Lives of the Musicians

by Krull, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780152164362
• ISBN10: 0152164367
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people--and other famous musicians--really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? And--possibly most interesting of all--what did their neighbors think?Discover the fascinating and often humorous stories of twenty famous musicians--people of all shapes, sizes, temperaments, and lifestyles, from various countries and historical periods. Beginning with Vivaldi and ending with Woodie Guthrie, Lives of the Musicians brings musical history to life!

Author Biography

KATHLEEN KRULL is well known for her innovative, award-winning nonfiction for young readers. She lives in San Diego, California.

KATHRYN HEWITT has illustrated all of the books in the highly praised Lives of . . . series as well as popular picture books for young readers. She lives in Santa Monica, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(1)
The Red Priest	10	(4)
Antonio Vivaldi
Twenty Children and 1,200 Compositions	14	(4)
Johann Sebastian Bach
No Ordinary Baby	18	(6)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Moodiness and Moonlight	24	(6)
Ludwig Van Beethoven
``My Dear Corpse''	30	(6)
Frederic Chopin
A Successful Farmer and Opera-Composer	36	(4)
Giuseppe Verdi
A Different White Dress Every Night	40	(4)
Clara Schumann
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts	44	(4)
Stephen Foster
The Checked Cotton Underwear of	48	(6)
Johannes Brahms
Pulsing and Quivering	54	(4)
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Topsy-Turvydom	58	(4)
William Gilbert
Arthur Sullivan
Velvet Gentleman	62	(4)
Erik Satie
The Entertainer	66	(4)
Scott Joplin
He Stretched Our Ears	70	(4)
Charles Ives
Standing on His Head	74	(4)
Igor Stravinsky
Tender Tyrant	78	(4)
Nadia Boulanger
Full of Splinters	82	(4)
Sergei Prokofiev
``Great, Isn't It?''	86	(4)
George Gershwin
Traveling Troubadour	90	(4)
Woody Guthrie
Musical Terms	94	(1)
Index of Composers	95	(1)
For Further Reading...And Listening	96