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Johann Sebastian Bach created some of the most significant music in history, including A Keyboard Practice Consisting of an Aria with Thirty Variations for the Harpsichord—commonly known as the Goldberg Variations.Sku: 9781580895293
Bach’s Goldberg Variations
By: Anna Harwell Celenza$19.95 -
Before Music is an oversize nonfiction picture book exploring how music and musical instruments are made—across time and around the world.Sku: 9781419745553
Before Music: Where Instruments Come From
By: Annette Bay Pimentel$34.50 -
In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.Sku: 9781481487405
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
By: Margarita Engle$25.99 -
This is a stunning introduction to Duke Ellington—a legend who continues to live on and influence musicians everywhere.Sku: 9780786814206
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
By: Andrea Davis Pinkney$12.99 -
With clarity and with admirable simplicity, keyed to the understanding of children, Opal Wheeler has traced the many-sided career of George Frederic Handel, whose restless nature vied always with his tremendous ability as a composer and director.Sku: 9781933573038
Handel at the Court of Kings
By: Opal Wheeler$20.95 -
George Frideric Handel always knew what he liked. He was never afraid to do what he liked — whether smuggling a clavichord into the attic, sneaking off at a duke’s castle to play the organ, ordering forty-five pounds of snow to chill his wine, or writing operas that no one wanted to hear.Sku: 9780763666002
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
By: M. T. Anderson$7.99 -
A true story of courage, survival, and determination, this compelling tribute to a gifted young girl has already touched the lives of many around the world.Sku: 9780316463089
Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane
By: Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen, Adapted by Emil Sher$12.99 -
In this picture book inspired by the life of Antonio Vivaldi, the composer himself narrates how a creative, determined boy grew up to create masterpieces like “The Four Seasons.”Sku: 9780802855862
I, Vivaldi
By: Janice Shefelman$13.95 -
A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.Sku: 9781534410367
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
By: Stephen Costanza$23.99 -
A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork for what would become rock and roll.Sku: 9781481443494
Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
By: Michael Mahin$23.99 -
Take a visual journey through the world of music and learn the science behind it, too.Sku: 9781465499905
Music and How It Works
By: DK$21.99 -
Caldecott Medal winner Emily Arnold McCully delivers a charming picture book following the life of prolific composer and musician Franz Schubert through the eyes of the friends who helped him find success.Sku: 9781534488786
Our Little Mushroom: A Story of Franz Schubert and His Friends
By: Emily Arnold McCully$23.99 -
First published in 1988, this gentle picture book set in Sardinia features refreshed illustrations by the beloved and award-winning Tomie dePaola and tells of the giving and sharing of music on a very special Christmas morning.Sku: 9781665904339
Pages of Music
By: Tony Johnston$25.99 -
This is the first complete work on the life of Bach ever written for children. Every important incident is mentioned and every detail of the story is true.Sku: 9780974650517
Sebastian Bach, The Boy from Thuringia
By: Opal Wheeler$20.95 -
A hugely enjoyable way for young children to learn about music. Music teacher Becky Rumens-Syratt takes young children (aged 6 to 12) on a journey to understand the basics of music, and then specifically how to start to play some of the key instruments: piano, guitar, and recorder.Sku: 9781849943093
The Batsford Book of Music for Children
By: Becky Rumens-Syratt$16.95 -
Centuries ago, a young Italian monk named Guido longed to find a way to write and teach music. Eventually, he created the musical scale, using the words Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do…one syllable for each note...Sku: 9780316265904
The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi
By: Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton$23.99