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1) Music
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Text and pictures introduce musical instruments from early times to the present--from pipes and flutes to electronic synthesizers.
Publisher
Sony Wonder
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
"Explore the world of music and rhythm with your favorite Sesame Street characters featuring the cast of Stomp, the international percussion sensation! When Telly looses his tuba he thinks he will never make music again, but the Stomp cast members teach that everyday items can make music and that music can be made with almost anything"--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
W. W. Norton & company, inc
Pub. Date
[c1940]
Description
This first comprehensive history of musical instruments, this book ranges from prehistoric times to the 20th century. It traverses five continents and every stage of evolution, from primitive rattles and bull-roarers to the electric organ. Author Curt Sachs, one of the world's most distinguished musicologists, combines rich scholarship with personal insight in a remarkable fusion of music, anthropology, and the fine arts. Beginning with the earliest...
7) Music
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Every young child loves to listen to music, bang on drums, and pound the keys of a piano. Now here's a Hello, World! board book that can teach babies and toddlers all about musical instruments and the sounds they make--with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts. -- Publisher website.
10) Rainy day music
Author
Series
Blue's clues discovery volume 2
Publisher
Advance Publishers
Pub. Date
2000
Description
On a rainy day, Steve and Blue discover things around the house that make music.
Author
Publisher
Hermes House
Pub. Date
2002
Description
"A comprehensive encyclopedia of musical instruments, covering all sections of the orchestra: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice, as well as historical, rare and non-Western instruments. An authoritative guide to over 100 of the most famous classical composers, from Bach to Xenakis, encompassing all styles of composition from medieval times to the present day. The text features concise, at-a-glance fact boxes that summarize...
Author
Series
Disney's Winnie the Pooh volume 3
Publisher
Advance Publishers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Tigger and his friends discover the rhythm and sounds of music as they creatively make instruments from everyday objects.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance. When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a French horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this unique counting book is the perfect introduction to musical groups. Readers of all ages are sure to shout "Encore!"...
19) Beating the drum
Author
Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
1992
Description
Traces the development of drums through various cultures. Includes hands-on projects for making different types of drums.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"This primer surveys the history of music and the composers who made that history; the history of instrument families and how the instruments function; an introduction to the science of sound and sound production; the various types of ensembles; and the fundamentals of music theory, form in music, musical notation, and music vocabulary."--Back cover.
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