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With over 100 published books to his name, pop culture historian Dave Thompson is one of rock'n'roll's leading experts. Ferociously self-opinionated, relentless controversially but writing, too, with irresistible charm and finesse, Thompson's sharply-honed eye for culture and historical context ensure a no-nonsense ....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Humor, Juvenile Nonfiction, Music, Performing Arts, Reference
Fiction, Music
Composer, organist, and the most famous of an illustrious family of German musicians, Johann Sebastian Bach was born in 1685. He was a master of polyphonic baroque music-a musical form characterized by the use of multiple parts in harmony and by an ornate, exuberant style. Bach's father, Johann Ambrosius, taught his so....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Fiction, Literary Collections, Music, Performing Arts
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany, in 1770. His father Johann van Beethoven, a court musician and tenor, recognized early on that his son had great promise. Young Beethoven gave his first piano recital when he was 7 years old. After a period of training in piano, he enjoyed a career as a musician with the ....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Drama, Fiction, Music
Considered by many the greatest figure in American music, Leonard Bernstein was a charismatic and controversial conductor, a gifted teacher, an accomplished pianist, and a highly admired composer. As a teacher, Bernstein communicated his love for music, whether classical or popular, through his Young People's Concerts,....[more]
Biography & Autobiography, Music
Music
Considered the most significant British composer since seventeenth-century composer Henry Purcell, Benjamin Britten excelled in composing series of songs, operas, and other types of vocal music. Pursuing a youthful interest in the piano, Britten studied at the Royal College of Music in London. His work drew the favorab....[more]
Music, Poetry
Composer John Milton Cage, Jr., is best known for his avant-garde music, including pieces such as Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) in which 12 radios are turned on intermittently. His 1943 premiere concert of percussion buzzers, pottery and scrap metal, all chosen for their potential sound. Cage was born in Los Angeles....[more]
Computers, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Music, Performing Arts
Juvenile Nonfiction, Music
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