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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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still image sti rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Musical score used as endpapers. |
| Summary |
Creative nonfiction picture book about Johann Sebastian Bach's creation of the Goldberg Variations. Loosely based on Albert Schweitzer's account which even Schweitzer noted may not be all true. |
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Every famous piece of art has an origin story--even Bach's Goldberg Variations! When the richest dude in town can't sleep, he hires a much-less-rich dude named Johann Gottlieb Goldberg to play him lullabies on the harpsichord. Goldberg does an OK job, but as the Rich Dude hollers for Goldberg each night, he wakes up the whole town in the process. As the town gets sleepier and sleepier and grumpier and grumpier, Goldberg worries he may be out of a job soon. But then, the one and only Bach enters the scene with a series of lullabies composed specifically for the Rich Dude. And, thus, the Goldberg Variations are born! |
| Subject |
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Goldberg-Variationen -- Juvenile literature.
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Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb, 1727-1756 -- Juvenile literature.
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Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Goldberg-Variationen -- Juvenile fiction.
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Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb, 1727-1756 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Music -- History -- Legends -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Picture books.
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| Added Author |
Eliopoulos, Chris, 1983- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781419731648 (hardcover with jacket) |
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1419731645 (hardcover with jacket) |
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