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Author:

Csicsko, Nicholas, 1984- author.

Title:

Iconic composers : a celebration of music's extraordinary composers / illustrated by David Lee Csicsko ; text by Nicholas Csicsko & Emi Ferguson ; [foreword by Jamie Bernstein ; introduction, LaRob K. Rafael].

Publisher:

Trope Industries LLC,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

112 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Composers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women composers--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Musicians--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Ferguson, Emi, author.
Csicsko, David Lee, illustrator.
Bernstein, Jamie, 1952- writer of foreword.
Rafael, LaRob K., writer of introduction.

Contents:

Nobuo Uematsu, 1959. LaRob K. Rafael -- Introduction / LaRob K. Rafael -- Hildegard von Bingen, 1098-1179 -- Guillaume de Machaut, 1300-1377 -- Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643 -- Barbara Strozzi, 1619-1677 -- ©?lisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, 1665-1729 -- Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741 -- George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759 -- Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 -- Ignatius Sancho, 1729-1780 -- Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 -- Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, 1745-1799 -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791 -- Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 -- Franz Schubert, 1797-1828 -- Clara & Robert Schumann, C:1819-1896, R:1810-1856 -- Giuseppe Verdi, 1813-1901 -- Johannes Brahms, 1833-1897 -- Lili'uokallani, 1838-1917 -- Chiquinha Gonzaga, 1847-1935 -- Gustave Mahler, 1860-1911 -- Claude Debussy, 1862-1918 -- Erik Satie, 1866-1925 -- Harry T. Burleigh, 1866-1949 -- Scott Joplin, 1868-1917 -- Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951 -- Mauriece Ravel, 1875-1937 -- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 1875-1912 -- Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971 -- Florence Price, 1887-1953 -- Lili & Nadia Boulanger, L:1893-1918, N:1887-1979 -- William Grant Still, 1895-1978 -- Shirley Graham DuBois, 1896-1977 -- George Gershwin, 1898-1937 -- John Cage, 1912-1992 -- Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990 -- Galina Ustvolskaya, 1919-2006 -- Astor Piazzolla, 1921-1992 -- George Crumb, 1929-2022 -- T¿?ru Takemitsu, 1930-1996 -- Young-ja Lee, 1931- -- Louis W. Ballard, 1931-2007 -- John Williams, 1932- -- Pauline Oliveros, 1932-2016 -- Arvo P©Þrt, 1935- -- Philip Glass, 1937- -- Roscoe Mitchell, 1940- -- Julius Eastman, 1940-1990 -- Meredith Monk, 1942- -- Tania Le©đn, 1943- -- Nobuo Uematsu, 1959.

Summary:

"Iconic Composers highlights the origin and contributions of some of the world's most remarkable and gifted composers throughout history. Bold, whimsical illustrations by David Lee Csicsko along with concise, engaging bios by Nicholas Csicsko and Emi Ferguson celebrate a diverse group of composers from the past 1000 years. Iconic Composers features historical giants of music like Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven alongside 20th-century composers such as Astor Piazzolla and Meredith Monk. Showcasing the true range of classical music history not typically acknowledged--exhibiting a wide number of genders, races, and nationalities--Iconic Composers celebrates 50 composers who have influenced the field of music and collectively broadened its scope."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1951963148
9781951963149

LCCN:

2022951415

Locations:

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)