Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Monika and Hans-Günter Heumann
Musiklexikon für Kinder
Monika and Hans-Günter Heumann Illustrated by Andreas Schürmann
Die Welt der Musik entdecken
Musikgeschichte für Kinder
Encyclopedia of Music for Children
Eine spannende Zeitreise
Discovering the world of music Illustrated by Andreas Schürmann
The History of Music for Children
192 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours More than 200 colour illustrations 250 articles, over 50 music examples 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0025-6 · ED 9161
176 pages – hardback Illustrated in four colours 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0489-6 · ED 9162
An exciting time travel
Is there anyone who has not once wished to go time travelling and be in a different century in just a second? In this book, the two music-loving kids Clara and Frederik undertake an exciting journey through music history where they learn about different epochs: from classical antiquity to the present day. But how does one travel into the Stone Age? A time-travel machine may be helpful – but this is all that is revealed for now… After each journey through time the reader gets a lot of valuable and interesting information: Was there a kind of notation in ancient Egypt? Who was the first professional musician? What is the origin of the musical? The answers to these and other questions are given in boxes, tables, illustrations and photos. This edition also contains a quiz and amusing stories about great composers. So now, let’s start: Into which century do you want to journey?
From Absolute Pitch via ‘Blues’ to ‘Zither’ – this dictionary contains clear and suitable answers for children to questions on musical terms, genres and epochs, instruments, composers, interpreters, etc. The answers are given either in short, easily comprehensible articles or in the form of a dialogue between Clara and Frederik, two music-loving children who accompany the reader through the dictionary. The explanations on the origin of the words make the present book a work of reference that children like to consult and look at. The informative texts are complemented and illustrated by numerous music examples, phonetic transcriptions of foreign-language terms, as well as more than 200 photos and lovely four-colour illustrations. The explanations contain cross references, and a detailed index of more than 1,000 headwords enables the reader to find entries which are not explained in an extra article. Hans-Günter Heumann, born 1955 studied piano, music education and musicology at the Musikhochschule Hannover and composition in New York and New Orleans before becoming a piano teacher and composer focussing on the publication of educational piano literature. He is especially interested in imparting a sound knowledge of music and making a wide audience acquainted with it. Andreas Schürmann, born 1962 in Wuppertal, studied Fine Arts and Russian at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and at the Pushkin Institute in Moscow from 1982–1989. Since 1991 he has been working as an Arts and Russian teacher at the Gutenberg Gymnasium in Mainz.
Sold to Hungary, Spain, Korea, Brazil An exciting time travel through music history Target group: For children aged 8+
Sold to Estonia, Korea, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary The only encyclopedia of music for children. The ideal gift with a lot of comprehensible and fascinating information! More than 25,000 copies sold already! Target group: For children aged 7+
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Gerd Albrecht
Musikinstrumente und wie man sie spielt Ein Führer durch das Orchester für kleine und große Leute
Musical instruments and how to play them A guide to the orchestra for young and old alike 65 pages with CD – hardback With numerous photos and illustrations 15,0 x 21,0 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-254-00001-9 · ATL 6001 ‘The whole range of percussion instruments can be compared to a magic kitchen. Like a good cook who is in great command of his spices and uses them effectively, the resourceful percussionist can create the most wonderful musical treats in his magic kitchen…’ – This is how Gerd Albrecht introduces his young and old readership to the orchestra in his book ‘Musical Instruments and how to play them’. He gives a comprehensible and illuminating account of the instruments’ history, construction features, sound generation, sound and playing technique. Which is the oldest instrument of the orchestra? Where is the set of timpani positioned on the stage? What is a ‘lemon mouth’ and what does that mean to a wind player? The answers to such questions are contained in this edition, complemented by graphic explanatory photos and humourous cartoons as well as by the accompanying CD introducing the sound of the individual orchestral instruments. In 1962, at the age of 27, Gerd Albrecht was the youngest German principal conductor in Lübeck. Later, he was principal conductor in Kassel, Berlin (Deutsche Oper), Zurich (Tonhalle), and Hamburg where he was principal conductor and opera director from 1988 to 1997. In 1991 the musicians of the Czech Philharmonic appointed him the first non-Czech principal conductor in the orchestra’s almost 100 year history. Since 1998 Gerd Albrecht has been principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo. In 2000 he took over the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Copenhagen. For more than thirty years he has been dedicating his work to young people. He has written children’s books, and conducted and presented 50 television films and records for children. In 1989 he founded the Hamburg Youth Music Foundation, which funds a Sound Museum for children and gives young talented musicians the opportunity to perform in concerts.
All Rights Available The ideal introduction to orchestral instruments – with numerous sound Target group: For children aged 8+
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Arnold Werner-Jensen
Arnold Werner-Jensen
Geschichte der Musik
Opernführer für junge Leute Opera Guide for Young People
350 pages with CD – hardback With numerous music examples 17,3 x 24,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0366-0 · ED 20494
383 pages – paperback Illustrated in b&w With numerous music examples 12,5 x 19,0 cm € 13.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08384-5 · SEM 8384
Who ‘invented’ Gregorian chant? How did the opera come into being? Who is regarded as the ‘first romanticist’? What is meant by ‘experimental music’? All these questions and many others too are answered by Arnold Werner-Jensen in his music history book for children and young people in a concise and comprehensible way. This volume invites the reader to take an exciting and very readable walk through the history of Western music – from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The accompanying CD contains music examples from all epochs and musical genres.
This opera guide is written for children and young people, and also their parents and relatives. It contains concise, comprehensible information on all aspects of the opera. This edition describes the four-hundred-year-old history of the opera, the creation of an opera performance, as well as the opera house and the people working there. In addition, the reader is introduced to 40 operas – from Verdi’s ‘Aida’ to Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ – which are suited to young opera-goers and are quite frequently performed at opera houses. The list of the dramatis personae is followed by a vivid summary of the contents, as well as by notes on the music, the genesis and significance of the work, and complemented by music examples written in simple keys so that they are easy to play. Black and white graphic illustrations by Reinhard Heinrich show selected scenes and introduce the reader to important characters of the story in typical costumes.
Arnold Werner-Jensen, born in Innsbruck in 1941, studied music education and German language and literature in Frankfurt. Trained as a conductor, then grammar school teacher and music critic. Professor of music and music didactics in Heidelberg and Weingarten. Works as a pianist and harpsichordist with concert performances and radio recordings. Numerous musicoeducational and musicological publications.
Reinhard Heinrich, born in Halle/Saale. Trained to be a costume designer at the Komische Oper and Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. Worked many years as a freelance costume and stage designer. Long-standing collaborator with the Bayreuth Festival. Works for the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, and many other opera houses, e.g. Cologne, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Zurich, Geneva, Vienna, Milan, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, Moscow, Toronto
All Rights Available A walk through seven centuries of music history Edited in an entertaining and informative manner appropriate to the readers’ age With four-colour illustrations For reading & listening
Sold to Estonia and China A special opera guide – not only for young people
Target group: For children aged 10+, young people, parents, music teachers at music schools and schools providing a general education
The most popular operas from the Baroque to the present day. Valuable and interesting information on all aspects of the opera with a preface by Harry Kupfer and drawings by Reinhard Heinrich. Target group: For ages 9 to 99
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Ulrich Rühle
Komponistenlexikon für junge Leute 153 Porträts von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart
Encyclopedia of Composers for Young People 156 Portraits from the Renaissance to the Present 643 pages – paperback Ca. 180 illustrations 12,5 x 19,0 cm € 16.95 ISBN 978-3-254-08404-0 · SEM 8404 How did Orlando di Lasso, Ludwig van Beethoven, Modest Mussorgsky or György Ligeti live – and how did their major works come into being? The Encyclopedia of Composers for Young People wants to make important musicians accessible to children and young people interested in music (and their parents too) – from the Renaissance to the 21st century. The encyclopedia is both a work of reference and an entertaining storybook, presenting vivid portraits of 156 composers from A to Z: In the centre of each portrait is a graphic biography of the respective artist, covering his most important works and the composer’s significance with regard to music history. Characteristic episodes from the musician’s everyday life enable the reader to get to know the composers’ personalities from different perspectives. Ulrich Rühle, born in Chemnitz, studied music, musicology and German studies in Heidelberg and Freiburg. Apart from his teaching activities, he works freelance for various music journals and radio broadcasters. He gives several theatre and music workshops and is author of the book …ganz verrückt nach Musik (dtv junior).
All Rights Available From Orlando di Lasso to György Ligeti Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, relatives, primary school teachers, music teachers at schools providing general education, music school teachers
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Till Sailer
Till Sailer
Till Sailer
Wie Händels Messias entstand
Wie Bach Thomaskantor wurde
Konzert für kleine Hände
und andere Geschichten aus dem Leben von Georg Friedrich Händel
und andere Geschichten aus dem Leben von Johann Sebastian Bach
Geschichten über Kindheit und Jugend großer Komponisten
How Handel’s Messiah was created
How Bach became Cantor at St. Thomas’s
Concerto for Small Hands
and other stories from the life of George Frideric Handel incl. a chronicle of his life Illustrated by Katharina Knebel
and other stories from the life of Johann Sebastian Bach Illustrated by Katharina Knebel incl. a chronicle of his life and glossary-
Stories of the childhood and youth of great composers Illustrated by Annegret Hänsel
170 pages – hardback 11,5 x 19,2 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-254-00249-5 · ATL 6249
148 pages – hardback 11,5 x 19,2 cm € 13.95 ISBN 978-3-254-00245-7 · ATL 6245
Till Sailer tells vivid stories of the childhood and youth of the composer George Frideric Handel in Halle, his trials at the Hamburg Opera, his first successes in Italy and his ‘second life’ in England. In London, where Handel had the most prolific time of his life, he wrote such masterpieces as ‘Water Music’ and the oratorio ‘Messiah’ with the famous Hallelujah chorus. Accurate in historical details, sensitive and always with a touch of humour, this book lets the reader gain an insight into the peculiarities of Handel’s personality and the characteristic features of his epoch.
In entertaining stories, Till Sailer portrays characteristic incidents in the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. Accurate in historical details, sensitive and with loving care, this book lets the reader gain an insight into the unique personality of Bach and the characteristic features of his epoch.
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248 pages – hardback Illustrated 11,5 x 19,2 cm € 14.95 ISBN 978-3-254-00247-1 · ATL 6247 The six stories contained in this book help the reader to gain an insight into the childhood and youth of major classical and post-classical composers. The author describes how the lives of the protagonists were influenced by music very early on and how they succeeded both in maintaining their ground and in creating something new in an often uncomprehending environment.
Vivid composers’ portraits in stories
All Rights Available Target group: For children aged 10+
Till Sailer, born in Weimar, studied at the local music academy. Orchestra musician and music editor of the arts programme on the GDR Radio. Working as a freelance author since 1980, he has published prose, non-fiction and children’s books, particularly on musical topics.
All Rights Available Target group: For children aged 10+
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Target group: For children aged 10+
Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Stefan Sell
Hans-Günter Heumann
Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Gitarre
Das Klavier
80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,5 x 27 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0177-2 · ED 20379
80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-0152-9 · ED 20227
Musikinstrumente entdecken – Die Gitarre provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. The reader learns how the concert guitar and electric guitar have developed and taken shape, how a guitar is built, which composers wrote pieces for this instrument, details about famous guitar players from history and the present day – and much more. The volume also provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a guitar. Amusing anecdotes and riddles make this volume a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD provides an overview of the instrument’s versatility: the guitar as solo instrument, in an ensemble, and in jazz, rock and pop. – A book for all who want to play or learn to play the guitar!
Discovering Musical Instruments – the Piano provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. The reader learns about the history of the piano of today, how a piano or grand piano is built, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, which great interpreters play the piano – and much more. In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a piano. Amusing anecdotes and riddles make this book a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the piano as solo instrument, in chamber music, in the orchestra and in popular music. A book for all who want to play or learn to play the piano!
Discovering Musical Instruments – the Piano
Hans-Günter Heumann, after completing his studies at the Hanover Musikhochschule (piano, music education, musicology) and his composition studies in New York and New Orleans, he worked as a piano teacher and composer, focussing on the publication of educational piano literature. His particular concern is to teach music in a comprehensible way and make it accessible to a large target group.
Stefan Sell, trained as a classical guitar player, studied multistyle guitar playing, from Japanese gagaku to new music, has worked on various radio productions (WDR, DLF, BR), spent many years as a teacher and project manager in the field of music education, and played in numerous concerts, compositions and CD releases for solo guitar.
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Interesting facts on all aspects of the piano
The most recent volume in the successful instruments’ series
Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, piano teachers, music teachers, teachers at schools providing a general education
Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, guitar teachers, teachers at schools providing a general education
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Rudolf Mauz
Gefion Landgraf
Die Klarinette Discovering Musical Instruments – the Clarinet
Die Flöte Discovering Musical Instruments – the Flute
80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-2365-1 · ED 9880
80 pages with CD – hardback Numerous colour illustrations 21,8 x 27,5 cm € 19.95 ISBN 978-3-7957-2366-8 · ED 20079
This book provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. In this book the reader learns how a clarinet is built, of how many components a clarinet is made up, where clarinet reeds ‘grow’, who invented the clarinet, how the clarinet has developed in the course of time, why clarinets squeak, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, and which great interpreters play the clarinet. In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a clarinet. Amusing anecdotes and a riddle make this book a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the clarinet as solo instrument, in chamber music and in the orchestra, in the classical and Romantic periods, in klezmer music, in alpine music and in dixieland jazz.
Discovering Musical Instruments – the Flute provides essential facts and information for young and adult readers about all aspects of this popular instrument in a clear, understandable and entertaining manner. In this book the reader learns that flutes existed in the Stone Age, of how many components a flute is made up, how a beautiful sound is generated, which flute instruments – from piccolo to sub-contrabass flute – belong to the family, which famous composers wrote pieces for this instrument, which great interpreters play the flute – and much more. In addition, this book provides advice on the purchase and maintenance of a flute. Amusing anecdotes, a riddle and many colour photos and illustrations make this book a real pleasure to read. The accompanying CD presents a survey of the instrument’s versatility: the flute as a solo instrument, in chamber music and in the orchestra, in the Baroque era, in jazz and contemporary music. A book for all who want to play or learn to play the flute!
Rudolf Mauz studied music (main subject: clarinet) at the Trossingen Staatliche Hochschule für Musik. He played in numerous orchestras and participated in recordings of chamber, klezmer and jazz music for various radio broadcasting companies. Since 1991 he has taught at the Tübingen Music School. Mauz gives lectures at the Trossingen Staatliche Hochschule für Musik and the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, as well as numerous seminars in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Gefion Landgraf completed her flute studies at the state music academies of Hanover and Stuttgart with an arts degree. She attended master classes in Europe and the USA, with G. Gilbert, A. Jaunet, A. Nicolet and T. Wye among others. As a solo flutist, she has played in several symphony orchestras. Apart from concert performances and recordings at home and abroad, she has worked as a teacher at the Tübingen Music School for several years.
All Rights Available All Rights Available Interesting facts on all aspects of the clarinet Interesting facts on all aspects of the flute Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, clarinet teachers, music teachers, teachers at schools providing a general education
Target group: Children aged 8+, young people, parents, flute teachers, music teachers, teachers at schools providing a general education
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Non-fiction Books for Children and Young People
Bruce Cole
The Composer’s Handbook 226 pages – paperback € 49.95 ISBN 978-0-946535-80-4 · ED 12405 furthermore:
The Contemporary Composer’s Handbook € 32.95 ISBN 978-1-84761-016-4 · ED 12969
The Pop Composer’s Handbook € 32.95 ISBN 978-1-902455-60-0 · ED 12723
Anyone who can pick up a pencil can draw. Anyone who can sing or play an instrument can compose. ‘The Composer’s Handbook’ is a step-by-step guide to the composition of melody, harmony, form and texture and covers styles and techniques from plainchant to minimalism, rock and rave. Content: – games and groupwork for the beginner – projects for the more advanced – illustrations and worked examples of complete pieces. Bruce Cole studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Harrison Birtwistle and has pursued a joint career as a composer and teacher. He has taught at most levels from preschool to postgraduate including in-service training and has experience of working with young people with special needs and young offenders. His work as a composer has included orchestral commissions, work in the music industry, film, television, theatre, dance and new circus. He has been composer-in-residence to both the Inner London Education Authority and Lewisham Academy of Music and he led the 1996 BBC Proms Education project. Bruce Cole is currently Fellow in Community Music at the University of York and Principal Examiner in Composition to the Edexcel Foundation London Examinations.
All Rights Available Target group: For composers aged 11-18
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