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Why Beethoven Threw the Stew
And Lots More Stories About the Lives of Great Composers
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This book is ideal for children beginning to explore the world of classical music, suitable for reading alone or sharing with adults. It appeals especially to young readers with an interest in music or biographies, offering an accessible and entertaining way to learn about great composers.
A fascinating collection of weird and wonderful stories about the lives of famous composers.
Why Beethoven Threw the Stew: And Lots More Stories About the Lives of Great Composers, by Steven Isserlis, is an enlightening and hilarious history of some of our favourite classical composers.
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The ideal introduction for children to the world of classical composers and their music. In Why Beethoven Threw the Stew, renowned cellist Steven Isserlis sets out to pass on to children a wonderful gift given to him by his own cello teacher - the chance to people his own world with the great composers by getting to know them as friends.
Witty and informative at the same time, Isserlis introduces us to six of his favourite composers: the sublime genius Bach, the quicksilver Mozart, Beethoven with his gruff humour, the shy Schumann, the prickly Brahms and that extraordinary split personality, Stravinsky.
Isserlis brings the composers alive in an irresistible manner that can't fail to catch the attention of any child whose ear has been caught by any of the music described, or anyone entering the world of classical music for the first time.
The lively black-and-white line illustrations provide a perfect accompaniment to the text, and make this book attractive and accessible for children to enjoy on their own or share with an adult.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780571206162
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 October 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 125.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 132g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Steven Isserlis' whole family was musical - his father plays the violin, his mother played the piano, and his two sisters play the violin and viola - so he took up the cello because he didn't want to get left out. He soon decided that playing the cello was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life(partly because it meant that he wouldn't have to get up too early in the morning to get to work). These days, he travels all over the world, playing concerts to whoever wants to listen (and to a few who don't too) and making recordings. He studied in England, Scotland and America; his main teacher was a wonderfully eccentric lady called Jane Cowan, who convinced him that he had to become friends with the composers whose music he played. In 1998, he was awarded a CBE, for 'services to music'; and in 2000, he was awarded the Schumann prize.
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