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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After Raj?s father signs him up for piano lessons, he becomes a very talented player. However, the better he becomes, the less fun it seems to be and he eventually stops playing. But when Raj?s father becomes ill and asks Raj to play for him, Raj must learn to stop concentrating so much on the notes in front of him and learn to play from the heart.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Mahani Teave grew up on Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, where moai statues stand and music is everywhere. When she began taking lessons on the island's only piano, she proved to be a great talent. She left Rapa Nui when she was just nine to continue her music education, wishing she didn't have to leave such a beautiful place to pursue her dreams. She became an internationally acclaimed classical...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
To everyone who has heard of my famous younger brother but has never heard of me. I Am Mozart, Too is a picture book biography about Wolfgang's older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, who was a child prodigy and a secret composer, perfect for Women's History Month. Nannerl and Wolfie love playing the harpsichord together. They are so talented, the Mozart siblings perform all over Europe for packed audiences in beautiful concert halls. Even Empress Maria...
6) My piano
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
These are the pedals, pressed down to the ground, under the soundboard where bridges are bound fixed to the frame enclosed in the case that lies on the legs with wheels at their base, to pillar and prop my piano. Explore the workings of a grand piano through the eyes of a young musician as she prepares for and performs her first recital to a crowd of friendly faces. Using lyrical text and a cumulative structure to introduce the instrument, curious...
7) Mary's idea
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of Mary Lou Williams, an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote hundreds of compositions, recorded hundreds of songs, and wrote arrangements for Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and is an artist often overlooked in the canon of American music because of her gender and skin color"--
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