Composers (Fandex Family Field Guides) [Misc. Supplies]

David Bouchier (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Fandex Family Field Guides

Behind the music--intrigue--romance--tragedy and genius... 

Fandex celebrates great composers, their work, and the world of classical music. Discover the first musical superstar—Lizst. The bourgeois Bach behind the heavenly Brandenburgs. Brahms, who grew up playing piano in bars and brothels, and Stravinsky, whose work incited a full-scale riot. It's every music lover's handheld deck of knowledge.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Combining 50 individually die-cut cards with full-color illustrations, plus hundreds of intriguing facts, stories, statistics, and trivia, Fandex is the newest breakthrough in information-packed, family publishing.

Composers is a chronological history of composers and their music, with intriguing facts, anecdotes, and musical insights into composers from Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to Gershwin and Bernstein, together with other composers who form the Western musical canon.

For kids who are learning it all for the first time, and grown-ups who want to get it straight, Fandex puts knowledge at your fingertips. In full-color.

From the Publisher

Announcing Fandex Round Three - critical mass. The newest break-through in user-friendly, information-packed, in fun-for-the-whole-family publishing. Fandex now boasts 12 titles. From nature guides like Trees and Birds to cultural decks, including Presidents and Mythology, to pure unexpected gifts - Cats, Dogs - there's a Fandex to appeal to all interests.

New for Spring are four titles. Wildflowers: large, bright die-cuts - often as big as the flower or even bigger - and true-to-life colors make this a foolproof way to identify 47 of North America's wildflowers. The Body: a stunning visual and factual tour of the systems, organs, muscles, and bones that make us tick, by the writer of the award-winning CD-ROM program A.D.A.M. Explorers: Columbus spying the New World, Balboa beholding the Pacific, Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon - it's all the world's greatest explorers, from the Phoenicians to the present. Composers: a chronological history of composers and their music, with intriguing facts, anecdotes, and musical insights into composers from Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to Gershwin and Bernstein, together with other composers who form the Western musical canon.

For kids who are learning it all for the first time, and grown-ups who want to get it straight, Fandex puts knowledge at your fingertips. In full-color

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Misc. Supplies: 97 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761112065
• ISBN-13: 978-0761112068
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #730,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Arts & Music > Music > General

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and educational!, June 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Composers (Fandex Family Field Guides) (Misc. Supplies)

Finally my family is able to put a face, and a short biograhy, to the music they love. I used this fandex to supplement my homeschool curriculum. We were able to listen to various recordings of classical music and then look up the composer in our fandex.It worked out beautifully! It was also great listening to the classical station in the car and having our incredibly portable fandex there to answer any questions we had about the composer. As a feild guide it has been both fun and educational.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting way to learn about composers, December 2, 2005

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Megan M. Jensen (Yorkville, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Composers (Fandex Family Field Guides) (Misc. Supplies)

The Composers Fandex® Family Field Guide is a great overview and introduction to great composers. Covering 47 composers, it offers a portrait and short biography of each individual. Date and place of birth, date and place of death, and the composer's most popular works today are listed and many interesting facts are given.

Even after years of music lessons and a fair level of familiarity with classical music, I was surprised by what I learned through reading this guide. I was unfamiliar with a number of composers that it covered. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get an overview of the lives and work of the world's great composers.