LITTLE PEOPLE: 10 FAMOUS COMPOSERS
by Clemency Crow
GENRE: Children's Nonfiction
BLURB:
Embark on a musical journey through time with a captivating book specially crafted for children and young adults.
Through the pages of "Little People: 10 Famous Composers", readers will not only learn about the composers' masterpieces but also gain insight into the challenges and triumphs that fuelled their creativity.
Perfect for aspiring musicians, history enthusiasts, or anyone with a love for melody, "Little People: 10 Famous Composers" is an engaging and educational exploration of the power of music and the extraordinary individuals who composed their way into history.
EXCERPT:
Felix Mendelssohn
1809 - 1847
Mendelssohn was a German composer who is, perhaps, most famous for his tune “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”. His family were important members in the Jewish community in Germany, although his father turned his back on this before Felix was born.
His father, Abraham, thought their daughter, Fanny, would be the more musical but at the time, it wasn’t proper for a woman to have a musical career. As such, Felix was the one who went down the professional music route, although it is generally thought that Fanny wrote some of Felix’s compositions.
Felix started learning piano with his mother when he was 6 years old. His first public appearance in a concert was when he was 9. By time the time he was 13, he had written 12 symphonies and he had his first piece of music published in that year. He met a famous writer, Goethe, when he was young and Goethe was very impressed with his ability. Felix later put some of Goethe’s poems to music.
In 1832, Felix hoped to be appointed as the conductor of a famous orchestra but people voted against him. However, this started a good period in Felix’s life where he became a musical director, earning his first pay as a musician.
As well as his compositions, Felix is also famous for starting the Leipzig Conservatory, a prestigious music school.
Mendelssohn started writing music when he was very young. He started playing piano when he was six.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Clemency is a primary school teacher, children’s author, and illustrator, based in rural Caithness with her family and two needy spaniels. In fact, Clemency is typing this one handed, because Jess cries if she isn’t stroked for five seconds.
When she isn’t writing, Clemency loves designing new parts of her garden, trying to find plants that will withstand the 70mph winds that are likely to batter them. She is oftentimes to be found tearing her hair out at the prevalence of ground elder in the flower borders, while cultivated species struggle to survive.
Clemency’s favourite genre to write, and read, is fantasy adventure. This gives her ample opportunity to put her long suffering characters in perilous situations.
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My Review - 4 1/2 of 5 stars -
Educational and interesting. I enjoyed the different eras of composers covered in this book. The facts were well written, and it was nice to see a simpler couple of sentences for young readers. The illustrations were cute.
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ReplyDeleteThis looks like a good read. Thanks for sharing.
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