composers

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composers

John Philip Sousa

1998
A simple biography of the famous band leader and composer who was known as the March King.

Duke Ellington

1995
Traces the life of the internationally-acclaimed musician and composer who helped popularize jazz music.

Prokofiev

2000
An introductory biography of the composer of such works as "Peter and the Wolf" and "The Love for Three Oranges.".

Mozart

2000
A simple biography of the man who composed such musical works as "The Magic Flute.".

Beethoven

2000
A simple biography of the man who composed such musical works as his Ninth Symphony, featuring the "Ode to Joy.".

Bach

2000
A simple biography of the man who composed such musical works as the "Brandenburg Concertos.".

Mozart

1992
Focuses on the childhood and early musical training of the versatile eighteenth-century Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Chopin

1993
Examines the childhood and early musical training of the nineteenth-century Polish composer.

Beethoven

1994
Tells the story of composer Ludwig van Beethoven as a child who was bad at math, but very, very good at music.

Saint-Saens's Danse Macabre

2013
The story behind Camille Saint-Saens's composition of Danse Macabre, a waltz of the dead featuring dancing skeletons. CD recording included.

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