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The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (in English)
Suzanne Slade
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Stacy Innerst
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Calkins Creek Books
· Hardcover
The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (in English) - Slade, Suzanne ; Innerst, Stacy
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Synopsis "The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates Rhapsody in Blue (in English)"
Junior Library Guild SelectionBooklist Editors' Top 10 Arts Books for YouthCalifornia Reading Assoc. Eureka! Gold AwardCBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young ReadersParents' Choice Gold AwardPaterson Prize for Books for Young ReadersBank Street College of Education Best Book of the YearGolden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration Meet the famous composer George Gershwin and learn about his remarkabke composition "Rhapsody In Blue" in this engaging nonficftion picture book biography, George Gershwin heard music all the time--at home, at school, even on New York City's busy streets. Classical, ragtime, blues, and jazz--George's head was filled with a whole lot of razzmatazz! With rhythmic swirls of words and pictures, author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Stacy Innerst beautifully reveal just how brilliantly Gershwin combined various kinds of music to create his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue, a surprising and whirlwind composition of notes, sounds, and one long wail of a clarinet. Includes author's note, timeline, and bibliography.
