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* An ALA Notable Book
* A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner
* A Children's Literature Choice List Title
* A New York Public Library Best Children's Book: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
* A Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
독일에서 태어나서 영국에서 활약한 바로크 음악의 거장인 헨델의 일생을 과장이 없으면서도 친근하고 재미있게 보여줍니다.
의사인 아버지가 음악을 해서는 돈을 벌 수 없다는 이유로 헨델이 음악공부를 하는 것을 반대했지만, 헨델의 고집도 만만치 않았나 봅니다. 부모 몰래 피아노를 다락방으로 옮겨서 혼자 음악을 공부한 헨델은 지역의 최대 실권자였던 공작의 집에 갔다가, 몰래 파이프 오르간을 연주하는 것을 들은 공작의 배려로 본격적인 음악 공부를 하게 됩니다. 독일 함부르크와 이태리에서의 연주활동을 거쳐, 25세에 당시 오페라의 불모지였던 영국으로 건너간 헨델은 그 후 일생을 영국에서 오페라를 작곡하고 공연하면서 보내게 됩니다. 하지만 말년에 영국인들이 헨델의 이국풍 오페라에 실증을 느끼게 되면서 재산과 명성을 잃게 되고, 고향으로 돌아가기 전에 마치 신들린 듯이 대작 오라토리오 메시아를 작곡합니다. 메시아의 공연은 전무후무한 대성공을 거두게 되고...
딱딱하기 쉬운 위대한 음악가의 일대기를 풍부한 유머와 흥미진진한 일화들을 곁들여 재미있고 감명깊게 소개하는 좋은 그림책입니다.
큰 사이즈의 페이퍼백입니다.
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Edition: Paperback: 48 pages
ISBN-10: 0763625620
ISBN-13: 978-0763625627
책 크기 : 29.8cm x 24.7cm
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Book Description
In this biography, the man who would later compose some of the world's most beautiful music is shown to have once been a stubborn little boy with a mind of his own.
Publishers Weekly
In this wittily irreverent picture-book biography, the legendary baroque composer is vividly brought to life. "You'd have to be sure of yourself to wear a wig that gigantic," the author points out archly on the first page, commenting on an accompanying portrait of George Frideric himself. Meanwhile, perched above the ornately decorated text box, a fly (as in "fly on the wall") looks on. This sort of sassy visual and verbal repartee sets the tone for a fresh and funny take on history, and Anderson (Burger Wuss) does a bang-up job of condensing and explaining the major (and more colorful minor) events of the composer's larger-than-life career. For his part, Hawkes has a field day slipping in sly visual asides, including an ancestral portrait that looks down in surprise at the young Handel smuggling a clavichord past his disapproving parents, and a pair of feuding divas in a catfight. Like all grand opera, there's pathos as well, most particularly in the events surrounding the writing of the "Messiah," and Hawkes's lush and sweeping acrylic paintings pick up on the more poignant as well as the puckish elements. The author comically debunks popular myths as well, such as the tradition of a standing ovation during the "Hallelujah Chorus" originating with the king: "This story is almost certainly not true, but it is a good story nonetheless." Unobtrusive sidebars explain a variety of musical terminology, and a discography and timeline of Handel's life are also included. These gifted collaborators deserve a Hallelujah Chorus of their own for this volume, as well as a request for a speedy encore.
Children's Literature
George Frideric Handel is not a composer I would have picked to feature in a children's picture book, but Anderson and Hawkes have done an excellent job of creating a book that will appeal to kids. The light touch to what could be a very heavy subject is apparent in the opening spread. Handel is shown with a servant smuggling a clavichord up the stairs to the attic of his house. A family ancestor looks out in disbelief from a portrait in a gilded frame. Because Handel's father was adamant that music was not the path to success, he would not let his son study music. Undeterred, Handle taught himself to play. From this point on, the book follows Handel's long and not always so easy life as a musician and composer. Readers will chuckle over the illustrations of young Handel and his wigs and note that he lived life to its fullest, even ordering forty-five pounds of snow from the mountains to chill his wine. For a while, his operas were all the rage, but producing them and putting up with temperamental stars and shifting audience tastes became too difficult and too costly. However, Handel was never one to give up. As if possessed, he began composing a new work. It was the Messiah, and it was a huge success. More than 250 years later, the Messiah is still being performed. A brief chronology of Handel's life, a discography and a bibliography wrap up this beautiful package.
School Library Journal
In this picture-book biography, both illustration and text are characterized by a saucy style, impeccable pacing, and a richness of content, and the two harmonize splendidly in a manner befitting the subject. Anderson's words and anecdotes are well chosen, and his sense of timing heightens impact whether describing mischievous childhood antics of the classical composer (the boy smuggling a clavichord past unsuspecting parents) or solemn occasions (the circumstances surrounding the creation and performances of the Messiah). The author is also adept at conveying the spirit and flavor of Handel's music. Hawkes's highly textured acrylics manage to combine depth and drama with a great sense of fun. Double-page spreads display a shimmering River Thames during a performance of Water Music as well as ornate opera halls and drawing rooms. Close inspection of the scenes and the elaborately carved frames surrounding the text reveal comedic cameos. The attention to detail extends to a whimsical, scrolled Latin copyright message and graceful gold arabesques on the endpapers. Clear definitions of technical terms are embedded in decorative panels throughout. This performance is worthy of a standing ovation.
Kirkus Reviews
Readers don't need to know anything about the composer to enjoy this lively biography, but it is hard to imagine anyone reading these pages who wouldn't want to run right out to hear the "Water Music" or a snatch of the "Messiah." Handel's father didn't want him to be a musician, but the boy snuck a clavichord into the attic and practiced in secret anyway. ("Not everyone has the courage to smuggle a clavichord past their parents.") Thanks to the intervention of a noble, Handel was allowed to begin training, but as a compromise, was forced to study law as well. He studied in various places in Germany, where he was born, traveled in Italy, but settled in England to write opera. As Anderson (Burger Wuss, 1999, etc.) describes Handel's operas, "The characters would sing arias in Italian, some of the most beautiful music ever heard onstage. Then they would stab each other." Handel's duel with a friend, the success of the "Water Music" and the disaster of the "Royal Fireworks," and the final and continuous triumph of the "Messiah" are energetically reported in a light-hearted accounting. Hawkes (Dial-a-Ghost, p. 741, etc.) employs 18th-century borders and patterns in his fulsomely colored acrylics: light and shadow are used to excellent effect, and humorous touches abound. Handel himself, with his cherubic face and large fuzzy white wig, bounds from almost every page, fairly glowing with good will and music. (chronology, discography, further adult reading)
Booklist
Not so long ago, children's biographies of classical composers were as lively as marble busts and about as likely to be taken down from the shelf. Anderson and Hawkes' large-format, biographical picture book introduces George Frideric Handel and infuses the composer's story with warmth and color, humor and humanity. As a child, Handel is shown smuggling a clavichord into the attic. As a young man, he traveled through Italy, listening to concerts, church services, and opera; studying music; and composing his own. In England, he met success as a composer for royal entertainments, disappointment and ridicule as a producer of Italian opera, and immortality as the composer of the Messiah. Relating pithy stories with plain words and short sentences, Anderson never forgets his audience in his enthusiasm for his subject. Illustrating the scenes, Hawkes' lively acrylic paintings are beautifully composed, dramatically lit, and irresistibly appealing. Appended are a chronology, a discography, and suggestions of adult biographies for further reading. Carolyn Phelan
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