Composers & Musicians

If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong by Roxanne Orgill, illus. by Leonard Jenkins & Louis Armstrong in Concert CD.

Mike Venezia introduces ages 4-9 to classical music and musicians with playful tales, colorful cartoons, and illustrations from the period.

  An Introduction to Famous Composers and theie Music by Rosemary Kennedy. 

Teacher's Notes accompany the Classical Kids Music Box CDs Vol. 1 & 2.

by Jenny Van Pelt.   Reproducible bios and activities about composers and performers with music web links.  Gr. 2-6

Helen Bauer. Beethoven and Verdi and the culture surrounding them, with timeline, glossary, online resources, recording & reading lists .

Don Mozart's wig and jabot as you share this tale over several class periods, adding details as they come up in the book.  

by Jay Althouse & Judith Reilly.  Bios, portraits, historical events, listening CD, reviews & tests, portraits, plus a timeline, map, glossary and extras

BIRD & DIZ hardback by Gary Golio, illus. by Ed Young and Bird & Diz—the remastered CD of the original 1950 recording

by Anna Harwell Celenza.  Discover the stories behind these masterworks. Entertaining and well-done for ages 4-12.

Each biography includes an illustrated hardback and a CD with musical examples keyed to the text, photos and drawings, and suggested activities.

The Tale of Guido d'Arezzo  by Maritza Mascarenhas Sadowsky and
DO RE MI: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d'Arezzo by Susan L. Roth.

These are favorites with kids! A youth get to know each composer and his music in each live drama. Perfect to introduce these composers & their music.

Compelling documentaries directed by Phil Grabsky, set in the places they lived, composed, and performed their through music,

Dennis Kobray, pianist and actor, portrays each composer in full costume, using drama and musical performances.

From the producer of the Emmy award-winning Beethoven Lives Upstairs. In fictionalized story form, each video presents the composer's music in the context of his life.

Speak of me As I Am DVD and book by Eloise Greenfield entitled Paul Robeson.

June Montgomery & Maurice Hinson. Two books and listening CDs with 17 units in each for upper elem/MS ages.

by Deborah Lyn Ziolkoski. Everything you need to introduce classical music to children, with song, movement, instrumental play, storytelling, and drama!

Masterpieces, Messes, Good Times, Bad Times (and what the neighbors thought) by Kathleen Krull, illus. by Kathryn Hewitt.