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Iconic Composers: A Celebration of Music's Extraordinary Composers
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Author
Illustrator
David Lee Csicsko
Publication Date
June 13, 2023
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction / 6th − 7th
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Description
Iconic 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 by Nicholas Csicsko and Emi Ferguson celebrate a diverse group of composers from the past 1000 years.
Iconic Composers features historical giants of music like Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van 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.
Publication date
June 13, 2023
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
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ISBN-13
9781951963149
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Trope Publishing Co.
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF007040 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
JNF036020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | History
JNF025000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | General
JNF036020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | History
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
Musicians
Composers
Illustrated works
Women composers
Musicians
Composers
Illustrated works
Women composers
ALA/Booklist
Grades 4-7. 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.
David Lee Csicsko
David Lee Csicsko is an award-winning artist and designer. As a young artistic child, he dreamed of traveling to Paris, illustrating books, living the artist's life, and working on fashion projects for Chicago's famous Marshall Fields department store. And as a young man, he did. His shopping bags for Bloomingdale's are part of the
permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. He currently designs very collectible and reusable shopping bags for Mariano's
grocery stores in Chicago. David's lively illustrations can also be seen in LGBTQ+ Icons, Science People, and Iconic Composers, the first three books of the People Series. He lives in Chicago, IL.
permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. He currently designs very collectible and reusable shopping bags for Mariano's
grocery stores in Chicago. David's lively illustrations can also be seen in LGBTQ+ Icons, Science People, and Iconic Composers, the first three books of the People Series. He lives in Chicago, IL.
Gillion Carrara is a Professor Adjunct in the Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art institute of Chicago. In her studies, her focus is on contemporary and avant-garde fashion and dress, art, literature, and sociology. Until 2017, she was the founding Director of the Fashion Resource Center, and built a collection of contemporary and avant-garde fashion, publications and various media. She actively writes book and exhibition reviews for publication, presents lectures locally and nationally, attends costume symposiums and was on the Board of Costume Colloquium, Florence, Italy, until it's conclusion in 2020 and is a current member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). She lives in Chicago, IL.
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