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The Music in George's Head: George Gershwin Creates "Rhapsody in Blue"
40 pp.
| Boyds/Calkins |
September, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-62979-099-2$17.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Stacy Innerst.
Slade traces Gershwin's early talents and rise to fame as a "daring" composer who wove together myriad musical forms with city sounds, building toward the triumphant composition and first performance of "a musical kaleidoscope of America's melting pot--Rhapsody in Blue." Swirly acrylic paintings and hand-lettering in a palette of almost all blues perfectly visualize the "razzmatazz dazzling" music. Author's note included. Timeline. Bib.