The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives: The True Story of a Famous American Composer
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0547238665
ISBN 13
9780547238661
Category
Music/Poem/Rhyme/Art
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Publication Year
2012
Publisher
Pages
32
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Description
When the Lusitania was attacked in 1915, the American composer and New Yorker Charles Ives transformed the experience of this heartbreaking news into a musical piece. It begins with a jumble of traffic noises, then the hurdy-gurdy swells into the lovely old hymn “In the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.” In lyrical text and watercolors—sometimes in dramatic wordless spreads—this thoughtful picture book reveals not only a wartime tragedy, but a composer’s conviction that everyday music can convey profound emotion—and help heal a city. Young readers will understand that if they listen, music can be heard in the unlikeliest of places, from the busy chatter of a market to the wail of a fire engine. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
