{"id":19955,"date":"2021-04-16T17:14:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T17:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=19955"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T10:14:59","slug":"the-first-book-of-the-great-musicians-by-percy-a-scholes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-first-book-of-the-great-musicians-by-percy-a-scholes\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Book of the Great Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Percy A. Scholes<\/p>\n

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Look inside…<\/a><\/p>\n

Description: <\/span>A delightful introduction to the major composers that takes readers on a journey of discovery and leaves them eager to learn more. In this first book, the reader comes to know Purcell, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Greg, Elgar, and McDowell, first through stories of their childhood and then through representative pieces of their music, selected for appeal on first hearing. Chapters on Counterpoint, Fugues, Sonatas, Symphonies, and Orchestras appear at just the right point in the narrative.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Additional information:<\/p>\n

Ages:  <\/strong>13-18<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>179 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong> Black and white<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2021<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span>978-1-63334-128-9<\/em>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Music<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Country People as Composers2. English Music in the Days of Drake and Shakespeare3. Henry Purcell\u2014The Greatest British Composer4. George Frederick Handel5. John Sebastian Bach6. C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-A-L\u2014A Big Word Explained7. All About Fugues and How To Listen to Them8. Haydn9. Mozart<\/em><\/p>\n

10. Sonatas and Symphonies11. Beethoven12. What Is an Orchestra?13. Schumann14. Chopin15. What Is ‘Romantic Music’?16. Grieg and His Norwegian Music17. Edward Elgar18. Macdowell\u2014The American Composer<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Related Titles…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Second Book of the Great Musicians<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Percy A. Scholes<\/p>\n

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Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by George P. Upton<\/p>\n

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Joseph Haydn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by George P. Upton<\/p>\n

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The Complete Book of the Great Musicians<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

by Percy A. Scholes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE GREAT MUSICIANS by Percy A. Scholes Look inside… Description: A delightful introduction to the major composers that takes readers on a journey of discovery and leaves them eager to learn more. In this first book, the reader comes to know Purcell, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Greg, Elgar, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19955"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23434,"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19955\/revisions\/23434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}