
First Discovery Music
Illustrated biographies about musicians and composers with Audio CD and Audio App
Beautifully illustrated children’s books about the lives of the classical composers and more modern jazz musicians for 8 to 12 year olds. On the accompanying Audio CD and via the Moonlight Audio App, the narration of the text is interwoven with recordings of the artist’s music, creating an evocative experience that immerses the reader in the artist’s life and music. The first half of the book relates the childhood of the composer, the second half focuses on their career as a musician or composer. Fun exercises help to develop the reader’s knowledge and understanding of the music.
With free access to our Moonlight Audio App, children can listen and read along at their own pace, page by page.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
£9.99
Mozart was already writing music by the age of five, and when he was still very young, he traveled all over Europe and played for the Emperor of Austria, the King of France, and the Queen of England….
Ray Charles
£9.99
Follow Ray Charles’s rise from humble beginnings, overcoming hardship, loss, and blindness to become the undisputed king of rhythm ‘n’ blues. Each spread relates a different stage of his life, and key…
Fryderyc Chopin
£9.99
An illustrated biography about Chopin’s childhood and how he came to become a great composer. On the accompanying CD, the narration of the story is interwoven with recordings of his greatest works.
Franz Schubert
£9.99
At the age of seven, Franz Schubert already knew as much about music as his teacher. Did you know that Schubert was part of a string quartet with his father and two brothers? By the age of fifteenhe h…
Ella Fitzgerald
£9.99
Follow Ella’s rise to become a queen of jazz, renowned for her remarkable scat improvisations, but also for her very personal interpretations of the Broadway classics and her live performances with Du…
Louis Armstrong
£9.99
This illustrated biography of Louis Armstrong tells the life of the greatest jazz musician and singer of his age, and gives an introduction to his music. Born in New Orleans in 1901, Louis Armstrong l…
Johann Sebastian Bach
£9.99
Bach was born into a family of many musicians—composers, singers, and instrumentalists. At the age of 12, he could play the harpsichord, the organ, the violin, and the viola. Children who are curious…
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