Open Court

Grade 6

Beyond the Notes

398.2 And

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. The nightingale.

Natick, MA : Picture Book Studio USA, c1984. Though the

emperor banishes the nightingale in preference for a jeweled

mechanical imitation, the little bird remains faithful and

returns years later when the emperor is near death and no

one else can help him.

781 Sab

Sabbeth, Alex, 1950-. Rubber-band banjos and a java jive bass :

projects and activities on the science of music and sound.

New York : Wiley, c1997. Presents the science of sound and

music, including how sound is made, how the ear hears

sounds, and how different musical instruments are made.

784 Kos

Koscielniak, Bruce. The story of the incredible orchestra.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000. Describes the

orchestra, the families of instruments of which it is made,

and the individual instruments in each family.

785 Hea

Headington, Christopher. The orchestra and its instruments.

[1st American ed.]. Cleveland, : World Pub. Co., [1967].

B Arm

Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-. Louis Armstrong : an American

success story. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co., c1985. A

biography of one of America's most important musicians, who

was born in extreme poverty and never had a real music

lesson, but became world famous for his singing and trumpet

playing.

B Arm

Richards, Kenneth G., 1926-. Louis Armstrong,. Chicago, :

Childrens Press, [c1967].

B Ell

Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Duke Ellington : the piano prince and his

orchestra. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children,

c1998. A brief recounting of the career of this jazz

musician and composer who, along with his orchestra, created

music that was beyond category.

B Goo

Winter, Jonah. Once upon a time in Chicago : the story of Benny

Goodman. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children,

2000. A simple biography of the great jazz musician, Benny

Goodman, and how his extraordinary musical ability was

originally encouraged by his immigrant father.

B New

Greenberg, Keith Elliot. New Kids on the Block. Minneapolis :

Lerner Publications Co., c1991. Tells the story of the pop

music group New Kids on the Block.

E Bre

Brett, Jan, 1949-. Berlioz the bear. New York : Putnam's Sons,

1991. Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to

play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon

refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass

turns into a surprise that saves the day.

E Cut

Cutler, Jane. The cello of Mr. O. 1st ed. New York : Dutton

Children's Books, 1999. When a concert cellist plays in the

square for his neighbors in a war-besieged city, his

priceless instrument is destroyed by a mortar shell, but he

finds the courage to return the next day to perform with a

harmonica.

E Fow

Fowler, Susi L. Fog. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books,

c1992. A visitation by deep fog traps a family in their

house and causes them to rediscover their love of making

music.

E Gri

Griffith, Helen V. Georgia music. 1st ed. New York :

Greenwillow Books, c1986. A little girl and her grandfather

share two different kinds of music, that of his mouth organ

and that of the birds and insects around his cabin.

E Isa

Isadora, Rachel. Ben's trumpet. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1979. Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only

an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a

neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.

E Kro

Kroll, Virginia L. Wood-hoopoe Willie. Watertown, Mass. :

Charlesbridge, c1993. Willie makes music every chance he

gets, using forks, pencils, even hot pepper shakers. He

dreams of playing the African instruments of his ancestors

that his Grandpa describes: guedras, ecasa, atumpan, and

dundun drums.

E Mos

Moss, Lloyd. Zin! zin! zin! : a violin. New York : Simon &

Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1995. Ten instruments

take their parts one by one in a musical performance.

E Wal

Walter, Mildred Pitts. Ty's one-man band. New York : Four Winds

Press, c1980. On a hot, humdrum day Ty meets a man who,

using a washboard, comb, spoons, and pail, fills that night

with music.

F Fen

Fenner, Carol. Yolonda's genius. 1st ed. New York : Margaret

K. McElderry Books, c1995. After moving from Chicago to

Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong

for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is

not a slow learner but a true musical genius.

F Gil

Gilson, Jamie. Dial Leroi Rupert, DJ. 1st Beech Tree ed. New

York, N.Y. : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1999, c1979. Desperate

to pay back 50 dollars they owe, three 12-year-olds form a

jazz combo and then receive some surprising assistance from

a local disc jockey.

F Ham

Hamilton, Virginia. The planet of Junior Brown. New York :

Collier Books, 1986, c1971. Already a leader in New York's

underground world of homeless children, Buddy Clark takes on

the responsibility of protecting the overweight, emotionally

disturbed friend with whom he has been playing hooky from

eighth grade all semester.

F Has

Haseley, Dennis. The old banjo. New York : London : Macmillan ;

Collier Macmillan, c1983. A hardworking farmer and his son

succumb to the enchantment of some very special musical

instruments that have been abandoned on their farm.

F Hil

Hill, Elizabeth Starr. Broadway chances. New York, N.Y., U.S.A.

: Viking, 1992. In this sequel to "Street Dancer,"

twelve-year-old Fitzi, finally settled into a normal life

after years of street performances with her parents, gets a

chance to star in a Broadway musical.

F Hil

Hill, Elizabeth Starr. The banjo player. New York : Viking,

c1993. In 1888, adopted by a farming couple outside of New

Orleans, twelve-year-old orphan Jonathan must choose between

security and the excitement of performing as a musician

along the river.

F Pat

Paterson, Katherine. Come sing, Jimmy Jo. 1st ed. New York :

Dutton, c1985. When his family becomes a successful country

music group and makes him a featured singer, eleven-year-old

James has to deal with big changes in all aspects of his

life, even his name.

PB f

Fenner, Carol. Yolonda's genius. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed.

New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1997. After moving from

Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big

and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger

brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.

R 920 Kru

Krull, Kathleen,. Lives of the musicians : good times, bad times

(and what the neighbors thought). San Diego : Harcourt

Brace Jovanovich, c1993.

R 920 Ven

Ventura, Piero. Great composers. New York : Putnam, c1989.

Briefly introduces the greatest composers over the centuries

and the contributions they made to the development of music.