in the Palace of Reason

Author: James Gaines

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0007153937

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Tells the story of the history-making meeting between scorned master composer Johann Sebastian Bach and Prussia's Frederick the Great.