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* ALSC Notable Children's Book
* IBBY Honor 수상작
* Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
* CCBC Choice
* New York Public Library, Book for Reading and Sharing
* Robert F. Sibert Award 수상작
* Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens


미국의 저명한 무용가인 마사 그레이엄이 안무한 모던 발레 작품 "애팔래치아의 봄"은 미국 작곡가인 Aaron Copland가 1944년에 작곡했으며, 이전까지의 클래식한 전통발레와는 전혀 다른 새로운 현대 발레를 대중들에게 알리는데 공헌한 기념비적인 작품입니다. 1945년에 퓰리처상과 뉴욕 음악평론가상을 받았습니다. 미국의 동부 애팔래치아 산악지방의 농민들의 생활을 묘사한 낭만적인 작품으로 맑은 리리시즘과 현대적인 간결한 수법, 그리고 절묘한 리듬감 등은 그 때까지의 그의 작풍과는 완전히 다른 새로운 경지를 보여주었습니다.

이 책은 "애팔래치아의 봄"이 만들어지는 과정에서 작곡가, 안무가, 무용가, 미술가, 무대 디자이너 등 다양한 예술인들이 어떻게 협력하면서 이 위대한 작품을 탄생시켰는지를 사실감 넘치는 수채화 그림과 함께 자세히 보여줍니다. 특히 마사 그레이엄이 발레 동작 하나하나를 어떤 시각과 생각으로 만들었는지를 흥미진진하게 보여줍니다.

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What is 하드커버? 양장본이라고도 불리우며, 표지가 단단한 판지로 만들어진 책입니다. 판지를 천이나 가죽으로 감싸기도 합니다. 책의 속지는 일반적으로 중성처리된 종이(Acid-free paper)를 사용해서 잘 변질이 되지 않기 때문에 오랫동안 보관하기에 적합합니다. 이 종류의 책은 더스트 재킷, 또는 더스트 커버로 불리는 표지덮개가 함께 있는 경우가 많습니다. 간혹 내부 속지가 콩기름 코팅이 된 경우 고약한 냄새가 나는 책도 있습니다.

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Hardcover: 48 pages
ISBN-10: 1596433388
ISBN-13: 978-1596433380
책 크기: 27.3 cm x 25.9 cm



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Book Description
Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score’s composition to Martha’s intense rehearsal process. The authors’ collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life.


School Library Journal
If Martha Graham's choreography for “Appalachian Spring” was a “valentine” to the world, as critics wrote in 1944, then this book is a love letter in return. Simple, poetic prose tells the story of the creation of one of the world's most-loved ballets and compositions, and Floca's graceful watercolor illustrations take admirers through every part of its development. Written in the present tense, the narrative has a sense of drama that carries readers along as if the events were happening in real time. Fascinating details about the collaboration among Graham, Copland, and Isamu Noguchi (set design) are well documented in the lengthy “curtain call,” notes, and resources pages, which read like a fantastic set of liner notes. Floca varies the illustrations from vignettes to bird's-eye views to landscapes and expertly capture the fluid movements of the dancers. The page layouts are well planned to create the most movement and interest. The authors researched extensively but found a way to crystallize all of the information into a gem that is approachable for young readers. More than anything, this work emphasizes the value of collaboration and celebrates the work that Graham, Copland, and Noguchi did to bring together the performing and visual arts. Readers may be inspired to go to Russell Freedman's Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life (Clarion, 1998) and should be encouraged to check out one of Leonard Bernstein's definitive recordings of “Appalachian Spring” and a video of the ballet.


Booklist *Starred Review*
Dance. Music. Set. All of these elements contribute to the experience of Appalachian Spring, an American classic that continues to thrill audiences. But authors Greenberg and Jordan are less concerned with presenting the ballet (although readers do get a strong sense of it) and more interested in how such an extraordinary collaboration came to be. How does an idea go from a jotted note on choreographer Martha Graham’s pad to a fierce triumph? In crisp yet patient sentences, the authors begin with a vision: a story to be told in movement and music, an American pioneer tale. Composer Aaron Copland takes his cues from his knowledge of Graham’s powerful yet simple dance style. A Shaker hymn leads him to the music, which in turn ignites Graham’s choreography. But one more element is needed. Enter artist Isamu Noguchi, whose set design is as spare and strong as the ballet. The collaboration continues as the dance becomes fully formed, opening triumphantly in 1944. In this book, too, disparate elements come together. Matching the mood of Graham’s moves, the writing is pared down but full of possibilities. Floca’s ink-and-watercolor artwork nimbly shifts from the prosaic (Copland reading Graham’s script) to the visionary (a bride and groom on the open prairie) to the several-spread finale of the ballet itself. The book as a whole beautifully captures the process of artistic creation. The extensive back matter that concludes is welcome, but what readers will surely want after putting this down is to see and hear Appalachian Spring for themselves.