A History of Music for Children

A global history of music for children that celebrates how and why we make music. Embark on a musical journey around the world to meet the diverse cast of composers, musicians, and performers who are famous for making the music we love. From Johann Sebastian Bach to Billie Eilish, Hildegard of Bingen to DJ Kool Herc, Wolfgang Mozart to Miriam Makeba, musicians come from many different times and places and introduce music from a wide variety of genres.A History of Music for ChildrenWoven into this absorbing narrative is a stellar cast of musicians, including Mozart and his sister Maria Anna, Clara Schumann, Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, David Bowie, Nina Simone, Charlie Parker, Kraftwerk, John Cage, Beyonce´, and Mali griot Toumani Diabaté, among others. This book even includes a playlist of songs that you can listen to as you read.

• | Author: David Schweitzer, Rose Blake, Mary Richards
• | Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• | Publication Date: Aug 26, 2021
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• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780500652473
• | ISBN-10: 0500652473