Bach, one in Mike Venezia's Getting to Know the Great Composers series is a delightful biography of this great German baroque composer and organist of the 17th century.
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Mike Venezia
Children's Press
Mike Venezia
Softcover
8 x 9 1/2 inches
32
0-516-2352-8
1998
4 - 10
6
$6.95
$5.21
Why You Will Enjoy Johann Sebastian Bach
Mike Venezia's biography of Bach is a delightful combination of important biographical facts and humorous artistic commentary. Venezia describes a very human Bach, telling of Bach's attempt to please bosses who often didn't even like music, of having to remove slop from the kitchen to augment his salary, and of being a devoted father.
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Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach presents a biography of the most well-known organist of all time. The reader follows Bach from his birth in Eisenach, Germany, to his many positions as choral director, cantor, organ repairman, harpsichord virtuoso, organist, and baroque composer of hundreds of now well-known compositions. The Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Brandenburg Concerto are two favorites. you can read more about Bach in The Orchestra Story
about author, illustrator Mike Venezia:
Mike Venezia is a native of Chicago and graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He believes the best way to introduce children to the world of music and composers is through fun.
