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All Emma Daley wants this holiday season is a white Christmas. But the young teacher and struggling musician sure can't find that in sunny Arizona. Luckily, there's someone living in a perfect mountain home in the Colorado Rockies looking to make a vacation trade this year.Tyler Prescott is an in-demand songwriter and talented musician who put his own singing career on hold to write songs for celebrity acts to perform. When his mother convinces him...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A compelling celebration of more than 90 of the world's most influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, Composers reveals the fascinating stories of their lives, loves, and works. Biographical entries - introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer - trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A compelling celebration of more than ninety of the world's most influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, 'Composers' reveals the fascinating stories of their lives, loves, and works. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces--symphonies, concertos, and operatic scores--that changed the direction of classical music and are still celebrated and treasured today--
8) Scott Joplin
Series
Meet the musicians volume 3
Publisher
Meet the Musicians, LLC
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Born in 1868 to former slaves, Scott Joplin grew up in the South where African Americans were denied basic civil rights. Despite these obstacles, he created a form of music that spread across America. Today, Joplin is considered one of America's grea
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Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Robert Schumann (1810—56) is one of the most important and representative composers of the Romantic era. Born in Zwickau, Germany, Schumann began piano instruction at age seven and immediately developed a passion for music. When a permanent injury to his hand prevented him from pursuing a career as a touring concert pianist, he turned his energies and talents to composing, writing hundreds of works for piano and voice, as well as four symphonies...
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