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Fiction
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan,
during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets
out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned
bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids. (Juv Fic)
Dahlberg, Maurine F. Play to the Angel.
In Vienna in 1938, in the shadow of an increasingly dangerous
Nazi Germany, twelve-year-old Greta pursues her dream of becoming
a concert pianist like her dead brother Kurt, despite a lack of
support from her widowed mother. (Juv Fic)
Frank, Lucy. Lucky Stars.
Music entwines Kira, a thirteen-year-old singer who hates that
her father makes her perform for money on New York City subway
platforms; Eugene, the class clown; and Jake, who longs to sing
and to approach Kira, but feels held back by his stuttering.
(Juv Fic)
Nichol, Barbara. Beethoven Lives Upstairs.
The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange
show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric
boarder who shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment
to compassion and admiration. (Juv Fic)
Paterson, Katherine. Come Sing, Jimmy
Jo.
When his family becomes a successful country music group and makes
him a featured singer, eleven-year-old James has to deal with
big changes in all aspects of his life, even his name. (Juv Fic)
Stauffacher, Sue. Bessie Smith and the
Night Riders.
Black blues singer Bessie Smith single-handedly scares off Ku
Klux Klan members who are trying to disrupt her show one hot July
night in Concord, North Carolina. ( j )
Nonfiction
Anderson, Matthew T. Handel, Who Knew
What He Liked.
A man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful
music is shown as having a mind of his own. (j780.92)
Ardley, Neil. A Young Person's Guide
to Music.
Book with accompanying CD offers young people great resource to
understand classical music. (j780)
Christensen, Bonnie. Woody Guthrie, Poet
of the People.
Celebrate the life and times and spirit of an American original-the
great folk musician Woody Guthrie. Brief, lyrical text and stunning
woodcut illustrations make this a moving introduction to the folksinger's
life. (j782.4092)
Goble, Paul. Love Flute.
A Native American tale about how a gift to a shy young man from
the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful
girl. (j398.2)
Koscielniak, Bruce. The Story of the
Incredible Orchestra: An Introduction to Musical Instruments and
the Symphony Orchestra.
Describes the orchestra, the families of instruments of which
it is made, and the individual instruments in each family. (j784.2)
Krull, Kathleen. Lives of the Musicians:
Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought).
The lives of twenty composers and musicians, from Vivaldi, Mozart,
and Bach to Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Woody Guthrie,
are profiled in this eclectic, humorous, and informative collection.
(j780.92)
Monceaux, Morgan. Jazz: My Music, My
People.
A tribute to the makers of jazz, with exuberantly original paintings,
personal recollections and illuminating biographical sketches
of 40 great jazz musicians. (j781.65)
Reich, Susanna. Clara Schumann: Piano
Virtuoso.
The life of the German pianist and composer, who made her professional
debut at age nine and who devoted her life to music and her family.
(j780.92)
Siberell, Anne. Bravo! Brava! A Night
at the Opera: Behind the Scenes with Composers, Cast and Crew.
Discover the history of opera, from its origins in Italy in the
17th century, to the present. Includes profiles of famous composers,
brief descriptions of some well-known opera, and a detailed discussion
of what is involved in staging an opera. (j782.1)
