Long ago in Venice, Italy, a young orphan named Candida copies music each night for the orchestra of orphans who play for famed composer Vivaldi, and her imaginings find their way into one of his concertos.
An illustrated biography of Venetian priest and Baroque music composer, Antonio Vivaldi, that chronicles his childhood, his mother's vow that he enter the priesthood, and love of music.
Presents a short biography of twentieth-century American composer, George Gershwin and chronicles his childhood, introduction to music, and later success along with his brother, Ira.
A children's story based on real events that shows how the death of one friend and the encouragement of another led to nineteenth-century composer Modest Mussorgsky's creation of the piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition." Includes piano and orchestral versions of the piece on audio CD.
