Description
Book SynopsisIconic Composers highlights the origin and contributions of some of the world’s most remarkable and gifted composers throughout history. Bold, whimsical illustrations by David Lee Csicsko along with concise, engaging bios celebrate a diverse group of composers, from all eras of history.
Iconic Composers features historical giants of music like Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig von Beethoven alongside 20th-century composers such as Astor Piazzolla and Meredith Monk. Showcasing the true range of classical music history not typically acknowledged – exhibiting a wide number of genders, races, and nationalities –
Iconic Composers celebrates 50 composers who have influenced the field of music and collectively broadened its scope.
Trade Review"Packed with memorable art and lots of great trivia about fascinating artists...
Iconic Composers is a beautiful book about musical geniuses throughout the centuries." --
Foreword Reviews“Of course, a compendium of iconic composers must include Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart, but this book goes beyond the overrepresented in its 50 profiles to fill in gaps with previously marginalized but equally significant composers…[a] concise, insightful collection.” --
BooklistTable of ContentsFeatured composers include:
Hildegard von Bingen (Germany) Guillaume de Machaut (France) Claudio Monteverdi (Italy) Barbara Strozzi (Italy) Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (France) Antonio Vivaldi (Italy) Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany) George Frideric Handel (Germany) Ignatius Sancho (Slave Ship in the Atlantic Ocean) Joseph Haydn (Austria) Joseph Bologne (Guadeloupe) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Austria) Ludwig von Beethoven (Germany) Franz Schubert (Austria) Clara and Robert Schumann (Germany) Richard Wagner (Germany) Giuseppe Verdi (Italy) Johannes Brahms (Germany) Lili’uokalani (USA) Chiquinha Gonzaga (Brazil) Gustav Mahler (Bohemia) Claude Debussy (France) Erik Satie (France) Harry Burleigh (USA) Scott Joplin (USA) Arnold Schoenberg (Austria) Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (UK) Maurice Ravel (France) Igor Stavinsky (Russia) Florence Price (USA) Lili and Nadia Boulanger (France) William Grant Still (USA) Shirley Graham DuBois (USA) George Gershwin (USA) John Cage (USA) Leonard Bernstein (USA) Galina Ustvolskaya (Russia) Astor Piazzolla (Argentina) George Crumb (USA) Toru Takemitsu (Japan) Pauline Oliveros (USA) Arvo Part (Estonia) Philip Glass (USA) Louis W. Ballard (USA) Roscoe Mitchell (USA) Julius Eastman (USA) Meredith Monk (USA) Tania Leon (Cuba) Nobuo Uematsu (Japan) Young-Ja Lee (South Korea)
